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I get The resource X is not found when adding an confluence page in JIRA why ?
Asked by JIRA Autobot:

Hi,

I have an problem with the JIRA / Confluence integration. I have created an very simple page in Confluence which i add as a gadget in JIRA by using Confluence Page gadget but i am getting :

The resource <http://confluence/rest/likes/1.0/content/undefined/likes>, cannot be found.

but the page is shown but the above is shown in red. this became an issue after we have upgraded to Confluence 4.2 and JIRA 5.0.1

How can i solve this ?

/Donnib


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Guys,

I have confirmed and create a new bug on this issue:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25259>

We highly recommend you to watch the mentioned bug so that you would be updated on it and please feel free to address your concern directly into it.

As a workaround you could could disable "Confluence Like Plugin" from your UPM which is accessible trough the following breadcrumb

Administration \>\> Plugin \>\> Manage Plugin \>\> Show System Plugin

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


author: Aleksandar Borojevic
body: I have exactly the same problem. Upgraded to confluence 4.2 and now all gadgets in jira has this error message.


author: Hank Davidson
body: I think it has to do with the Like button in Confluence 4.2. I use OnDemand and, undfortunately, I can't disable the Like Button plugin, but if you have the ability to do that, you might try it.


author: JIRA Autobot
body: Hi Mark,At least i am not the only one with this issue ;)donnib


author: Mark Haller
body: Hi donnib

I've got the same issue here, and don't know how to solve!


Tags: gadget
How to have a common include on all pages in a space
Asked by Tim Brown:

We use Confluence for technical documentation \& put out a new version of doco (as a new space) with each version of software. I'd like to incorporate a header advising which version of doco a user is on just like you do (see the attached screenshot).

Can you please advise how you achieve this.

Thanks

Tim


Answers:
author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: Hey, I can't see any attachments...
Issue with Forums; not sending e-mail notifications
Asked by Esther Asham:

Hello,

One of the forums is not sending e-mail notifications when a topic is added. I checked the restrictions on the forum and cannot see any issues there.

I created a test forum, added a topic, and have received an e-mail notification every time I make a change.

What are some troubleshooting ideas can you provide/share?

Thanks!

Esther Asham


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Do you mean the {forum} macro from Community bubbles? Are you doing a watch page family of the newly created forum?

comments: author: Esther Asham
body: Yes, I am watching a new forum created using

{forum:recurse=true}  
{add-topic:restrict=false}{add-topic}


author: Renjith Pillai
body: If you are actually watching the 'page family' and there are no restrictions on the pages and also you are getting emails from other forums in the same confluence instance, I am at loss :(
Non administrators cannot edit any pages on Confluence
Asked by Randy Hall:

Sometime recently non admin users lost the ability to edit pages.

Click on Edit

Edit Page screen -- puts you in the Rich Text tab, the Wiki Markup and Preview tabs are grayed out.

You can make changes to the text on the screen, but you cannot preview your changes.

If you click on Save, it appears to accept that action but your changes are not saved.

I'm not really seeing anything in the log files and I need some help tracking down what is wrong.


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Randy,

Most of the times, this issue is caused by a corrupted cache or third party plugin. Please try the following steps to see if it helps:

1. Shutdown Confluence instance
2. Remove the following directories (backup if necessary)
   * \<confluence-home\>/bundled-plugins
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugin-cache
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugins-osgi-cache
   * \<confluence-home\>/plugins-temp
   * \<confluence-home\>/bundled-plugins_language
3. Restart Confluence

Confluence would automatically rebuild the deleted directories during the startup process. Please check if the problem still persist after the above steps done.

If the issue still persist, [enable safe mode](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Disabling+or+Enabling+a+Plugin#DisablingorEnablingaPlugin-DisablingEnablingalluser-installedpluginssafemode) and see if the issue persist. If the safe mode fix the issue, means the cause of your issue is a third party plugin(s). The best way to identify the offending plugin is to disable it one-by-one, start from the installed/upgraded recently.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra
automatically purge the attachements in confluence?
Asked by Yogi G:

Hi,

I want to know how to automatically purge the attachements which are 30days old, in Confluence?

