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Table cell anchors don't seem to work
Asked by Anne Aloysious:

I created 57 table cell anchors and have tried to link them from various pages in one space and it doesn't work. The link goes to a random location on the page but not to the correct table cell. Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Frank S
body: Same problem in Confluence v5.9.6:

Added anchor in table cell. When referencing it with a link from a different page, the link takes me to the top of the page where the table containing the anchor is -- but not to the anchor itself.


author: Jos? Ferreira
body: I've just noticed that some users mentioned firefox, safari or internet explorer...so I tried with Firefox and the reference works. With Internet Explorer it does not work to reference within a table.


author: Jos? Ferreira
body: Is this issue with anchors to reference cells on tables already solved? I am using Confluence 5.6.3 and I still cannot link within the same page to a certain cell of a table inside that page.Thanks,


author: Anne Aloysious
body: You should post the JIRA ticket.

n\> done


author: Steven F Behnke
body: You should post the JIRA ticket. Can you use Headings instead? They seem to work just fine. We might be able to do some magic here.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: What version of Confluence are you using? I am on 5.4.4 and anchors don't appear to have rendered in the HTML if they are deep in tables for me. Some cells they do but some they don't for me.

I reccomend you right click on your page and press Inspect. Let us know what the case is.


author: Anne Aloysious
body: 5.3.1

Some cells they do but some they don't for me.

n\> That erratic behaviour for anchor links is not really useful. I've opened a JIRA ticket and am waiting for a reply.


Tags: anchor
Confluence access for non-users
Asked by Jade Higa:

Is there a way to allow non-users to access all the information on my confluence page? I'm not looking to make them administrators. I just want them to be able to see and download information. Is this possible?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: In the space permissions, allow "anonymous" to browse

comments: author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Jade,

As mentioned by Nic, yes it is possible. Here is the detailed documentation for this:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Setting+Up+Public+Access)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Setting+Up+Public+Access>

Cheers.


author: Jade Higa
body: Thanks very much! A quick follow up: our company has a large number employees. Not all of them need admin access to the confluence site, but they do all need to be able to download the files uplaoded by the administrators. In addition, we would not want anyone who clicked on our site to be able to see all the information there.

Is there a way to give our non-administrative employees a blanket username and password so that they can access information, but our information remains secure?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. This isn't a Confluence thing specifically, it's an information flow thing.

If you choose to let someone "access" your information, then that information is as secure as THAT person is. There's no technical fix for this. If they can read it, they can do what they want with it. It's a simple boolean concept - either they can see data item X or they can not. End of story.

Your comment "not all of them need admin access" is very scary. Please tell me you only have 2 or 3 Confluence administrators?


author: Jade Higa
body: Or do I have to pay for each individual to see the information?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Adding style tags to drop down menu
Asked by Glenn Voyles:

Hi,

I need to add some style tags to the dropdown menu on the Confluence-Edit Page (umm) page.

Currently it only has the paragraph tag and a list of Heading tags. I need more so I can prep the content for Word export and then apply the corporate template.

A) is it possible and b) if so how?

Thanks,

Glenn


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi Glenn.

I think it is possible. But only via create a plugin for that. But they have a really good tutorials and this one could be great for something like that: [](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Adding+an+Option+to+the+Editor+Insert+Menu)<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Adding+an+Option+to+the+Editor+Insert+Menu>

Otherway could be that you watch to velocity templates. There is place where you maybe find using of wysiwyg (maybe Tiny..) and you can change their setup.

Via user macro you can create only macro with body with paramaters which you defined. But it will be in macro browser and not in dropdown menu.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Hi @Glenn Voyles, welcome to Atlassian Answers!

That's interesting, extending that UI would be very cool but it almost certainly would require a plugin. [Adaptavist's content formatting macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros) plugin gives you some options.

If you need more font-size's and styles, I'd be happy to help write some user macros. This might be a viable workaround. Note: these don't work in[OnDemand, they are restricted](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand#RestrictedFunctionsinAtlassianOnDemand-Confluence).
Updating HTTPS confluence page via REST API with Python.
Asked by AndrewS:

I'm looking to write a Python script to automatically update a HTTPS Confluence page. Does anyone have any pointers or references to get me started?

