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Integrating Confluence with Slack - in reverse
Asked by Bill Sorensen:

I'd like to be able to append to a Confluence page every time a comment is posted in a particular Slack channel. We have people who are in Confluence but not Slack, and one channel is explicitly for a certain type of updates. That way they could watch the page.

Is this possible? If so, how?


Answers:
author: thais
body: Hi, Bill,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

At this moment this option is not available for Confluence, but we have the following feature request for it:   
- [CONFCLOUD-59547 - Slack channel feed to Confluence](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59547)

If it interests you, you may add yourself as a watcher to the page above, voting to increase its popularity. More information about how Atlassian implements New Features can be found in [this page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html).

Best regards,  
Thais

comments: author: Rachel Rui Liu
body: I received a promotion email regarding to integration with SLACK

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-for-slack-956709523.html>

But it's not working for our space. Follow below steps, we don't have slack notifications option listed at all.

1. Open the space that you would like to create a subscription for.
2. Click **Space settings \> Integrations \> Slack Notifications**.


author: N?gila Marques
body: Hi Rachel,

Can you confirm if you have Confluence Cloud or server? Thank you!


author: Rachel Rui Liu
body: Hi, Nagila,

Just checked, now it's showing up , I guess this feature is rolled out and last Friday we might not get it yet :)

Anyway, now I have this tab in "Integrations" section.

Thanks

Rachel


author: N?gila Marques
body: That's great, Rachel!

You're correct, we finish rolling out this feature last Friday at night. Glad that everything is working for you now :)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

slack
Calendar Event Type reminders
Asked by Florian Locqueneux:

Hello

since 15 days, we do not receive anymore calendar's reminder.

We have checked the configuration, a reminder is set and no body is receiving the reminder.

We still receive notification on event creation, not the reminders.

Is there any ongoing issue ?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Florian Locqueneux](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/809256)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Confluence-Calendars-no-reminder-emails-sent-for-ANY-recurring/qaq-p/1120278>

Cheers


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Cuadro o comentario flotante a trav?s de la p?gina
Asked by Richard Batista:

Necesitamos colocar un comentario que permanezca en la pantalla al deslizar el scroll.


Answers:
author: Cristian Rosas [Tecnofor]
body: Suena a add-on a medida... no me suena ning?n add-on que haga algo similar ni tampoco un workaround


author: Damian_E
body: Hola, Consulta,

Tengo que en flujo de trabajo en la opcion Despliegue manual, al presionar antes de que se realice el despliegue me salte una advertencia consultando si estoy seguro de que sea manual...

como podria realizarlo... encontre solo para que lo mencione en titulo de la ventana...

en comentarios tiene que salir la prugunta , estas seguro de desplegar manualmnete?

![cometario.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/93028i2F09A6F261891A6A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "cometario.jpg")
calendar in confluence (atlassian cloud - not server)
Asked by .mike:

i?m using confluence in the cloud.

confluence calendar not available, administrator not available.

i ?d like to have some kind of calendar in a confluence page.

looking for easy to handle solution.

any ideas?


Answers:
author: .mike
body: paste a view of personal Outlook calendar into a confluence page


author: cmac
body: Hi [@.mike](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/737001),

You might like to look at the available Calendar macros available in the [Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=team%20calendar) for Cloud Confluence.

For example: [Team Calendars for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/72307/team-calendars-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

Chris

comments: author: .mike
body: as i mentioned, "confluence calendar not available \[and we dont get ist\], administrator not available."

i Chose now to paste a view of my personal Outlook calendar into a confluence page.

is "dirty" but quick and easy to handle


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Disable child creation on Troubleshooting index page
Asked by Yaacov Weingarten:

Users are creating articles as children of the Troubleshooting Articles page (i.e. the index page of the Troubleshooting Articles Blueprint) and I would like to prevent them from using the Create button on this page, while maintaining the visibility of the page.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Yaacov,

You would need to remove "Add Pages" permission from the users for the [Space Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) itself. This will prevent them from adding any pages at all in the entire space.

It's not possible to restrict on a page-by-page basis. We have a feature request for that:

* [CONFSERVER-30791](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-30791)

At this time, even if you were to restrict editing to the parent page, users are still able to create child pages. See this bug:

* [CONFSERVER-54946](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54946)

I hope this is clear but do let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Yaacov Weingarten
body: Shannon, hi

See my comment to the issue from Feb, 2018 - the feeling of frustration with Atalssian's responsiveness to user requests just continue.

yaacov


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Yaacov,

Our Confluence Product Manager and has replied directly to you on [CONFSERVER-30791](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-30791) regarding those requests.

