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Confluence Custom Install
Asked by Young__Hahn:

I am trying to install Confluence int different directory, but it does not let me do the custom installation..

When I run commend for installation,

Unpacking JRE ...

Starting Installer ...

Jun 03, 2015 12:22:46 PM java.util.prefs.FileSystemPreferences$2 run

INFO: Created system preferences directory in java.home.

This will install Confluence 5.8.4 on your computer.

OK \[o, Enter\], Cancel \[c\]

o

Choose the appropriate installation or upgrade option.

Please choose one of the following:

Express Install (uses default settings) \[1\],

Custom Install (recommended for advanced users) \[2, Enter\],

Upgrade an existing Confluence installation \[3\]

2

See where Confluence will be installed and the settings that will be used.

Installation Directory: /opt/atlassian/confluence

Home Directory: /var/atlassian/application-data/confluence

HTTP Port: 8090

RMI Port: 8000

Install as service: Yes

Install \[i, Enter\], Exit \[e\]

which is same as Express Installation...

Why is custom installation set up as same as the Express install'?

Is there another way to do set different path?

I tried copying each dirs to the location that I want, but since I am installing this as service, there are many things that I have to change.. and I am afraid to touch that config files..

Is it just me that this Custom install is not working?


Answers:
author: Peter Hancox
body: A bug report has been raised <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37796>

comments: author: Mark Montminy
body: I've also got a support case open. Oddly, I'm able to run the same installer on another one of my VM's that's configured similarly, and custom install works.I've not yet figured out what's different between the 2 servers/env's yet, since they should be the same.


author: Manuel Kummerl?nder
body: I got the same problem ...


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Express install does the installation into the default directories.

Custom install **suggests** the default directories but you can tell it to use different ones.

comments: author: Young__Hahn
body: if you look at my post.. there is no option that lets me pick the different path..Custom Install is actually doing the same setting as the Express Install


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I get to edit them, I'm not sure what you're doing differently.


author: Peter Hancox
body: I can't edit them either. Perhaps only an issue with 5.8.4-x64 on Linux?


author: Peter Hancox
body: Works fine for version 5.7.5 but version 5.8.2 is also broken.


author: Mark Montminy
body: I just came here with the same issue, I kept thinking I was choosing the wrong option or something.


author: sanket nayak
body: please try to run the .exe file as an administrator.

comments: author: Peter Hancox
body: Looks like he's installing on Linux not Windows.


Tags: confluence-administration

install

system-administrator
Can the bottom bar be made smaller?
Asked by KM:

To get more vertical space:

1. The bottom bar (with "Powered by Atlassian Confluence 5.7, Team Collaboration Software? Report a bug? Atlassian News") takes 3 rows away. Is it possible to shrink it to 1 line (or 0) or otherwise make it smaller?
2. We have customized the top bar but we did not find any way to make it less tall (now it is roughly 2 rows high although there is just 1 row of text).

Of course, hitting F11 in the browser helps too, but this would still help (and most users don't use F11).


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can add some minor css to make it smaller, and edit it if you're on Server version

But it's illegal to remove it completely (if you want to make minor code changes, you can get rid of most of the content. But the "Powered by" bit and the link behind it MUST remain visible and readable)

See [How to remove the footer in Confluence " Powered by Atlassian Confluence 5.X.X, Team Collaboration Software Report a bug Atlassian News"](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/280625)


author: KM
body: This is not an answer but may help some:

You cannot remove the text:

* <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/96811>
* <http://www.reddit.com/r/xbmc/comments/1xh1am/confluence_skin_how_to_remove_bar_at_bottom_of/>

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Er, your second link is to the Confluence skin for XBMC, it's nothing to do with Atlassian.


Tags: confluence-administration
How do use LaTeX in Confluence Questions?
Asked by Stephano Woo:

There doesn't seem to be an option to insert a LaTeX block or Inline.


Answers:
author: Jaime S
body: Hi, Stephano.

I don't think you'll find that as an embedded function. There's this [plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.latex.confluence.macro-latex), it adds a Latex macro to Confluence, but I'm not sure that will include Confluence Question.

You may also be able to add the LaTex language format to the code macro, available in Confluence Questions. If you have a file describing the language, you should be able to add it in a page like this:

<http://myconfluence.com/admin/plugins/newcode/configure.action>

I hope it was helpful.

Kind regards,  
Jaime Kirch da Silveira  
Atlassian Cloud Support

comments: author: Stephano Woo
body: Thanks Jaime! Appreciate the quick response!


author: Jaime S
body: No problem, Stephano!


author: David Tonhofer
body: Sadly "**This app has been archived**"

Fuuuu\~\~

Even only adding bog-standard set notation to a Confluence page is a right PITA and copying Unicode from Wikipedia "Math Symbol" pages is very disrecommended.

