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how to change Confluence Zen Foundation page?such as change logo?
Asked by lily56:

On this picture? Where can I change?

![](../../upfiles/1_12.png)

![](../../upfiles/2_7.png)


Answers:
author: Kathy
body: Hi lily56,

I wanted to add a point to Darryl's answer. If you are unfamiliar with the Brand Designer, this 5-minute video will show you how to use it:

<http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/help/Videos#Videos-BrandComplianceIn5Minutes>

Please keep in mind that "Brand Development Mode" requires access to the Confluence Admin Console, and should only be enabled in a development or test server. (Brand Development mode can degrade performance, and should therefore not be used on a production server.)

Cheers,

Kathy


author: Darryl Duke
body: You change the logo in several ways. You can upload a logo to Confluence's global or space admin panels, which will override the one in the Zen brand. Another way is to upload your logo in Zen's Brand Designer (on the Images panel), click Apply, then reopen the Brand Designer and in the Logo \& Color Palette panel, select your new image for the logo (you can use the positioning entry to adjust it's vertical location). More details are here: <http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/help/Custom+Logos+and+Logo+Target>

The toolbar can be hidden for Anonymous users in the Brand Designer's Toolbar panel. Uncheck the "Show To Anonymous" box (you may need to scroll down to see it).

Breadcrumbs color can be adjusted, again in the Brand Designer, on the Breadcrumbs panel. The first field ("Breadcrumbs") is a color picker and will do the job.

Finally, you can toggle Page Title (and other page elements) using the Page Designer option in the toolbar (for pages overriding the Master Layout) or in the Master Page Designer menu option (displayed on the Master). Click the Page Title box to switch it on and off. More information can be found here: [http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/help/Columns%2C+Sections%2C+and+Page+Display+Details](http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/help/Columns%252C+Sections%252C+and+Page+Display+Details)

Cheers,  
Darryl


Tags: addon-com.zenfoundation
Blog navigation/formatting?
Asked by Natalie Grant:

In the Global theme, the Blog section has a navigation pane on the left side with cascading dates -- this is great because it displays blog titles and groups them by month.

But in the Documentation theme (the theme we're using), the Blog section has zero navigation functionality (the pane is gone, all blogs are displayed fully with no previews or snippets, can't group by date, etc).

Is there a way to format the Blog in Documentation theme so that a user can navigate it? Anything would help. Thank you!


Answers:
author: Joshua Thompson
body: This issue sounds very similar to the issue we are having.

[https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/147778/what-happened-to-the-blog-side-bar-in-the-documentation-theme-of-confluence-5](/questions/147778/what-happened-to-the-blog-side-bar-in-the-documentation-theme-of-confluence-5)

comments: author: Joshua Thompson
body: My solution was to add another page called "Blogs" and put it in the documentation side pane and not use the 'Browse \> Blog' function at all. Then on this page I simply added a 'Blog Posts' macro on it which showed blogs in the given space, showing only title and ordering by date created descending. This gave you a reasonable overview of recent blogs in the space.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
PlantUML plugin and GraphViz
Asked by Devendra:

Confluence 4.3.2 on Windows 2008 R2 standard SP1 64 bit.

I have installed the PlantUML plugin.

It requires graphviz to do few displays (ex class displays). So installed graphviz-2.30.1.msi in D:\\ (did not use standard c:\\program files...) where our apps are installed. Set env variable GRAPHVIZ_DOT to D:\\graphviz.2.30\\bin\\dot.exe as required.

Java SE rte 1.6.0 64bit server VM is instalked

CreateProcess failed, side-by-side are some key messages...![](../../upfiles/confluence_side-by-side.JPG)

Is anyone using PlantUML with Conflucence on 64 bit OS??

Any help??

thanks

devendra


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello Devendra,

Per the description that you've mentioned it seems that this behaviour is more related with the usage/config. of the plugin than Confluence, so in this case I would suggest you to make a contact with the provider of the plugin ([avono AG](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/747510)), by the following:

[info@avono.de](mailto:info@avono.de)

<http://www.avono.de/>

+49 711 / 28 07 57 - 0

Probably they will be able to provide you a better assistance and help you to solve this problem. Hope this helps.