I've looked into using the URLLIB2 library in Python in order to connect to the Confluence page, but i'm struggling to read the page contents back, and edit them


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Andrew,

I believe that you try to use REST calls might be what are you looking for. On the developers.atlassian.com you can find an API with some examples. On the link bellow, you can see an example using python:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+REST+API+Examples#ConfluenceRESTAPIExamples-Addingacommenttoapage(python)>

I hope it helps,

Cheers,

Renato Rudnicki


author: AndrewS
body: Ideally, what I am looking to do is update a table on a page with a new value, and if possible, include an image, or change the colour of a cell in the table.
SVG appearing black when shifted in gliffy.
Asked by Rida:

I saved a shape from visio as svg and then added it to gliffy but the shape is appearing completely black in color. If I open it outside gliffy (normal open) then it's perfect so there wasn't any problem in taking it from visio. Any idea, why and solution? Any other way of using visio shapes in gliffy by adding them as custom library?


Answers:
author: KatyK
body: Hi Rida,

We would need to see the SVG to be able to determine why it is showing black. While we do try and support most SVG files, we have not yet implemented support for css in SVG. We don't know if this is the issue causing this without looking at the file, so please email [support@gliffy.com](mailto:support@gliffy.com)with the following:

1. Version of Confluence

2. Version of Gliffy

3. Please attach the SVG to the ticket

Thanks!

Katy

[support@gliffy.com](mailto:support@gliffy.com)
one confluence - two databases?
Asked by vladislav.zobov:

Hi everybody,

Is that possible to have one Confluence connected to two databases?

Best Regards.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No.

Confluence requires one single database connection.

But have a look at [](https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/data-center)<https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/data-center>if you're thinking of resilience and failover etc...


Tags: confluence-administration
How do we know the effectiveness of Jira Service Desk connected with Confluence KB
Asked by Arnold Chang:

I've already set up Jira service desk integrated with Confluence KB and started to promote the self-care enabled customer portal.

The biggest question is that how I know it's effective to avoid the tickets that are supposed to come.

Additionally, how do I know what're top 10 how-to articles voted by end users in terms of the number of "this helped me"?

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Arnold, there are some useful tips for your setup after [this link](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Developing+a+Knowledge+Base+on+Confluence+Wiki) for the specific purpose you seek there is [this add on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.plugins.knowledgebase.survey) which can collect input from users on helpfulness.


Tags: jira-service-desk
Rename Blueprints
Asked by Carina Kurz:

Hey,

does anyone know how to rename the existing bluepints?


Answers:
author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi there,

There is a bug report regarding about this as confluence could not rename the blueprints anymore.

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28643)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28643>

Thank you.

<br />

Regards,

<br />

Wayne Wong
Search on metadata
Asked by Andreas Koller:

Hi,

I m searching for a solution in Confluence to search in metadata. E.g. we enter a publishing date in a custom field (e.g. scaffolding plugin?) - not the Confluence create or last editing date - and need to search over a date range.

We also need to search over specific labels - search only in labels is not available in the Confluence search interface.

Please help - any ideas?

Thank you

Andreas


Answers:
author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: You can search for labels like this:

labelText:somelabel


author: Jan-Peter Rusch
body: Just a thought: Could you try a combination of a page properties macro (for your publishing date) and a search macro restricted to specific labels of a page...

comments: author: Andreas Koller
body: Yes, this could be the right way. But how can I search in page properties? I would like to filter - e.g. search content witch have dates (entered with the page properties macro) in a specific timerange. As far as I can see there are only reports possible - but no way to search filtered by the properties.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence: How stop watching multiple pages in one operation?
Asked by Steve Fogel:

Hi...I managed to end up watching 75 pages in one Confluence space, and I don't see a way in email preferences to stop watching all of them. Looks like I have to click "Stop watching" next to each page. Any way to do this in bulk? Thx


Answers:
author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi there,

You can click on your profile \>\> Watches to list out all your subscriptions.

Click on "Stop Watching" to disable them.

Hope this help.

Thank you.

Regards,

Wayne Wong


author: Anton Kulikov
body: if you have scriptrunner

this code help me

    import com.atlassian.confluence.mail.notification.NotificationManager
    import com.atlassian.spring.container.ContainerManager
    import com.atlassian.sal.api.component.ComponentLocator
    import com.atlassian.confluence.pages.PageManager
    import com.atlassian.confluence.search.service.ContentTypeEnum
    import org.slf4j.Logger
    import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
    import com.atlassian.confluence.user.UserAccessor
    import com.atlassian.confluence.spaces.SpaceManager
    import com.atlassian.user.UserManager?
    Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger("console")?

    def userManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(UserManager)
    NotificationManager nm = ( NotificationManager) ContainerManager.getComponent("notificationManager")
    PageManager pageManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(PageManager)
    ContentTypeEnum ctp = ComponentLocator.getComponent(ContentTypeEnum)
    UserAccessor userAccessor = ComponentLocator.getComponent(UserAccessor)
    def spaceManager = ComponentLocator.getComponent(SpaceManager)
    def users = userManager.users.find{it.getName() == "username"} 
    def nfu = nm.getNotificationsByUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users?.getName()))
    nm.removeAllNotificationsForUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users.getName()))
    return? nm.getNotificationsByUser(userAccessor.getUserByName(users.getName()))


author: Ethan Foulkes
body: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/it.logontec.dev.watchremover>
Creating a site wide change history report
Asked by Eric Wood:

I have a space that dedicated to a very large specification document and would like to create a "Change History" page which would list which page edits across the entire space inorder to comply with our customer's change tracking process.

