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Synchronizing home pages across multiple pages within a space
Asked by Jeevan Pillai:

Hi there, I'm currently working on building a space in Confluence which will be home to about 6-8 teams. Each team is allocated a page within the space, and the content of each page is to be decided by each team respectively.

However, I intend to have the homepage of each team's landing page follow a standardized layout based on a template (which has already been created), where editing the "master" template would propagate those changes to all homepages made using that template.

Is there a way this can be done? Thank you


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, there's no way to do this with templates. Templates are only used for creating the initial version of the page at the time of creation. Changing a template has no effect on pages that were created using it, and Confluence doesn't even bother to record which template was used, because it doesn't matter.

Instead of thinking of templates (because templates are not for doing what you're thinking of), I'd look at what each page has in common with the others, and make use of macros that draw in content to repeat common functions or data. The include and include-excerpt macros are the first ones to try.

The idea there is that your main home page would be along the lines of:

* Title: team home page
* Introduction to the team
* Include page from current space that holds current team biographies/headshots
* Include page from global space that talks about what each team does
* Include a list of upcoming company events from a page in the global space about the events
* and so on


Tags: confluence-server

server
New users not getting added to confluence-users group
Asked by Chris Price:

Hi Team,

I have noticed that our new users are no longer getting added to the default group "confluence-users" even though it is set as the default group and new users have access is turned on.

Can you please advise?

Cheers

Chris

![default1.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162772iDF04EFCF04B016FA/image-dimensions/214x383?v=v2 "default1.jpg")![default2.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162771i46DCF54E6C972437/image-dimensions/313x219?v=v2 "default2.jpg")


Answers:
author: Jon Lobsien
body: Did you find a solution for this? I also noticed this just recently. New users that are provisioned from Azure can access Confluence just fine, but they are not in the "confluence-users" group. If I invite a new user by email, they are added correctly.

comments: author: Jawann Swislow
body: I'm seeing the same with Google Workspace.


author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Chris Price](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4401592)

How do your users are created/added to your instance? Did that procedure changed recently?

comments: author: Chris Price
body: Hi [@Alex Koxaras _Relational_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4150197) we add users via Gsuie integration and this has not changed.


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Hi [@Chris Price](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4401592)   

I think it's because you have not enabled Confluence Product access to new users. Go to --\> Administration-\>Site Settings -\> Product Access and enable Add group for Confluence product like below -

![Xnip2021-09-30_12-56-07.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162800iC6C727045089B1A0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Xnip2021-09-30_12-56-07.jpg")

comments: author: Chris Price
body: Thanks [@Kishan Sharma](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3398562) , but I have this enabled.


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Ok thanks for confirming, if they try to login for the first time, do they get any errors ?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Show 504 when editing page
Asked by kai li:

Hi,

Confluence Data Center version is 7.2.2. When I view the page, it succeeds. But when I click the 'EDIT' button, the page starts to loading. After about 3min, it shows 504.

I check the nginx access.log and it shows the error code of the edit request is 499.

This page contains about hundred JIRA pages. I consider it is because the confluence server takes too long to respond my edit request.

How can I open this edit page?

Please help me.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@kai li](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3633777)

If you can still read the content, I would suggest to break the page into different pages. Copy and paste the content and then remove the original page.

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

server
Add/Modify Help Link
Asked by Mavi Shrestha:

Hello,

Can we Add Link on Confluence Help on Top right Menu Bar. if Yes How ?

![Capture 2.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162741i933750AB852E8678/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture 2.PNG")r

Thank You,

Mavi


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You would need to use a "web fragment" to add to the menu. On the most part, this means writing an app that inserts one (via [this](https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/web-ui-modules/) ), but there are a couple of apps on the marketplace that can do it dynamically too.

Scriptrunner for confluence is the one I know, of course, as I work with it, but I think there are a few others that let you edit menus


Tags: confluence-server

server
Instruction/Description Text
Asked by Hasmeet Sethi:

Hi,

I have created a project page in confluence for a feature template. I am trying to add description text to each section for business to get an over view of that section and write over. However, I am struggling to find the right option to do this on a new template. I can see prefilled templates with it though. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks


Answers:
author: Kishan Sharma
body: Welcome to the Atlassian Community [@Hasmeet Sethi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4578790)

If your template editor is using the new Confluence editor, then you'll find the **Placeholder text** macro under the **+** sign menu.

