youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
activity stream page tree
Asked by Patrick_Vanhoof:

Hi,

It would be useful for us if we could use a recent activities macro on a page that would display only the activities in that page tree. Is this possible?

Thanks,

Patrick


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Patrick,

You can filter the content in the stream activity gadget by putting the space ID in the macro syntax as we can see in the [documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Activity+Stream+Gadget)
>
> |------------|---|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
> | **Spaces** |   | None specified (i.e. display content in all spaces) | Filters the content by space. This gadget will display only the pages etc. which belong to the space(s) you specify here. |
>
If you set the space there it should bring just the content of that space.

I hope this helps,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: In addition to my answer above, if you'd like to filter by specific pages, I believe this is not possible at the moment, so I've created a feature request for you here: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33806)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33806>

I recommend to vote and ask your colleagues to vote as well to increase popularity and the chance to be implemented in the future.

Cheers,

Rodrigo
How to pubish a read-only Diagramly diagram? (edit restrict)
Asked by Theo Barker:

Is there a way to make a Diagramly diagram visible, but restrict who can edit the diagram?

I.e. I want to make the diagram visible to anonymous users, but only allow confluence-administrators edit the diagram.


Answers:
author: Chuck Gould
body: Theo,

I just did a test in Confluence 5.1.3 and found the following. The ability to edit the diagram seems to be controlled by the ability to edit the page. I created a page with a diagram in a wiki space that is publically available in read/only mode, logged out and went back to the page. I could see the image and do eveything but edit it.

I suggest try creating a sample page and restricting editing to your confluence-administrators and observe the results. I think you will find it will work just fine.

P.S.

This also worked for Creately a commercial solution.


Tags: addon-com.mxgraph.confluence.plugins.diagramly

confluence-app

permission

restriction
Mobile Detection - Home page vs direct link
Asked by Ian Mason:

Hi all, I have a general question about mobile device detection on Confluence. When a user navigates to the root url of confluence, a mobile device or smaller screen size is detected and the site is rendered in mobile. Any subsequent pages are then rendered in mobile. However, if a user receives a direct link to page or site (bypassing the root home page), the page does not appear to be rendered mobile, rather the user receives the desktop version. Is this the expected behavior for Confluence with regards to mobile detection and can this be changed?

Thanks!  
Ian


Answers:
author: Ian Mason
body: Hi Guilherme, we are on version 5.1.2. I don't see the switch to mobile button on my phone clicking on direct to space link, but I'm not sure if it's size specific? Is it possible that's a more recent feature that would be added if we upgraded to 5.3.4?


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Ian, if you can state the version of the application you are employing that may help in understanding the matter. When testing with Confluence 5.3.4 here the application does have a header message which allows one to switch to mobile version.

I have tested with the scenarios you did mention and in both situations did see the mobile interface, so this may be either a matter of version, or another issue with the devices for instance.

comments: author: Ian Mason
body: Hi Guilherme, we are on version 5.1.2. I don't see the switch to mobile button on my phone clicking on direct to space link, but I'm not sure if it's size specific? Is it possible that's a more recent feature that would be added if we upgraded to 5.3.4?
Is there a "checkout" macro for checking out attachments on wiki pages?
Asked by Dave Pasiuk:

Hello, Friends,

My team has a spreadsheet attached to a Confluence wiki page. When the attachment is edited, we send an email around to notify everyone.

Is there a macro, or some other "checkout" functionality, available in Confluence?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: There is a plugin in the marketplace for this.

[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint>


author: Thomas Kreft
body: This really should be standard functionality, and there are long standing Confluence feature requests for this - please watch/vote/comment on the following issues to influence Atlassian's resp. roadmap:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-2841>  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-4462>  
<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-17104>
Confluence user w/out being member of group 'users'?
Asked by Richard Boaz:

Desired Result: Granting access of a confluence user to a single document space.

In order for a user to successfully be able to log in to the system, and be able to have access to Confluence, they ***must*** be a part of the group 'users'.

However, what this means is that this individual user now has access to all of the Confluence spaces since by default, all spaces allow access to the group 'users'.

So I'm really confused as to how one goes about making one-to-one permissioning schemes between an individual user and and individual confluence space.

The way I currently understand it then, in order to achieve what I'd like, I need to:

* Add any new individual user to group 'users', otherwise they can't access Confluence  
* Then, if I want to give them access to only a single Confluence space, I need to remove group 'users' from all other spaces, remembering to do this for every new space that gets created since this access is provided at creation of a new space.

Obviously I'd prefer a different method than to have to re-configure group access for all spaces (not fully knowing the broader implications of this before-hand).

