youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Page shows title as "$helper.page.title" and cannot be edited
Asked by Rilwan Ahmed:

A page shows "$helper.page.title" in its title and cannot be edited.  
I see the issue is described here but wanted to know how it is actually caused.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/page-shows-title-as-helper-page-title-and-cannot-be-edited-moved-939924329.html>

When a user doesn't enter page name and save/publish, we get error message but how is the page name gets updated to "$helper.page.title" without manual intervention ?


Answers:
author: Rilwan Ahmed
body: It doesnot allow to publish without a name, but for some unknown reason, the saved page title was changed to "$helper.page.title"


author: Guilherme V.
body: Confluence shouldn't allow the page to be saved without a title. You can only create a draft, that will be named as "Untitled".

If Confluence is letting users save pages without titles, then that should be investigated.

We wonder if Confluence is allowing you right now to publish pages without titles.

comments: author: Christian B?r
body: Well Guilherme,  
you are right. That should be investigated and I think ist was.  

This error is known since 2010:  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-20335>  

But someone decided to do nothing.  
Okay, someone (else ?) decided to write a kb article at least:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/browser-title-shows-docthemehelper-instead-of-the-page-title-296096938.html>  

Seriously, many Users can not believe that such a thing can't be fixed in 10 years by a company having that amount of resources.   

But I'm thankful, that there are at least some supporters writing such kb articles. They might be as frustrated as I'm that it is not fixed instead.  

Cheers,  
Christian   

<br />


author: David
body: Hi Christian,

I have the same issue as mentioned above. Thanks for pointing to the KB article but if I remember correctly, the Documentation Theme is no longer supported since v6.

We are on 6.15.10 (soon going to 7.4.x) and I cannot find that theme anymore (I probably removed it). Is there a location to download it so I can try this on our test instance?

Thanks,

David


author: Christian B?r
body: Hello David,  

did you then try the article mentioned in the first place from Rilwan?  

Cheers, Christian


author: David
body: I will tonight after business hours
Trying to create a table which lists page information by number of views via a macro; help please
Asked by Tara Costa:

Trying to create a table which lists page information by number of views via a macro; help please. Is it activity or something else?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Tara,

we are using the app "Tracking Access for Confluence" by Servicerocket for that purpose. It's free and it works well. But there might also be others.

I don't think, you can get page view count from Confluence without any additional app.


author: Hanis Khaidir [ServiceRocket]
body: Yes, you can use [Tracking Access for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.tracking/server/support). You can find the macro reference here: <https://docs.servicerocket.com/display/TRAC/Macro+Reference>

tracking-info specifically outputs tracking information about the current (or any other) page, including the number of times it has been viewed, the first view date and the last view date

Give it a go! If you have any questions, just let us know.

comments: author: Tara Costa
body: Thanks. Unfortunately, I can't see Tracking; Tracking Access or Service Rocket on the Atlassian Marketplace :(


author: Hanis Khaidir [ServiceRocket]
body: The linked Tracking page in Marketplace is public. Can you access this direct link: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.tracking/server/overview> ?

This add-on installation is available only for Confluence Server however and not for Cloud.


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

servicerocket
Is it possible to write a plugin to restrict access to certain spaces based on IP Address
Asked by imfilipe:

Hi everyone,

As the title suggests, I am trying to get my head around the possibility of creating a plugin that would allow me to define IP addresses that can access certain confluence spaces.

<br />

I was looking into the servlet-filter document (<https://developer.atlassian.com/server/framework/atlassian-sdk/servlet-filter-plugin-module/>) but I am not entirely sure on how to use it for this purpose nor if it is the right thing to look at.

Could anyone help and point me to the right direction on how to achieve this by means of a Confluence plugin?

Thank you,

Filipe


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@imfilipe](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1189691),

a total different approach: filter the URLs for specific IPs and spaces with a proxy in front of Confluence. Will definitely cost less time than coding a plugin.

So long

Thomas


Tags: atl-dev
Iranian customers can't open Confluence pages
Asked by Samo Jurdik:

Is Iran blocked? Isn't it an overreaction to sanctions?

Sanctions have been lifted.

Please enable access from Iranian IP addresses. We have customers there and they can't reach our documentation.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Samo,

U.S. law prohibits Atlassian, an Australian corporation with offices in the United States, from providing access to our products and services to organizations or End Users located in the following countries and regions; Crimea Region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, Sudan.

Therefore, it is not possible to permit access via those countries.

Thank you for your understanding!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Samo Jurdik
body: Thanks for a fast response.

