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Hiding the "Blank Page" and "blog" templates for a Space
Asked by Dennis Roche:

Can you remove the ability to create "Blank Page" or "Blog Post" from the default Create options? I have disabled all other blueprints and I have created 2 specific templates that I want to be the only templates available to use in a Space. Is this possible to do? See below image.

image2016-8-18 7:40:26.png  
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Answers:
author: Rob Woodgate
body: There is no way (that i know of) to disable the default blank page template. However, there is an open ticket where Atlassian are requesting use cases for amending the default template: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3697>

If they provide that functionality you could amend that template and users would be forced to use that if it's the only template available. Worth adding your use case to that ticket.


author: Davin Studer
body: The blog post option is removed in space permissions. If the user does not have the Blog Add option they will not see that.

image2016-8-18 15:10:46.png

As for blank page you could do that with some CSS added to the Custom HTML section in Confluence Admin. Put this in the "At end of the BODY" section. It must be in the Custom HTML to work everywhere in Confluence as opposed to the Stylesheet section in Confluence Admin. The reason being the global stylesheet is not applied to anything within Confluence Admin.

```
&lt;style type="text/css"&gt;li[data-item-module-complete-key*="create-blank-page"] {display: none !important;}&lt;/style&gt;
```

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Hiding-the-quot-Blank-Page-quot-and-quot-blog-quot-templates-for/qaq-p/435450?attachment-id=1111){#link_11867f90edfb5e}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/73841/1/image2016-8-18%2015%3A10%3A46.png){#display_11867f90edfb5e_0}

comments: author: sandipta sucharita
body: It didn't work. Can you suggest anything please.


Tags: confluence-administration
Create page pop-up not loading
Asked by Mark Forrester:

Hi

We are using confluence cloud and when we click on the three dots next to create the pop-up appears but nothing loads.

Can anyone advise what could cause this thanks


Answers:
author: Mark Forrester
body: FYI resolved by support.

Appears the KB article gave the answer but as we are in the cloud we could not access that part of the system to verify.

A support call is required to resolve the issue if you in the cloud

comments: author: Ignacio Pulgar
body: Thanks for sharing!


author: Mark Forrester
body: No problem this was the KB that was referred to by support, fix applied was Cause 2

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-create-pages-the-create-page-popup-loads-forever-after-confluence-upgrade-to-5-x-330793034.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
M20 - Tooltip plugin - Datacenter version?
Asked by GaryM:

M20 - Any plans to support tooltips plugin on Datacentre versions of confluence?


Answers:
author: Michael Kalnicki _M20_
body: Hi Gary, Tooltips now officially supports Confluence Data Center. You should be able to install it from the Atlassian Marketplace.


Tags: addon-com.m20tech.tooltips
forgot admin password in confluence and using h2 database
Asked by Sorter Jenkins:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Unable to Start Confluence Due to I/O errors during LOB access](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=236587810)*

forgot admin password in confluence and using h2 database, is there any way to recover that password.


Answers:
author: Siddheshwar mhetre
body: Dear Sorter

#### For the Evaluation Embedded HSQL Database {#toc-hId-1309950456}

**To change the password to** **admin** **for a given username:**

1. Shut down Confluence.
2. Open `<confluence-home>/database/confluencedb.script`, or `confluencedb.log` if the .script file looks empty.
3. Search for:

   ```
   INSERT INTO CWD_USER VALUES(
   ```

4. Keep searching until you find the appropriate user, then replace their password with the hash value above.
5. Save the file.
6. Restart Confluence.

For more about restoring password please check below link

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf57/restoring-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-701435450.html>

Regards,

Siddheshwar


Tags: jira
How to manage permissions without "Reputation Based Permissions"?
Asked by Sergei Dorogin:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=407724476)*

Hi.

I don't want to enable "Reputation Based Permissions" as my site is internal q\&a and all users should have equal rights regardless of their experience on the site. But I want to allow some users to manage questions (edit/delete) \& answers (accept). It's unclear from the documentation who has that permissions in Questions? How to manage them?


Answers:
author: Nuix_IT
body: I too am interested in a solution to this. Elevating all user privileges to that of admins is not secure or practical. It would be great if there was a moderator role to allow users the authority to edit / delete / add or remove tags etc.


author: Joe
body: I have the same requirement - an alternative to Reputation Based Permissions is needed. Does anyone know if Atlassian is planning a feature in Questions to allow users to be designated as approved to answers Questions?