Please remember that this macro is only available in the template editor (Space Settings--\> Content Tools--\> Templates--\> Create New Template / Update existing template) and can't be added when editing a page in confluence.

comments: author: hasmeet_sethi
body: Thank you. This is very helpful.

I wish it was available in direct template edit


author: Kishan Sharma
body: Yes, that's true, would have been a handy feature in page edit. If you have found my answer useful, please mark it as accepted, it will help others having similar query.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can I use macros to pull in copy from many pages to create a full list?
Asked by Meaghan:

I have lots of various pages with tons of technical information specific to each project. I would love to have one page that is an overview of all projects with high level info (ex., title, people, status, etc.) that's easy to see at a glance, but I don't want to update in two places. Can I identify certain *bits* of copy/text on various pages via macros to feed into/populate to another page with the high level list?


Answers:
author: Kathy Hart
body: If Excerpt is not serving your needs. You might want to try using the Page Properties and Page Properties Report Macros.

If you have a lot of pages already set up, it might take a while for you to get it all set up, but you can control what data you display.


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Hi [@Meaghan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4578627),

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

Yes, you can do this using the [excerpt macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-excerpt-macro/) on each project page and then on the overview page you use the [excerpt include macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-excerpt-include-macro/) to display the information.

comments: author: Meaghan
body: Great! How do I get the macro to include just the text I want in a table? right now when I insert the excerpt macro, it just drops randomly on the page. Thanks!


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: You cannot embed the built-in excerpt macro in a table, instead you would have to use an app for it, [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview), which looks like it can do what you are looking for.


Tags: new-to-confluence
Sending email from Confluence page
Asked by AbrahamA:

Hello

Is there a way to send email from a confluence page

* When a page is updated
* Every friday

To a selected group of users ( email alias)

Please let me know

Thanks

Abe


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Natively, there's no way to do this, but Confluence does have the extension points to allow you to create and/or install apps that can do it.

For the first point, you need a "listener" to listen for changes and send the email, for the second, you'll need a "job" which can run on a schedule. The actual actions each take could well be identical!

The way I would do it is totally biased by my employer - as an Adaptavist, I almost always have Scriptrunner-for-Confluence to hand, and it can do both the listener and job mentioned. (If I didn't have it, I'd look for other apps, but also look to writing my own little app to do it, as I could re-use most of the scripts I'd write for SR)

comments: author: AbrahamA
body: Thank you Nic


author: hari krishna
body: unable to send visuals through ma

il


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to automatically add date when using a checkbox
Asked by David Norman:

We have a page used to track if tasks are done and when.

Currently we use // and select the date which takes more time than we'd like.

Is it possible to have something like a checkbox that automatically populates the date it was checked?


Answers:
author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Currently that is not possible, but once automations is added to Confluence you might be able to do that. The last I heard was that automation should be available by end of the year, but that might change.


author: Stiltsoft Support
body: Hello David,

As a workaround here I can suggest our [Handy Macros for Confluence](http://%20https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence-formatting-and-interactive-ui?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=atlassian-community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=handy-macros-traffic-sources&utm_id=1216111&utm_content=how-to-automatically-add-date). You can track your tasks adding Handy Date and Handy Status once you create the task description. Please see the screenshots below to see how it can be implemented.

![Task Cloud 1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/189295iAA6382A99444FDCA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Task Cloud 1.png")![Task Cloud 2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/189296i0335547432CBF13C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Task Cloud 2.png")![Task Cloud 3.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/189298i2E4D437A11CB4E55/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Task Cloud 3.png")![Task Cloud 4.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/189297iC7DD111097FA8672/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Task Cloud 4.png")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Any way to force download of a PDF attachment?
Asked by Robert Lauriston:

I've been having problems with users clicking links to PDF attachments and adding comments in their web browsers, comments which are lost.

What I need them to do is download the PDF and add comments to the local copy. Is there any way to force download, that is, prevent browser display?

I'm looking for a server-side solution. Obviously individual users could set their browsers to download PDFs.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I don't think there's a real way to solve this neatly.

I don't think the problem is quite solved by forcing a download, the problem is actually getting people to upload their commented docs back into Confluence to be shared (rather than live on their disk drive and never go anywhere else)

I can't think of any way to force people to get the comments uploaded back (and that's not a problem confined to Confluence, it's anything that works with attachments like that).