As per my information, sanctions against Iran have been cancelled.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Samo,

Could you refer to me where you found this information?

The U.S. nuclear sanctions against Iran were lifted, but the other sanctions remain in effect, including those that prohibit U.S. companies and U.S. persons from engaging in most transactions involving Iran.

I hope that clarifies things for you but let me know if you have any questions.

Shannon


author: Dara Vakili
body: [@Shannon S](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510046)I am a UK customer with a UK company. I am transiently in Iran and unable to work because of this. Can you please consider that paying customers with legitimate non sanctioned countries and organisations may legitimately be on business in those countries?


author: Jessica krogstadt
body: Is there an updated Sanctions list?


author: Jessica krogstadt
body: Is there an updated Sanctions list for your products?


Tags: confluence-cloud
Page layouts
Asked by Sergey Alkasarov:

Did you remove the button of page playout at all?


Answers:
author: Beejal _London_
body: Hi ??????

If i've understood your question, you should be able to see the page layout button in Confluence when you're in edit mode.

This might be helpful: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-layouts-columns-and-sections-275188613.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-layouts-columns-and-sections-275188613.html?)

Let us know how you get on

Kind regards

Beejal :-)

comments: author: Sergey Alkasarov
body: I know this info but it disappeared from the panel
Adding a link to the Roadmap tool
Asked by Raghuram C G:

I am trying to "Link Page" from the bar of the Roadmap tool, but no avail. Although it searches for the links, upon choosing, it just doesnt save it.

Any thoughts


Answers:
author: Sarah
body: you can double check version of the macro installed as for an older versions you will be able to view your existing roadmaps but not edit them.

Here is the KB : [https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/roadmap-planner-macro-704578202.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/roadmap-planner-macro-704578202.html "Roadmap planner")where you can check the functionality and how you can link page.

After you select the desired page to link, you should be able to click on insert then publish the page.
How to keep HR confidential information in JIRA
Asked by ???:

Hello, Experts!

I just started to use JIRA in the company and currently i am in charge of recruitment.

Therefore, I really need your help on how to keep the HR confidential information in JIRA.

1. Candidates personnel information

2. interview records

3. Process Result

I want to grant the access to the JIRA project and issues/stories strictly to the staff with the permission.

highly appreciated for your replies in advance :)


Answers:
author: Anastasiia Kozaruk _SaaSJet_
body: Hi, [@???](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1189646)

You can use an additional add-on [HRM: Employee User Profile](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225524?utm_source=community&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=confidential_information&utm_term=17_08). It allows you to assign access to specific people or a group of people to view information about employees. In addition, the add-on does not store data on third-party services, and the entire data is inside Jira under the protection of Atlassian.

Try it now for free on the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1225524?utm_source=community&utm_medium=comment&utm_campaign=confidential_information&utm_term=17_08).


author: Davin Studer
body: The easiest way to manage permissions in JIRA (and pretty much any system you'll ever manage) is via groups instead of person by person. So, in your case you would simply create a project and restrict access to that project down to specific groups. Make your group names clear as to what the group grants to the user. So, the key is that you don't grant access to people you grant access to the group. That way you can quickly give and pull back access by simply placing people in groups.


author: Sloan
body: Hi [@???](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1189646)

If you want to hide confidential information from users you should work with restrictions.

* [Documentation for Confluence Server](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html)
* [Documentation for Confluence Cloud](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html)

Simply click the Lock icon on top of a page, then add your HR staff (individual users or a group) and grant view and/or edit permission. Make sure that "everyone" has no permission on your restriction.

Working with [Space Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) would be a solution too, you are abe to "hide" a whole space if you only grant your staff "view" permission.

Be aware that confluence Admins are able to view everything if they want!

Cheers  
Niklas
Opening a space from the space menue doesnt take me to overview/homepage
Asked by Boris Diebold:

Hi,

i have a weird behaviour that for some spaces when i open them from the spaces list, or with normal hyperlink that ends with space shortcut it takes me directly to the homepage/overview of that space.

Some new spaces recently created always go to right into pages view (you basically never see the homepage/overview.

Interestingly for these spaces, I also dont?see the Overview on the sidebar above "Pages" like I do for the spaces where it work - like here:

![Bildschirmfoto 2018-02-21 um 09.29.19.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15411i92DF9738C6AC6834/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bildschirmfoto 2018-02-21 um 09.29.19.png")vs ![Bildschirmfoto 2018-02-21 um 09.30.01.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15412i4C38C97C8AA110A6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Bildschirmfoto 2018-02-21 um 09.30.01.png")

<br />

Any ideas how to fix this ?