My need is not met by the Recently Updated macro because:

1. It does not include the comments field associated with the edit.
2. Its hard to read (tabular is much better than a list).

My need is not met by the Change-History macro because:

1. It only refers to the page it is on

My ideal solution would be to have a macro that generates a reverse chronological list of changes in an entire space, includes the page name, who the update was made by, the date, change comment (if any) and is presented in a tabular format. Ideally it would also have configurable time bounds so you can create change reports between milestones.

Ideas?


Answers:
author: Gary
body: Hi Eric,

You might be able to use the api to pull back the page history information - <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest/>.

The CLI tool is a tool that could assist you with this - <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.atlassian.cli>

However, this would pull the information outside of Confluence, so you would have to format it, and dump it back in to Confluence if you want to store it there.

You can also create your own add on in the Cloud platform and deploy it remotely if you wanted to get that deep - see <https://developer.atlassian.com/static/connect/docs/index.html>

Cheers,  
Gary


author: Eric Wood
body: Does anyone else need something like this? Please chime in.

To any macro developers out there: Is this something pretty simple to create on my own?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

macro
Differenr license for development and production.
Asked by SimratPal Singh:

[Can Confluence run dev and test versions of the platform under the same licenses or would it need to purchase separate licenses for those?](https://wiki.glintech.com/questions/19071288/can-confluence-run-dev-and-test-versions-of-the-platform-under-the-same-licenses-or-would-it-need-to-purchase-separate-licenses-for-those?src=email)


Answers:
author: SimratPal Singh
body: Thanks Daniel


author: Daniel Wester
body: See: [](https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#licensing-9)<https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#licensing-9>

"

Would additional licenses be needed if the software is deployed on a development server or staging server for testing purposes? {#toc-hId-1675239074}
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

No, instead your technical contact can simply create a developer license. Developer licenses can be used by existing commercial and academic license holders (not Starter Licenses) who wish to deploy non-production installations of our software to assist with development and testing efforts.

Developer licenses can also be used for non-production installations of our software deployed on a cold stand-by server.

This license is provided free of charge and the maintenance expiration of this license will be synchronized to the maintenance expiration date of your product."

comments: author: SimratPal Singh
body: Thanks Daniel
Remove left navigation menu
Asked by Dina Tsuda:

I am design our site and have created a page. I want to completely remove the left navigation bar which lists the pages so that the main content area fills the whole width of the page. Does anyone know how I can easily do this?

Thank you!

Dina


Answers:
author: Nicolas Casel
body: Hi all,

Is there a way to keep the default theme ('Global Look and Feel') and to remove / hide this left navigation menu?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sounds like you are using the documentation theme - try using a differnt theme for the space. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Applying+a+Theme+to+a+Space>
Adding a Global Custom Header to Confluence
Asked by Dina Tsuda:

I would like to design our Confluence site to look like a website. I would like to add a banner at the top of the page- above the site logo and tabs. I have a trial version of RefinedWiki available. Does anyone know how I can easily add an image to the header? Or does this require HTML programming knowledge?

Thank you!

Dina


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Dina,

You can use HTML and CSS to modify Confluence header. You might want to review our documentation here:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Custom+Decorator+Templates)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Custom+Decorator+Templates>

Hope it help.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra
Is the Confluence SharePoint connector able to connect to more than one SharePoint system?
Asked by SimratPal Singh:

I am looking for a possibility to connect my confluence to multiple sharepoint instances, is it posisble using SharePoint Connector for confluence (link below)

### [*SharePoint* Connector for *Confluence*](https://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CB8QFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlassian.com%2Fsoftware%2Fsharepoint-connector&ei=CHP-U6qaF4WJuATWv4GQAQ&usg=AFQjCNFwvYC9XtFldCuRdCTpX-MJq0PvAg&sig2=HPvT4-bk5fd3QsbmAqPyrw&bvm=bv.74035653,d.c2E) {#toc-hId-1477745473}


Answers:
author: Mirko Skramusky
body: Hi!