Tags: documentation

permission
add existing gliffy diagram from attachments
Asked by A.W.:

Hello everyone,

if I created a gliffy diagram, it will be stored in the attachments of the space. If I remove the gliffy diagram of the space, I can still find it in the attachments. Now how can I re-integrate the original gliffy into the space and start editing again? If I use "add new gliffy" and select the former gliffy, it will create a copy, I cannot insert the original gliffy.

Thanks for your help in advance!

Regards, A.


Answers:
author: Jonas Andersson
body: Had the same issue and had to solve it by downloading the attachment, removing it of the attachments and the page (make sure you download the gliffy diagram itself, and not the rendered PNG that will be seen). After that insert a "new" gliffy on the page, and when the gliffy diagram editor is running, you should be able to open the saved gliffy diagram. The downside of this is that you lose the history of the attachment, so it might make sense leaving the old gliffy attachments attached, if the history is needed.

Not a perfect solution, but the workaround i was forced to use.
Can you run a script from a webpage?
Asked by Joe Lindsay:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [How to use JavaScript in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=313458839)*

Can you run a script that exists on a web page?  

I.e <http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js>

I have tried wrapping it in \<script\> tags and using

```
type="text/javascript"
```


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Sure. You could use a user macro, the html macro, or put it i the custom html section of Confluence Admin. What are you trying to do?


Tags: javascript
How do I create a table which lists all open tasks on a project site?
Asked by Joanna Razzell:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Managing Tasks in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=591595825)*

How do I create a table which lists all open tasks on a project site?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: In 5.5 they added a task report macro that does just what you are asking.


Tags: task
Two differents URL
Asked by Roberto Pavon:

Hi everyone,

I realized that confluence uses two different structures of URL:

1. structure 1: /pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12345

2. structure 2: /display/category/example-title-automated

Is there any way to set the second structure for all the URLs in the site?

I hope anyone can help :smile:

Have a good day.


Answers:
author: Alex Yasurek
body: Hi,

You usually only get this type of structure: "pages/viewpage.action?pageId=12345" when you have some special characters in the title. If not then it should display like structure two. I would check those pages that are displaying with pageId=12345 and see what special characters are in the title and remove them.

comments: author: Ross Lindell _Information Officer Pte Ltd_
body: Agree. The parenthesis '(' or ')' being a local favorite in page titles.


author: Alex Yasurek
body: Yea we run into a lot of people using parenthesis also.

Roberto: Here is a list of characters you can't use:

```
! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? # [ ]
```

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-page-urls-contain-pageid-instead-of-the-page-title-278692715.html>


author: Roberto Pavon
body: I see, thanks for answering


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: As an aside, you'll find the page-id is always valid - the page title url is usable when Confluence can use it, but you can always get to a page via its ID, even if there is a friendly name.


Tags: confluence-administration
Does Atlassian support Nginx as proxy for Confluence?
Asked by knowshan:


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: You are free to proxy Confluence however you desire but Atlassian doesn't offer support for proxy configurations.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It does work fine though :wink:


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Very good point that I neglected to add, thanks Nic. I have used HTTPD Server and Nignix to success, most webservers will work just fine.


Tags: confluence-administration

nginx
restore backup
Asked by Naeem Alarakhia:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Setup Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=135691)*

Hello, I have a .sql back up file that I need to restore in Confluence. I download Confluence Server non production. What are my next steps to restoring the .sql file?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Create a new empty database for Confluence to use.

Install Confluence, pointing it at the empty database. Make sure the basics all work.

Stop Confluence, drop the database, and restore the .sql into it.

Restart Confluence and re-index it immediately.


Tags: backup
Confluence Images Not Loading
Asked by James Bathgate:

[F](https://www.dropbox.com/s/d88972mpg91l0zr/Screenshot%202016-08-16%2007.36.35.png?dl=0)or several of our team members there are several images in confluence that aren't loading. I'm not sure if this is affecting everyone or just some users. See screenshot below.

<https://www.dropbox.com/s/d88972mpg91l0zr/Screenshot%202016-08-16%2007.36.35.png?dl=0>


Answers:
author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: I highly recommend that you raise an issue at support.atlassian.com so that our excellent support staff can investigate the issue, find the problem and alert the right teams if need be. Cheers!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
change email
Asked by Bindu Batra:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Your User Profile](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=771892460)*

I want to change email address of my wiki account. How do I do that?


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude[Jira]
body: Hi @Bindu Batra

Go to your profile and choose edit settings and change the email.:smile:


Tags: documentation
How to fix "Error rendering macro 'csv' : null"
Asked by Jeremy Brooks:

I am trying to use the csv macro in a new confluence page and keep getting the null pointer error message:

```
Error rendering macro 'csv' : null
```

Here is the simple test data I have been using just in case the data I really wanted to use had an error:

```
one,two,three1,2,31,2,31,2,3
```

I have already read the [csv macro help page](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/TBL/CSV+Macro) and watched the video, but it hasn't helped.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Your example is fine. It is pretty simple stuff, so I would suspect some sort of installation issue. What version of Confluence are you on and what version of the add-on?