Thanks,

Boris


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: How did you create those spaces? Maybe the configurations for Team space or others changed this.

What are your permissions on those spaces? Admin, Space admin,...?

What does the space tools say about sidebar configuration?

Which page is set as home page for the spaces? Have a look in space tools -\> Space Details (as mentioned [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-assign-a-space-root-page-on-confluence-687217882.html))


Tags: home-page

overview

space
Migration from Oracle Webcenter Spaces to Confluence. Possible?
Asked by Mohammed Gauss:

I am very new to Confluence but really interested to figure how this can help my clients/organization.

The existing application is a discussion forum built on Oracle Webcenter Spaces. I need some resources on a Migration path to Confluence. .


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Mohammed,

I'm not personally familiar with Oracle Webcenter Spaces, but in our guide [import content into Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/import-content-into-confluence-191141.html), it outlines a few various methods.

I would recommend reviewing that documentation and then speak with your Oracle Webcenter provider to see if one of those solutions will work with that product.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Shannon


Tags: migration

oracle
Changing the user profile of page creator to the user profile of the last author/modifier
Asked by Anna Le:

Hi guys,

I know that all pages show the user profile of the person who created the space/page. However, if there a way to have the user profile appear of the person who last updated the page/space appear instead?

Reason is we currently have blogs, with different blog writers each week, the original creator appears and is a bit confusing.

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Anna,

It sounds like you are using our Cloud offering, if so, your instance URL is: https://\<something\>.atlassian.net/wiki. If you are not using Cloud, please let me know the version of Confluence you are running.

In Confluence Cloud the creator's profile does appear on the page and I did not find a way to change it. The workaround would be for your bloggers to create a new page when they blog, instead of editing the existing one.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Anna Le
body: Hi Ann,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, we are on Confluence Cloud. The work around is fine.

Cheers,

Anna
Make copy of page(s) and rename it
Asked by Charmaigne Bezuidenhout:

Good day

Could you please provide the steps to make a copy of a page with subpages/content and renaming it.

For example :

1. Make a copy of UserguideA

2. Place it in a new space of its own

3. Renaming it to UserguideB

Thus Userguide A is still in tact, and we can make changes to UserguideB.

So I want to duplicate UserguideA and rename it to UserguideB

Your assistance will be appreciated.

Regards

Charmaigne


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You can copy the pages and its sub pages as mentioned at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/copy-a-page-139013.html>. Hope this is what you are after!
How to choose and then download selected attachments, but not all, from a Confluence page at once?
Asked by Scott Merry:

In Confluence Server, with the Attachment macro I can download ALL attachments on a page, or I can download them one by one.

But what I want to do is select (like a file picker) only the several attachments I want to download, and then click a button to have only the selected ones download at once.

Would appreciate suggestions on ways to accomplish this, whether within Confluence or using any external solutions or workarounds.

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Scott,

There's a feature request for that below:

* [CONFSERVER-20003](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-20003)

Please feel free to vote on it and comment with your usage case.

I'm also tagging your question for the Marketplace apps collection in case anyone is aware of an add-on that might do this for you.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

attachment

download

server
How can I show more levels in TOC
Asked by Carolina Fajardo:

When I export as PDF my documentation space, the TOC only shows to heading 3 and I need till heading 4


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi [@Carolina Fajardo](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1189495),

just for clarification - are you using the default PDF Exporter, or [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf/server/overview)?

For Scroll PDF Exporter, you can simply click the [Table of Contents placeholder](https://help.k15t.com/scroll-pdf-exporter/latest/customize-document-sections-121932316.html#id-.Customizedocumentsectionsv4.0-Defaultplaceholders) and change the levels accordingly (see screenshot):

![Screen Shot 2018-02-21 at 09.00.05.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/15408i79217239D8888C2B/image-dimensions/458x288?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-02-21 at 09.00.05.png")

Hope that helps.

Best,  
Nils


Tags: pdf-export
Upgrade Confluence 5.10.8 to 6.7
Asked by Christina Papke:

Hi guys,

do you think it's worth it to upgrade confluence from 5.10.8 to the newest version?

what are the main benefits for you?

Is it possible to connect outlook (e-mail and calendar)?

How much does it roughly cost?

Is maintenance automated or partly automated? Any tips for manual maintenance?

Are individual theme pages created for each user? (last searches, most important topics)

Thank you so much in advance,

Christina


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: I'd do it to get [collaborative editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/collaborative-editing-828790374.html) alone. That is an awesome feature! You can review the [release notes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html) to get an idea of other features, as well.