The closest I can get is two primitive ideas:

* Education
* Asking people to stop attaching PDFs and write (and comment) in the pages as the "single source", exporting to PDF only when they really need it


Tags: attachment

cloud

confluence-cloud

pdf
Confluence & Insight Macro - public view?
Asked by johnsonj:

Looking back, I've seen where someone has asked a similar question, but it's been a while...

I have a Confluence page that is using the Insight Macro... it looks exactly how I'd like it to... but I want that Confluence page publicly viewable, without a login.

Does anyone have suggestions for an ++easy++ way to do this?

I really wish the Macro just allowed it.


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@johnsonj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4289994)

I believe that the users will need access to the object schema to browse in jira and thus, without a login the anonymous users will not be able to view any information.

Regards


Tags: confluence-server

insight

server
"You've stumbled on restricted content" but I'm full admin
Asked by andrewsteedami:

On some pages I get the message pasted below - but I am full admin, have all permissions available on the space, and have edit permissions on the page itself. How is it that I still cannot view the content?

"You've stumbled on restricted content  
Only some people can view this. If you think you should be one of them, request access from the author."


Answers:
author: Abraham Durrant
body: [@andrewsteedami](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2779910) Page restrictions are different than permissions.

Here is an article that should help clear up your confusion (this is for Server)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

Hope that helps!

-Abe

comments: author: andrewsteedami
body: Hi Abe,

Thanks for the link! That did clear something up for me.

Andrew


author: andrewsteedami
body: What's odd is that Confluence says the restrictions are at the parent page level (inherited by the troublesome child), but I have edit on that parent.


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Edit restrictions are not inherited down to child pages, but view restrictions are, so when you do the inspect restrictions make sure you select view to see if any parent pages have that restriction.


author: andrewsteedami
body: *"Edit restrictions are not inherited down to child pages, but view restrictions are..."*

Ahhh, that's the piece I'm missing. Thank you!


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Being a Confluence admin does not equal that you have full access to spaces/pages. Being admin means that you have access to the admin part of Confluence, but a space admin can restrict who have access to the space, including removing Confluence admins from having access.

comments: author: andrewsteedami
body: And yet, as noted, I do have full access to the space and the page. Can the user still block my access even when I have all permissions granted?


author: Mikael Sandberg
body: Yes, it all depends if the page is using page restrictions that prevents you from viewing it.


author: andrewsteedami
body: There are page restrictions, but I have edit permissions in that section.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Task Report Macro not loading
Asked by Scot Gutierrez:

I have a Task Report macro that I have been using for years and today (Sept 29 2021) it is not loading. Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@Scot Gutierrez](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1172497)

Do you have any screenshots or error messages that you can share so that we can support you better?

Regards

comments: author: Scot Gutierrez
body: No errors. Just says I have no Incomplete Tasks, which I do.

I did have it only looking for labels for "meeting-notes" (this has been the setting for years) as this is where I want to track but when I remove this filter it seems to work. I didn't change anything so I don't know why it stopped working but at least I can see my incomplete tasks now. I just can't filter just on "meeting-notes".
Confiform: Adding Hide Field Condition on Action Buttons
Asked by Lilian:

Hello, I created a form and displaying the action buttons (defined on the form) on a page with a Table View. I have specific flags controlling when to show the action buttons (Hide condition) and all of it works for me. It doesn't matter who creates a record from the form, I am the only one who sees the action buttons when the Hide condition is present.

The problem is other users (system administrators and additional superusers, and admins added on the form) are unable to see the buttons *until* I remove the Hide the conditions.

Is this a bug?


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Hi

What type of condition do you have set for the action button? Are the flags (I assume these are also fields) have any restrictions set?

Alex

comments: author: Lilian
body: Hi Alex, So sorry - I didn't get a notification of your response.

Yes! There are restrictions! I was so focused on the action buttons I didn't even check the properties on the flag fields. I removed the restrictions and the users can now see.

Thank you as always!

Lilian


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Yes, that is important to understand

Filters (conditions) also cannot "see" view-restricted fields. Otherwise it would not be much "restricted", if you think about it


Tags: confiforms

confluence-server

server
Word Wrap Images
Asked by Cain Hopkins:

Hey there, I was just curious how do we word wrap images? I feel like I have done it before without the use of tables but does anyone know?


Answers:
author: Suvradip Paul
body: Hi [@Cain Hopkins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4578302) ,

Thanks for posting and welcome to the community.

I think you can try **Wrap Left** and **Wrap Right**for this one.