MathOverflow can do it, why not here?

(And seriously, I would love it it Confluence input mode would behave like StackExchange with added tables, this "What You See Is All You Get" approach (and sometimes less) is not the best)


author: Oki__PolarisOffice_
body: [@David Tonhofer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/695592)

Hello,

If you are looking for a way to add LaTeX in confluence pages, I would recommend

[LaTeX EASY math equation for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1224024/latex-easy-math-equation-for-confluence) . {#toc-hId--1265657451}
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

You can choose inline/ block mode when you add LaTeX. As well as, it provides real time preview and selectable formula entry UI so you can easily add and edit formulas.


Tags: confluence-administration
how can I hide footer for a page?
Asked by Madhusudhan Rao:


Answers:
author: Chander Inguva
body: Hi Madhusudhan Rao,

Please refer to this article [How to remove the footer in Confluence " Powered by Atlassian Confluence 5.X.X, Team Collaboration Software Report a bug Atlassian News"](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/280625)

Regards

Chander Inguva

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: And bear in mind that it is illegal for you to remove the footer.
What are the options on naming multiple maps with the same name?
Asked by Kees van den Hardenberg:

To build a knowledge database we need to set up multiple maps with the same name. But Confluance doesn't allow that. Are there any options we can use to avoid that problem?


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

comments: author: Kees van den Hardenberg
body: Sorry, the different child pages.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, thanksThere's not a lot you can do. Confluence requires unique page names within a space (and actually, this is far better for humans too, in most cases).If you were not using Cloud, you could have a look at "Scroll Versions" which sort of enables it (it's a trick, but to the end user, it looks exactly like "page with the same name"). On Cloud, there's nothing you can do.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Is there still development ongoing? Compatibility with Confluence 5.8?
Asked by Tilo Herz:

We are currently running Confluence Avatar Server 1.2.1 with Confluence 5.6.4

We would like to update Confluence to 5.8.2 (current version).

The last commit to this add-on was in May 2014. Do we have to look for an alternative or is there still work in progress? What about a roadmap for future releases?

Regards,

Michael


Answers:
author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Michael,

Just in addition to Martin's answer, as this is not a plugin developed by Atlassian, we actually don't have a development roadmap of this plugin. I do suggest you contact the vendor, as Martin commented, in order to try to confirm if there will be a new release for this plugin.

Also, you could test the plugin in a staging environment for Confluence 5.8.2 to make sure if there will be any issue or not using this plugin.

If you have any questions, please let us know. Thank you.

Kind regards,

Luiz Maia  
Atlassian Support


author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Michael,

Basically, a Supported plugin means you have a support channel for that and who will support that. This doesn't means this support will be managed by Atlassian. As example, have a look on these examples:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.stash.graphs>

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.html>

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars>

If you pass the mouse over the Supported icon, you will see that they are supported by different vendors.

On this link you can get more details:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Support/Atlassian+Supported+Plugins>

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki


author: Tilo Herz
body: Since there has been no answer by the developer (Justin Sharpo) after contacting him directly via mail, I expect this plugin to be no longer supported.

Also, I am still waiting for an answer to my question above: Could you lay out to me the exact meaning of "Supported"?


author: Tilo Herz
body: Thanks everybody for your valuable answers.

I do realize this add-on is free and not being developed by Atlassian, however, with 258 installations in active instances and the add-on page stating "Supported", I expected it to be actively maintained.

Could you lay out to me the exact meaning of "Supported"?

2015-06-03_15h57_12.png

Best regards,

Michael  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-still-development-ongoing-Compatibility-with-Confluence/qaq-p/158487?attachment-id=1108){#link_11921dfc08f01c}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/26571/1/2015-06-03_15h57_12.png){#display_11921dfc08f01c_0}


author: Martin Cleaver
body: You might want to contact the author directly - see <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/14417>Bare in mind the add-on was free.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to customize the dashboard and move up the part of the favorite spaces/pages
Asked by Naama Lev:

Hello Experts,

Is it possible to customize the dashboard in a way that the section of the favorite pages / spaces will move up next to the 'last update' section?