1. Go to **Manage add-ons** and find the **Advanced Tables** add-on.
2. Uninstall
3. Go to **Find add-ons** and search for **Advanced Tables** and re-install it

comments: author: Jeremy Brooks
body: I didn't realise that this was a paid for add-on, now I see the problem, its not enabled, I'll have to uninstall this unfortunately. I had assumed that it came with Confluence, oh well, thanks anyway Bob, its a useful macro.


author: Marcel Woschek
body: Since it seems to be a Bob Swift Macro, I'll just mention him right here :smile:

@Bob Swift \[Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons\]


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
who can create groups
Asked by Nir Brifman:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Confluence Groups for Administrators](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=138706)*

Only administrators can create groups?


Answers:
author: Marcel Woschek
body: Yes, only confluence admins can create groups because every group has it's own permissions and only admins can set global permissions.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
SQL for Confluence Error
Asked by Glen Collins:

Hello. I am using Confluence version 5.9.3 (on Redhat Linux) and the latest SQL for Confluence on a trial basis. I'm receiving rendering errors using both sql and macro-sql. I saw someplace (which I cannot now find) that there was an issue with how Confluence was rendering. I'm wondering if I'm experiencing that issue.

I am using the SQL right now and this is what I'm receiving:

Error rendering macro 'sql' : org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: ERROR: syntax error at or near "{" Position: 22

This one is using file based SQL located on the server itself. But also when I do the exact some sql statement in the macro, I get the same error. Here is the SQL I'm using taken from the documentation page:

{sql}  
select \* from system  
{sql}

I don't think I have to supply anything else since I'm specifying the datasource in the macro itself.

Has anyone else seen this before? I'm thinking(remembering) I may have to upgrade Confluence because of the rendering issue I saw. But I want to be sure.

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.

Glen Collins


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Did you insert the example as wiki markup using the **Insert** -\> **Markup** menu item? I suspect not - you probably created a sql macro directly in the editor. In that case, you just put the **sql statement** in the body of the macro.

comments: author: Glen Collins
body: So what you are saying is:

-\> insert -\> macro -\> sqlquery macro

And then"

Focus sqlquery macro -\> insert -\> markup -\> add statement -\> insert

Well when I select/focus the sqlquery macro, the 'insert more content' goes grey and is unselectable.


author: Glen Collins
body: Ok. Well I feel stupid now. It was an error in the data source profiles. Once that was fixed it started working.

Thanks for answering this question though.

Glen Collins


Tags: bob-swift

confluence-administration

sql
How do I create public access that...
Asked by Weekseee:

displays (a) a specific space, (b) defaults to a page I define, (c) No updates visible, (d) no 'DISCOVER' or 'MY WORK' sections visible, and (e) no 'created by' notes visible?


Answers:
author: darrenpegg
body: Hi Simon,

Using Atlassian cloud you are limited.. You would need to disable addons via the Dashboard Macro list which only Atlassian can do. Though this reflect across Confluence for everyone so probably not ideal.

You maybe better of creating a page and configuring that and make that the default landing page, after enabling Anonymous access via global permissions and then allowing public access to that space via the space permissions. It will not matter if you have several public facing spaces as you will have enabled a space via Confluence Administration \> Further Administration and edit via a select list. Though it will display the landing/home page of that space. If you don't want anyone to access anything underneath, page restrictions should be added = painful.

You could possibly put a script in the look and feel section within space admin to hide macros etc but I've only managed in the past through a need of a client to hide and put macros into side bar, but not sure if it can be made to be clever so that it will check for user access so that users can see and anonymous users cannot to keep the stuff you want above in for internal users..


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why aren't my templates saving in Confluence?
Asked by huvey:

Each time I go into create a new template, I add my content, click save, and then it's gone.

I have tried creating only a blank template and saving, which works but when I try to add content it doesn't save.

Is this a permissions issue associated with my credentials?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Chris, what version of Confluence are you using?

Typically I would open the Confluence Application Log and see if anything is printing as a draft failed to save -- You might need to talk to someone with Admin permissions.


author: huvey
body: Steve - it is honestly any type of content I try to include - text, images, sections. Even if I add a few lines of random text, it will disappear.


author: Shannon Cleary
body: I have the same problem for creating a template with recent updates and collaborator macros.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: What sort of content are you trying to save?