I have checked in the attachement settings but it just gives me the location of the directory where attachements are stored.

Please help its urgent.

Thanks

Yogi


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

I couldn't find any documentation stating this possibility and I belive there isn't currently so I took the front and created a feature for you: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27465>

Please vote and watch to incrase the popularity of it.

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Rodrigo


Tags: attachment
Is there a button macro for OnDemand?
Asked by Karie Kelly:

I wanted to create a footer that has buttons for requesting support, send request, etc. However, when I create this page to include, the only OnDemand button macro appears to create space which isn't something that we want our general users.

Am I missing something or is this macro not supported in OnDemand?

If that is the case, are there any workarounds available?


Answers:
author: Shreena Patel
body: Hi,

I don't know if this helps but I'm using OnDemand too, I followed <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+the+Documentation+Theme> instructions and I used a blank button from the internet, saved it as a picture, added text to it- inserted them on my page and then linked them to the right place. Hope that helps.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Gallery macro thumbnail size
Asked by Diego Cagnoni:

Hi all,

is there a way to control the size (width and height) of the thumbnail created with image gallery macro in confluence 4.2?

I'm noticing that gallery macro is'nt creating thunbanials at all and images are created at their normal width and hight (in the same gallery I have 128x128 images and 300x300 images, I was thinking that the width and height fo the generated thumbnails would be the same for all the images in the gallery).

Thanks for the answers!


Answers:
author: Diego Cagnoni
body: anyone? Any hints on this?


Tags: gallery
OnDemand hosting in Europe?
Asked by Erik Johansson:

I've been lookin at OnDemand, but it appears that all servers are located in the US, is this true? If so, are there plans to change this soon?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Erik,

The latest seems to be that Atlassian are "looking at it" - [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/42564/performance-of-ondemand-installation](/questions/42564/performance-of-ondemand-installation)

Andrew.


author: Dario B
body: Hello,

As announced at the last Atlassian Summit, a first European data-center (located in Ireland) is now available.

You can Sign-up for our public beta offering and be one of the first customers to have their data hosted in Europe by going to:  
- <https://www.atlassian.com/trust/infrastructure>

Best Regards,  
Dario  
Atlassian Cloud Support


author: Lasse Vestergaard
body: This still seesm to be the case, does anyone have an update?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
My changes are lost although draft was saved
Asked by Nariman Riahi:

I was editing an existing page adn while I had it open and adding contenent I saw the "draft saved" a few times. I thin accidentaly closed the browser (I think). Now when I go back to the apge none of my edits from today are there. The history shows last update date to be 3 days ago.

Where can I find my changes?

Is this normal behavior?

Thanks

NR


Answers:
author: Kay Brown
body: Go to your Profile and click the Drafts tab.

Regards,

Kay

comments: author: Nariman Riahi
body: nothing there in drafts.
How can I add a custom filed to users's profile on Confluence or Jira?
Asked by Sorin Sbarnea (Citrix):

I need to store users's public key somewhere and because LDAP directory is read-only due to corporate birocracy, storing it in confluence would make sense.

Do you know any solution for this? Preferably a free one.


Answers:
author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Is this the same as [this question](/questions/47227/is-it-possible-to-add-additional-field-in-users-profile-in-jira-4-4?page=1#47257)? There you can see a possible solution with scripted custom fields.


author: SarahA
body: Hallo sorin

You can add files to a user's profile in Confluence, provided you have the permission to do so. To set the permission, go to the global permissions screen in the Confluence Administration Console, and give your username permission to attach files to user profiles.

I hope this helps.

Cheers, Sarah


author: Radek Kantor
body: Hi, what do you mean users's public key? In JIRA there is nothing like user profile custom fields, only user property.