Kind Regards,

LJ.


author: Christoph Giess
body: Hi Devendra,

we test the PlantUML plugin on a 64bit Windows (and other systems) before releasing it. Your problem has nothing to do with PlantUML or Graphviz itself but with libraries installed on your system as the error message "side-by-side configuration is incorrect" says.

Have a look at <http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/43681/Side-by-Side-Configuration-Incorrect?fid=1551769>

After you fixed that problem, you should be able to start *dot.exe* from a cmd shell. If that works, than the PlantUML plugin will work too.


Tags: addon-com.atlassian.confluence.extra.graphviz

plant-uml
How does one sort comments on a particular page in Confluence?
Asked by MM IT:

How does one sort comments on a particular page in Confluence 4.3.3? I know the answer must be right in front of my face, however I cannot figure this simple matter out?


Answers:
author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Through a quick search I jumped on the following previous answers:

* [Is it possible to reverse the order in which comments appear?](/questions/28999/is-it-possible-to-reverse-the-order-in-which-comments-appear)
* [how do i change the sort order of comments so that the newest is always on top in confluence and jira?](/questions/49339/how-do-i-change-the-sort-order-of-comments-so-that-the-newest-is-always-on-top-in-confluence-and-jira)

Hope it helps !!!

comments: author: MM IT
body: aw-haw-some! That did the trick, sir!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

sort
How to customize dashboard with ZEN Theme
Asked by Marek:

Hi,  

I have some troubles with customizing my dashboard when the ZEN theme is active. I can't find any options that will allow me to make changes in dashboard.  

I have noticed that when I switch theme to Default, I am able to edit Global Layout (Look and Feel -\> Layouts -\> Global Layout). This allows me to make some changes, however when I switch theme back to ZEN, all changes made by me are no longer taken into account.  

<br />

<br />

Thanks in advance.  
Marek   


Answers:
author: Darryl Duke
body: Hi Marek,

Unfortunately, there's a technical reason behind the limitation (Confluence doesn't support template editing when using the non-default theme).

However, I created a feature request to allow admins to block anonymous users from viewing the dashboard (along with the people directory, which is another common request).

In the meantime, I would consider adding some JavaScript via a Zen brand or a user macro (which could be placed in the footer) that would detect anonymous users reaching the dashboard and redirect them to the home page.


author: Darryl Duke
body: Hi Marek,

Yes, there is minimum change available on the dashboard. The normal strategy is to create a "landing" space and add menus and other content to that space's home page to provide a more web-like experience for users. (We reserve the dashboard for administrators, who are the best users of this.)

A bit more information is available here:

<http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/help/Configure+Site+Homepage>

Or let us know if you have further questions.

Thanks,  
Darryl

comments: author: Marek
body: Thanks for your answer :)  
I am aware of hiding link to original dashboard and creating my own one (this was the first thing I have done). However, I want to completly disable the original dashboard from security reasons. I don't want anonymous users be able to see history version, authors name, etc. (even if the link to dashboard is hidden, there is still posibility to enter that page). My first idea was to customize the dashboard by editing Global Layout (I wrote about this in first post)- this allows me to remove displaying of history version etc. Why there is no similar option in ZEN configuration ?


author: LuizA
body: Hello Merek,

Per the description that you've mentioned, IMHO this can be a kind of expected behaviour of the ZEN Theme, that have a kind of default when the theme is applied that doesn't allow to perform changes in the dashboard(and as you mentioned that when you switch to the default theme you're able to perform the changes that you need, so to me it seems a kind of default from the ZEN Theme, makes sense?).