In short, it is due to the way edit permissions are not inherited. This behavior would first need to be changed. You can follow the request here:

* [CONFSERVER-5095](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5095)

Let us know if you have any questions.

Shannon


Tags: confluence-server

server
Creating chosen multiple JIra issues from Confluence table - possible?
Asked by Agnieszka Kornas:

HI,   
I am using this feature heavily but still can't find the way to create only chosen issues.

It doesn't let me to chose which of the issues in a table I want to create. So now I need to split table in two, one with already created issues, the other without them and do "create multiple" only for one part. It works, but this is a hurdle. Any better option for that?


Answers:
author: Danny
body: Hello [@Agnieszka Kornas](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1477411) ,

From what I have found, the "create multiple issues from table" functionality will not allow rows to be chosen, unfortunately it seems to be the entire table selected.

[Reference](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Creating-multiple-Jira-issues-from-a-Confluence-table-when-some/qaq-p/1049618)

You could do the following;

* You could **close/won't fix** the newly created issues in Jira, then edit the Confluence page and remove the duplicate Jira lozenges from the table. They can be deleted in the editor easily. (unfortunately it is quite a lot of admin in Jira)
* You could create a new table when adding more issues (the admin is up front and remains in Confluence, not the most efficient use of time though it would create a visual representation of your iterative approach).
* You could create the issues one by one, thus preserving the original table.

Apologies I cannot be any further assistance,

Danny


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira
Facing issues with Confluence notifications
Asked by sufiyan khan:

Confluence notifications are not working properly. We have checked sending test emails that works, but when I tag someone or the user add himself as a watcher he do not receive any email notifications, this is happening with multiple users. Whereas when I subscribed to my own changes I received the email.

I have checked the configurations:

SMTP configuration, User subscription, Enabled the below packages in debug mode

1. `com.atlassian.confluence.mail`
2. `com.atlassian.confluence.jmx`

`Nothing in the logs.`

**`Need help to fix this issue`**


Answers:
author: R. Fuerst
body: Hi Sufiyan,

If the issue is only occurring for a few users and not all users, it indicates to me that there might be an issue with their user permissions or the emails are being sent to a spam folder. Before proceeding, it might be best to confirm the following:

* The affected users have the proper Space Permissions to the content where you're mentioning them and/or if there are page restrictions on that content, that the users have access to that.
* Have the users check their spam box or any filters in their inbox that might be filtering out the messages.

Once you've confirmed the above, you might also want to check out this other cause, where the notification system plugin has been disabled:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/notification-e-mails-are-not-being-sent-for-watched-content-329984119.html>

comments: author: sufiyan khan
body: Thanks for your response Rachel. There are no page restrictions \& permission issues. I will do the workaround given in the documentation shared by you.
How to skip a page number on the Title Page (Cover page) when doing export space to PDF?
Asked by Linda Chong:

I have created a Title Page but I do not want to display the page no. on the cover page. How can I do this?


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Linda,

It sounds like you're doing quite some modifications to the look and feel of your PDF export.

Did you already have a look at our [Scroll PDF Exporter for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)? This gives you enhanced styling possibilities via a graphical template designer - no need to "code" anything via CSS. Additionally you can have multiple templates per space, or globally, so you can export your content easily with different styles.

Scroll PDF Exporter can be tested for 30 days using a trial license from the Atlassian Marketplace - maybe it's worth having a look.

Best,  
Nils
confluence page access fail occasionally by zabbix monitored
Asked by jiajun jian:

We use Zabbix's web scenario to monitor confluence pages.From the monitored data,we found that the page will occasionally fail to access.and the duration was about 1 second.Most of these happens at around 3:29 AM.And this case also happened in the morning at recently.

We checked the data of monitoring network at that time and confirmed that the network was fine normal at that moment.We check the catalina.out logs as well,and found no abnormalities in it.Could you help me to troubleshoot and solve this problem?


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

I would suggest to start by checking [Scheduled Jobs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/scheduled-jobs-96567525.html), for example [Backups](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-backups-138348.html). If you have system automatic backups enabled, there can be resource intensive and you might be running out of memory or full [GC](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/garbage-collector-performance-issues-200707997.html) kicks off and your system halts access to pages. atlassian-confluence.log might be useful to check there.