Tags: jira

ldap

profile
Can you create a page and then save it as a global template in confluence?
Asked by Veronica Stewart:

I want to create a few global templates for others to use, but I don't want to use wiki mark up, but the editor. Can I create the page/form and then save it as a template?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi,

You cannot do this directly, but there is a workaround that may work for you. It was posted as a solution for a similar question at [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/42585/how-to-use-image-effects-in-a-confluence-template](/questions/42585/how-to-use-image-effects-in-a-confluence-template)
> 1) Create a new page and restrict editing to yourself -- this page will become ytour page template
>
> 2) Add all the content you wish to be in the template to this page, including the image with an effect
>
> 3) Save the page
>
> 4) Click on the tools menu
>
> 5) Right click on the menu item -- Copy -- and select 'Copy Link Address'
>
> 6) On another page create a link with an alias like 'Create a new \<template name\> page', using the link you just copied
>
> When users click on this link Confluence will copy the page (template) you created in steps 1 to 3.
>
> Hope that helps?
>
> Andrew.

comments: author: Sean Patrick Randall
body: It just deleted the page I spent 8+ hours working on, and the link goes to a blank page.

So awesome. And now I can't retrieve the lost page.  

Thank you so much.


author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Veronica,

Our Add-on Page Tree Creator works a bit different than the Confluence templates. The PTC-templates are based on normal Confluence pages. So copy a template is a very easy task.

Try our [**Live Examples**](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples) (no registration needed).

**[Marketplace link: Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview)**.

Regards,  
Stephan


author: Gabe Adoff
body: Hi,

With the current release of Confluence, is it now possible to save an existing page as a template? Or is the above workaround still required? My team is running 4.3.

Thanks!

Gabe

comments: author: Dave Geurts
body: I am also curios if this is now possible.


author: Dennis Kromhout van der Meer
body: Unfortunately this is not possible right now, sorry about that. However, we have a page detailing this improvement request here: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11744](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-23644)

This ticket states:  
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thanks for commenting and voting on this issue. We know that WYSIWYG page templates has newfound importance with the release of Confluence 4 and we plan to have this in the next major Confluence release (4.3). In the mean time, please feel free to comment and share your page templates use cases.
>
> Thank you for your patience.   
> Bill


Tags: template
Confluence - Combining a wiki with discussion and document sharing functionality
Asked by Dan Staley:

We are looking for an on-premise solution that combines a robust, easy to use wiki with 'collaboration areas'. These areas should allow users to:

* Discussion
  * Post, like and reply to messages which can contain @mentions #tags and attachments (like Yammer Groups)
  * Join groups and recieve email notifications (perferably with the full content of the mesage) when new messages or replies are posted
  * Reply to messages directly from email notifications
  * See a list of all groups they are subscribed to
  * See a feed of all recent activity accross all the groups they are subscribed to
* Document Sharing
  * Share Documents - potentially superseeding the use of a shared drive
  * Check-in / check-out version controlled documents
  * Organise documents into folders
  * View a feed of recent document activity
  * allow links to documents stored on the DMS to be treated like attached documents
  * Easily reference documents in discussions (so they dont create a new version by attaching it to a message)

If multible platforms are needed to meet these requirement then they must share a common look and feel as well as intergrated search.

Have you got any reccomendations about how this should be achieved?

What would be the main challenges in achieving this using Conflunce?

What other tools could be used for collaboration areas which could be combined with Confluence?

Are there any other tools worth considering for the entire solution?


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Except for the full forum functionality all others comes in Confluence OOTB.

Basic forum can be achieved using [Community bubbles](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Confluence+as+a+Forum) plugin. But replying to emails to post answers for that is not available there, AFAIK.

comments: author: Dan Staley
body: really? Even organising documents into folders? I know there is a check-in / check-out plugin.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: May be I mislead you a bit, when I meant document sharing I meant Confluence documents, not as file share with folders.


author: Dan Staley
body: Could you give an answer assuming I meant files rather than pages?


author: Renjith Pillai
body: * For external document management with Confluence, I guess the only way it to embed/attach files.
* But attaching files to pages also supports versioning by Confluence.
* Different folders means different pages arranged in the heirarchy with just {attachments} macro in the page
* Feeds of course supports all new attachments also happening in the space. (with type as 'attachment')
* Cross reference of attachments from one page is possible in other pages. Even embedding right into the other pages are also supported.


author: Jorge
body: What is the workaround for having groups?