In this case I would try to make a contact with the Stepstone, that is the provider of this plugin/theme and probably they will be able to confirm this information to you. You can contact them by the following:

[solutions@stepstonetech.com](mailto:solutions@stepstonetech.com)

<http://www.stepstonetech.com/>

1-206-441-5165

Kind Regards,

LJ.
Confluence Workbox Jira notification Open link is wrong
Asked by Dale Miller:

We have recently upgraded to Jira 5.2.6 which now allows us to get notifications from Jira in the Confluence Workbox. If we click on the notification to open it there is an Open link at the bottom of the window which I assume would open the actual Jira comment etc. For some reason this link is pointing to confluence instead of Jira to look at the Jira mentioned. Below is an example link pointing to a comment that was added to a Jira.

confluence.domain.com/browse/TEST-73039?focusedCommentId=2389369#comment-2389369

I believe this should be

jira.domain.com/browse/TEST-73039?focusedCommentId=2389369#comment-2389369

Is there some sort of config step we missed or is this a known issue in Confluence Workbox


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: This was a bug but it should be solved in newer versions of Confluence.

Bug report is: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27604>


author: JamieA
body: We have the same problem too and were directed to [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28249](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28249.)

Our base URLs are correct.

comments: author: Dale Miller
body: I can't seem to get to that URL. Can you summarize what it says?


author: JamieA
body: It's just buggy AAC deciding the full-stop is part of the url, I've edited it.


author: JamieA
body: Christ it's still there, just remove the end period from the url after you've clicked it.


author: Dale Miller
body: I got in thanks. I didn't notice the period at the end.


author: Jozef Kotl?r
body: Interesting, I've just checked our installation (Conf 4.3.7, Jira 5.2.6, behind apache, different just in context) and it works right.


author: JamieA
body: It seems like it stops working if the base url is changed, perhaps after the app link is set up. Our was changed, but the app link was recreated and it still doesn't work. But we have the same setup as you, just context differs.


author: LucasA
body: Hi Dale,

I believe you may start checking both JIRA and Confluence baseURL. The baseURL is used for composing links, and a misconfiguration may be causing the problem you got. THe following documentation will help you:

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Server+Base+URL>

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+JIRA+Options>

Best regards,  
Lucas Timm

comments: author: Dale Miller
body: That is not the issue. Our base URL's are setup correctly and have been set the same way for a long time.
Confluence LaTeX won't display tables
Asked by Erik Shilts:

I am attempting to render a table in LaTeX using the tabular environment but the Confluence LaTeX plugin doesn't seem to be able to render it. This worked under the old Latex macro.

I get the following error: Unknown environment "tabular"

The code within the LaTeX Block looks like:

```
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}\hlineVariable &amp; Definition &amp; Sensible default \\\hline$z_i$ &amp; Critical value of the normal distribution &amp; \\$\alpha$ &amp; Significance criterion &amp; 0.05 \\$power$ &amp; Statistical power, or $1- \beta$ &amp; 0.80 \\$sides$ &amp; One- or two-sided test &amp; 2 \\$r$ &amp; Ratio of test to control  &amp; $\leq$ 1 \\$d$ &amp; Relative effect size &amp; 0.01 \\$CV$ &amp; Coefficient of variation $\frac{\sigma}{\mu}$ &amp; 0.65 \\$\sigma_i$ &amp; Standard deviation of x &amp; \\$\mu_i$ &amp; Mean of x &amp; \\$m_0$ &amp; Number of pre-treatment observations &amp; 12 \\$m_1$ &amp; Number of post-treatment observations &amp; 12 \\$\rho_0$ &amp; Pre-treatment correlation of x &amp; 0.50\\$\rho_1$ &amp; Post-treatment correlation of x &amp; 0.50\\$\rho_{01}$ &amp; Correlation of x between pre- and post-treatment periods &amp; 0.50\\\hline\end{tabular}
```

Documentation for LaTeX tables can be found here: <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Tables>

Is there a way to get tables to display correctly?


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hey there, Erik.

I noticed that it has been a while since you received any response here. Therefore, I would recommend you to contact the plugin vendor to get your query answered.

* Email: [atlassian-labs-vendor@atlassian.com](mailto:atlassian-labs-vendor@atlassian.com)
* Homepage: [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/33202)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/vendors/33202>

Hope this helps and good luck.


Tags: addon-com.atlassian.latex.confluence.macro-lat

latex
How to off comments section on Master page layout page at Confluence Zen?
Asked by lily56:

I don't want Commens Section on Zen's Master Page Layout?How can I delete comments section ?