Regards,

Igor

comments: author: jiajun jian
body: Hi Igor,

Thank you for your reply.I had checked the Scheduled Jobs,and there was no job arranged in that time.And I also checked the atlassian-confluence.log,but no message was found in that time as well.We use the shell backup script instead of confluence system automatic backups,and the backup job arrange at around 3:30 AM.But the case appear at around 11:00 AM recently.

Regards,

Jiajun


author: Igor M.
body: Ok, is there a possibility of reporting being over sensitive or misinterpreting something?

Do you have any other resource monitoring tool to make sure process did not fail? If catalina.our or atlassian-confluence.log do not log any events around the time window specified, then service must have remained up.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Adding users to Confluence Cloud
Asked by Anna_Ronalds:

How do I add users to Confluence cloud? I was able to do it once as "Add User" but after I navigated away the only option I can find is "Invite users". I'd like to be able to add them manually one by one.

Appreciate any pointers.


Answers:
author: cmac
body: Hi [@Anna_Ronalds](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1569424),

Welcome.

You can find documentation here: [How to Invite, Edit \& Remove Users](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/invite-edit-and-remove-users-744721624.html).

Chris


author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Anna_Ronalds](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1569424)

Welcome to the community!

On the cloud, you need to Invite them as they want Atlassian ID for it.

On the server, you can add Users manually.
JIRA pie chart
Asked by Makoto Taguchi:

Hi, is there any way to sort JIRA pie chart on confluence by number of tickets in descending order?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: ![Screen Shot 2018-07-11 at 5.17.02 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26700iBAC60072B4DB76E8/image-dimensions/476x325?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-07-11 at 5.17.02 PM.png")

Mine sorts in descending order by default \^. Using "order by" in the JQL did not make any difference. The JQL for this chart is:

```
 assignee = currentUser() AND resolution = Unresolved
```

Just to make sure I understand, would you like the chart sorted counter clockwise?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Server giving error during setup
Asked by Giovanni Nieves:

Hello there!

I've been trying to set-up Confluence Server on my PC and am getting a java error. This issue started during setup when trying to configure the database connection. Given my database is MySQL, I tried downloading the driver but when I stopped the service, dropped the driver in the location requested and restarted the service, Confluence started giving the error.

I tried uninstalling and installing and error persists. See error below.

Thanks,

Giovanni

A system error has occurred --- our apologies!

For immediate troubleshooting, consult our **[knowledge base](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+Knowledge+Base+Home)** for a solution.

If you would like to receive support from Atlassian's support team, ask your **[Confluence administrator](http://localhost:8090/contactadministrators.action)** to create a support issue on [Atlassian's support system](http://support.atlassian.com/) with the following information:

1. a description of your problem and what you were doing at the time it occurred
2. a copy of the error and system information found below
3. a copy of the application logs (if possible).

Your Confluence administrator can use the **[support request form](http://localhost:8090/admin/raisesupportrequest.action)** to create a support ticket which will include this information.

We will respond as promptly as possible.  
Thank you!

[**Return to site homepage...**](http://localhost:8090/)

The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved from the container. Therefore very limited information is available in this error report.   
The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved due to the following error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

### Cause {#toc-hId-1622651716}

java.lang.NullPointerException  
at com.atlassian.confluence.setup.actions.SetupPathsAction.execute(SetupPathsAction.java:41)

(Stack trace is too long to post)


Answers:
author: Giovanni Nieves
body: Solved with the following article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/confluence-does-not-start-due-to-spring-application-context-has-not-been-set-218278311.html>

Resolution 10 worked.
Update document filename per each new version?
Asked by Kean Erickson:

I'm attempting to begin versioning a documentation file. One requirement of this is that each new version of the file has its filename / title updated to reflect its current version number. Is this possible? Or would I need to just side-step Confluence's versioning and make a new page each time there's a new version such that it can be reflected in the filename / title?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Jo?o Noronha
body: see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/manage-files-139415.html>

section \<\<Upload a new version of an attached file\>\>


Tags: version
How to make Notify Watchers in Edit page mode to be unchecked by default?
Asked by fchance:

I would like to have the "notify watchers" checkbox default to "un-checked" when in edit mode on a page.