* Let users join groups as they choose
* All members get notifications of what happens there


Tags: document-management

moderators
How can I check whether a space has a space label set in it? (For macro use)
Asked by Steve Goldberg:

Hi,

I'm writing a macro that needs a conditional statement that checks whether the space the page is in has a space label set. Can anybody help?

Thanks


Answers:
author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Have you tried calling the getLabelsOnSpace() method on the SpaceLabelManagerImpl class?

More info:

<http://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/>

hth,

matt


Tags: label

macro

space
When is the new page icon displayed?
Asked by Karola Schaeuble:

The documentation for all Confluence versions states as description for the new page icon: "This page has been edited since you last viewed it. Click to view the page." (<http://confluence.atlassian.com/x/AwAi>)

We are currently using Confluence 3.5.13 and I can see that the icon will stay for quite a long time. It won't go away after I viewed the page.

So what is really the criteria for displaying the icon for a page?


Answers:
author: Karola Schaeuble
body: Relevant for the updated/new page icon is the user's last login date. That means the icon indicates pages changed/created since the last login. It will thus change with the next login.


author: Dennis Kromhout van der Meer
body: Have you tried refreshing your browser cache? It might be that it's still showing the wrong image. Try refreshing the page with ctrl+F5 (Windows) or Shift-Reload (OSX).

comments: author: Karola Schaeuble
body: Yes, but to no avail. Tried Shift+Reload (Firefox), disabled cache in developer toolbar and emptied cache in browser settings. Nothing! Still showing the icon.


author: Dennis Kromhout van der Meer
body: I see, are you using a reverse proxy? In this case I recommend to create a new support case at [support.atlassian.com](https://support.atlassian.com) and be sure to attach your logs to ticket. A support engineer will be able look into this problem swiftly.


author: Karola Schaeuble
body: Hmm, ok.

So just to confirm the correct behaviour is how it is documented?: After I viewed the page it is not marked as new anymore.

I will create a ticket then though I'm not sure what to attach. There's nothing in the logs concerning this problem.

Thanks a lot!


author: Dennis Kromhout van der Meer
body: It should be that after the page is viewed the page it is not marked as new anymore. If there is nothing in the logs, please be sure to mention so in the ticket and also reference this answers url :)


author: Karola Schaeuble
body: Thanks, that is a good hint.
How to use the Metadata Macro in a global template
Asked by Thomas Klug:

I want to use the metadata macro in a template but it does work. It shows me Macro unknown.

Is there a special syntax?

Thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Joerg Bencke
body: Hi,

that is an extra plugin. You need to install it as admin via the plugin managament page. Then, if it is installed there, check the macro browser - if it is listed there, it is installed and you can insert it via the browser.

Just know that just inserting the data wont help you much. You will need plugins or functions to "use" the metadata (eg. reporting plugin or scroll office use metadata, if found.

comments: author: Thomas Klug
body: Hi,

I use Confluence 4.1 onDemand, and the Plugin is allready installed. There is also the detailsummary macro which uses the metaddatas. But this only works if I use it in a page. It doesn't work in a template (because the template is created with Wiki Markup).


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Can you post an example of what you're using in the template?

Andrew.


author: Thomas Klug
body: Here are two Screenshots

<http://www.glashausvier.de/download/attachments/7700748/metadata_wikimarkup.png>

<http://www.glashausvier.de/download/attachments/7700748/metadata_unknown.png>


Tags: cloud
1) How to restrict "dashboard" in Wiki for specific users
Asked by Sarah Elmer:

I have set up a user that will only have access to view only particular pages in Wiki. Once they click on an external URL they will go directly to the page. Problem is they have access to click on the Dashboard to go to the Home Page. I would like to deny them access to this option.

