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Handy Page Diff
Asked by Julio Julio:

Hi,

I see that one page in our Confluence instance has 'handy page diff' enabled as it displays the number of changes to that particular page. I don't see this option for other pages w/in the same Confluence instance even though I made changes to multiple pages to see if this is the issue.

Am I missing something?

Confluence v 5.8.16

Handy Macros for Confluence 2.0.1


Answers:
author: Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_
body: [@Julio Julio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2095547)

I will be upfront, and mention that I am not entirely familiar with that particular function, but i would mention that you would likely have to have that macro included on a page for the information to be displayed.

Have you tried adding it with the Insert More Content menu, and selecting Other macros?

![Insert More Content Menu.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34330i1B336C53005889C5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Insert More Content Menu.PNG")

comments: author: Julio Julio
body: Yes, I have. I don't see this as a macro option. The website states it's enabled by default which I do see. I just can't get this icon to be displayed even when editing a page.


author: Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_
body: [@Julio Julio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2095547)

Might also try looking under the space tools, if you have admin. I know that is where set up for one of our Plugins Viewtracker lives.


author: Julio Julio
body: [@Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/531949) I did go to to the admin space and made sure this is enabled. Thanks.


author: Kimberly Deal _Columbus ACE_
body: [@Julio Julio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2095547)

You also might want to raise a support ticket with the vendor of the app.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server\&tab=support](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=support)

or check out their documentation

<https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/HMFC/Handy+Macros+for+Confluence+Home>


author: Julio Julio
body: Thanks!


Tags: confluence-administration
How do we reinstate the link between confluence & Jira (Server)
Asked by Alastair Walker:

Hi,

We moved from the cloud to the server versions of Confluence \& Jira recently. Previously the links between Confluence and Jira worked without a problem now we are on the server version these are broken, is there a way of investigating the reason?

Thanks,

Alastair Walker


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Have you updated the application links?


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence 6.12.0 can't create space with error-log empty
Asked by ttaoyuan:

today ,i have just been upgraded the confluence from 6.10 to 6.12. but now i can't create space (below the pic shows),create/save page etc works fine

and checked the log ,with nothing showed i think.

the real near error info is :

<br />

-- referer: <http://192.168.1.8:8090/plugins/servlet/troubleshooting/view/> \| url: /rest/create-dialog/1.0/space-blueprint/dialog/web-items \| traceId: 3d5a3796b4598975 \| userName: adminsys  
2018-10-09 02:07:01,429 WARN \[http-nio-8090-exec-9\] \[hql.internal.ast.HqlSqlWalker\] generatePositionalParameter \[DEPRECATION\] Encountered positional parameter near line 1, column 87 in HQL: \[from com.atlassian.confluence.user.persistence.dao.ConfluenceRememberMeToken where id=?\]. Positional parameter are considered deprecated; use named parameters or JPA-style positional parameters instead.

**can anyone can help this out? thanks**

![WX20181009-021649@2x.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34326iA0FE09A5D8162E89/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "WX20181009-021649@2x.png")


Answers:
author: ttaoyuan
body: it had been solved here :<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Unknown-server-error-when-trying-to-create-a-space/qaq-p/903634>


author: ttaoyuan
body: installed on windows 2008r2

sqlserver 2012(Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 11.0.7001.0  
Microsoft Analysis Services ????? 11.0.7001.0  
Microsoft ?????? (MDAC) 6.1.7601.17514  
Microsoft MSXML 3.0 6.0  
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.11.9600.19129  
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.30319.42000  
???? 6.1.7601)

jdk 1.80.181

thanks \^_\^

comments: author: Evgeny Gryaznov
body: Seems you have the same error.

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-create-new-space-after-upgrade/qaq-p/906871>

I found only one resolution - downgrade to 6.10.2, because there is not only "create space error", my developers reports a lot of strange REST API issues.


author: ttaoyuan
body: what a pity . can atlassian worker fix it very fast? becose really ,really bother our job now.


author: ttaoyuan
body: ![111.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34441i5B72AE04E0B58659/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "111.png")


author: Evgeny Gryaznov
body: Just use direct link like "/confluence/spaces/createspace-start.action". It works.


author: Evgeny Gryaznov
body: An of course, you can try to Rise a Bug with Atlassian Support Team.


author: ttaoyuan
body: thanks ,evgeny . use "/confluence/spaces/createspace-start.action" it works for me.

many many thanks for you ! \^_\^


Tags: confluence-server

server
Exporting the People Directory
Asked by Amir Tabei:

How can we export the people directory to pdf/word without having the space tool option? has anyone done this?


