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How can I protect a Confluence Template
Asked by guillermor@computecsrl.com.ar:

Hi, I want to do a Confluence Template, but I just want to be able to edit only the variables, without changing the field name. It is possible?


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: As Andrew mentioned the Scaffolding plugin from Customware is one way to create a template where the user is steered towards filling in form fields only. Plenty of info to get you started with this on the Customware web site.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Guillermo,

You can use Form Field Markup with templates - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Form+Field+Markup+for+Templates> - would that work for you?

If you need something more powerful have a look at the plugins listed on the Working with Templates page at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Templates>

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

comments: author: guillermor@computecsrl.com.ar
body: Andrew, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I've tested that you comment and is not what I'm looking for or trying to do. I would like the user can not modify the text that accompanies the variable. Basically what I want is that users only enter data in the fields provided for this purpose. I hope now to have been a little more clear about what I want. I look forward to any help :)


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Guillermo,

Apologies if I'm misunderstanding. Is it that you want users to be able to create a template, but only allow them to change field data within that template? Or do you want to create a template and have users be able to create pages from that template?

For a user creating a template, but being restricted in what they can edit in that template I'm not aware of any way of doing that. If an admin creates a template using form fields then users will be prompted to provide values for those fields when creating a page from that template, though it doesn't stop users from altering the field titles for those page instances after the pages have been created.

Did you also have a look at the plugins (Scaffolding and Zones) linked to from the second link? They allow you to do a lot more with templates and structured content and may be closer to what you're looking for.

Andrew.


author: guillermor@computecsrl.com.ar
body: Andrew, yes I want that the user can create a document based on a template, but ONLY allow to change field data within the template, without altering the field titles.


author: Pablo Esteban Mendez Monti
body: Hi! I have the same issue! someone found the way?


author: Reza Modaresi
body: Hi Guillermo,

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Did you ever find out how to do this?


author: guillermor@computecsrl.com.ar
body: Besides Andrew, there is someone else who can give me help on this issue?. I want that the user can create a document based on a template, but ONLY allow to change field data within the template, without altering the field titles. I need this.!


Tags: template
How do we admin a space after it has been imported?
Asked by Matt Kaufman:

We imported a space into Confluence On Demand and now there doesn't appear to be a way to assign an existing user to admin that space. Even when I login with an "admin" account, I do not see the "Browse \> Space Admin" directory.


Answers:
author: raadad
body: Thats unusual, the space admin screen should not appear if you do not have access to administer the space.

To administer any space you need to be in the System Administrator Group, check that your admin user is part of that group.

Also the link below is the direct link to the space admin page, modify it fit your environment and see if you can get access that way

http://{your hostname}/spaces/editspace.action?key={the key of your space}


Tags: cloud
API for Plugin Vendors To Hook When Space Gets Backed Up/Restored
Asked by Gregory Sudderth:

or...

"Need Atlassian-provided API For Plugin Vendors To Use For Serialization of a Page/Space-related Plugin Data"

When a space gets backed up, and restored, it can lose external plugin vendor data, like "this gliffy image goes here". It would be cool if there was an interface that would allow plugin vendors to store that data and retrieve it for the backup/restore process.

The goal is the space/page is restored 100% like it was before backup.

Lemme try my lame agile skills in story lingo:

"As a 3rd party plugin-developer, I'd like to expose a hook that will get called when a Space is being backed up, to allow me to serialize out my plugin-specific context data for the Space being backed up. I'd also like that data to get used to call me to restore it when the Space gets restored."

G.


Answers:
author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: Yes. There are 2 kind of exports: Global backup and Space export. The same classes are used by both, so the following method should work for space too.

First, you need to download the source of Confluence, because you'll need it. You can do so at <http://my.atlassian.com> if you've bought at least a starter license ($10).

Then have a look at **FileXmlExporter#backupPluginData()**. Any plugin which declares \<backup-restore key="..." class="... something implementing BackupRestoreProvider"/\> will be run during the back-ups.

