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confluence support for sharepoint protocol
Asked by Maheshwark:

Does confluence supports MS-DWSS SharePoint protocol to allow saving and retrieving documents from MS word? I would like to publish documents to Confluence just we do in sharepoint. Is it possible?

Like Alfresco supports on port 7070.


Answers:
author: Maheshwark
body: I looking at confluence simulating SharePoint protocol as if it's SharePoint.

See details below. This will help to use Sharepoint server features in Word etc.

"The Microsoft Office SharePoint Protocol Support offers Microsoft users greater choice by providing a fully-compatible SharePoint repository that allows the Microsoft Office Suite applications (for example, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) to interact with Alfresco as if it was SharePoint."

<http://docs.alfresco.com/community/concepts/SharePoint-intro.html>

Do we have it?

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author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Maheshwar, this looks like one of the features available in [Sharepoint Connector for Confluence](https://www.atlassian.com/software/sharepoint-connector/overview), it is a paid add on for Confluence, which enables interaction with Sharepoint contents, including searching and editing files.
Possible to publish/deploy artifacts to confluence?
Asked by Joe Porembski:

I am running an instance of Confluence and Bamboo.

Confluence, currently, is publishing my releases to my customers (i.e. The customer is visiting a page on Confluence to get the last build), and Bamboo is running my auto-builds and tests.

Ultimately what I want is for Bamboo to publish a valid build to Confluence or for Confluence to link to the last successful build done by Bamboo.

Is there anyway to do this efficiently?

[This won't work for me](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/134830/direct-link-to-bamboo-project-plan-s-last-success-build-s-artifact-files), as I can't link to a specific file. I have Bamboo keep track of the build-number by embedding them in the file (it is necessary for storing testing artifacts to link them in that manner for any independent/manual verification of testing).

I would expect this to be a pretty simple task, but I am having difficulty finding out how to do it.


Answers:
author: cbenard1
body: Hi Joe,

Would it be possible for you to use the [Bamboo plan gadget](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GADGETS/All+Atlassian+Gadgets#AllAtlassianGadgets-BambooPlanStatus) in Confluence? Using an application link between the two you can configure the gadget to show the latest build results for any specified builds (with links back to Bamboo). I believe the only issue here would be that it's not setup to show the latest build and not the last successful.

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Thanks!

Turner


Tags: bamboo

bamboo-administration

confluence-administration
How do I remove the "Welcome" button in the header?
Asked by Daniel Brown:

Hello,

The Confluence header contains the following menu items: "Logo", "Welcome", "Spaces", "People", "Create". Most of these buttons are useful, but the "Welcome" button is completely useless in my opinion.

The "Welcome" button just brings up a intro tutorial of how to use Confluence. I've gone through and completed all of the steps in the tutorial - wiki is up and running with content, but this welcome tutorial still won't go away. Before I can confidently invite other user's in our organization, I'd like to have this wiki setup the way I want it.

It would make far more sense for the "Welcome" button to go to a page of my choosing - such as "Welcome to the Company Wiki", or have the ability to remove the "Welcome" button. If the "Welcome" button's only job is to be a tutorial, then call it "Tutorial" and move it somewhere else.

What am I missing here? How do I remove the "Welcome" button, or how do I redirect it to a page of my choosing?

Thanks for the help.

Daniel


Answers:
author: SimratPal Singh
body: Daniel, if you are having your own server installation then you can remove the button using HTML or CSS in the Custom HTML section in admin console. You can also achieve the redirection to a page of your choice same way. However if you are using the on demand version than I am skeptical if you can remove it.

comments: author: Daniel Brown
body: I'm using the OnDemand version. :( I'll take a look at the server install. Thanks a bunch!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence JIRA issue macro: No search results found
Asked by gil:

I currently upgrade JIRA to 6.3 and encounter an issue with JIRA issue macro in Confluence -- I try to create the JIRA issue macro to show a list of tickets, and enter a JQL, click search, but it always says "No search results found." Any clue what's going on? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Remedy Partners
body: same problem


author: Roman Samorodov
body: Same problem ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


author: Shay Ben-Haroche
body: Chris, I'm having the same issue myself.

Do you have any updates on that?
How can I type a "#" in the editor without it always being replaced by the beginnings of an ordered list?
Asked by Wesley Reynolds:

I want to have a table heading that says something like "# good" and "# bad" or something... all that happens is "# g" is replaced with an ordered list "1. g". I've tried a whole lot of ways to get a simple # into the editor and they all result in, once there is a "#" and a "space" and some other character, instant replacement with an undesired ordered list...