Answers:
author: Sherif Mansour
body: i [@Amir Tabei](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2095309) just wondering why do you want to do this?

comments: author: Amir Tabei
body: Sherif,

We print out a staff directory booklet. We need to export this so we can modify some of the formatting and print.

amir


author: Amir Tabei
body: I have a pdf exporter add on that works everywhere except this section where i don't have the tools option.


author: Amir Tabei
body: [@Sherif Mansour](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781579) So you don't have solution and just wanted to know why i wanted this?


author: Sherif Mansour
body: Hi [@Amir Tabei](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2095309)

I'd love to hear your orgs setup for why you need to print the staff directory booklet? Is it because employees need offline access?

I don't have a solution today, but we are exploring solving a enterprise directory solution. Would you be interested in being in the beta group?


author: Amir Tabei
body: Correct. We need an offline printed access to a nicely formatted booklet. I'll be happy to be in the beta group.


author: Amir Tabei
body: bump


Tags: confluence-server

server
AND SPACE COULD BE OPEN FOR THE WORLD WITH READONLY PERMISSIONS?
Asked by Lourdes Vargas:

We have our own spaces with edit privileges for each area or group on the organization.

Now, I want to know if there is an option, where I can create a new open and free space for the world (not need to login or have an email on my domain company) . With only read permission of course.


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Hi Lourdes,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

Yes, you can allow public read-only access to a space/page. Please follow these instructions on how to do it, [Setting Up Public Access](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/setting-up-public-access-156.html)

comments: author: Lourdes Vargas
body: thanks for your help Mikael!
PDF Export - Bilder im Dokument sind unscharf und stark komprimiert
Asked by Ingo Ruhloff:

Guten Tag,

wie kann man dies ?ndern?

Gr??e, Ingo


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hallo Ingo,

du k?nntest mal folgendes im PDF Stylesheet probieren:

```
.confluence-embedded-image{ -fs-fit-images-to-width: 100% !important; }
```

?Kann funktionieren, muss aber nicht...

Liebe Gr??e,

Jan-Peter
Collaborative Editing doesn't work anymore
Asked by Ingo Ruhloff:

Guten Tag,

wir mussten seit geraumer Zeit den Collaborative Editing Modus deaktivieren. Wir wissen nicht was das Problem ist. K?nnen Sie uns hier helfen?

Viele Gr??e

Ingo


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hallo Ingo,

warum mussten Sie das Collaborative Editing deaktivieren? Gab es Probleme? Je nach Konfiguration von Confluence z.B. mit einem davorliegenden Reverse Proxy, kann das Setup nicht ganz einfach sein. Wenn Du etwas mehr ?ber den Grund und Eure Confluence Umgebung schreibst, kann ich eventuell ein paar Tipps geben.

Liebe Gr??e

Jan-Peter

comments: author: Ingo Ruhloff
body: Vielen Dank f?r Ihre Antwort.

Es gab nicht genauer spezifizierbare Synchrony Probleme. Zuvor hatte es ohne Probleme funktioniert. Es handelt sich um eine Self-Hosted Installation.

Ich hatte den Bearbeitungsmodus auf AUS geschalten. Eine Wechsel auf AN ist nicht mehr m?glich. Es erscheint im Frontend allerdings keine Fehlermeldung, das R?dchen dreht sich unentwegt.

![WechselAufAN.JPG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34384i9149E0EEA3FF0D61/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "WechselAufAN.JPG")


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hallo,

schwierig zu identifizieren ohne genauere Angaben zu Version und zur Konfiguration und Umgebung von Confluence. Hier spielen Dinge wie SSL, Proxys usw. mit rein.

Eventuell macht es mehr Sinn einen Call bei Atlassian aufzumachen.

Folgende Seite k?nnte helfen:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confeap/troubleshooting-collaborative-editing-847355677.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence application link
Asked by Padmasree P:

when trying to setup application links in confluence, it is asking for below details. how do I get this info, what are these

Consumer key  
Shared secret  
Request Token URL  
Access token URL  
Authorize URL


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Padmasree,

what applications are you trying to link?

Best

JP

comments: author: Padmasree P
body: Hi Jan,

I'm trying to link with JIRA, but I'm not sure how


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

for connecting Jira to Confluence you just have to enter the Base URL of your Jira site. Confluence recognizes \& tests the URL at once. If this doesn't work, something is wrong with the connectivity between your Confluence server \& your Jira server. There is no need to enter any of the other data.

Maybe this helps:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/linking-to-another-application-360677690.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/applinks/application-links-documentation-165120834.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/application-links-troubleshooting-guide-718668765.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
How can I remove the confluence ID from the URL (as in, confluence.ourcompanyname.com.)
Asked by Mireille Gennaro:

We would like to drop the confluence reference in our company's URL for documentation so it just reads ourcompanyname.com/documentation. (Right now it says confluence.ourcompanyname.com). There is no reason for us to push the Confluence name.

Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not on Cloud, you can't change the base url or its format.

comments: author: Mireille Gennaro
body: So if we are not on the cloud and hosting on our own server, we can change the base URL?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Absolutely. You can run it on any url you want. Although you will need it to be unique for your site.

Broadly, there's two ways people do this. They either make domains with named services, or they make the services sub-sets of the domain.

Imagine for example, I owned "nic.org", and I'm running Jira and Confluence (and probably other systems), all of which need to run at nic.org. The options are

* jira.nic.org
* confluence.nic.org

or

* nic.org/jira
* nic.org/confluence

You don't have to use the service name for the url either. I do run a similar site but I've gone with

* nic.org/todo
* nic.org/docs

For Jira and Confluence.


author: Mireille Gennaro
body: Thanks, Nic! So the answer comes down to how we host Confluence. I will let management know. Thanks for the thorough and quick response!


author: Mireille Gennaro
body: One more thing - where would we go to update the base URL?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's three places you need to consider

* Your network needs to route users to the base url
* The server.xml in Confluence may need to change (by default, the "context" is left blank, which means Confluence will run on http(s)://\<servername\>:8090)
* Inside Confluence, it's admin -\> general configuration


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I don't see the custom HTML section in my setting
Asked by Simon Knoth:

Hi there

I would like to add a snippet to the custom HTML section to open Linsk in new windows. But I can't find the Custom HTML section.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Best,

Simon


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Simon Knoth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2094153),

The HTML-macro is disabled by default because of security-reasons.

You have to ask your administrator to enable the html-macro.

There are some plugins on the marketplace that will add "open link in new window" to your Confluence.
Current Date Lozenge
Asked by Jack Ashcroft:

Hi All,

I am trying to auto generate the date when creating a page. But when I use the date lozenge it weirdly displays the below and does not generate the date?

![Current Date Lozenge.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/34293i7DCEFA5212B35664/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Current Date Lozenge.JPG")

Thanks in advance,

Jack


Answers:
author: Alisa Farley
body: Hello! August 2022- still needed. What is the eta? thank you!


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jack,

I assume you're trying to build a new template using the currentDate lozenge?

Those are not possible to be recycled into a new template, but we do have some feature requests for this:

* [CONFCLOUD-3999](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-3999) *Global variables*
* [CONFCLOUD-30567](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-30567) *Allow for access to common variables in Blueprints templates*

I'm not aware of any add-ons right now that would provide variables, as there seem to be [quite a few available](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=server&product=confluence&query=variables) for Server but not Cloud.

I'm tagging your request as well so that users of the Marketplace Apps collection will be able to let you know if they know of any add-ons for Cloud that would help you to accomplish this.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Honza Stekl
body: Any progress on this one? It is possible it still does not work?


author: Sinemnur Dasdemir
body: My question as well, is there any progress on it?


author: Jess? Moraes Braga
body: Actually this is still a hot question, guys! Those features would be very very much appreciated!


author: Roman von Ludwiger
body: Any progress on this?


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-cloud

date

lozenge
how do set mandatory fields in Confluence without using any plugin?
Asked by jira-qa-useradmin_mobily_com_sa:

We would have a fix template with mandatory fields on a page through which we would be capturing new ideas posted by Business users. I am trying to find out if there are any macros that can be used to make few fields mandatory in a page.

We have no plans to use a plugin(if any available) to achieve this requirement.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You could find or write a macro that demands a "field" is filled as part of a page and hence in a template. But there's nothing to stop a user removing the macro from the page completely.

You'll need Apps that provide "forms" functions to do this properly.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Excel files aren't rendered anymore
Asked by Michael Barton:

Hi,

Since upgrading to Confluence 6.12.X we can't click 'edit document' on excel files anymore, this obviously needs to be done with the new companion.

That's all fine, except the rendered preview of the excel file was something we were dependent on, it was an eligible version, and it could be sought through.

How can we potentially re-enable the old HTML rendition of the page yet maintain the new edit method for the time being?

I've understood the old method will do away, but we still very much love it (and need it).

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Michael Barton


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Michael,

had the same problem in our environment. Currently there is no solution, but at least two open issues at Atlassian to give us the Edit button back... I discussed the issue with their product head on the last Atlassian summit.

I did a workaorund by placing a preview images of the excel file in the page. The users click it, get the real preview \& have the ability to edit the file. Ugly, two more clicks but only way to do it right now. Luckily we only have three pages with the old Office macro...

Best

JP

comments: author: Michael Barton
body: Hi, thanks for your response. I was afraid you'd say that, but at the same time i also created a case with Atlassian; after all, we surely can't be the only people suffering from this.