![](../../upfiles/zen.png)


Answers:
author: Kelli Hoyt
body: Hi there,

To turn off comments on a Master Page in Zen Foundation:

1. Click on the **Configuration** (Gear icon) options in your toolbar (when you are on that master page.)

2. Select **Master Page Designer**

3. Toggle off**Comments**

Hope this helps!

(see below for examples of steps 2 and 3)

**![Step 2](../../upfiles/master-page-designer_1.png)**

**![Step 3](../../upfiles/toggle-master-page-items.png)**
\<body\>\</body\>


Tags: zen
Loging Sudo Plugin
Asked by Frederik:

Hello,

is it possible to get a logfile from Users which had use the Sudo Plugin?  


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi,

Unfortunately it can't be done due to [Restricted Function](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand) and [plugin policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Add-ons+in+OnDemand) on OnDemand instance. Perhaps you could migrate to Installed version for more flexibility.

Hope it helps

comments: author: LucasA
body: Yes, as well the version on the page mentions only Confluence 3.0 to Confluence 3.4.9. I'm afraid this plugin won't work on Confluence standalone either.

Best regards,  
Lucas Timm


author: LucasA
body: Hi,

Could you clarify exactly what sudo plugin you did mean? There's no sudo plugin in OnDemand, so it could be nice if you could explain a little bit more about what behavior you're facing and whether we have a log from it.

Best regards,  
Lucas Timm


author: Frederik
body: Hi,

thanks for your answer. I mean this plugin for confluence: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.sudo>

i hope this is not the wrong place for my question.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Installation of Confluence 5.0.2 Fails with "an internal error occurred (error code: 34)"
Asked by Andrew Chan:

I was trying the trail version of confluence and it fails with "an internal error occurred (error code: 34)" with a reference to the log file.

The contents of the log file are:

Started executable C:\\Documents and Settings\\andrew.chan\\Desktop\\atlassian-confluence-5.0.2-x32.exe at Wed Mar 13 15:30:11 2013

number of sections: 5

size of optional headers: 224

resSectionTableStart: 536

rawDataSize: 126464, rawDataOffset: 200704

change working directory to C:\\Documents and Settings\\andrew.chan\\Desktop

single instance mode

semaphore name c:_documents and settings_andrew.chan_desktop_atlassian-confluence-5.0.2-x32.exe, code 0, value 00000044

Init done

Starting work

number of sections: 5

size of optional headers: 224

resSectionTableStart: 536

rawDataSize: 126464, rawDataOffset: 200704

starting at 327168

verifying integrity length 220338130

ERROR: check ReadFile failed 0 183 177629269


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

I have never seen this error, I think this file could be culprit. For test purpose, could you please try to download again? If that doesn't work, try to install our Standalone version (not the .exe).  

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+Confluence+on+Windows+from+Zip+File>

I hope this helps.  

Cheers,  

WZ

comments: author: Andrew Chan
body: Thanks for your suggestion William

I tried this file but the same problem exists. I ended up using the latest 4.\*


Tags: error

install
How can we configure the recommended updates features on Confluence?
Asked by Laurent T:

Hi,

I would to know on which rules is based the "recommended updates" feature to select pages sended to users? And can we modify/adapt these rules to our needs?

If not, is it an extended feature on roadmap?

Thanks you in advance.

Regards,

Laurent


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: It is not configurable as of now.


Tags: recommendation

update
how do i watch a page?
Asked by Mike Curwen:

I just don't see where to "watch" a page.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+Releases>

how do I watch this page, to be notified of new releases?

In reverse, how do I unwatch this page? (I currently have a watch here, but no idea how to unwatch, if I wanted to)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Workflow+Properties>

here's an instance where I know how to do it:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/2012/12/17/Advance+warning+of+plans+to+merge+Documentation+theme+with+the+default+theme>

it's under the 'tools' menu that appears on that page. how come no tools on the other pages?

frustrating!


Answers:
author: SarahA
body: Hallo Mike

I'm sorry you've had this frustrating experience. We have applied some custom CSS to the documentation spaces on our documentation wiki, to improve the reading experience.