Answers:
author: Sherif Mansour
body: You can just undo and that should return to the number. Otherwise just disable the editor autoformatting setting located under \<baseurl\>/users/viewmyeditorsettings.action.

comments: author: Norman Abramovitz
body: # space ctrl-z


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence not sending mails from mail queue
Asked by Madhav Kompella:

We are having this issue where one of the 2 Confluence servers (that operate in a clustered environment) is not sending out mail notifications that are in its queue. The other server is sending out notifications perfectly normally. We are able to force these notifications out by clicking on "Flush Mail Queue". Any hints as to why the mails are not being automatically sent?   

We are running Confluence 5.4.4


Answers:
author: Mathiyalagan
body: Team,

We frequently having this issue with our confluence instance? Does anyone have Idea what really causing this problem. Is there any permanent solution for this issue?


author: Robert Nadon
body: I am having the same problem, and when I flush the mail queue is send 1 of the 100 emails.

So then I click flush again and in the logs I get "doFlush Queue was sending - skipped mail flush this time."


author: Madhav Kompella
body: The system seems to have resolved itself since the database to which the application was pointed to, changed this last weekend - so all good now. Would still be nice to understand why this happened though..


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: If you look at Administration \> Scheduled Jobs, are you seeing one for "Flush Mail Queue"? If so, check whether is is disabled or it has next schedule in the past. You can click on "Run" to activate it and change the interval if needed.

If that is not the issue, check the logs to see if there are any errors.

comments: author: Madhav Kompella
body: Yes, there is a job called "Flush Mail queue", and it is scheduled, and is active. Its actually running every minute according to the "History". However, when I manually run it - it sends the mail. But the automatic triggers don't seem to send out the notifications. Checked the tomcat logs as well - but no errors about mails or notifications listed there. Anything else?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Anything different in the atlassian-confluence.log file?If not, have you tried a restart yet?


author: Madhav Kompella
body: Tried a restart already - and am not sure if I can find the location of this atlassian-confluence.log file.. can u provide pointers to how I can find that pls?


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It will be under your Conlfuence_Home/logs folder. You can find the Conlfuence Home under Administration \> System Info.


author: Madhav Kompella
body: Checked those logs - but couldn't find anything that pointed to any errors.


Tags: email
For the Love of God, why did you remove the Confluence wiki markup editor?
Asked by kmiklas:

I am crying at my desk.. that was the BEST THING about the confluence wiki pages. I loved it!!! It was simple, easy to use, convenient, effectve.. At least leave it as an option for those who want to use it.

Why, oh why, did you have to mess it up? Why do you people feel like you have to introduce fancy parsers, text editors, and the like, to make it "super-user friendly." All this stuff does is get in the way.

Many people who document in Confluence are experienced coders--people who can dream in HTML, Java, Objective-C, and other far more difficult languages. Using markdown is as comfortable for us as a pen and paper is for others.

I was going to push to use Confluence as a documentation tool for my whole department... Now I really have to question that plan. It's annoying as heck now.

Oh, the pain.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It won't ease the pain but here is a useful resource:

<http://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/11/why-we-removed-wiki-markup-editor-in-confluence-4/>

You will also find lot of discussions in this forum but pretty much everything is covered there!

Although not as powerful, source editor is a nice one to have.


author: kmiklas
body: You do understand that is one of the main reasons why StackOverflow (and their whole suite of forums) is so successful is because of their great markdown capabilities.

Horrible decision.


Tags: questions-for-confluence
Will this plugin be available for cloud ever?
Asked by Ryan Easton:

Will the [Discussion](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/fr.spectrumgroupe.confluence.plugins.discussion) plugin be coming to the cloud anytime soon? Looks like it could replace some features we are currently using on basecamp and be in Confluence/JIRA only.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Ryan,

Since the Cloud instances are essentially closed to many customizations, I believe it might not be available for them.

Maybe you'll be interested in [Atlassian Connect](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/index.html)?

It might be able to add and extend cloud apps with add-ons by using the Atlassian Connect.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Where can you find Confluence css page layout code examples
Asked by Kathleen Newman:

Hi,

I am looking all over the internet for free html/css coded Confluence page examples where I can use the code to create my own template. Where can I find this? Are there any resources?

