youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Looking for a plugin to create space templates in Confluence Cloud, any suggestions or feedback?
Asked by Ellen Beentjes:

The design and layout options in the default Confluence Cloud version are a bit limited. I would like to know if any of you have experience with a plugin to design spaces, pages etc. or templates.

Thinking of using custom fonts, lay-outs per space type etc.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Ellen,

Besides [the basic options](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/changing-the-look-and-feel-of-confluence-724765494.html), there does appear to be one theming add-on that is available for confluence Cloud:

* [Refined Spaces for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.refinedwiki.confluence.cloud.refinedtheme/cloud/overview)

Let me know if you have any questions about that!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Ellen Beentjes
body: Thanks Shannon, the plugin seems a bit limited for the price. I think we will try creating our own templates.


author: Shannon S
body: No worries, Ellen!

Let us know if you have any trouble.

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
Bookmark or personal navigation space
Asked by Lars:

Hey everyone,

i would like to create a personal bookmark and navigation space within my personal space in confluence. It should work like the bookmark function we know from internet browsers, with custom named folders and a custom defined hierarchy.

Is something like this possible in confluence?

I didnt find a adequat macro for that. The SpaceShortcut function is quite nice, but it doesnt allow a hierarchy structure as far as i know.

Lars


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Not sure which version of Confluence you are using, but if you want to have a custom links or menu you can can configure sidebar and add "space shortcuts".

![Edit+sidebar](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16872iAE4B7093279F443E/image-dimensions/400x370?v=v2 "Edit+sidebar")

comments: author: Lars
body: Hey Mirek,

thanks for your answer. As i mentioned in my question, I'm already using the Space Shortcut function, but it seems that a hierarchical structure is not allowed. e.g.

* Projects Im involved
  * Page 1
  * Page 2
  * Page 3
    * Page 3.1
    * Page 3.2

Its Confluence Version 5.10.8

Thanks,

Lars


author: Mirek
body: Hmm.. In that case.. Maybe you can use normal list with static content or table of content macro and later if you want to put in on a different page just do it with include macro in a specific section.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/table-of-contents-macro-182682099.html>


author: Lars
body: Thanks, Im using labels now which works pretty well.
How can I insert a current date and time formatted value into a created page
Asked by John Wilson:

I want to be able to include the current date \& time, including formats as dd-mm-yyyy, hh:mm:ss (but for a 24 hour basis), as part of the content shown within a user guide... can that be easily achieved?


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Current date variable is not available globally (only on Meeting Notes blueprint), but you can use a workaround and create a user macro and include something like this

```
$action.dateFormatter.format($content.currentDate)
```

Unfortunately I am not sure how to customize it to specific format that you would like to have. Maybe you can use JavaScript for that.

comments: author: John Wilson
body: No worries, I'll look into that use of macro suggestion
Question about the function of restriction isn't work suddenly
Asked by rightgreen Chen:

I could use the function of restriction before, but suddenly I can't use the function anymore from last Tuesday(3/6). When I tried to set the condition of restriction after creating some page, the system replied the wrong message as below to me:

![???? 2018-03-12 ??12.26.04.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16843iB9DF92148BDCD41A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "???? 2018-03-12 ??12.26.04.png")

What should I do?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Kyle Moseley
body: Are you a space admin? Make sure you still have that ability and along with it, the ability to restrict pages.

Are the pages above this one restricted? This page states it is inheriting restrictions. See if you are restricted out up the chain.


Tags: restriction
import group members from csv
Asked by Taiwo Ojo:

Is it possible to add group members in Confluence from CSV?


Answers:
author: James Richards
body: Hello Taiwo,

Confluence doesn't have a built in feature for importing users by CSV, but there's this free Add-On from the Marketplace

* <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.artemistech.confluence.plugins.bulkuserupload/server/overview>

Hope that helps.

Thanks, James

comments: author: Taiwo Ojo
body: thanks I have found a workaround.


author: James Richards
body: Hello Taiwo,

So we can share the knowledge, can you share what it is you found?

Thanks, James
cannot add plugins
Asked by Frederic Barachant:

Hi.

I have been trying to add moqups plugin and subscribing to team calendars but nothing works.

I get redirected to the marketplace configuration page on my configuration page, but it is mostly empty and applications/plugins are not added.

![Capture d??cran 2018-03-11 ? 22.49.18.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16838i4CEDF2BABD0AC27E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture d??cran 2018-03-11 ? 22.49.18.png")That is what it looks like.

Any idea of what is happening?


Answers:
author: Frederic Barachant
body: AWWW.. found a solution and it's not nice.