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@fchance](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1219653),

Try the following free plug-in:

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/42684/no-email-storm?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/42684/no-email-storm?hosting=server&tab=overview)

If you always forget to uncheck Notify Watchers when editing Confluence pages and bother your colleagues with tons of spam notifications about minor changes, No Email Strom is the add-on you need!

No Email Storm replaces the Notify Watchers checkbox with the clearly visible Save \& Notify button next to the Save button. Click Save if you want to save a page without sending out notifications to page watchers, or click Save\&Notify to let them know about the changes you made.

Or you can modify Custom HTML in Confluence Admin,refer to the below

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-uncheck-notify-watchers-check-box-on-confluence-editor-by-default-314449908.html>


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I add Confluence pages to my Jira project?
Asked by Susan Becker:

Cloud hosted

Jira page already has a short cut to confluence space; confluence space is also linked to project via the integration tab in space tools.

Below is an image I see on the Atlassian site that I am trying to get the same "access" in my project:

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/16772i9217639B1D0325F3/image-dimensions/562x304?v=1.0 "Capture.PNG")

The pages link and tiles of page type is not currently available in my project and I want to get this added to my project.


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Susan Becker](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1561918)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Software-questions/How-to-display-the-Confluence-pages-in-my-Jira-Software-Project/qaq-p/1565681>

Cheers


Tags: jira
How to know which CSS styles work in Confluence? (Panel macro)
Asked by Emily Errico:

I'm designing a homepage for one of our spaces, and I'd like our panels to not look so..clunky. Based off of [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/panel-macro-724765265.html), I should be able to change the border style to "valid CSS border styles". Other documentation refers to w3schools.com as a guide for CSS style, so I searched there for "valid CSS border styles".

I've tested all the ones on [this page](https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_border-style.asp) and the only ones to have worked so far are dashed, solid, and dotted. Ideally, I'd like a softer border or a border that gives shape to the panel, purely for aesthetic reasons. As we all know, Confluence has a lot of white space and I think it'd be easier on the eyes if the panels didn't break it up so bluntly.

**Is there a better reference for what CSS styles are supported by Confluence?** I feel a bit misled by the documentation saying that "valid CSS border styles" are acceptable when Confluence doesn't actually accept this. I ran into similar problems when styling the PDF export format, but that's a whole different issue.

(question bolded for those who skim)


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Emily Errico](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1395999)

If you ever need to work page elements/IDs, check out this page:

* [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?_ga=2.213269776.569010795.1530027104-593906906.1525808578)

Modifying CSS or HTML has been hit or miss on my end.. interested if someone else posts more info about CSS's styles in Confluence.

Best of luck!

comments: author: Tanner Sullie
body: Thank you for your reply. Super interested in the real answer for this thread as I'm wondering myself about, say, a shadow (as opposed to a harsh border). There are interesting display macros already available, but they are usually not free.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

css

macro

panel
Change font, font size and color for the complete site
Asked by PascalH:

Hi there,

We will upgrade from Confluence 5.8 to 6.7 and we want to keep the same font, size and color for the complete site.

I'd like to know wich font, size and color code is used in Confluence 5.8 and how to change in Confluence 5.8

Thanks a lot

Pascal


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Pascal,

If you're familiar with CSS, you can change the [Global CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html) in order to change the look of your Confluence site.

There's a blog post from when we moved to ADG2 that explains the changes from ADG1. Perhaps you can review it to know what colors to use in order to revert to ADG2 in your CSS?

* [Design Guidelines 2.1 -- Our design direction](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/design-guidelines-2-1-our-design-direction)

ADG2 is what your 5.8 instance would have had, and 6.7 moved onto ADG3 which is available at [design.atlassian.com](http://design.atlassian.com/).

I hope that clarifies things for you!

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: PascalH
body: Thank you Shannon, that's what i was looking for.

Regards,

Pascal


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Pascal,

Glad to hear it helps.

Take care, and have a pleasant week.

Shannon


Tags: atl-adm

developer
Add current user and date to custome template
Asked by Jarrud Diercks:

Is it possible to create a custom template that auto-populates the current date and current user like Meeting Notes template?


Answers:
author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@Jarrud Diercks](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1563024),

Based on [this community post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-automatically-fill-in-variables-on-custom-templates/qaq-p/299347), it looks like there are limitations with custom templates in regards to populating variables.

* A potential solution is to look into creating your own [blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html?_ga=2.251665933.569010795.1530027104-593906906.1525808578).
* [Template VS Blueprint](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Template-vs-Blueprint/qaq-p/190847)