Thanks,

Kat


Answers:
author: JK Kim
body: Is there any update? this is what I found, but not enough!!<https://github.com/juanferrla/confluence-bootstrap/blob/master/bootstrap.css><https://bitbucket.org/atlassian/atlassian-documentation-stylesheet/src/8982a05ba4919b0dede1eb448f6c28f1ce29a73b/stylesheetForExternalUse.css?at=master>


author: Davin Studer
body: I think your best bet it just top open up the dev tools and look at the code. I don't think there is anything like that


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I make card backgrounds white
Asked by Matthew Barnes:

I have created a new page with a deck and set of cards for the first time. I have set everything to default settings but cards have a non white background and the tables are not showing as distinctly. How do I amend the background formats in a simple and easy manner


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hi Matthew, the Card macro is part of Adaptavists Composition add on (<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.composition>). I did attempt to locate their issue tracker, now it looks that contact is getting through this page(<https://www.servicerocket.com/contact/>) it may be worth checking if there is any way of overriding their macro stylesheet with Confluence configurations, or asking for such feature.


author: Davin Studer
body: Ah, ok. It looks like you are referring to the Composition plugin by ServiceRocket. Is that correct? COuld you include some screenshots to show what he issue is?


author: Matthew Barnes
body: Using Deck of Cards and Card Macro. I now have a confluence page with tabs. Each tab is displaying the content of the individual cards. However the format of the content on each card is not the default and as a result the tables and the headers in the tables are not as clear as I would like. I would like the format for the content for each of the cards to be as per a standard page.


author: Davin Studer
body: What exactly do you mean by deck and set of cards?
Can't able to view or download the attachment in attachments section
Asked by sudhakar:

Hi Team,

We are unable to view or download the attachment from attachments section in a wiki page.When we click on that attachment, it's displaying like "Not Permitted".Below are the attachment details,

File Name : ic_favicon_emm_win_16.ico  
Content Type : application/x-upload-data  
Size : 1KB

Also, attached screen shots of 'Properties of that Attachment' and 'Error Message'.

Kindly let us know, Why we are receiving this message and How to overcome it?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hello Sudhakar,

Do the page where the attachments resides have permissions? You may want to check if the problem is related to the not having permissions to access the page. Try to use the local administrator and check if the issue persists.

I couldn't find the screenshoots. You may want to send the screenshots links to this question so we can see the behavior. have you found something in logs regarding the attachments?

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
Duplicate meeting notes template
Asked by Edgard Silva:

I want to maintaing original Meeting Notes template and create another one, with some differences, in one of our Spaces. The problem is that I'm not able to create the template the same way as the original one:

1) Date in title (@curentDate) not working

2) Variables ![](https://affero.atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/template-variable?name=currentDateLozenge), ![](https://affero.atlassian.net/wiki/plugins/servlet/confluence/placeholder/template-variable?name=documentOwner) not working

How can I create a copy from the start?


Answers:
author: Graeme Bryce
body: I have the variables copied into the template and they show up in green as per the OP's note but when users try to fill the template they are presented with text boxes that must be completed and the elegance of the solution is lost.

Where is the code that populates the variable values at run time?


author: ?????? ???????
body: ?? ?? ????????


author: Kieron Smith
body: I have the same issue, keen to know how the variables are given values


author: Edgard Silva
body: I guess my template has to be inside of the Meeting notes Blueprint. But I have no idea how to do that. Or even if thats possible.


author: Edgard Silva
body: Macro doesnt work when we do that.

Doesnt automatically fill the $currentDateLozege and $documentOwner parameters


author: Davin Studer
body: The easiest way I know to copy a template would be to open the template to be copied and then in another browser window create a new template. Then copy the contents from the old template and paste them into the new template.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Reset top users list
Asked by Vitor LC:

Hi.

Is it possible to reset the top users list (like if it was a clean installation)?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Vitor,

As far as I know, this is not possible, since the information is recovered from the database. The macro doesn't have the option to reset the counting while checking the [options for that in the plugin page](https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/wiki/display/USGTRK/Confluence+Usage+Tracking+Plugin). I will leave this question open for some other person who might know a workaround.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Vitor LC
body: Nope. The topusers macro from the Usage Tracking plugin...


author: Timothy
body: Are you referring to the Contributors macro?


Tags: confluence-administration
How to mage Instagram-like images in Confluence?
Asked by CelesteCS:

Hello,

I'd like to add some photos to my pages and apply some simple corrections like resizing, cropping and color transforms to them.

Is there any possibility (built-in or plugin) to do it in Confluence?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Alexey, Confluence bundles a set of tools for inserting images in each page, they can be reviewed in [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Displaying+Images) which include some bordering effects, though no filters yet. That is good candidate for a feature request to be raised in jira.atlassian.com.