Thanks

Naama


Answers:
author: Nelson Carranza
body: Hi Naama,

I prefer to use a regular space home page as the site homepage <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=138140>

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=138140)Or to modify the dashboard you can go to:

**General Configuration** \> **Layouts** \> **Global**

**Layout.**


Tags: dashboard
Hi, I just want to know is there any way to communicate multiple space users when they don't have access to each other's spaces.
Asked by Shikher Kumar:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What do you want from this "communication"? Would it be worth granting read access to most/all of your spaces for all users?

comments: author: Shikher Kumar
body: Yes @Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\]


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Is there actually any more question here? Or does "read access for all" solve the problem?


author: Shikher Kumar
body: Yes read access to all and any task assigned to any user should be able to view?If I am not wrong, I think we can go in permission tab and create a group for all the users and and give permission to access it ?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, although it would be better to use a role, and put the group into that (i.e. have a role like "viewer" defined globally, put the rule "Browse = role (viewer)" into the permission scheme, and then put your users and/or groups into the role of viewer in that project. That lets you have more control over each project using that permission scheme.


author: Shikher Kumar
body: Hi @Nic Brough \[Adaptavist\] could you please elaborate more on this, however, I tried using "role" but it is very unclear how to put rule "Browse = role (viewer)" into the permission scheme ?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm really really sorry, I've messed up. Confluence doesn't have roles. When you started talking about tasks, my brain went wrong and slipped into JIRA thinking, and my last comment is completely wrong.I'm afraid you'll need to go through all of your spaces and make sure that there is a group granted "view" permissions for every one. Might be easiest to just use "confluence users" if you want everyone one to see everything.
Page Approval Report Issue
Asked by Logan Jaynes:

Hello,

I have a few pages that are just the page approval report macro. They worked at first but now when I attempt to connect to the page confluence just sits there loading for a while. Eventually it loads the shell and the content shows this message

"Error: Rendering this content exceeded the timeout of 120 seconds."

Any ideas?

Regards,

Logan


Answers:
author: peter.gilgunn
body: I was getting this error on a single space out of a total of eight spaces I'm managing (the page approval report worked on the other seven), so I started stripping out pages and page content until the page approval report started working.

The issue I found was with some imported content. The fix for me is likely not the general solution for everyone, but it worked, so it could be worth exploring your problem along the same lines.

One of the users in the space with the page approval report error had imported a series of tables from common spreadsheet and word processing softwares by doing a straight copy and paste. When I deleted those tables and did a "Clear formatting" on the remaining content, the Page Approval Report started working.

Hope this helps. I also really like the macro.


author: Riku Ihalainen
body: Any updated on this? Approval report just died on me... Just when I started to like it :(  

<br />


author: heeckhout
body: I am experiencing the same thing. At first it worked, but now not anymore.


author: Martin Poirier _MTL AUG Leader_
body: got same problem the report does not work at all. It even run thread in background forever (we waited 1 week before reboot) I sent a ticket to servicerocket with many dumps, will give news if they tell me anything.


author: Nicolas Casel
body: Hi,

Same for me, any news about this issue? Have you ever contacted the ServiceRocket editor?


author: Lissette Carrasco
body: Hi. Were you ever able to resolve this issue? I am experiencing the same thing.


Tags: addon-net.customware.confluence.plugin.pageapproval

confluence-administration
Confluence contents retention policy
Asked by Gaurav Tapadkar:

I have 2 questions.

* Does Confluence have any limit on displaying pages or attachments versions?
* Is the any retention policy in Confluence by default?

Current version of Confluence we are using int 5.1.5

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Darin - Opus Guard
body: [@Gaurav Tapadkar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/637316) years later, and pertaining to cloud, this question persists across the community. By default the first answer remains: there is no limit on versions displayed as [@Boris Berenberg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781538) called out.

However, for retention policies, while there is no default in Confluence, [Content Retention Manager for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1233769/content-retention-manager-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) is now available in the Atlassian Marketplace, which allows you to set global retention policies, automatically delete and purge old content to help save space and remain complaint with ISO/SOC2.


author: Midori
body: As for retention policy, you should have a look at the [Archiving Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.midori.confluence.plugin.archiving).

It allows defining retention rules:

* triggered by conditions like "if the page was not updated in the last N days", "if the page was not viewed in the last N days", etc.
* and then [archive the pages](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/page-archiving) that meet these conditions

[Read the plugin docs](http://www.midori-global.com/products/confluence-archiving-plugin/documentation/)


author: Boris Berenberg
body: 1. No, you can have an infinite number of versions. Caveat: I expect this will negatively impact performance if this number gets exceedingly large.
2. In terms of time? No. Nothing is deleted or removed without user interaction.
Does confluence global theme have custom header?
Asked by Brian K:

We have a very large instance of Confluence and leveraged the custom header section + CSS with Documentation theme to build a top navigation under the global top bar (with Spaces, People, Create, etc.) at the space level - so we could easily jump around to relevant pages and spaces w/ in our own organization but not affecting other businesses.