Is there something I'm missing preventing me from doing this in a straight-forward manner?

richard


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Nope, this is pretty common - the default permissions don't work for people who want "can only see a few spaces"

I'm sorry, but you need to un-pick the defaults and rebuild them.

Two basic approaches:

1. Remove "confluence users" from every permission and space, replacing it with smaller and/or more dedicated groups or the individuals

2. Set up a new group called something like "can log in", put everyone in it, and add it to "can use" globally. Then, remove "confluence users" from "can use". Finally, remove your "limited" user from "confluence users" and only let them into the handful of spaces they need.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

permission
How do I remove the confluence insiders tips by email box on the confluence dashboard?
Asked by Paul-Anthony Dudzinski:

Its awful, its advertising and it has no place inside my documentation store.


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Paul,  

I believe that it's not possible. However you can raise a ticket at [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>for it.  
Cheers,  
W.

comments: author: Paul-Anthony Dudzinski
body: I filed a ticket and they took the advertising off of our instance.


author: Paul-Anthony Dudzinski
body: ![awful image in the middle of my docs](https://ace.atlassian.com/img/78c665327a56795922b67ca712dcbeb7.png)

This thing


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Trouble with addAttachment method using Light Protocol
Asked by Theo T:

I want to add an attachment to a page in Confluence, preferably by using the Light Protocol that encodes the method name in the URL.

I have constructed the following JSON code, which should create a very simple text file:

```
[ 2339970, { "fileName" : "Testfile.txt"  , "contentType" : "text/plain"  , "comment" : "to be ignored"  }, "VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3QuClRvIENvbmZsdWVuY2Ugb3Igbm90IHRvIENvbmZsdWVuY2U/Cg=="]
```

The third parameter is a base64 encoded string.

Unfortunately I get an error message from the server:

```
&lt;error&gt;      &lt;code&gt;-32602&lt;/code&gt;      &lt;data null="true"/&gt;      &lt;message&gt;Request parameter types did not match method parameter types (method addAttachment taking 3 parameters)&lt;/message&gt;   &lt;/error&gt;
```

Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?


Answers:
author: Stephen Rollins
body: While I was not able to resolve this issue myself using the Light Protocol, I did successfully upload an attachment using the REST API.

The URL for uploading attachments is "\<host:port\>/confluence/rest/api/content/\<page id\>/child/attachment". Specific details for what data to send up can be found in Atlassian's [Confluence REST API documentation](https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/latest/#d3e279).

comments: author: Theo T
body: Thank you for your answer, Stephen. I guess I'll have to try your direction for solving this issue.


author: Theo T
body: No, I eventually gave up on it. Sorry...


author: Stephen Rollins
body: I am having this same issue with the json-rpc light protocol. Have you found a solution yet?


Tags: confluence-development

json

rest-api
Content by group in pages
Asked by Kenneth Staub:

Hi

I have been tasked with creating a new knowledge base on our intranet.

My question: Is it possible to have different content areas that are shown on the same page, depending on a useres role?

e.g.

1. Section of Page visible to all

2. Section visible to logged in users

3. Section visible to IT Service Team agents only

Thanks for your help

I have added a sketch of the sturcture I hope to use.

![](../../upfiles/Screen_Shot_2014-05-15_at_11.47.02.png)


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hello Kenneth,

there's a plugin (Visibility Plugin) that allows you to restrict page section for users/groups.

This is the plugin [](https://docs.servicerocket.com/display/VISIB/Visibility+Plugin)<https://docs.servicerocket.com/display/VISIB/Visibility+Plugin>

Hope this helps,

Fabio

comments: author: Kenneth Staub
body: Hello Fabio

Thanks for the hint. That is preciesly what I need!


author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: you're welcome :)


Tags: access

content

user-group

user-interface
New Blog/Site: User can write into title, but content-editor isn't visible.
Asked by Mario G?nter:

Hi @all,

this is very strange...

We have a confluence 3.5.9 installation. There are many many users writing blogs and sites.  
But only ONE of that User has the following szenario:

![](../../upfiles/new_blog_user.jpg)

If I log in on that users machine, same browser, same entry to create - IT WORKS. But why?  
Is there any restriction to the editor itself? This issue occurs only for ONE User.

Someone else encountered this issue? Do you need any further information?  
I'm very grateful for any help!

Best Regards

Mario


Answers:
author: T_CON GmbH _ Co_ KG
body: Hi,

it is very strange, but finally I got a solution. It's not logical, but it worked for me.