Hope that helps.

comments: author: CelesteCS
body: OK, thanks you!
Printing Confluence Pages
Asked by Michael E Bowman:

I am new to Confluence. I am working on a project developing pages-I work with a page to a certain degree (not completed) and then share that with my business partners who help me develop screen prints.   

When I go to print a page out of confluence by right clicking and selecting "Print", Confluence will only let me

print 1 page even though there may be many more pages that could be printed.   

How do I get Confluence to print out more than 1 page at a time?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Michael, that happens to be a known issue for the application, please post your comments and follow the progress of the team on the matter through our issue tracker at <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28544>.
How to hide permission restricted spaces from view of user and updates to them?
Asked by Heidi Benjamin:

In our model we have many restricted permission spaces built for customers. We are collaborating with customers that are usually competitors and I get that they cannot actually gain access to those areas but they still show on the dashboard welcome page as a "site space".

Can I customize this somehow? What am I doing wrong?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You should only see the spaces that you have view access to. If they don't have view access then they should not show up on the dashboard. If they are indeed showing up on the dashboard I would double check your permissions.


author: Heidi Benjamin
body: HI Davin,

Yes but if you take a look at my screenshot you will see that my test account can view the LogRhythm Thrive! space even though in the other screenshot the only people who are able to view it our my actual account and Kirt.

Screen Shot 2014-10-24 at 12.43.29 PM.png

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comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Those are page permissions not space permissions in the top screen shot. If you go to space tools and select permissions you can set who has access to the space. The space permissions control who can get into the space. Page restrictions define what you can see once you are in the space. For instance even if you were to set a view restriction for someone who is not part of the space permissions on a page they still would not be able to see that page because they are blocked at the space level.
Same workflow transition, different screens - How to?
Asked by Antonio Duarte:

Is it possible to define the screen that will be used in a particular workflow transition, based on the issue type that is "running" on this workflow?

I mean: if I create an issue of Type-A in a workflow, it must use a screen named Screen_X1, but if I create an issue of Type-B to run in this same workflow, It must use a screen named Screen_Y1.

So, how to define the screen to be used in a workflow transition, based on the issue created?

Thnx.

Antonio.


Answers:
author: Udo Brand
body: I don't think this is possible.

Solution one would be to use two copies of that workflow and have each issue type associated to one of them. In different workflows you can use differnt screens.

Solution two could be that you use insead of one transition two transitions with a conditions that would allow to have only one transition button visible.

comments: author: Antonio Duarte
body: Hi, Udo, In fact, I just use your first solution, but I aim to decrease the number of "similar" workflows I have on my system (and that was the reason of my question). Your second solution works fine, but only after the initial transition, where the issue was created. In my situation, I want to use different screens also in the moment I create the issue.
under Space Tools > Content Tools > Attachments, how do you import or add attachments
Asked by Roger Smith:

Trying to figure out how to add attachments so that I can link pages to them (how to link to an attachment might be the next question :smile: )


Answers:
author: DavidH
body: It's a little confusing, but when a page is not in edit mode, you can choose Tools \> Attachments. This gives you a window for adding attachments to a page. After they are added, you can make links to them later. Of course, dragging-dropping or pasting on a page in edit mode adds an image to a page and also makes it an attachment.


author: Davin Studer
body: That section just shows you all of the attachments in the space. It does not allow you to put attachments in as attachments are not related to the space directly but rather to the pages in the space. So, similar to an email the attachment is attached to a page. You can upload an attachment to a page by dragging and dropping it onto the page from your computer if you use Chrome, Firefox or IE11. IE10 and below you can go to the tools menu in the top right of the page and then to attachments. At the bottom of that screen is a form to upload an attachment to the page.

To link to an attachment highlight the text that you want to be the link. Then click the link icon in the editor toolbar. If the attachment is on the current page then select attachments on the left side of the insert link dialog box. If it is on another page select search in the insert link dialog box and search for it.

image2014-10-23 9:17:59.png  
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Tags: confluence-administration
Universal Navigation Plugin
Asked by Kathleen Newman:

What code do I enter into the plugin xml code to change the colour of the navigation menu's. I saw this described once but they did not show the code for it. Can anyone help? Thanks.


Answers:
author: Tim
body: <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Writing+a+Confluence+Theme#WritingaConfluenceTheme-Step4.Addacolour-schememoduletothedescriptorfile>