A good example is [ActiveObjects (source available on BitBucket)](https://bitbucket.org/activeobjects/ao-plugin/src/activeobjects-plugin-parent-pom-0.19.22/activeobjects-confluence-spi/src/main/resources/atlassian-plugin.xml). It saves data during export:

```
&lt;backup-restore key="activeObjectsBackupRestoreProvider" class="com.atlassian.activeobjects.confluence.backup.ActiveObjectsBackupRestoreProvider" public="true"/&gt;
```

Don't forget the public=true, so Confluence can see it.


Tags: backup

confluence-app
Upgrade from 4.1.2 to 4.2.3 results in timeouts when trying to save comments.
Asked by Matthew J. Horn:

I recently upgraded to Confluence 4.2.3 from 4.1.2. I know there are changes in the ways comments are handled. However, when I try to add a comment by using the Quick Comments feature, the browser will hang for about 10 seconds and then display the following error in a little popup:

Failed to save the comment: timeout: timeout

Specifically, this happens after I enter the body of the comment and click the Save button.


Answers:
author: Paul Curren
body: Assuming your server isn't overloaded and genuinely timing out, then it sounds like there is a problem somewhere.

Is there anything relevant in either your javascript console on the browser or the server log?

comments: author: Matthew J. Horn
body: A server restart solved the issue. All the comments I had tried to add when experiencing the timeouts were "flushed" and appeared on the page after the restart.


Tags: comment
Problem to convert a trial in a paid account
Asked by Rodrigo Paiva:

Hi,

My trial has expired and I want to convert my trial (<https://valoreconomico.atlassian.net>) to a paid account, but I just want to stay with Confluence.

When I try to convert my account on <https://my.atlassian.com/ondemand/convert/2269980> I can t remove the Jira. Please, remove my Jira trial, than I Will convert only my confluence account.

Thanks,

Rodrigo Paiva

Produ??o Digital

[rodrigo.paiva@valor.com.br](mailto:rodrigo.paiva@valor.com.br)

Tel.: (11) 3767-1317 \| Cel.: (11) 7283-9751


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Rodrigo,

this is an Atlassian user forum, no official Atlassian support site. You should contact Atlassian here: [support.Atlassian.com](http://support.Atlassian.com)

I think you should also better remove your phone number and email from your post since this forum is public.

Best regards

Thomas
Is the content in the "Recommended Updates" email determined by permission?
Asked by Kevin O'Brien ADMIN:

I am curious to see how Confluence determines what information is sent out in the Recommended Updates emails. Is the inforamtion in the email all the same, or does it send out information based on a user privileges? I guess what I am asking is, is the inforamtion in the email that goes out only information that users can see, or are they seeing restricted content, but not able to drill into it?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It varies for different users - "Confluence sends a regular email report to subscribers, containing the top content that is relevant to the person receiving the message" as per docs!

Definitely determined by permissions. You see only what you can!


author: Mick Davidson
body: I'm not 100% sure what triggers a notification, but since upgrading to 4.2, we've seem to be getting ones we weren't getting before. I don;t know if the following helps, but I've just added these notes and instructions to our wiki so that users know how to change the current setting. Feel free to add it to yours. :)

**Notifications and Recommendations**

The wiki will send you updates and notifications of changes to pages you are assocciated with. This might be because you created or edited the page; you might have added yourself as a Watcher or been added by someone else. You will also get them if you comment on a page. The type of notification you receive and it's regularity can be changed from your user profile.

To access your profile and change your settings:

1. Click on your user name (top right of browser).
2. Select Profile.
3. You should now see a row of words that start with Profile and Network. The second to last of these is Settings.
4. Click on Settings.
5. Now click on Email.
6. You should now see a number of options that are greyed out.
7. Now scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the Edit button.
8. You should now be able to deselect or select any of the options you want to change.
9. When you've finished, press Submit to finish the process.
How to determine forum related pages in database?
Asked by MarkW:

I need to retrieve a list of pages that were modified in a particular time frame that are related to an index issue. I can select the content type of blogpost but for forum 'topics' or pages, how can I determine its type in the database.