Also, though they are set up to only be able to "view" a certain page, which should only list activities for that page on the "feed" on the home page if they do select "dashboard", a personal page activities are also being listed even though I have restricted these pages from being viewed.

How do I get rid of the "dashboard" access and if I can't get rid of it, how to I get rid of the "personal page" activities on the feed if they do go back to the dashboard?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: Well, in a Confluence standalone you can at least add some Javascript to perform redirection (not a bullet proof solution), but this is OnDemand.

I can't think of a good solution for this, however, you might want to keep an eye on <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1882>.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException when using UWC to import from "twiki"
Asked by Victor Cheng:

The error seems pretty indicative, my question would be are there plans to adapt the UWC for this?  

Complete error is below:

2012-04-11 17:29:11,056 INFO \[Thread-4\] - page added may already exist  
org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcException: java.lang.Exception: com.atlassian.confluence.rpc.RemoteException: Unsupported operation: Wiki formatted content can no longer be retrieved from this API. Please use the version 2 API. The version 2 WSDL is available at: <https://confluence.elance.com/rpc/soap-axis/confluenceservice-v2?wsdl>. XML-RPC requests should prefixed with "confluence2.". Please use getPageSummary() to get page data without its content.  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.decodeException(XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.java:104)  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.decodeResponse(XmlRpcClientResponseProcessor.java:71)  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClientWorker.execute(XmlRpcClientWorker.java:73)  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:194)  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:185)  
at org.apache.xmlrpc.XmlRpcClient.execute(XmlRpcClient.java:178)  
at biz.artemis.confluence.xmlrpcwrapper.RemoteWikiBroker.populatePageXmlRpcData(RemoteWikiBroker.java:208)  
at biz.artemis.confluence.xmlrpcwrapper.RemoteWikiBroker.storeNewOrUpdatePage(RemoteWikiBroker.java:260)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1742)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1859)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.sendPage(ConverterEngine.java:1621)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.writeHierarchy(ConverterEngine.java:1537)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.writeHierarchy(ConverterEngine.java:1485)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.convert(ConverterEngine.java:412)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.ConverterEngine.convert(ConverterEngine.java:210)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.UWCGuiModel.convert(UWCGuiModel.java:180)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.listeners.ConvertListener$Worker.construct(ConvertListener.java:277)  
at com.atlassian.uwc.ui.SwingWorker$2.run(SwingWorker.java:110)  
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)


Answers:
author: Victor Cheng
body: Thank you Joseph, I did not realize this until now.

Question - I see there is a message stating that the project will be adapted in Q12012, but we're already Q2.

Any insight as to that the upgrade/adaptation timeline looks like?


author: Joe Clark
body: Hi Victor,

The Universal Wiki Converter is not yet compatible with Confluence 4.x. The best way to migrate your data into Confluence at the moment is to import it into a Confluence 3.5.x instance and then upgrade it to 4.x.

Hope that helps :)


Tags: universal-wiki-converter
Can I delete a Project while preserving it's Wiki?
Asked by Paul Tocatlian:

We are currently using the OnDemand product and would like to delete a project while preserving it's wiki (as a global space).

Alternatively, is there a way to convert a the Project Wiki to a Global Space Wiki (or are they the same). After converting or migrating the Project Wiki to a Global Space, the intent would be to delete the (empty) project, since we are currently only using the wiki on that project.


Answers:
author: YvonneY
body: Hello Paul,

We usually do not advise to delete projects, you might need them in the future. Instead we advise to hide it.

To achieve this you need to create a blank permission scheme and associate the respective project with it.This way no one has permissions and therefore cannot see it.

You will find a description on our <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Archiving+a+Project>. There you will find information on how to "un-hide" it in the future.

Cheers,

Yvonne


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira-cloud