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How to get Anchors to work?
Asked by tobias.fielitz:

Added an anchor, shows up as grey box, but

1. it doesn't have a label, so is completely invisible

2. doesn't work

I've named the anchor "foo" and published the page afterwards. Navigating to the page using https://\<url to page\>#foo doesn't do anything.


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@tobias.fielitz](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2955433) - Anchors can be tricky sometimes *(believe me - I made my experiences...)*

did you check out 'view source' - this will show your site with content and all macros/addons on the page. There you will see if your anchor named 'foo' will appear.

Should look something like that:  
![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52738iAFB64C12BD5483F3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Next thing is - from where did you try to link to the anchor? If you're linking from another space your link must look something link

```
spacekey:page name#anchor name
```

Now when I look on your example that might be the problem - do you want to send an direct link to someone? I have no idea how to generate them - my trick is - I create a link on page links-advanced to the anchor (like it's shown above) use this link and use the generated adress from browser.

The link contains something like the  
/url/display/space/title*(which might be tricky if special characters or spaces are used)*/#titlewrittentogether-anchorname

comments: author: tobias.fielitz
body: Hi Fabienne, Thanks for the reply.

I would indeed like to link from an external source (from a comment in the code to be exact).

The process you describe seems far too complex to achieve such a common (and simple!) thing :(


author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi Tobias - than do the easy way - create the external link on a page for yourself (I have a page I just for myself in my personal space) where you create the advanced link

spacekey: page name#anchor name

-\> click this link -\> this opens the anchor link -\> copy the adress from browser and use this

Shouldn't take you more than 1 minute I guess

I just wanted to show you how tricky it would be to create the link by your own by showing you all the parts ;)

Hope this works out for you!


author: tobias.fielitz
body: it did, ty
Can I add a survey to confluence page without using a 3rd party addon?
Asked by Jack_Balansag:

I am trying to create a survey that asks a user whether the article is helpful or not. I have gone through some of the existing posts, and I found that I need to use a 3rd party add-on.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-can-i-add-surveys-to-confluence-pages-345637394.html>

Does Confluence have a pre-existing survey plugin that I can use?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Jack_Balansag](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3026057) ,

this is not a builtin feature within confluence so you should use a third part add-on.

Fabio

comments: author: Jack_Balansag
body: Based on your experience, what addon would you recommend [@Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781528) ?


author: Jack_Balansag
body: Thanks for the response by the way.


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Jack_Balansag](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3026057) , I used [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/195/survey-and-vote-macros?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/195/survey-and-vote-macros?hosting=server&tab=overview) in the past for a customer. It works well
How can I change my Server Base URL?
Asked by Dan Myers:

I've seen threads in the Community directing users to enter a new Server Base URL in the corresponding box under "General Configuration" in the Site Administration window. I'm the systemadmin, but I don't see any option but to change the Site Title. Any ideas as to why I'm unable to change the Server Base URL?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Before you delete it though I would check with Atlassian support. They may be able to change it for you without having to wipe out everything and start over.


author: Dan Myers
body: Hi [@Prakash Kumar](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1512090)

The only fields in my "Site Configuration" section are for the Site Title and Contact Administrators Message...any ideas as to why that would be? Perhaps because I'm using Confluence Cloud? Thanks!

comments: author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Correct. On Server and Data Center (self-hosted,) it's easy to change the name. On Cloud, you can't do it, though.


author: Prakash Kumar
body: Hi [@Dan Myers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1684333) ,

Yes , you can change Server Base URL .

You can see a section **site configuration** in the **General Configuration** tab where you can edit the Server Base URL.

You also need to change URL which you use to access confluence otherwise you may face some error .

1. Stop Confluence.
2. Go to the Confluence installation directory and edit `<installation-directory>\conf\server.xml`.
3. Change the value of the `path` attribute in the `Context` element to reflect the context path
4. Save the file.
5. Restart Confluence and check you can access it at "your server Base Url"


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Are you are on Confluence Cloud? If so, you can't change it.

comments: author: Dan Myers
body: I see....If I were to cancel my Confluence account and start from scratch with a more generalizable URL, would I be able to transfer pages/spaces to the new account somehow? Thanks!


author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Basically, this is what you need to do. Read over how to [export and import](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/import-a-confluence-space-724765531.html) spaces. This is ultimately what you need to do. My advise would be to do a complete backup of your Cloud Confluence instance as well, just in case something goes wrong. You can restore it to a Server instance this way, worst case.
About the server version?s interface
Asked by SHIHUI SUN:

I had pay for cloud and server,  
but, why the two nterfaces will be different,  
The server version is very old!!!

I need the cloud version's interface at server

Thanks


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Companies who install the server version tend to expect that the interface and general UI will remain stable. They don't want to have to retrain all their users constantly on UI changes ... it costs money. That, I believe, is the main reason that the server version has not changed its interface and has not adopted the new fabric editor.


author: SHIHUI SUN
body: 123123


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do i switch from Data Center install back to Basic Confluence install?
Asked by Tara Martucci:

I first installed Confluence using the data center trial license and it is auto detected to my account. I tried to uninstall and switch it to regular confluence without data center, but the license is still the data center trial license and prompts me to the configure cluster node. How can I switch it back to regular license that I have purchased ?


Answers:
author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Tara Martucci](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3040817) If you have installed only a single node of Confluence Server , you can just overwrite the data center license with the Server license, and it should work.

comments: author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Tara Martucci](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3040817) Did my answer help resolving your issue?


author: Tara Martucci
body: Hi Yes,

Thank you for the quick response.
Help with information for the installation of confluence
Asked by Lilia Gonz?lez:

Please estimate your help by facilitating the procedure to be followed to migrate Confluence 6.7.2 from a server with a Windows operating system to a Red Hat 7.6 Linux Server with version of Confluence 6.15.1. Additional indicate the minimum resources that the Linux server must have for this installation. Thank you for your prompt cooperation


Answers:
author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Lilia Gonz?lez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3072694) I would suggest to first migrate Confluence v6.7.2 from Windows Server to Red Hat 7.6 Linux Server, using the below guide (assuming database type and version will be similar):

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf67/migrating-confluence-between-servers-945103880.html>

Post-migration on Linux Server, you can just follow the below procedure to upgrade Confluence from v6.7.2 to 6.15.1 directly: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf67/upgrading-confluence-manually-945103874.html>

The below guide will provide you with minimum hardware resources required for running Confluence 6.15.x on a Linux Server:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html>

comments: author: Lilia Gonz?lez
body: Thanks for the help and shared information, I will follow the indicated steps


Tags: confluence-server

server
Help requested to construct an SQL query (page hierarchy) for Confluence.
Asked by Graham Foster:

I have read only access to our confluence database, and I'm trying to understand the schema.

a) Is there some good documentation on the schema out there / worked examples etc?

b) I have 1 specific query I need to write, which is to be able to pull a "page tree" out for a defined spacekey.

i.e a hierarchical list of the page titles. their "indent level", and permalinks, associated labels and any other page properties I can find.

A starter would be much appreciated.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Graham Foster](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2757501) See if this documentation about Confluence database model helps you: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-data-model-127369837.html>

I also have link to this Confluence database schema pdf , for Confluence v6.x, which may be useful: <https://svelab.com/download/confluence6_schema_mysqlviz.pdf>

comments: author: Graham Foster
body: Thanks for the starter on this.

I don't suppose you can explain why all the weirdly named table prefixes can you (e..g AO_26DB7F) Are they in some way linked to tables used by plugin's perhaps? Is there a way of figuring out which plugin uses which tables? (like I'm interested in Scroll Versions as a plugin, as I suspect that the "permalinks" for their page identifiers must be held somewhere (but I can't find them!)

Thx


author: Taranjeet Singh
body: Yes, the tables starting with prefixes like "AO..." belong to the plugins. I am not sure though which plugins they belong to ; you can search for each table name online, and you will come to know.

If you are looking for where page metadata like page IDs and their versions are stored, they are stored in "content" table.


Tags: questions-for-confluence
How do I retrieve my un-published blogs?
Asked by Nicolaj Hvid:

The documentation claims that not published content are stored for further editing if you close.

I have started som blog post and closed them (the option says "close" not cancel so I assume there is a way to retrieve the draft for final editing?


Answers:
author: John Fetzik
body: You should be able to see them by going to "Your work" and then click on the "Drafts" tab.

![Confluence Drafts.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52702i0BEFE39467A47E82/image-dimensions/695x367?v=v2 "Confluence Drafts.png")
Why does the Content Report Table of contents macro no longer work in confluence cloud?
Asked by April_Brotherson:

Since the latest updates the Content Report Table macro is not working on new pages in Confluence Cloud.

Anyone else having issues with this?


Answers:
author: Cyndi Edwards
body: I'm seeing my TOCs as well. However, I did notice today that I had to remove the TOC marco and add it back on an existing page I was working on.


author: Davin Studer
body: Hmm. I am able to see it on existing pages, and new pages. I have tried it on both old editor and new editor pages.

comments: author: April_Brotherson
body: I was able to determine it was because there was a space in the Confluence Space name....However I am not able to get the Page Properties Report to work.

this will suffice, I guess!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

content-report-table-macro
Your confluence instance is already completely setup
Asked by Ekaterina Bezdenezhnykh:

Hello. I received next error: "Your confluence instance is already completely setup"

Please. Help me.


Answers:
author: Shivangi Nayak
body: Please verify if confluence user account (with which confluence application is running) has the Full Permission to both the 'Confluence_Home' and 'Confluence_Install' Directory.


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

what are you trying to do? Are you working on Windows or Linux? Did you check the processes / services if another Confluence is already running? Maybe the installer has been started on the server before.

With just this information it's pretty difficult to give you a hint...

Best

JP


Tags: confluence-server

server
Service Unavailable
Asked by Michael Boberek:

Hello  
We suddenly no longer have access to the wiki.  
it always comes:

Service Unavailable {#toc-hId--1439339916}
------------------------------------------

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

what can we do

Best regards

Michael


Answers:
author: Michael Boberek
body: Yes, it's all right now.  
There was a cron job available which I deleted


author: Michael Boberek
body: Hello  
New insight: Confluence is there for a short time and you can register.  
after about 2 min the site is offline.

BR Michael

comments: author: Taranjeet Singh
body: [@Michael Boberek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3090809) Is your upgraded Confluence instance up and working now?


author: Michael Boberek
body: Hello  
I'm afraid I was happy too soon.  
The website doesn't start anymore and I always get 503 via Proxy or  
Page not accessible via local call x.x.x.x:8090  
I made an update to 6.15.2. Update went through without problems and could also enter the new license.

the services are also all started and running.

Can anyone help me?  
BR Michael


author: Michael Boberek
body: I found the problem.  
The place on the Vol was over.  
The backups have filled everything. so backup deleted and it works again


author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Hi,

unfortunately, this looks like:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-security-advisory-2019-03-20-966660264.html>

Please check the document if you've been hacked...

Best

JP


author: Taranjeet Singh
body: Hi Michael,

Are you running Confluence Server behind a Proxy Server like Apache or Nginx? If yes, please check if Proxy Server is running or not.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to generate an entire wiki with links by importing a single CSV or TXT file?
Asked by gareth:

Essentially I want to create a wiki to document our codebase, and have a script that can neatly extract all the relevant descriptions from the code and which functions flow into each other. What I would like to do is take this, in the form of a CSV or TXT file and import it to Confluence and auto generate a wiki, with multiple pages, including links between them. Is it possible to do this?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: There is nothing that I know of that can do this. However, Confluence does has a rich REST api that could be used to do this. Another option would be to use the WebDAV plugin to mount Confluence as a file system. Then you could have a script create the pages as if it were simply editing files on a drive. WebDAV info is below.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-148044.html>

comments: author: gareth
body: Thanks Davin, one of those will definitely be suitable for my needs. We are planning to run everything through our own server, will the REST api still work in that case? Or if we have our own server do we need to use the WebDAV approach? Thanks


Tags: import

wiki
Hide Create Space button from users
Asked by Maro Hamamjyan:

Hello,

Please help to understand if it is possible to hide "Create Space" button from users in Confluence? I would like only Confluence Administrator to be able to crate spaces and give the spaces permissions, and not allow other users to be able to create spaces themselves..


Answers:
author: Fabienne Gerhard
body: Hi [@Maro Hamamjyan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1144692)

Create Space is given by '[Global Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html)' to a certain group or some groups. Check out your global permissions.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52609i0D911CA5B27B0C36/image-dimensions/561x570?v=v2 "image.png")

comments: author: Andy - PTC Redundant
body: [@Fabienne Gerhard](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/971720) ++**GO!**++

[@Maro Hamamjyan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1144692) : You are the administrator, correct? Also, the environments of user permissions can differ between Cloud, Server \& DC... but you (or the Administrator) should be able to work it out.
JQuery update for confluence to version 3.4
Asked by Anand Rengasamy:

**Object Prototype Pollution Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11358) in jQuery versions prior to 3.4 have been flagged out.**

Currently we are using Confluence version 5.10.4 and are looking at ways to upgrade the inbuilt jquery version from 1.7.2 to 3.4. Any suggestions on doing this are welcome.