I've run into this problem when trying to paste a specific image into Templates before -- When I didn't use that image it saved just fine.

comments: author: Julia Mannagottera
body: I totally agree. I had the same problem but once I had removed the pictures (more sort of icons) I could save the templates.
How can I edit stakeholders after the decision is created?
Asked by Linda Whitehurst:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Decisions Blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=339739406)*

Once a decision is created in Confluence, how can additional stakeholders be added?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Edit the page, and @mention the users that need to be in that table! It's simply stored in Page Content.


Tags: blueprint

confluence-cloud

decision
Can you create a task without opening a page for editing in confluence?
Asked by Graham Oliver:

Using confluence cloud and trying to add a task to a task list macro list on a page but trying to avoid having to click edit.

Some people have mentioned using the workbox to add personal tasks but there does not seem to be this option on the version I am using.

Any ideas or suggestions gratefully received.

Regards,

Graham


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: I'm not aware of a way to add a task without editing, you can only mark a task as complete (or unmark it).

Is this because you don't want to send a notification?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Does Confluence keep track of where a wiki page is used?
Asked by Tom Regner:


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: You can use the Confluence Page Information to see what outgoing links and incoming referers there are --

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/view-page-information-139408.html>


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you mean by "used"?


author: Tom Regner
body: I mean it in the industry-standard usage of "where used." In document management, any given document will have notations of where it is used... that is, the document might be relevant to and referenced from multiple other documents. For example, if we take Google's Panoramio application that has built-in metadata for each of the millions of photographs mapped to specific locations, and view that metadata, we can bring up a list of what other websites link to that photo -- such as, Googlemaps, National Geographic, a National Parks website, a chamber of commerce website... will all be listed if they have a link to that photo. So the question is, does a given Confluence wiki page "know" where it is referenced (linked) from other wiki pages?

The reason I'm asking is that we have thousands of documents in hundreds of repositories. Sometimes those repositories need to be reconfigured or moved. Is there a mechanism in Confluence that tracks the move?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, you mean "where it has been referred to", not "where used" (because used might mean read by a human, edited, linked from, linked to, read by another system, and so-on).

I'd mark Steven's answer right in that case.


Tags: confluence-administration
Excerpt-Include across Spaces
Asked by Rohan Dhillon:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Excerpt Include Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=148067)*

Hi,

Although the article states that pages across spaces are supported with excerpt-include, I am having a tough time linking to an excerpt across a space. Seems like this issue was brought up in CONF-5752 (marked as resolved), but I'm still having trouble.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What problems are you having with it?

comments: author: Rohan Dhillon
body: I am able to include an excerpt that is within the same space, but I'd like to include an excerpt from another space and the space doesn't show when I try typing the space key or page name.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Do you have full read access to the space you're pulling from? What happens if you just put the space key in without the selection choosing one?


author: Rohan Dhillon
body: Hi,

Sorry I wasn't able to reply sooner, since I am a new user there is a limit set to 3 responses a day. I do have full access to the space, in face I am the admin of the space I am pulling from. The search box isn't finding any other spaces when I type in the search box, only results that appear are the pages within the space. Looks like we are on Confluence 4.3.1, that's probably the problem, right? I think the fix was applied to 4.3.2


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, yes, that would explain it.


Tags: documentation

excerpt
After update from 5.7.1 to 5.9.4 no direct creation of Jira issues is possible - why?
Asked by M.Evans:

When highlighting text in a Confluence page and choosing the "Create JIRA issue" option, we get this message:

The version of selected JIRA server is not supported. You may want to upgrade to the newer version or [create issue in JIRA](https://jira.mdgms.com).

Our JIRA has version 7.1.1

If you choose : create issue in JIRA, JIRA is opened after a long while but only displaying the dashboard. No new issues is created.


Answers:
author: M.Evans
body: \[CSP-182781\]

Flush plugin cache:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-clear-confluence-plugins-cache-297664846.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
Add watchers to template?
Asked by Timothy Harris:

We have a simple use case of a change log. Top level page has a create from template button and page properties report.

Simple idea is to create a new change from template. It is listed and shown in the table from the page properties report.

But we want the changes to notify specific people. I can sse that there is no way to add watcher to a template.

Is it possible to add watchers with a user macro? Not sure if there is an api available through use macro that can do this?


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Timothy,

I can't answer your question directly, but with our Page Tree Creator (PTC) the PTC Blueprints are based on normal Confluence pages and therefore the watch on a template is a piece of cake.

Check out our **[LIVE Examples](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples)** (nor registration needed).

Give it a try: **[Page Tree Creator Marketplace Link](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview)**.

Regards,  
Stephan


Tags: user-macro

watcher