I even went so far as to suggest how they could best go about fixing it, but time will tell what they say. If I think of it, I'll try to share their answer here.

Thank you.

Kind regards,

Michael Barton


author: Michael Barton
body: Hi all,

Been talking to Atlassian, this is where they pointed me, please vote if you want a solution as well.

Thank you.

1. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57243>
2. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-56360>
3. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-56316>
4. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-56334>


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi Micheal,

I opened a call with Atlassian when we found out \& one of the issues was created by my support guy... Now there're 4 issues on virtually the same topic... All I need is a "Edit in App" macro where I can chose an attachment that will be edit in their native app when clicking on the macro link...

Well, at least some interest on that topic.

Thx,

JP
Question about Korean font is not appear at Confluence UI
Asked by ujkimbitbucket:

Hello.

I have a question about adding the Korean font to Confluence Font.

Currently I used to Docker confluence in my working environment.

But In the Confluence page, Korean language information is not appear in confluence. I was looking for method to resolve the Korean language not appearing.

But it is not available with docker's confluence working environment.

Currently docker's confluence is running with /opt/jdk1.8.0_xxx/jre/bin/java. but this location included with docker containter.

Can I get some information about insert font to docker confluence?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello uijoong kimg,

Could you let us know which Confluence image you're using for your installation?

You would need to rebuild your container with the desired fonts. You'll want to include the following font packages in the Docker file and then build a base image with it:

* msttcorefonts-installer
* ttf-dejavu
* fontconfig
* ghostscript
* motif

And then in the docker file, run fc-cache.

I hope that helps!

Take care,

Shannon

comments: author: ujkimbitbucket
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)

Thank you for quickly response!

I'm using on cptactionhank/atlassian-confluence ([Link](https://hub.docker.com/r/cptactionhank/atlassian-confluence/))

I want to maintain current confluence information. Is it possible that?

If I rebuild Docker container with desired fonts, Can I use current confluence data?

If it's possible, Can I get some information about it?

Thank you!


author: Shannon S
body: uijoong kim,

If you need to retain the current Confluence instance, you'll want to make a backup first. You can restore this when you re-install Confluence from Docker.

See [Site Backup and Restore](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/site-backup-and-restore-163578.html) for more details.

Regards,

Shannon


author: ujkimbitbucket
body: Ah, Yes Thank you for information! [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)


author: Shannon S
body: You're welcome!

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: docker
One space or many for a documentation intranet?
Asked by Steve Hastings:

hi there,

being new to Confluence I've been tasked to build a documentation intranet for a mid-sized client. They need documentation for several departments. Can anyone suggest please whether I should just make one space for this client with then just pages and child pages for each department; or should I create a space for each department of the client?

many thanks, steve


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Yes, having set up more than one Confluence-based doc systems, I do recommend separate spaces for a couple of reasons:

* Reduces issues of page name collisions
* Ability to set up different permission structures.
* Makes the navigation less complex (with one large space, you can end up with very deep page hierarchies.

comments: author: Steve Hastings
body: Thank you Bill. Much appreciated!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Steve Hastings](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/938989),

I also would recommend different spaces. It's easier to manage the overall structure with different spaces and you get less errors like "A page with this name already exists".

Also, if you need different permissions per department, you also need different spaces.

comments: author: Steve Hastings
body: Thank you Thomas for your advice!


author: Danyal Iqbal
body: I would recommend 1 space per team/department.

comments: author: Steve Hastings
body: Thank you Danyal!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

space
How to add calendar in a confluence page without team calendar plug in
Asked by venubit:

Confluence


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@venubit](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1852669),

there are other calendar apps:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence\&query=calendar](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=calendar)

But I haven't tested any of them yet.
i can not open an electricity reacipt
Asked by Sumana Studio:

![](https://www.wbsedcl.in/webdynpro/resources/sap.com/tc~wd~dispwda/global/SSR/1.gif)Payment Receipt can not be generated ExceptionConverter: java.io.IOException: No space left on device


Answers:
author: roman
body: Hi [@Sumana Studio](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2090647),

This error is triggered if there is no space left in the directory which contains the Confluence Home folder.

If the directory is full and you are unable to allocate more space, you may wish to change the location of your home directory to somewhere where there is space available.

Reference support article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/java-io-ioexception-no-space-left-on-device-due-to-disk-space-233144848.html>.

Roman.
synchrony StackOverflowError
Asked by Evgeny Lyzov:

When I trying to edit a large page in the confluence server an StackOverflowError is occurred with a long stack trace. How can I increase the Xss property for the synchrony instance? When I set -Xss in /bin/setenv.sh it does not affect synchrony instance.


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You set JVM parameters differently from Confluence. You can find more info here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-synchrony-for-data-center-858772125.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server