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Is there any easy way to customize Confluence translation?
Asked by Paivi Kuusisto:

Our customer want's to use their own terms (eq. in navigation, profile info) in Confluence layout. I've visited Atlassian Translation Portal but I haven't find there any way to save such specific terms and add them to translation package. Is it possible? Or should I just unzip jar-package and rewrite the terms?


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: The best way is to create your own partial language pack -- [details here](http://davidsimpson.me/2009/11/04/changing-boilerplate-text-in-confluence/).

comments: author: Paivi Kuusisto
body: thanks - I think that it helps us a lot!

P?ivi


author: Coen Flach
body: Hi @david,

I've tried the described approach following the instructions in your link. However, I'm stumbling upon the fact that a specific string I'd like to translate is not incorporated in the original "`ConfluenceActionSupport_en_GB.properties`" file. Hence, I wouldn't know how to refer to the string in my partial translation. The string that I would like to translate is: "**Minor change?** (no notifications will be sent)" as seen in the Confluence editor. Can you guide me towards a solution for translating this string?

Thanks in advance,  
Jurriaan van Reijsen \[The Courseware Company\]


author: Coen Flach
body: Is there anyone who can contribute on my question above?  

Thanks in advance,  
Jurriaan


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: Looking in ConfluenceActionSupport.properties (for Confluence 4.0) I've found this:

```
minor.edit=&lt;b&gt;Minor change?&lt;/b&gt; (no notifications will be sent)
```

Edit that line to what you require and then bundle up your language pack as previously described.


author: jjaroczynski
body: Hi,

There is a very useful plugin which allows to translate JIRA in place: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.translations.jira.inproduct>

If there is enough interest we will create something similar for Confluence. Please vote if you would like to use it: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TRANS-579>

comments: author: jjaroczynski
body: InProduct translation plugin for Confluence has been released:

[](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.translations.confluence.inproduct)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.translations.confluence.inproduct>

Cheers,  
Jacek


author: Paivi Kuusisto
body: Hi,

it works quite well with English version - but I've some problems withe other languages which are plugins. Is it so that I must dowload the latest version from Translations-portal, open the package, find out the terms our customer want to change, repack jar and install the plulgin?

Yours

Paivi
Any idea when the SharePoint Connector will work with Confluence 4.0?
Asked by Roy Youngman:

We are having to make a 3.5 versus 4.0 decision now and it would be good to make that decision with some idea when we can connect Confluence to SharePoint.


Answers:
author: Matt
body: Hi Roy -- we plan to release a Confluence 4.0 compatible version of the SharePoint Connector by the end of the year. We'll be sure to publish a blog post and email our customers as soon as it's available.

comments: author: Roy Youngman
body: Thanks, Matt! Very helpful.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: At the moment there is no ETA for the next version of Sharepoint connector, the latest release has just been delivered in the 20th of September, so I believe it will take a while until the developer rolls out a new iteration of the plugin.  

I advise you to monitor the Sharepoint Connector page - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/235> to stay up to date with it's latest news.

Hope this helps :)

comments: author: Roy Youngman
body: Thanks for the quick response, Guilherme, but there really isn't any useful information here.

I don't need to know a specific date, just a strategic time frame (before the end of the year, 1st quarter 2011, etc.). I know this may seem nutty in an Agile world, but anybody who is trying to connect Confluence to SharePoint is already used to a world where software vendors inform their customers of their strategic intent. It helps large companies make their strategic decisions. In this case, a large company needs to know whether to start their Wiki life on Confluence 3.5 with a connector to SharePoint, or start their Wiki life on Confluence 4.0 and hope that the SharePoint Connector catches up quickly. Large companies don't like making decisions based on "hope". So again, and "idea" or general timeframe is all we need.

BTW - who is "the developer" of whom you speak? Is the SharePoint Connector not an Atlassian product?


author: Joe Clark
body: "the developer" is me. :-)


author: Luis Mayora
body: I dont know. But definitely I am waiting for it. Since our company uses Sharepoint i would like to make a good point to move forward with Confluence instead of Share-nightmare-Point.


Tags: sharepoint
What happens when users are disabled/removed from active directory?
Asked by Jason Plumhoff:

I'm currently setting up our on-premise instance of Confluence and I had a question about user management. I've set up our system to use Microsoft Active Directory (Read Only, with local groups). I've verified I can import users and groups. Assuming I go ahead and import our users and they start creating content, what happens when our IT group decides to remove or disable a user? Will that user still count against my license?


Answers:
author: Andy Brook [Plugin People]
body: I had that configuration in my last role. Initially I included the users account status in the LDAP filter, such that they were discounted. This resulted in the users wherever listed, being coloured 'red' (no hyper link) and user spaces were inaccessible. As a result of this, users complained wanting access to those users data, so I undid the change. Then, I had an unlimited license so didn't care about the membership, now, yes, it would count as a seat.

Potentially a housekeeping job could be written to scan all registered users, then poll LDAP to figure out if they exist or are disabled, removing confluence-users membership as a result.

comments: author: Stephan Haslinger
body: > Potentially a housekeeping job could be written to scan all registered users, then poll LDAP to figure out if they exist or are disabled, removing confluence-users membership as a result.