Screen Shot for reference -

![Confluence Image Wrap.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162712i9B9964DD26618C99/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Confluence Image Wrap.jpg")

Please let me know if that helps.

Cheers

Suvradip

comments: author: Cain Hopkins
body: So mine does not have that because I looked for that toolbar at the bottom. I included a screenshot  
[@Suvradip Paul](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4461672)   
![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/162715iC7AA30E7A8155F84/image-dimensions/452x295?v=v2 "Capture.PNG")


author: Suvradip Paul
body: That's strange [@Cain Hopkins](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4578302) . Are you using Confluence Cloud as this is tagged under Confluence Cloud and which browser are you seeing this behaviour?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

image
Using the Enhanced Permissions for Multi-Excerpt Macro in Cloud Version
Asked by S?gol?ne D?moulin:

Hi, I'm currently working with the Multiexcerpt Macros app in Confluence and have been having some issues configuring the enhanced permissions option --\> It turned out the feature is only available for the Server version ([https://artemis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SUP/pages/55050250/MultiExcerpt+Enhanced+Permissions+Macro\\](https://artemis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SUP/pages/55050250/MultiExcerpt+Enhanced+Permissions+Macro))

Would any of you have an alternative plugin / macro to suggest ?

What I need is to extract some contents from Page A and put them on Page B, knowing that people having access to Page B must not have access to Page A (which is required for Mutli-Excerpt unfortunately)

Any help greatly appreciated :)

SD


Answers:
author: Ture Hoefner
body: Hello [@S?gol?ne D?moulin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2737200) ,

The MultiExcerpt Enhanced Permissions (MEEP) feature (only available in Server/DC) is in the backlog for features to add to MultiExcerpt Cloud: <https://artemis.atlassian.net/browse/MEPOD-15>

I added a note to that record to reference this thread and raise the visibility of that issue.

For those who don't know: The MEEP feature is used to include content from an excerpt that is on a page that the user does not have view permissions. For such content, the author on the original excerpt page can edit the MEEP macro to add a list of users/groups who have permission to include that excerpt on some other page they have view perms for.

It is essentially a way to tune page permissions to a finer level of detail, to set permissions for an individual excerpt to allow users to see it from some other page that includes it.

comments: author: Management - JM
body: Still not fixed 2 years later! You guys have ended support for Server and are railroading your customers to migrate to an unfinished product! I keep running into cop-out disclaimers like this one. User Macros, Broken Page Approval macros, Multi-excerpt macros, and whatever else I haven't encountered yet in my gauntlet of migration tasks forced upon me when we spent years building out the product Atlassian gave us that was much better than Cloud.

I would prefer to just keep running Server if it wasn't for the multiple security vulnerabilities that have conveniently been released right before you end support...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

excerpt

permission
Hide a space from the follow list when signing up
Asked by Jake Ward:

Is it possible to stop certain spaces from appearing to users when they first log into the site?

In the first few screens that appear when a user logs in they have to choose a space to follow. In our case, one of the spaces that appears on the list receives hundreds of edits a day. We get new users sign in and choose it and they get bombarded with email updates. I'd like to exclude this space from the list - but users will still need to be able to access once logged in.


Answers:
author: Laura Holton _ACE Rotterdam_
body: HI [@Jake Ward](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1261238) ?

Great question, a lot of users probably face the same ordeal. Unfortunately, I don't think there's an ability to hide certain spaces during a users initial log in to the site.

It might be best to simply provide your users with guidance on what they should/shouldn't do during the login process?

I hope this helps, if you've got any more questions just shout ?

All the best,

Laura


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can lazy loading be done?
Asked by trtherrien:

One of our teams has confluence page that have so many Jira links on different tabs that some queries are timing out loading. NOTE: the page with all tabs is loaded correctly. Moreover first few tabs have all queries operational. Is it possible to do lazy loading? For example on "Tab" click.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@trtherrien](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/545124) There is not a delivered lazy load feature nor is there an app that provides this functionality. If operations are timing out I would look at tuning your servers. Even if it is pulling a large amount of data back it should eventually load. You should make sure that your DB and application servers are correctly configured so you can get the most out of them.

* [Jira Server Tuning](https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/optimising-performance-779158883.html)
* [Confluence Server Tuning](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/performance-tuning-130289.html)

comments: author: Robert Hellmann
body: Content formatting macros has the feature to activate lazy-loading for tabs pages.

BR Robert


Tags: confluence-server

server