You can connect more than one SharePoint to your Confluence. Add a second one within the Confluence administration, described here:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/SPCON/Installing+and+Configuring+the+Confluence+Plugins+for+SP+2013#InstallingandConfiguringtheConfluencePluginsforSP2013-ConfiguringConfluencetoWorkwithaSharePointSite>
What is the Confluence 5 SQL BODYCONTENT BODY Field Type?
Asked by Richard Yale:

We are migrating from Confluence 3.5 using the Bob Swift Wiki Macro but the 3.5 BODY field type is nText and we are wondering what the BODY field type of Confluence 5 BODY field is. Is it still nText or is it varchar?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: It is ntext.


author: Richard Yale
body: Atlassian, is there any plans to update the database to non-depreciated types?

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Agreed. It was depricated in 2005. So, it probably won't be there much longer. Atlassian will probably get around to changing it when it is actually removed from SQL Server.
Admin Account for Test Environment Only (Using Crowd)
Asked by AndrewP:

I need to know how to create Admin access for our Jira Test environment (6.1.4) only.

We need to preclude a user from the same access in PROD

We are using Crowd to sync with AD.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Add a user if you want a new one, put it in a group that has admin access to your test environment, done.

We can't really help you with this - it's your system, we don't know how you have set it up, or what your AD/Crowd system is doing.

comments: author: AndrewP
body: Okay I elected to add a user account locally to the app itself and not in Crowd or AD and it worked.


author: AndrewP
body: Okay I elected to add a user account locally to the app itself and not in Crowd or AD and it worked.


author: AndrewP
body: I was able to do this through AD/Crowd - very simple.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to uninstall the Confluence IM Presence Plugin
Asked by Davin Studer:

I know how to install and uninstall plugins through the interface. However, I am having trouble removing the Confluence IM Presence Plugin. I can uninstall it through the interface and it will dissappear, but whenever I reset the server it just springs back up. I have gone through the steps on this page ...

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+manually+remove+malfunctioning+add-ons)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+manually+remove+malfunctioning+add-ons>

but it still shows up. We do not use this plugin and never will. Is there a way to get rid of this? Is this a bundled plugin?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: I believe yes this is bundeled. I personally disabled it since all we use is HipChat and we have that plugin installed. It doesn't seem to re enable automatically like your deletion is.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Guess I'll just have to resort to disabling it.


author: License Manager [BlackPearl PDM]
body: I believe yes this is bundeled. I personally disabled it since all we use is HipChat and we have that plugin installed. It doesn't seem to re enable automatically like your deletion is.


Tags: confluence-administration
Organising Clients and Projects in Confluence
Asked by Holland Risley:

We have around 20 staff with around 40 clients with multiple projects in most. We have just started using JIRA and Confluence which is just amazing.

How should we organise our clients and projects?

? Should we have a space for all clients and projects? or..

? A space for each client with project pages? or..

? A space for each project?

Any advice from seasoned users would be appreciated?

TIA :)


Answers:
author: Darshanaa _ServiceRocket_
body: Hi [@Holland Risley](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/677354) ,

I was just wondering if you've come across a challenge in organising or locating pages in your spaces?

If you or your team have, I would recommend you to try [Space Manager for Confluence.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1223906?tab=overview&hosting=cloud)

It helps to give you a visual view of your entire space(s) and you're able to clearly see which document relates to what project.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on the app. Please feel free to leave any questions/feedback here.

Thanks \& have a great day! :)


author: Steven F Behnke
body: The way we are set up, each client gets a Confluence Space and a JIRA project. This ensure we can set broad permissions and restrict access easily in the administration panel. Each client also gets a Crowd user group.

Internally we use a few spaces in addition to this.

comments: author: Holland Risley
body: Thank you, but what if a client has multiple projects then inside your client space you end up with shortcuts to lots of requirements documents and files lists and meeting notes. Surely it's best to just have 1 space per project?


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I see how that would make sense. I don't see an issue with that line of thinking, but we don't typically suffer from a deluge of documents like that. I also manually manage each space and ensure that only the shortcuts I want are avaliable and vice versa, which I see as easy since I've been doing it forever.


author: Holland Risley
body: It sounds like you are in control! This is my first week with JIRA/Confluence and I am just about taming the beast. I still have lots of problems with permissions but I am sure we will get there. Thanks for your input :)


author: Steven F Behnke
body: No problem! More than happy to help!


author: Jan-Peter Rusch
body: You might want to check the latest Atlassian Confluence blog. There is a series on that question:<http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/08/create-confluence-space-team-project-part-2-2/>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud