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Prevent Firefox to auto-scroll to an HTML embedded iframe
Asked by Alexander Wirtz:

Hello Confluence Community

we have an Iframe macro embedded into one of our dashboards. Somehow firefox will auto-scroll to that iframe upon opening the page.

Code looks like this: \<IFRAME WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=300 FRAMEBORDER=0 src="[https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?EQBCT=29XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX50"\>\</IFRAME]()\>

This is disturbing because you can only use the top navigation one you scroll back up.

This problem does not appear in other browsers like Chrome or Edge.   

We noticed that firefox is writing an "#" at the end of the URL.

Did someone had the same problem and managed to fix it?

Kind regards  
Alex

Firefox 69.0.3 (64 Bit)  
Confluence Server 6.15.4


Answers:
author: Alexander Wirtz
body: Got it myself. Here is the solution:

\<embed src="<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/publish?xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>" width="400" height="240" id="my_div" style="display:none;"\>

\<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"\>

window.onload=function()

{

setTimeout(func1, 2000);

};

function func1()

{

document.getElementById("my_div").style.display = "block";

}

\</script\>


Tags: firefox

iframe

questions-for-confluence
Where can I find the list of licensed users for Confluence?
Asked by Piotr Ma?lanka:

The confluence-users group in my LDAP directory has 9 users. However, Confluence points out to me that I have 12 users currently signed up. I need a way to explicitly enumerate each and every user that is considered by Confluence to be "licensed".

I am using Service Desk, with the Confluence user directory consuming data from the JIRA userbase as well. Could this prove to be a problem?


Answers:
author: David Thielheim
body: Hi [@Piotr Ma?lanka](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/507923)

Generally all the users who are part of the **confluence-users** are considered to be licensed users. To further check the list of groups/users based on which your confluence is licensed you can check the Global permission page as shown below any groups (ie members in the group) or users who have the **can use**permission are considered as licensed users.

![Licensed_users_confluence.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71154i6256952B4C76F4C5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Licensed_users_confluence.png")Regards,

Vijay Ramamurthy

comments: author: David Thielheim
body: Have the same issue. And the above description or this kind of licensing-implementation ('cen use'isn't helpfull! We MUST be able to determine which users are occuping licenses. Further we must be able to CONTROLL licenses are occupied by users using goup memberships (confluence internal oder external LDAP)


Tags: confluence-server

server
XLSM files cannot be previewd or displayed in Office Excel Macro
Asked by IT-Team:

It seems that both the default preview and the confluence "office excel macro" cannot display .xlsm excel files. I am running Confluence 6.15.1 but could not find anything in the more recent release notes suggesting this has been fixed.

Anyone else still experiencing this or is this a bug in my installation?


Answers:
author: Ulrich Hinze
body: No, it's not a bug in your installation. It's still unsupported in Confluence 6.15.6 :o(

Or have you been able to solve this issue in the meantime?

comments: author: Bj?rn Kinzenbach
body: Hello,

is there an idea when this will be supported?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it possible to see all notifications (also older than 15 days)?
Asked by Jan Priebe:

Hello Community.

Recently I got this question several times from our users:

In the notification box you can find your own notifications which are not older than 15 days. Is there any way to get the older notifications, too? Where are they stored and are they deleted after a while? Is there an sql query which could be helpful here?


Answers:
author: erik.unangst
body: I'm in the same boat here. This would be useful for my team as well.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Configure sidebar/header in confluence 7 after upgrading from 5.4
Asked by Michael Hiller:

Hi all,

we recently upgraded from confluence 5.4 to 6.13 and then to 7.0.3.  
We were using the Documentation Theme before and configured the sidebar with the wiki markup  
"  
\*space tree\*  
{pagetree:searchBox=false}  
"  
and the Header with  
"  
{panel}{section}  
{column:width=40%}\*Table of contents\* {toc:style=decimal\|indent=5px\|maxLevel=2}{column}  
{column:width=30%}\*What links here\*{incoming-links}{column}  
{column:width=30%}{attachments:upload=false\|sortBy=name}{column}  
{section}{panel}  
"

After the upgrade, the content in the header and sidebar is still there, while 'Table of contents' shows up as bold text, '\*What links here\*' is not in bold and instead shown as plain text.  
I tried to add or change that in Space Tools --\> Look and Feel --\> Sidebar, header and footer, but that does not do anything.

2)  
At the end of every page, we now get the plain text line  
"#trackbackRdf ($trackbackUtils.getContentIdentifier($page) $page.title $trackbackUtils.getPingUrl($page))"  
and I can't find a way to remove that (e.g. grep for trackbackRdf in any files in the confluence installation does not give a hit).

3)  
The very useful toggle button to hide/show the sidebar has disappeared. Is there a way to bring it back?

Thanks a lot  
-Michael


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Michael,

Congratulations on making the upgrade from 5.4 through to 7.0.3. We appreciate you sharing the customization you had on the previous version of Confluence. Unfortunately, starting with Confluence 6.0, the documentation theme was deprecated and has since been removed. Further information on this may be found at [End of Support Announcements for Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/end-of-support-announcements-for-confluence-792499890.html).

There are steps within the listed article which help you to switch to the default theme, these steps may be found at [Switch to the Default Theme](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/switch-to-the-default-theme-792498652.html).

There are different types of configuration you can do within the sidebar now, further information on this may be found at [The space sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/the-space-sidebar-777010845.html).

While this won't resolve the issue as to why you're sidebar themes are no longer applying correctly, I hope this information proves helpful in moving forward with the new sidebar experience.

Regards,  
Stephen SIfers


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
Not able to create File List
Asked by Rushi:

Dear Members,

I have created a Documentation space in my Confluence \& in it i have created File List to upload some document list using 3 file list instances. But now i am not able to create File list instance, what could be the reason?

when ever i click on create new file list button it open a pop up but does not show any template \& it shows loading icon. Not able to click Next button \& create a file list, look at the screenshot attached![File list error 2019-10-30.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71119i096FD2382653DE90/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "File list error 2019-10-30.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Rushi,

Thank you for reporting this to us.

Can you let me know at which step you get the error? Is it when you create the new page, as below?

![CleanShot 2019-11-01 at 13.55.03.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71348i64603283ADBB7970/image-dimensions/412x234?v=v2 "CleanShot 2019-11-01 at 13.55.03.png")

Or is it when you go to create the name of the page?

![CleanShot 2019-11-01 at 13.55.10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71349iBF93E3B17F8A110E/image-dimensions/413x234?v=v2 "CleanShot 2019-11-01 at 13.55.10.png")

If it's neither of the above, can you let us know how to replicate the error on your end?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Making an instance-wide styling change in Confluence
Asked by Agnieszka:

Is there an easy way to make an instance-wide styling update in Confluence? We need to change the style of a large number of spaces in a Confluence instance, what's the best way to do this?

Do space templates help? Say we use a particular template to create spaces, would an update to the template update the spaces already created with this template as well?

Thanks

Aga


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: There is a global CSS stylesheet which you can use as described [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html).


Tags: confluence-server

server
edit blank page
Asked by brendan barrett:

Hi I would like be able to edit the blank page ( use as a default starting point) when creating a new space.


Answers:
author: Manisha Kharga _Appfire_
body: Hi [@brendan barrett](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/429739) ,

We would like to let you know that you can set the default page as blank while creating the new space.

Steps to follow to set the default page as a blank.

1. Login as Confluence Admin and click on the Cog wheel \>\> General configuration.

2. From left side panel click on 'Global Templates and Blueprints'.

3. Edit the 'Default space Content' and remove all the content from it. Then click on Publish.

![comm11.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71217i6E76F447B83E9875/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "comm11.jpg")

4. Now create a new space, the default page will be blank.

Hope this helps you.

Thanks,  
Manisha
Include space in other space
Asked by Hartmut Leister:

Is it possible to include a whole confluence space inside another?

<br />

that's the details:

* I have two spaces: big-space and shared-space  
  (for the sake of simplicity: same access rights)
* I want to display shared-space at bigspace:SomePage  
  (page located in space big-space)
* All content of shared-space home page -\> big-space:SomePage  
  all shared-space pages as sub pages of big-space:SomePage  
  the page tree of shared-space

My best idea is to include the shared-space homepage at big-space:SomePage, but that doesn't add the page tree. Do you know of anything better?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Hartmut Leister](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3602342)

A few options I can think of:

* **Page Tree Macro:** This can display the related space tree as hyperlinks to those pages
* **Include Page Macro:** This can display the details of another space's page on your page - in this instance, you'd have to re-build the page tree in your other space, but once done you only have to edit in one location to update both
* **iFrame Macro:** This implements a view of another URL from within a Confluence page - so you could embed the other Confluence space's main page and users could select to see other pages from within it. They'd probably need permission to access it though.

Would any of these resolve what you're looking to accomplish?

Ste

comments: author: Hartmut Leister
body: Hi [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470)

thank you for your suggestions.

I was only able to try the first two, so I'll comment those

* **? Page Tree Macro:** I think this should do the trick for me
  * displaying *shared-space* at *bigspace:SomePage*
  * with parameters: order = natural, startdepth\>1
  * macros added both to *bigspace:SomePage* page and its navigation
* **? Include Page Macro**: My problem with this approach is that we'd have to keep both spaces in sync, which I see as quite error-prone.

Sunny greetings and thank you

Hartmut


author: Stephan Reuter
body: Hi [@Hartmut Leister](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3602342),

great, this is exactly what I was looking for, too. I am only struggling with the point to add the Page Tree macro to the sidebar navigation. Did you manage to get it working (\>\>"macros added both to *bigspace:SomePage* page and **its navigation**"\<\<)?

I found one solution by putting the macro into "Look and Feel" - "Sidebar, header and footer" - but everything defined there will appear above the default "Page Tree". Didn't find a way to embed it in the Page Tree at the same level as the page which hosts the page tree macro. (-\> bigspace:SomePage) What's the trick?

Thanks and Best regards,

Stephan


author: Paul de Barros
body: So wait, does this mean that spaces cannot contain other spaces? Like, there is no nesting of spaces?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Is it no longer possible to add variables to templates (blueprints)?
Asked by eliane:

I've been trying to add variables to templates since yesterday. I'm on a Mac and have now tried in three browsers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox. It doesn't work. I can add the new variable in edit mode and everything seems fine, but when I create a page using the template, the variables aren't there at all.


Answers:
author: Rab Tait
body: The new Editor experience has changed this. Variables in templates no longer seem to work when a page is created using that template. This has been reported. [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66456.](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66456?_ga=2.210793493.1093922448.1572253490-1030245788.1544612206&_gac=1.12388096.1569937679.EAIaIQobChMI1M6jiJn75AIVTLDtCh1-CQSvEAAYASABEgKXr_D_BwE)

We have only just moved to the new Editor experience and I encountered this yesterday when a user complained that their new checklist button had changed. It was because of this. As the template only had three variables, I just deleted them and modified the instructional text accordingly. Not ideal, but I also explained to the user that vendors changing stuff is part of the deal of using Cloud, and beyond my control. Hopefully, variables will return one day.

comments: author: eliane
body: OK, they're working in new templates, as long as they're not inside a macro. That's another issue (<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-67823>)  
Thanks for your reply!


Tags: blueprint

confluence-cloud

template

variable
Minimal backup not enough
Asked by Andreas Kinzler:

When I use the minimal backup from <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/production-backup-strategy-38797389.html> I find that the "space directory" is empty/missing spaces when restoring. By minimal I mean

* **\<conf-home\>/confluence.** **cfg.xml**
* **\<conf-home\>/attachments**

as your doc says. Confluence 7.0.4. Could you please verify that the minimal backup strategy is really working?


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@Andreas Kinzler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2923987) ,

this "minimal backup" actually only applies to the configuration of your Confluence instance. All the data (spaces, pages, blogs, etc) is in your database, so the minimal strategy is :

* backup your Confluence database
* backup these 2 configuration files

Hope this helps,

--Alexis

comments: author: Andreas Kinzler
body: Sorry for the misunderstanding: Of course I did backup the database. The pages seem to be there, but the Space Directory is missing items.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Number of horizontal panels
Asked by Ronald B Livesay:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71102iABBA180B0F57CB8C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

How does one make the section undivided.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: "Sections" have gone away on Cloud - these are now "layouts" which don't have one column (that's just body text now) and cannot be re-arranged.


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Unless someone else knows a trick I guess the only way you have is manually copying and pasting the sections content into the page end deleting the section.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Password Admin
Asked by Stephane BROTONS:

```
Hello,I have my Confluence server locally, and we have lost the AdminSI password,I followed the procedure by adding the password recovery in the Setev.sh file and it does not work, I have an error in the fileHow can I get him backThank you
```


Answers:
author: Zak Laughton
body: Hi Stephane,

What version of Confluence do you have? There are different steps to restore the password for recent versions (as described in [Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-158390.html)).

And what happens when you try to run the reset process? Does Confluence start properly? Do you receive any errors?

Thanks!  
-- Zak
Confluence is not compatible with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0, please vote
Asked by satub:

An increasing number of governments must follow the WCAG 2.0 guidelines (<https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/>) when offering web sites for customers or government officers.