I know they are just pages and will be listed with that type but are there other flags used to identify their behavior?


Answers:
author: Matthew J. Horn
body: I don't think so. If they were all in a space, you could narrow your query by SPACEID, but I can't think of another way OTOMH.


Tags: database

db2

sql
Allow anonymous users to view status of linked JIRA issues on a Confluence page
Asked by Justin Corcoran:

I have a page set up with a list of linked JIRA issues, and I want anonymous users to be able to see the status of these issues. When I access the page when I'm logged in, this works fine. If I log out and access the page as an anonymous user, I can see the issue number, but the description and status don't display, and the issue "box" is red instead of blue.

Is there any way to let anonymous Confluence users see issue description/status?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Justin,

if the issues in Jira are protected, you cannot show (and shouldn't show) them to unauthorized users.

That's a security issue.

Best regards

Thomas

comments: author: Justin Corcoran
body: Our site is only available internally, so I set the permission scheme to allow anyone to view the issues, and this allowed Confluence users to see the full issue description when I enter a JIRA Issue Link.


author: Mark Lang
body: What if the JIRA issues are not protected or some are not protected while others are. Can it at least show the lists of issues that do not have any issue security values?


Tags: issue-link

permission
How do I allow people to see pages without signing up (Confluence)?
Asked by Justin Corcoran:

This is a very basic question, and I'm sure it's documented somewhere that I just can't find, but how do I set up Confluence pages so that they can be viewed by anyone, without requiring that they sign up? I'm looking to basically reproduce the behavior of all the Atlassian documentation, where I can read it all without having to sign up.

I found something about public/private sign up (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Enabling+or+Disabling+Public+Signup>) but even the name makes it sound like this isn't what I want...I don't want any signup at all!


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

in space administration you have to open the space for anonymous users. Look here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+up+Anonymous+Access>

Best regards

Thomas


Tags: anonymous

page
Custom Urls For a Separate Space (Confluence Space as Intranet)
Asked by Alex Suslin:

We're going to use Confluence as INTRANET. So I have created a space "INTRANER" with custom look and feel (theme). Now I'm going to set default url to /Intranet/Home page, so if an employee enter in the browser [www.example.com](http://www.example.com) he will be redirected to [www.example.com/Intranet/Home/](http://www.example.com/Intranet/Home/ "www.example.com/Intranet/Home/") rather than to Confluence Dashboard. (Note we'll still have dashboard and other project spaces - just Intranet is a start point).

On the Intranet we have such sections as News, Forum, Docs, etc.

I have a task:

1. Get rid of the part /Intranet/Home so [www.example.com](http://www.example.com) will show you Intranet Homepage (I guess that is possible with the help of mod rewrite module for Apache, any suggestions here are welcome as I have no expirience with it, but have lots of with IIS Url Rewrite and I have configured Confluence over IIS
2. When I go to [www.example.com/News](http://www.example.com/News) I should see the content from [www.example.com/Intranet/News](http://www.example.com/Intranet/News)
   1. for static urls I can still user Url Rewrite yes?
   2. What about dynamic content? I would like to see that my menu items uses /News instead of /Intranet/News and all the other generated content. E.g. I can add a high level page "EVENTS" and want to go to it by [www.example.com/EVENTS](http://www.example.com/EVENTS)


Answers:
author: Matthew J. Horn
body: 1) There is copious doc on mod rewrite module for Apache. Start here: <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_rewrite.html>

2) ...

Part 1) Yes, use URL rewriting.