This idea took hold when we were on 3.2 and now that we're on 5.7 I want to leverage the global theme because the sidebar rocks! However, is there a way to add customer header at the space level with this theme?


Answers:
author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Brian,

I believe on *Global Look and Feel* theme you can do the same customization.

1. Open the space
2. Click on Space Tools
3. Click on Look and Feel, and there you should be able to add the header

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira

comments: author: Brian K
body: Could you provide a screen shot or more clear directions on step #3? For documentation theme there's a link under "Documentation Theme" that says "Configure Theme" - but that's not there in the Global Look and Feel


Tags: confluence-administration

custom-field

documentation

global

header

navigation

theme
Error when inserting PocketQuery item
Asked by Raun Hargrove:

I get the following error when trying to add a pocket query item to a Confluence page. I am able to preview the query just fine. I am running an evaluation of Confluence 5.7.4. The query is running against a MySql database using the latest JDBC driver.

If you need the full stack trace, let me know.

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException  
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)

caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.atlassian.confluence.core.ContentEntityObject.getContent()Ljava/lang/String;  
at net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding.ScaffoldPresenceListener.handleEvent(ScaffoldPresenceListener.java:68)


Answers:
author: Raun Hargrove
body: Please disregard. I had a broken plugin that was interfering. Pocket Query is working great.

comments: author: Christian Koch
body: Great, thanks! If you like PocketQuery, would you consider leaving a review at the Atlassian Marketplace? We'd be very glad :)


author: Raun Hargrove
body: Previews work correct, the error occurs when the save button is pressed on the Confluence edit page dialog.


Tags: confluence-administration
Alter Blank Page Template
Asked by Chris M:

How do you alter the blank page template (either globally or within a site). I understand that this was not possible but the issue has been resolved. IE: [Amend 'Blank Page' template?](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/204448)

Nevertheless, I don't see a way to do it. When I go into Admin/ Global Templates \& Blueprints I do not see the Blank Page template listed. The question remains: How do you alter the Blank Page template?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You don't. The blank page is just a stub - it calls the page create routine and doesn't actually have any code in it to do anything else!

I think all you can do is turn off the module that provides it in the (system) addons area, and then maybe create a new global template with your own "not-quite blank" template and a similar name.

comments: author: Ozan Bayram
body: What is the name of the add-on that the blank page module belongs?

Thanks in advance


Tags: confluence-administration

page

template
How to award points to contributors on other content if I have Questions also installed
Asked by Rishi Persad:

I have the Questions module installed which allows users to acquire points if they ask questions/make comments etc. Is there a way to award points (basically in the same points pool) to users who make content (pages, comments etc.) outside of the Questions module?


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: Not at this time. Could make for a good feature request.

comments: author: Rishi Persad
body: Thanks for the answer! Yeah I think this will be a great feature. How do I request it? :D


author: Boris Berenberg
body: You can file it at: <https://jira.atlassian.com/>


Tags: confluence-administration
Writing to MySQL Database
Asked by Paul Rogers:

I was wondering if there is a way that you can have a form to WRITE to a MySQL database? I currently am using Bob Swift Atlassian Add-ons - SQL (Pro Edition) addon and want to be able to write to a database.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Paul Rogers
body: I have a separate database that holds information that I want displayed, but I also want to be able to edit the database from within Confluence.Basically be able to write to it.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Do you mean a Confluence database, or another application? (If it's an Atlassian app, then the rule is "don't write to the database, use the API")


Tags: confluence-administration
Groovy script to list all confluence pages with tag or metadata
Asked by Scott Beeson:

Based on this question: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/16388588>

I have a Scripted Field set up but even with the link and some research I have no idea where to begin writing a script to list all confluence pages where \<x\>. Is there a repository of common scripts or something out there? Anyone have one similar?


Answers:
author: Scott Beeson
body: ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


Tags: confluence-administration

groovy
Confluence gliffy images are not visible
Asked by Abdirahman Yusuf:

Hi,

Trying to find a diagram on Confluence but got "Cannot find the a diagram with those parameters.

I don't know why this gliffy images are not visible now, it was last week.

Gliffy_Diagram.jpg

Thank you in advance


Answers:
author: Giuliano C.
body: Hi Yusuf,

From past cases, the issue was that we had added the gliffy file with the name of the parameter not found (in your case "T20287..." to the wiki page, so while we deleted the file, we didn't delete the link to the file (so it was throwing the error that it couldn't find the file).

Can you check if editing your wiki home page to remove this link and will allow you to use it?

Hope it helps you!

Regards,

Giuliano