It appears that if i enable the developer console in safari, marketplace data is shown. Looks maybe like a problem related to timing, or "race condition" (if that can exist for JS in a browser). I did not try throttling the connection, might help too. Unfortunately i have no time for this at the moment.

comments: author: Frederic Barachant
body: meh. Seems like it is not stable. i've had wrong behavior with debug console anyway. So it seems there is something to be followed, but not a definitive workaround.


author: Ramanathan Yegyanarayanan
body: You need to check whether it is support by Atlassian or the vendor by whom the plugin is provided, if so you can contact the support based on that to get a solution. you can find that in the marketplace just beneath the plugin.

comments: author: Frederic Barachant
body: Hi.

Thanks for answering.

Team calendar is an atlassian plugin but its support will not help. I can not add any plugin, it is not just moqups or team calendars. I tried some other and it did not work.


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
TOC Macro formatting off - default indent too far
Asked by tglucky:

I'm looking for suggestions to have the TOC macro align bullets to the left, or at a minimum control how far they indent. the initial indent is way too far and leaves a lot of white space.

![Screen Shot 2018-03-11 at 16.10.36.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16832i54C154F2347205CB/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-03-11 at 16.10.36.png")


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: Go to macro settings and set header indent to 0.

comments: author: tglucky
body: thank you - i already tried that, no success.


Tags: table-of-contents
Copy and Paste Macros
Asked by Aaron Kirk:

Is there a way that I can copy a macro into a clipboard manager to use later?

Specifically, I want to be able to paste the Page Properties macro. I am able to copy and paste it but after copying it into a clipboard manager, It gets pasted back as just text.

---- Edit ----

As others have said, Confluence Source Editor would work for my purposes. In my case all I needed was a better clipboard manager! Thanks!

---- /Edit ----

Thanks,

Aaron


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hey,

I guess you would need a clipboard manager that support Unicode, HTML and richer formats and not just plain text.

There are quite a few available for different OS, for example, [ArsClip](http://www.joejoesoft.com/cms/showpage.php?cid=97) for Windows.


author: Christo Mastoroudes _Adaptavist_
body: Hi,

If you are on Confluence server you can use an Atlassian app called "Confluence Source Editor".

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor/server/overview>

You can copy the macro's storage format version and paste it in again when you need it. There is a small learning curve, but nothing serious.
How do you get a tiny link via mobile browser?
Asked by bmamlin:

On several occasions I have wanted to get the tiny link for a Confluence page while using my phone. I cannot find the tiny link in the mobile UI and, when I switch to the desktop UI, I can bring up the share dialog but cannot find a way to copy the link (the copy button does not put the link in my clipboard and the dialog dismisses if you try to select the link as text).  

Is there a way to get the tiny link for a Confluence page using a phone browser?  

I am using an iPhone X (iOS 11.2.6) and Confluence 6.7.2.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Burke,

It's not possible to obtain the Tiny Link via a mobile browser.

I've created a feature request for this here:

* [CONFSERVER-55147](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-55147)

Please vote on it and comment with your use case as it will go to the developers as feedback.

Kind regards,

Shannon


Tags: mobile
Password protected Knowledge Base
Asked by Keren Cohen:

Hello,

We are about to Launch a new KB in our organization, and i would like to be able to share it as a "stand alone" link without the need in our Jira system

For that - I have to be able to ask for user name \& password. is it possible to have the KB as a password protected system?

Thank you in advance

Keren


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, just don't grant "anonymous" access to the space. People will be forced to log in to be able to see it, using a username and password.

comments: author: Keren Cohen
body: Thank you Nic for the rapid reply, The thing is that they are not users within Atlassian.. .they are customers and i don't want to create (and pay) for each user. is it still possible?

Thanks!

Keren


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No. The only way to have non-user access is to enable anonymous access without logging in. Which removes the need for a username/password check.


author: Keren Cohen
body: OK - thanks!


author: Keren Cohen
body: Hi Nic,

I'm having a problem with enable enable anonymous access could you please tell when who to this and what can be wrong? as i did it and users with no access still can't see it...Thanks!


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Anonymous means "not logged in", not "logged in, but not named in permissions".

It's counter-intuitive, but technically right. Try logging out and visiting the page again.


author: Keren Cohen
body: OK - thank you!
overview of dead links
Asked by Benji:

I wonder if there is a way to get an overview of all the dead links?

As administrator I would like to know which links are actually dead; referring to a not existing page.

Currently I am also working on a project where I want to create a lot of links first and then create the matching pages.

Most ideal would be a macro, but I don't see that option somewhere.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Benjamin,  

You can review a list of undefined pages. This means links you have within Confluence that link to a page that doesn't exist yet:

* [Undefined Page Links](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/undefined-page-links-139580.html)

Have a look at that and let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,  
Shannon
Is there a way to add row numbers to the ?Page Properties Report??
Asked by Chris Luther:

Title pretty much sums it up. Is there a way to add counter number to the first column of the 'Page Properties Report'?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Chris,

It is possible to do with [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) macro [row numbering](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-Addingautomaticrownumbering) option.
link macro question
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

Dear Support Team, After click hyperlink to document, such as ppt, excel,word, it always show page preview screen as shown as the attachment, would it be possible to cancel it ?