In a standard Confluence site (with no extra CSS or theming) the Tools menu is always visible. In brief, to watch a page:

1. Go to the page or blog post.
2. Choose **Tools** \> **Watch**.

That's the behaviour you saw on the "Advance warning..." page that you've linked above.

On the JIRA pages, the 'Tools' menu will appear when you hover over it. You'll need to move your cursor around the top of the page, between the grey banner and the title, on the right hand side. This screenshot shows the position of the 'Tools' menu and other options:

![](../../upfiles/ToolsVisible.png)

FYI, this blog post describes how to apply CSS to make the options always visible:

<http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/how-to-override-css-stylesheets-in-firefox/>

We're interested in any feedback on the hiding of the 'Tools' and other options. There's some discussion in house about the usability of documentation: should we optimise for an uncluttered reading experience, or do people need the tools too?

I hope this helps!

Cheers, Sarah

comments: author: Mike Curwen
body: ugh.

the target is too (way too) small in comparison to the amount of whitespace at the top right.   
the delay from invisible to visible is too slow as well.

I say this, because I actually did think it might be invisible and I was waving the mouse around trying to find it. Even knowing it was there, it took me about 10 second to find it. I had to slow down the mouse movement quite a bit, and of course 1px too high is too high, so I couldn't get it to appear.

And having said all that, I think you should seriously reconsider hiding that stuff in the first place. I thought the 'hover over an area of whitespace to expose functionality' thinking was out of style. Is it back in? pity.

uber frustrating. At \*minimum\* there should be an always-visible target over which to hover to get more tools.


author: SarahA
body: Thanks Mike, it's good to have your feedback. I'll pass it on to the team.

Cheers, Sarah


author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: Mmmh. All I know is that you can control your watches in your user profile. Why you can't watch these offical pages, I don't know...
Documentation Theme | unique nested page name | templates
Asked by Nial Healy:

Hi,

I am using confluence 4.2.12 with the documentation theme and want to create a new space with a nested page structure.

The structure I want to use will have a parent page say *customer name* and then a common set of nested pages such as *contact details, tools*, etc for each customer. However given the constraint with regard to re-using the same page name for nested pages, this isnt possible.

I know I can name each nested page uniquely - but do I have to go to this trouble - or is there a better template based solution ?

Any guidance much appreciated.

Thanks,

Nial


Answers:
author: codelab expert
body: You must use a plugin like [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions "https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions"). It supports duplicate page titles. It is not free - but you can test before buying.

I hope this helps!

comments: author: Nial Healy
body: Hi Mathias

Thanks for the info - I couldnt justify the price of the pluginh and opted to put the data on a single page using expandable divs - not ideal but will work as a solution. Seems odd that atlassian woud use page name as a unique identifier. Thanks again.

Best,

Nial
Managing Balsamiq Mockups in Confluence
Asked by Michael Heinze:

1. How can I manage the set of Balsamiq mockups stored in Confluence?

2. How can I rename the names of Balsamiq mockups stored in Confluence? How can I delete them?

3. How can I add to a Confluence page an existing Balsamiq mockup (existing in Confluence repository)?


Answers:
author: Peldi
body: Hi Michael, the full Mockups for Confluence documentation is here: <http://support.balsamiq.com/customer/portal/articles/113837> but it doesn't contain all the answers you're looking for, so here you go:

1. How can I manage the set of Balsamiq mockups stored in Confluence?

I'm not sure what you mean with "manage". The mockups are saved as attachments to wiki pages. You can manage them in the same way you'd manage other images.

2. How can I rename the names of Balsamiq mockups stored in Confluence? How can I delete them?

Renaming is a bit tricky, you have to rename the attachment (both the png and the bmml, and make sure you leave the "mockup_" prefix there). You also have to change the macro by entering {mockup:*newname*} in the wiki editor.

To delete a mockup, select it and click on "Delete".

3. How can I add to a Confluence page an existing Balsamiq mockup (existing in Confluence repository)?

You can only add mockups attached to the same page right now. If you want, you can create a copy instead. The fastest way to do that is via export / import, as described here: <http://support.balsamiq.com/customer/portal/articles/111730#exportxml> - export from the old one and import into a new one.

Hope this helps!


Tags: balsamiq