What I did:

1. Add User to group jira-administrators - editor appears!

2. Remove User from group jira-administrators - editor disappears again!

3. Approval if actual groups can write a blog - group rights ok!

4. Add User to a group which has no access to write a blog there - no editor appears!

5. Allow that group to write a blog - no editor appears!

6. Revoke access of that group to write a blog. But user still in that group - editor APPEARS again!

7. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. So log off.

8. Log in again. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE IT - editor appears!!

9. Fine. User is happy.

I don't know which logic is behind, but it actually worked.

Cheers,

Mario


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Mario,

This is strange indeed. I recommend to check and analyze the page content with a firebug and compare the results for both users, the one that works and the other who doesn't.

Also, are you able to reproduce this problem in a newer confluence version? The version 3.5.9 is a very old one and you might be running into some old bug as well.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Mario G?nter
body: Hi Rodrigo,

I was just about to send another mail to Atlassian about this.  
It's a good idea to compare the contents.

I agree with you, that this is an old version we're running. We're planning to update this PROD confluence to 5.0.3 first, and to 5.4.4.

Our TEST confluence is already updated that way - btw thanks to the community for any help! - Now, in TEST it works for that user.  
We will see after the upgrading process in PROD. I'll report the results after the, hopefully, successfull upgrade.

With kind regards from Germany,

Mario


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Mario,

Bittesch?n.

Thanks for the feedback. It will be great if you can share the results here after upgrading Prod :)

Kind regards from Brazil.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: T_CON GmbH _ Co_ KG
body: Hi, to complete this one: After upgrade this behaviour hasn't occured any more. Regards,Mario


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I export a confluence page and its sub-pages into a single pdf or word doc.
Asked by Bernardo San Juan:

Hi,

Please see attachment, I want to export the page "codegeration with Argo..." and its sub-pages "Attributes, Creating a new class, Creating a RefAtrtribute, amd so on" into a single pdf or whatever other file format withing one single space. Is that possible? can you refer me to the documentation where the steps to take for exporting files are described? do I need a plugin?

Thks and best wishes

![](../../upfiles/Export_conflu_to_pdf.PNG)


Answers:
author: Bernardo San Juan
body: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Exporting+Confluence+Pages+and+Spaces+to+XML)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Exporting+Confluence+Pages+and+Spaces+to+XML>


author: Bernardo San Juan
body: I just found a related existing question that answers my question.

No need to anseer this, thanks and sorry for recurrent q


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

export
Disable time zone prompt in team calendar?
Asked by Stefan Ernst:

Hello, since all our users (3000) are working in the same timezone, the initial dialogue is redundant. How can we disable it?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Stefan,

I could find this [KB](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=317197556) that states how to do this change for all users who didn't have set it on their preferences.

You must go to `ConfluenceInstallationDirectory >> confluence >> WEB-INF >> lib and edit the confluence.x.x.x.jar opening the `**preferences-default.xml**file and editing it.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Stefan,

Did my answer helped you? feel free to mark this as resolved if so :)

Cheers!


author: Stefan Ernst
body: Yes its the first time dialog. I found a submodule "show-timezone-setup". Can I deactivate this without side effects?


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Before I can check if there's a way to disable that, can you confirm me if that pop up is only showing up in the first time you set the callendar or everytime you open the same callendar?  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Before I can check if there's a way to disable that, can you confirm me if that pop up is only showing up in the first time you set the callendar or everytime you open the same callendar?  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support


Tags: confluence-administration
Merging Confluence+Jira to Agile Ready
Asked by Christian Borchmann-Backhaus:

Hallo,

is there a way to merge an exisiting set of Confluence+Team Calendar and JIRA+JIRA Agile to the new Agile Ready suite?

Thanks

Christian


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's no different from merging into a separate set of installations.

Agile-ready is just the same applications bundled together - it simply saves you some of the integration work you'd have to do if you installed them all separately (that makes it sound like the integrations are a quick piece of work - they are relatively simple in themselves, but there's a LOT to do and you need to understand it reasonably well. Agile Ready makes it a lot easier)


Tags: confluence-administration
Agile Ready Tomcat
Asked by Christian Borchmann-Backhaus:

Hallo,

runs the Agile Ready suite in one Tomcat or seperated in Confluence and JIRA?


Answers:
author: Christian Borchmann-Backhaus
body: Thanks for the info... I will continue with spereate tomcats :-)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Um, actually, NEVER run a Confluence and a Jira in the same Tomcat. It's a pig to get working, unstable, and Atlassian explicitly state you should not do it and they will not support you if you do.