![_thumb_2724455.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16830i225DDD3D8DC00E1A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "_thumb_2724455.png")

Thanks a lot.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, that's the whole point of enabling the click - so the user can have a quick look at the content.
pages macro
Asked by niix:

Hi,

I'm trying to create a confluence macro, since pages in confluence are set up in a tree-hierarchy and pages can be tagged with labels. The macro should take a label as an input value and list all descendant pages that are tagged with this label. could you please guide me on how to do it, I'm looking online but i could only find a hello world macro and i can't move from there


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Niix.  

I understand you would like to list out pages based on labels. You may try the existing macro in confluence such Content by Label Macro or Related Labels macro.

<br />

You may refer to the below links for more information:  
\* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/display-pages-with-label-macros-145102.html>

Hope it helps.


Tags: atl-dev
Page created from Add-On is not editable in Confluence Server
Asked by lukasgotter:

Hi,

I create a new page in a confluence add-on (plugin2, java).

The page is created, but is not editable afterwards.

```
Page homePage = space.getHomePage();

Page newPage = new Page();

newPage.setTitle("some title");
BodyContent bodyContent = new BodyContent();
bodyContent.setBodyType(BodyType.XHTML);
bodyContent.setBody("Some Body");
newPage.setBodyContent(bodyContent);
newPage.setParentPage(homePage);
newPage.setSpace(space);
newPage.setVersion(1);
newPage.setCreator(homePage.getCreator());


pageManager.saveContentEntity(newPage, DefaultSaveContext.DEFAULT);
```

Any Ideas?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@lukasgotter](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1195536) ,

did you check if there is some restriction at parent level that blocks you on that?

Fabioo


Tags: atl-dev

confluence-app
How to find version of JIRA or Confluence data center?
Asked by ankit singhal:

We have deployed JIRA data center and Confluence data center in Azure using Azure Marketplace templates. How do we find out the exact version of JIRA and Confluence that we have got?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The system information page will include this


author: Craig Castle-Mead
body: Hey Ankit,

If you use your browsers view source functionality on any of the pages in the application, search for the string "ajs-version-number" which is set in a meta tag

(also posted in <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-find-out-the-version-of-Atlassian-Confluence/qaq-p/735148#M98793> )

CCM


Tags: jira

version
Why is documentation out of date
Asked by Mark Hamlin:

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

This indicates i can use webdav on cloud. If this is no longer possible, why is this documentation here wasting my time.


Answers:
author: Craig Castle-Mead
body: Hi Mark,

That link is actually for Server 6.7 (it shows in the top right hand corner). If you click on "Cloud" from this page, you'll get to <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/configuring-a-webdav-client-for-confluence-724765538.html> that shows

"Due to changes to our Atlassian Cloud infrastructure, it's no longer possible to view or manage pages and files in Confluence Cloud using WebDAV."

CCM
Unable to access SSO jira and confluence page
Asked by Pavan Tatikonda:

Unable to access

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Single+Sign-on+Integration+with+JIRA+and+Confluence>

Error: No permission

How can I get permissions to view that page ?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Pavan,

Here is the public version: [Single Sign-on Integration with the Atlassian stack](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/KB/Single+Sign-on+Integration+with+the+Atlassian+stack)

Cheers,

Ann
Is there a way to create a custom search results template for a specific space?
Asked by mfarrell:

We have created a space in Confluence that we want our customers to use for finding answers to their questions. We are using the Live Search Plug-in and when our customer type in their question one of two things can happen:

1. if they see the question that matches what they want and pick it from the live results list then they are taken to that page and everything is fine.

2. if they don't see the answer to their question and just hit enter then the search results appear in the default template which we don't want them to see.

I want to know if there is a way that we can control the search results template just for this space? I don't want to make a change to the global template.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi - I cannot find the Live Search plugin on the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com). Is it possible you are using the [Live Search macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/livesearch-macro-163415902.html) or the [Instant Search](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/ZFIN.instantsearch/server/overview) add-on?

Please insert a screen shot of the default search template you prefer the users not to see, so I can better understand your use case. Thanks!

comments: author: mfarrell
body: The search template we don't want them to see is below.

Specifically we don't want them to see the Header or the left panel.