Part 2) URL rewriting should take care of this, too.

comments: author: Alex Suslin
body: I am accepting that answer, thanks. However could you please have a look at my next question: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/62915/main-page-url-rewrite](/questions/62915/main-page-url-rewrite)
JSON API returned empty array
Asked by Mustafa Abusalah:

I have been trying to use the JSON ROPC API to invoke some web services. I alway receive an empty array when calling any method through JSON. I tried the same code with a different confluence installation and the JSON methods worked just fine.

My installation is 4.1 and the other version I tested was 4.1

Is there a known issue about this?

Thank you


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi Mustafa,

I am the one that handled the support Issue that you raised on [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com). I've tested it on my side and it works, may I know whether you have tried to pass the token of your session, by logging in your Confluence?

Cheers,  
Josua


Tags: json
how to increase the dropdown width of confluence search box?
Asked by poonam chaudhari:

I am trying with customizing confluence stylesheet:

the code am using is:

1. #com-atlassian-confluence .aui-dropdown {
2. width: 42em;
3. 
4. }   

But it does not work.There is followinc code:

<br />

* element.style {
* width: 42em;
* }

<br />

whichoveridess the above code.

Why is it so?

Plz suggest solution..


Answers:
author: poonam chaudhari
body: Sorry for mistake in question..It does not work in IE.


author: poonam chaudhari
body: It increases according to the size of string in the searchbox.


author: poonam chaudhari
body: Hi,

It increases acording to string in searchbox.


author: poonam chaudhari
body: I am able to increase the width of the searchbox with the following code

.aui-dropdown.aui-dropdown-left.aui-box-shadow { width: 42em !important; }

div.aui-dd-parent.quick-nav-drop-down { width: 42em !important; }

But it does not work in mozilla.Why is it so?Plz help me.![](../../upfiles/searchbox.bmp)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Customize People Directory
Asked by Kavita Parab:

The current format of People Directory in Confluence 4.1 is just a listing of users and email id. I need to display more fields like phone, department, location, designation. How can this be reflected?


Answers:
author: Eric_Mertens
body: Why can't we edit/change/customize the People Directory view.

At the moment it is just a random listing of users. Whereas i would like more structure ...

Please someone, anyone, shed some light.... and please no plugins!


author: Adam Shawley
body: This hasn't been updated in a year, you can whatever fields you want by leveraging the User Profile Plugin. It's available in the Marketplace. Has an Org chart too.


author: TPT
body: Yes, please. This would be a significant improvement and Doesn't seem to be soemthing that would be a significant change.


author: Susan Woster
body: Has anyone found an answer to this question?


author: Tom Rose
body: I have the same question, and I'm not clear on how the posted answer addresses the question. I need to display more fields in the people directory. Is there a way to do this? Assuming there is a way to do this, how how/where do I do it?


author: RianA
body: Hi Kavita,

I think you might want to look at this plugin below.

\* [Enterprise Directory and Org Chart for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.enterprise-directory)

Cheers,  
Josua


Tags: directory

user
WebDav behavior and configuration
Asked by hans-peter.geier:

I have a strange observation:

Some time ago, I loaded a whole structure of pages into a Confluence space using WebDav interface.

Everything fine so far. I can also use WebDav to browse the structure without problem.

Now I created another space and built the page structure using UWC.

When I use WebDav on this space to browse, I can see only the levels Global, the space name, the Home page and one more level of pages.

Everything which is on a deeper level is not shown in WebDav.

In an attempt to resolve this issue, I found the checkbox Disable strict path check in the WebDav Configuration screen.

This box was unchecked.

To experiment, I checked this box. NOW WebDav shows all levels of the page structure.

Questions:

a) is this the expected behavior? Or is this a bug of the UWC?

b) What is the risk of checking the Disable strict path check box?

c) The text on this configuration page mentions some risk, but refers to <https://developer.atlassian.com/jira/browse/WBDV-175> for details.

I do not have access to this Jira project. So I'm seeking your advice regarding which potential risks I have to worry about.