Cost is free if you have current maintenance on your Confluence instance. If the maintenance has expired, you will either need to back pay for the time since it expired or buy a new license.

Upgrade is a pretty manual process. There is an installer script that will also upgrade. You can also do it 100% manually. It's pretty well [documented](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html), but be sure to read over the upgrade notes for each version to determine if there are any interim releases that you need to upgrade to before going to the latest version. Whatever you do, always always always do a test upgrade on a development instance. It's never a good idea to assume that things will just go smoothly.

You will also need to review the Apps you have installed and make sure that all are available for the destination version you plan to upgrade to. Not all App vendors have a new version available right when a new Confluence version is released. It's also possible than an App you have is free now, but will require a license purchase on the new version of Confluence. The [update check](https://confluence.atlassian.com/upm/checking-add-on-compatibility-with-application-updates-273875705.html) feature makes this fairly easy, but I'd double check in [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com) manually.

comments: author: Christina Papke
body: Great, thank you! Do you know anything about connecting Confluence with outlook? We would like to send reminders to the users to inform them to check wheather the content is still up-to-date.


Tags: update
Creating and Editing a Maco
Asked by Camille Cochin De Billy:

Hi there,

I am having a hard time both creating and editing a macro. Can someone explain how to go about doing this?

Best,

Camille


Answers:
author: Annica Waltersson
body: Hi Camille,

If your question regards creating and editing user macros, please find the Atlassian documentation with examples of user macros on [Writing User Macros](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html).


Tags: macro
Get notifications when a task due date is near or past
Asked by Casey Toler:

Is there any way for a user to be notified (emailed) when a task assigned to them in Confluence Cloud is near due, or past due?


Answers:
author: louisdj
body: Hi

There is a open request for this functionality so you can follow up on [CONFCLOUD-34389](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-34389).

There is also a free plugin, but it is server only... ([Task reminder](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.scandio.confluence.plugins.task-reminder/server/overview))

comments: author: Casey Toler
body: Thank you!


author: louisdj
body: You're welcome! Feel free to mark my answer as the solution if it solves your problem.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Administration
Asked by Diane Roberts:

Hi there,

No one in my organization seems to have Confluence admin access? Is that the same as general site-admin? We can only see confluence user access.

Also can the software project template be modified so that I can include a custom blueprint requirements template that I created?

Thanks,

Diane


Answers:
author: louisdj
body: Can you check nobody is admin by manual going to: \<yourConfluenceURL\>/admin

It would be very strange if no one is administrator...

You can create blueprints for pages, and then add them to a space. You can't create blueprints for spaces at this time (or it would be by creating an add-on for it), but this is an open request that you can vote for: [CONFSERVER-4538](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-4538)
Is there a limit to the number of pages a user can save for later (favorite)?
Asked by Heather Bettencourt:

In our current instance of Confluence, a user can only display 10 favorites on a page. If they favorite an 11th, one of the existing favorites drops off their favorites list. Does the Save for Later feature also have a limit as to number of pages that can be saved per user?


Answers:
author: Machadinho
body: Hi Heather, how are you doing?

There is no limit to favorite ([Saved for later](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/save-for-later-136552.html)) pages in Confluence. However, depending on where you are checking this list, you will only see the pages recently added to your favorites list - like in this macro: [Favorite Pages Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/favorite-pages-macro-148581.html "Favorite Pages Macro")

To see the full list of Saved for later pages, go to your Confluence profile and select the tab **Saved for later**. The URL in your browser should be something like

<http://confluence.mycompany.com/users/viewmyfavourites.action>

Hope that clarifies your question :)

Best Regards,

Lucas Machado

comments: author: Heather Bettencourt
body: It does-- thanks, Lucas!
Confluence 6.6: Content by Label Related Results Counter Not Showing
Asked by Dana Grahf:

I have added the Content by Label macro to my page limiting the results to 5 articles - it is pulling in data correctly based on the labels. However, the macro used to show (Confluence Server 5.7) below the feed the 'xxx related content' link with other articles matching the defined label.

<br />

Anyone else encounter this? If so, what did you do to fix it?


Answers:
author: James Richards
body: Hello Dana,

I've had a look at this and it looks like the functionality changed, which is logged in this bug report

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-40996>

Looking back over the documentation this looks like it was re-written for Confluence 5.8. The documentation is quite different as well from that time as well.

Maybe you can use the Content by Label macro with another macro from this list to create a similar effect

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/display-pages-with-label-macros-145102.html>

Regards, James