At the moment Confluence does not comply with WGAC 2.0.

If you think accessibility is an important improvement for Confluence, please vote this issue which has been open since 2009: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-14249>


Answers:
author: Franziska Wende - Communardo
body: Hi [@satub](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3617300)

Communardo is offering the [Accessibility for Confluence](http://t.ly/qQSA) app to help comply with WGAC 2.0 guidelines.

I invite you to also have a look at our blog post series regarding ["Digital Accessibility: The Missing Piece of the Digital Workplace Puzzle"](http://t.ly/8i9I).

Best,

Franziska  
Product Marketing at Communardo


author: Jaclyn Mazzarella
body: Hi there. By using [Unstoppable for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1216435/unstoppable-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview), you can make your Confluence instance WCAG compatible. Hope this helps!


Tags: accessibility

confluence-server

server
Pages with different styles
Asked by Cesc Llagostera:

I have two pages in the same space that have a different style.

One was created long ago and the newer one was created yesterday.

When I edit the pages, it seems they use a different editor.

The same paragraph type produces different output.

Is it possible to update the old page to the new style?  

New page:  
![Anotaci? 2019-10-30 095443.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71080i3D83A3E69256C73F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Anotaci? 2019-10-30 095443.png")Old page:![Anotaci? 2019-10-30 095531.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/71081i4A14BEEAD4C70949/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Anotaci? 2019-10-30 095531.png")


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The new editor in Cloud is very different to the old one.

New pages will be created and updated using the new editor. Pages created with the old editor will be edited with the old editor (until it goes away and the pages are converted to the new style)

comments: author: Cesc Llagostera
body: Is there a way to convert the old pages to the new style?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not yet, as far as I can tell. (Other than create a new page and copy and paste)


author: Tessa van der Hoorn
body: Is there a way to keep using the old editor/style?

My biggest problem with the new editor, is that the font size is enormous and there is way to much white space. (I'm sorry to say, but for me the new pages have the look and feel of a book for 8 year olds, which is not the professional look I'm after.)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to Bulk Delete Old Versions of Pages
Asked by Jeffry Gamba:

Is there a way that we can bulk delete the old versions of pages and attachments? Please help!


Answers:
author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: I don't know if it works for attachments too but for page versions you could use the [Purge Page Versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218985/purge-page-versions?hosting=server&tab=overview) app.


Tags: confluence-server

server
how to checkbox reset?
Asked by yon(???):

Hello.

I have inserted a checkbox on my page and checked it.

And when I leave the page, I want it to go back to unchecked.

When others see it, it's shown as unchecked.

What should I do?


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi Yon,

To ensure I understand - you want a checkbox to only be TRUE whilst you're on the page - when you leave you want it to be FALSE and if other users view it, it should also be FALSE?

This isn't quite how Confluence works - as a collaboration platform, users viewing the same page see the same content (based on standard configuration) - so if you check the checkbox, it'll be checked for all users.

I haven't seen a method of unchecking the box whenever you leave the page - but you can bulk clear them using methods such as [this answer](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Chrome-Extension-Uncheck-Boxes/qaq-p/962986#M128403)

Ste

comments: author: yon(???)
body: Oh, Stephen!

Thanks. I'll try it!
can we install both JIRA software and Confluence on same application server.
Asked by rajni kanth:

can we install both JIRA and Confluence on same application server.


Answers:
author: Alexis Robert
body: Hi [@rajni kanth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3617153) ,

it is possible to install Jira and Confluence on the same server (they'll each have an application home, an installation directory, and their own JVM process). As long as you have enough memory on the server, it shouldn't be a problem.

Let me know if this helps,

--Alexis


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The answer to this depends on what you mean by "application server".

If you mean the same "application server" software, then technically, you can, but you'll have to unpack one or both applications, unbundling them from their Tomcat application servers, and then install them in your application server. This is absolutely unsupported and will cause all sorts of errors unless you happen to land on a happy combination of Jira and Confluence that are not on conflicting versions of their various supporting libraries.

If you mean the same "application server" as in "computer running the software", then yes, you can run both on the same machine. Only concern is making sure the machine can run the right versions of Java and it has enough resources to run both at the same time.


author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: Yes you can.

But Atlassian strictly recommends NOT doing so.

Upgrading one application makes the other also unavailable.

Why not use APACHE TOMCAT that comes bundled with JIRA and Confluence and run them instead in their own and separate APACHE TOMCAT ?


Tags: confluence-server

server