If you really must run two Atlassian apps in the same container, then make sure they're the same app and on similar versions (e.g. two Jira 6.2.x, two Confluence 5.3.x etc)

comments: author: Silviu Burcea
body: (...) make sure they're the same app and on similar versions (...) - Interesting, I am curious to find out why. Personal experience, docs or something else?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Personal experience.

Different versions of the software need different libraries, but a single container will only load one version. I got burned by Jira 3.6 and 3.7. If you loaded one or the other into the Tomcat, they ran fine. Enable both and you're reaching for database backups in minutes...


author: Radu Dumitriu
body: I suppose you're asking if you need to install JIRA \& Confluence in the same Tomcat container or in two Tomcats. I may be outdated, but I do not know what "Agile Ready Suite" means.

I prefer to have separate installs (this way you can better control the mem needed, etc). Plus, when you're taking offline one Tomcat, you do not disrupt the whole thing. The overhead of running them separate (in terms of mem) is approx 64Mb per Tomcat instance, and that's low.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Bit of an aside, but Agile Ready is a bundle of Atlassian apps built and pre-integrated. <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2014/05/introducing-agile-ready-atlassian/>


author: Radu Dumitriu
body: Oh, thanks.


Tags: confluence-administration
Explorer 11 says "this page can't be displayed" when trying to log into Confluence
Asked by Chris Henry:

When I try to log into confluence using explorer 11 I get the message "this page can't be displayed, yet if I use Chromo on the same PC at the same time it works. (and other PCs can log in okay using Explorer 11) (note the OS is Windows 8) Is there some explorer whats the fix so explorer 11 will display confluence pages etc ?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Chris Henry
body: It version 5.4.4


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: What version of Confluence are you using?


Tags: confluence-administration
New Users not receive the Invitation's mail for the password setup.
Asked by Harman Jantan:

Hello,

I have created new account by added it manually and tick on the box 'Email a link to user to set their password'. Unfortunetely, the new users seem not received the link on their email.

Do you know what is exactly the reason why they didnt get the invitation mail?

Regards,

Harman.


Answers:
author: Harman Jantan
body: I am using Confluence OnDemand.


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hey Harman,

Is your email server configured? If not, take a look at this doc.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+Server+for+Outgoing+Mail>

If you already have an email server configured, take a look at this document to troubleshoot.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/User+appears+not+to+receive+any+mail+notification)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/User+appears+not+to+receive+any+mail+notification>

If you are using OnDemand instance, you can also raise a support ticket at <https://support.atlassian.com>

Cheers

Bhushan

comments: author: Harman Jantan
body: Hi Buhsan.

Thanks for the reply.

By the way, I couldnt find and located the 'Mail Servers' under the General Configuration windows.

Strange!

Regards,

Harman


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Are you using Confluence OnDemand or Download?


author: Harman Jantan
body: I am using Confluence OnDemand.


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Harman,

You can raise a support ticket with Atlassian if you are facing issues with email notifications on OnDemand instances at <https://support.atlassian.com>


Tags: confluence-administration
administrator emails
Asked by Pamela Lee:

How do I set up administrative emails (like notices re: downtime) go to a second email address?


Answers:
author: HenriqueA
body: Hi Pamela,

It's possible to change/add the Atlassian administrative email contact through [my.atlassian.com](http://my.atlassian.com), there is also the documentation as you can see on the following link:

[](https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#managingmyaccount-1)<https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/purchase-licensing#managingmyaccount-1>

If you want to add other admin on JIRA/Confluence it's possible to create a new user and setting this user as administrator, Here you can see more details: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+Users)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+Users>:)

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner

comments: author: Pamela Lee
body: Thanks, Enrique!


Tags: cloud
HipChat Auth Token appears to be invalid
Asked by Clay Monkus:

I have added an admin token to our confluence server. But when I try to enable HipChat on a space, I get an error message that says, "Your HipChat Auth Token appears to be invalid".

What am I doing wrong? I am coppying and pasting the token into the Admin Token area and for the API Base URL I am using <https://myHipchatSubdomain.hipchat.com>


Answers:
author: HenriqueA
body: Hi Clay, Akhila,

I would suggest you to try this step-by-step:

* Double check your auth key. For APIv2, it should be 40 characters long and sometimes a character can be omitted when are selecting the token to copy and paste (usually first or last).
* Make sure you're using the latest HipChat plugin ([](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.labs.hipchat.confluence-hipchat)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.labs.hipchat.confluence-hipchat>) and note the versions.
* Try and generate a new token and see if that works.

Kind Regards,

Henrique Lechner


author: Akhila Arsan
body: same problem here. Thoughts?