![2018-03-13_9-50-10.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/17039iAD0175BA6D960DB1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-03-13_9-50-10.png")

You are correct we are using the Livesearch Macro

![2018-03-13_9-51-46.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/17040iA876CD10A77C7BF8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-03-13_9-51-46.png")


author: AnnWorley
body: You can hide elements on a specific space by going to Space Tools\>Look and Feel and using CSS as described in [How to hide elements in Confluence using CSS or JavaScript](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-elements-in-confluence-using-css-or-javascript-313458894.html) I look forward to hearing whether this is viable for your scenario.


author: mfarrell
body: Ann, Thank you for your response. I am able to hide the elements within the space. That part seems to be working just fine. It's only when the user hits enter in the search box then it seems like the search results template is not unique to the Space. It seems like it most be more of a global element. I'm afraid if I make changes to the Search Results template it will affect it on every other site which I don't want.


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

live-search
java.sql.SQLException when adding new Space
Asked by James Black:

Just migrated Confluence to another server and all seemed well until I tried to add a new space.

The space creation page hangs indefinitely.

Looking at the logs, I get this error in several locations;

Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'LOWERSPACEKEY', table 'Confluence.dbo.SPACES'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.

Anyone have any ideas?

I checked these links and didn't find them helpful.

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/cannot-insert-the-value-null-into-column-id-table-xxxxx-column-does-not-allow-nulls-insert-fails-849065670.html>  
  * Can't find / Don't use LexoRank
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/create-space-dialog-loads-indefinitely-586875930.html>
  * Not using MySQL
* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/unable-to-create-pages-or-spaces-the-popup-loads-forever-after-confluence-upgrade-to-5-x-or-6-x-330793034.html>
  * No symptoms or log snippets are present in my logs (far as I can tell)

- Running confluence 5.9.5

- SQL Server 2012


Answers:
author: Vickey Palzor Lepcha
body: DB user permissions on the schema maybe you'd like to look at to start with.
Export a page to pdf or MS word and automatically add headers ad footers
Asked by Paul McClements:

Is it possible to add headers and footers to a confluence page so that when you export the page to pdf or word every page has the header and footer?


Answers:
author: _Fabian A. Lopez
body: I know that you are not looking for a solution with add ons but Scroll Office is good for Word export.


author: Marko Isola
body: Hi,

I'm trying to solve same issue. The link in Davin's answer to PDF guide kind of works but doesn't answer the question.

1. It's for Space, not page. Yes, you can select Custom export and select only one page but that requires access to Space tools (Export).

2. Supported formats arte PDF, xml, html only, not Word.

3. Scroll Word Exporter for Confluence is yet another add-on with costs.

Also, General Configuration - Look and feel - Sidebar, header and footer are not included in export. Excluding Sidebar makes sense but yeah, no header nor footer.

Br,  
Maso


author: Davin Studer
body: You could do that with a PDF stylesheet.

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

comments: author: tfetner
body: Also... <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/advanced-pdf-export-customizations-198806890.html>


author: tfetner
body: Scroll Office is a third party app that will do this... pay to play though. They do offer academic pricing...


author: tfetner
body: Here is additional info on the subject by Confluence...

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/export-content-to-word-pdf-html-and-xml/>
How to access configuring sidebar
Asked by Jay Kershner:

I'm trying to follow these instructions, but I can't find the space tools

"To start configuring the sidebar, choose **Space tools** \> **Configure sidebar** ."

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configure-the-sidebar-317194694.html>

Where is the space tools link?


Answers:
author: Jay Kershner
body: I figured it out, we're on Cloud not server version. different functionality


author: Davin Studer
body: Typically, it is at the bottom of the left hand page navigation bar.

comments: author: Jay Kershner
body: I've got a pencil icon in bottom of left nav, which lets me reorder items in left nav, but it's not the interface described in the kb article.


author: Nicolas Werle _Decadis AG_
body: Hi [@Jay Kershner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1195402),

Which Confluence version do you use? Is a an app like Refind Wiki installed in your instance?

Best,

Nic

comments: author: Jay Kershner
body: No Refind Wiki installed, we have OOB set up.
Putting a restriction on a Page
Asked by Madeline Kachou:

I have viewed the following document:  

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/add-or-remove-page-restrictions-724764891.html>  

but I when I select the Restricted View Icon, there is no option to edit the viewing access. Is there another way of doing this?


Answers:
author: Nicolas Werle _Decadis AG_
body: Hi [@Madeline Kachou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1195397),

what does it mean that you have no option to edit the viewing access? Maybe you can share a screenshot with us ? :)  

Best,

Nic

comments: author: Madeline Kachou
body: ![Page Restriction.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16807iD93D496E55DB2745/image-dimensions/431x272?v=v2 "Page Restriction.PNG")

This is the view that I receive when I am on the page that I created, and I go to the top right select Tools\>\>Restrictions.  

There is no option to edit restrictions  

Thanks Nic!


author: Nicolas Werle _Decadis AG_
body: Hi [@Madeline Kachou](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1195397),

please make sure, that you have the permission to add/delete permissions in that space, where you have created the page.

<br />

Best,

Nic