References:

\[1\] [https://www.zdnet.com/article/popular-jquery-javascript-library-impacted-by-prototype-pollution-flaw/](https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zdnet.com%2Farticle%2Fpopular-jquery-javascript-library-impacted-by-prototype-pollution-flaw%2F&data=02%7C01%7CJason.tan2%40ncs.com.sg%7C0f0ce78db07548e0594908d6c9184ef2%7Cca90d8f589634b6ebca99ac468bcc7a8%7C1%7C0%7C636917503584010179&sdata=%2F9Q7QWgdmaltaGWJ83%2FhuJ1drZA2L7Kk%2FVd54YB0zI0%3D&reserved=0)  

\[2\] [https://snyk.io/blog/after-three-years-of-silence-a-new-jquery-prototype-pollution-vulnerability-emerges-once-again/](https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsnyk.io%2Fblog%2Fafter-three-years-of-silence-a-new-jquery-prototype-pollution-vulnerability-emerges-once-again%2F&data=02%7C01%7CJason.tan2%40ncs.com.sg%7C0f0ce78db07548e0594908d6c9184ef2%7Cca90d8f589634b6ebca99ac468bcc7a8%7C1%7C0%7C636917503584020193&sdata=QCTghmYXJsUVP0wggAqucWuPogtHYuzQN3PNmUpJQvw%3D&reserved=0)


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: Hi!

better way is updagrade to latest Confluence version,

Because a lot of things was changes between 5.10.4

1. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html>

2. <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/Confluence-CVEs-and-common-questions/ba-p/1062634>

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov
AD not syncing issue & Java error!
Asked by IT Support:

Dear Team

We observed AD server not syncing properly, only AD test connection is successful.

But None of the user information and OU not updating and getting below error.

Please check the issue and resolve ASAP.

Error log:

Test Remote Directory Connection {#toc-hId--1439343696}
-------------------------------------------------------

Test Remote Directory Connection {#toc-hId-1048169137}
------------------------------------------------------

Use this form to test the connection to Microsoft Active Directory (Read/Write) directory 'Active Directory server'.

For extended testing enter the credentials of a user in the remote directory.

Test basic connection : SucceededTest retrieve user : Not performedTest user rename is configured and tracked : Not performedTest get user's memberships : Not performedTest retrieve group : Not performedTest get group members : Not performedTest user can authenticate : Not performed


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@IT Support](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3084523)

You can find a post here that provides you with a solution: <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Service-Management/Remote-Directory-Connection-no-longer-working/qaq-p/659301>

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can't add element to outer list after filling in the inner lists.
Asked by David Todd:

I have a list like this:

- A

- B

- 1

- 2

- 3

And I want to add a new 'C' element. I tried to get the indentation option to show up, but that did not seem possible on the web version. I could not properly show this in the email, as there was now way to create it with this editor. I was able to create it in confluence by cutting and pasting from a Word document.

I don't know if it's hosted or not, but the url is:

https://\<my-company\>.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces

In Microsoft Word this is accomplished by adding new text and changing the indentation level.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there!

David, you should be able to achieve this doing the following:
> 1. Create a new list with the **bullet** **list** or **numbered list** tool
> 2. Insert the desired elements prior to the third major one, like this:
>    1. ![Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.22.25.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52966i82A2D8066B244FDA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.22.25.png")
> 3. Now, press the enter/return key, inserting a new item, like this:
>    1. ![Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.20.03.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52967i3658C5FF10CF7BFC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.20.03.png")
> 4. Now we need to press the enter/return key once more. You should get this result:
>    1. ![Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.20.09.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52968iCAA4A23C502C13A2/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.20.09.png")
> 5. You should then be able to insert your next item:
>    1. ![Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.25.04.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/52969iA9C0788B6CD07CDB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2019-04-29 at 14.25.04.png")

You can have a little more information on our new editing experience here:

**[Confluence Editing Improvements](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html)**

Let us know if this helps you out David! Looking forward to your reply.

comments: author: David Todd
body: Thanks a lot!

That worked great.

Cheers


author: Diego
body: Wonderful David, happy to help!

If you ever need something in the future, come share with the Community.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to include a copyright and confidentiality notice on all pages?
Asked by Yan Pan:

Is there some way we can include a copyright and confidentiality notice on the wiki pages that doesn't involve manually adding it to every page...

It needs to come out if the pages are printed or exported to pdf.


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: Hi [@Yan Pan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2890362) ,

Are you on Server or Cloud?

You can try editing the pdf layout to change the header and footer.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customize-exports-to-pdf-190480945.html>

Let me know if this helps.

comments: author: Yan Pan
body: OK. I got it. Thanks! How do I know I'm on Server or Cloud?


author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: if your URL ends in .atlassian.net , you are probably on cloud, if it is something more customized you are probably on server.


author: Yan Pan
body: I just check the the About Confluence page, and it shows

### Confluence 6.6.10, does it mean I'm on server? {#toc-hId-1058671993}


author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: this means you're on server :)


author: Yan Pan
body: Thanks!