Answers:
author: Christian Reichert
body: You may have to rebuild the ancestor Table like described here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Rebuilding+the+Ancestor+Table>

This usually fixes this bevaviour. We expierience the same Problem once in a while.


author: hsuhailah
body: Yes, rebuilding the ancestor table should be able to fix this issue as suggested in the support ticket that you have raised to us :)
Reproducing Confluence System Error Message
Asked by Prachi Kurlekar:

Hi,

I have confluence 3.5.13

I want to know how can I reproduce the Confluence System Error Message : "A System Error Occured - Our Apologies!" for some development work.

Please help me in this.

Thanks,

Prachi.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Mmm, I'd have to ask why you want to do this.

To *reproduce* it, all you need is some dodgy code that doesn't work, or some data that breaks. My favourite trick is writing my own plugins and getting the .vm file totally messed up so that it can't be rendered correctly. I suspect you can do that with a simple user macro and an incorrect .vm structure (like a single line in the middle that says "#if ( a == b )" and then doesn't have a closing "#end" statement)

To *replicate* it, you'll have to trigger whatever the error is that you've seen it happen for.

comments: author: Thomas Schlegel
body: great Ideas ;-)

But Prachi has an OnDemand Instance, so this won't work... He has to ask Atlassian to do these things for him... ;-)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, yes. And won't be able to deploy modified code anyway


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Edit profile page in Confluence 4.2.1
Asked by M.R. van Kleef:

Hello,

How do I edit the source of the profile page? I have modified the profile.vmd in the folder /home/confluence-4.2.1/confluence/decorators, but when I start Confluence I still see the original file.

Michiel


Answers:
author: M.R. van Kleef
body: Solved. I'm using Adaptavist Themebuilder, and I have to edit the profile.vmd in that plugin.


Tags: profile
Copy/cut/paste columns in confluence table
Asked by Andr?W:

Is it possible to copy/cut/paste columns in a table in confluence in the same manner as rows?

If not, is there a workaround to get columns moved?

Thank you.

Andr?


Answers:
author: Andr?W
body: Hi Bruna,

thats right, you can insert a new column, but to copy only one column in the middle of a large table and pasting it in the new column only works if the copied column is one the right side of the column to paste in. If you copy from a column on the left side then the result is bad. Here is an example:

![](../../../upfiles/confluence-table-copy-column.png)

Best Regards,

Andr?


author: Jakob Moeller
body: This also annoyed me for a while, however, the following workaround does the trick: Copy the whole table and paste it into Excel, copy a single column in Excel, add a column in Confluence and paste your content into that.

comments: author: Jake Moskowitz
body: Thanks Man (Jacob to Jakob) - saved me a ton of time !


author: Cassandra Bonner
body: I found one other way for anyone that cares.

You can do the old-school "swap" solution from programming 101.

you have a confluence table. Let's say it has 9 columns. you want columns 2-4 to be moved to what currently in front of column 8.

Solution:

Take two copies of the table (i do it on the same page).

in the first one delete the ones you don't want (2-4) and insert 4 where they go.

in the second one - delete all but the four. then copy the four and paste into the columns where you made the four blank columns.

viola.

delete your first table and your last and you're left with the desired result.

comments: author: Robert Stevenson
body: Hey Cassandra - thanks for posting - good thinking! Worked like a dream.


author: Kris De Ridder
body: Thanks, Cassandra, for this great tip!


author: lurcienaga
body: Cool tip. So simple!


author: Scott W
body: Found this while searching for solution.

And then I found <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22711>

This new feature gets a minor mention in [the release notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+5.8+Release+Notes)

"As a bonus, we've also added cut, copy and paste buttons for columns. Yey."

I checked our version and we're still running 5.5.1 - so yeah,.. will need to update that.


author: Randy Schultz
body: Seriously?! No column moving.


author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Andr?!

Unfortunately, as far as I know, what you can do is to click on Insert Column (before or after) and copy the content.

Kind Regards