There is a CROWD Improvement request that may be related: [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-2478](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CWD-2478 "CWD-2478")


author: JamieA
body: related question: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/12956/jira-full-ldap-integration-how-do-you-deal-with-retiring-users](/questions/12956/jira-full-ldap-integration-how-do-you-deal-with-retiring-users)


Tags: active-directory

administration

ldap

user
How do page level permissions work, will pages display when listing pages?
Asked by Shazia Sheikh:

If a user has view permissions for a space, then can view all content but not edit etc.

Now if a particular page has permissions such that someone who isn't a particular group cannot view it, will it still display the page's title when viewing the space, or will it hide it also? I'm sure if you click on the link it won't let you view the page's content, but I'm asking if it will show the page link anywhere on the site also.


Answers:
author: Laura Kolker
body: Generally speaking, Confluence hides the existance of pages you don't have view access to. If you are on a page directly linking to a page you don't have access to, the link will not be clickable and looks different. Here's [some](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions#PageRestrictions-PageSecurityRules) [more](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+a+Page%27s+Restrictions) [details.](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Viewing+Restricted+Pages)


Tags: permission
Confluence and Google AdSense?
Asked by The Diamond Z:

Is anyone using confluence with google's adsense?

I see I can put confluence wide adsense code at the top/bottom of each page but I'm interested in doing so on a page or space level.

I can do this with some IFrame code on each page but I don't think I'll get relevant ads this way.

Anyone care to share experiences?


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello There,

Being honest with you is not so common to see Confluence being used with google's adsense, I personally didn't see other customers using this kind of configuration.

If you want to integrate the adsense with Confluence or see if it is possible another kind of configuration between these two apps, I would suggest you to take a look with an Atlassian Expert, maybe they already performed some kind of development/integration in this side. You can contact them by the following:

<http://www.atlassian.com/resources/experts>

Kind Regards,

LJ.


Tags: google
Are groups in confluence built in or can you create more and rename them?
Asked by Shazia Sheikh:

Are the anonymous, user, etc. groups in confluence built in and have to remain with the same names or can you create another group with the same permissions?

Can you rename these built in groups?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can't rename groups, but you certainly can create other ones and use them instead, or alongside the built in ones, and you can delete the default ones. If you are going to do this, check the global permissions carefully before you make change - you need to think about allowing logins etc.

Anonymous isn't a group though, it's a flag to say "let them in without asking who they are"


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: @Nic Brough is right. The **confluence-users** and **confluence-administrators** group names are hard coded into the Confluence source code, so using different group names will have consequences, e.g. for the default permissions of new spaces.

Using the supplied group names also means that Atlassian's supplied documentation will ring true and your platform will be easier to maintain for the next person who takes over the admin.

comments: author: Nicole Punsalan
body: David, how can we manage the "consequences" of a new group?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There are no "consequences" of a new group. There are some things you need to think about if you want to get rid of confluence-administrators and confluence-users, but David and I already covered those in our answers.


author: Alex Hart
body: Is there a way to add groups to the confluence-administrators group rather than just users?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, you can't nest groups. Groups contain users, not other groups.

You can add other groups to the **permission** for confluence administration though. The test system I'm setting up at the moment has administrators rights given to "confluence-administrators", "\<client\>-admins" and "adaptavist-admins"


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Oh, and I've just realised - this is a really old post, and the admin group name is no longer hard coded anywhere, so you can remove that group safely now.


author: Alex Hart
body: I wondered about that, thanks for clarifying that additional piece about being able to remove the group safely.


Tags: group

security
Global Spaces in Confluence 4.0
Asked by Kay Brown:

In Confluence 4.0, Global Spaces are displayed in multiple pages on the Dashboard. In early releases, spaces were all displayed on the Dashboard. Is there a way to reconfigure the Global Spaces so that they all display on the Dashboard?

Regards,

Kay


Answers:
author: Brian Nguyen
body: Unfortunately, this is not possible. The new panel on the Dashboard was designed to make it eaiser to consume when Confluence has many spaces. Rather than using the Dashboard, we've implemented a space directory to allow for quick access to all spaces. This is available in the Browse menu.

If you are trying to access a particular space(s) that is not in the dashboard, you can make the space a favourite via the Advanced tab in the space. This will show the space in the dashboard at all times.


Tags: dashboard

global

space
Confluence Chart macro: Not showing all fields?
Asked by Collin O_Connor:

The title prettymuch says it all; almost all of the fields for the chart defining the orientation, type, and a few others are missing. It seems to start at "Display 3D". This is in Confluence 4.0. Additionally I almost never can get it to show table data; for it claims none is there. The only thing I can get it to render is a Pie Chart.

Is this a bug I can't find info on, or am I just doing something wrong? Thanks!


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

have you had the chance to test this out within a new confluence? I couldn't reproduce the issue but I might be doing something wrong here.

Try to use a new confluence version like 5.4.x and let me know if that helps.

Regards,

Rodrigo
Atlassian Camp 2011 - Presentations?
Asked by Luis Mayora:

Does anybody where to get the presentations of the last Atlassian Camp 2011. Youtube location? or the slides?.


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: The YouTube videos aren't up yet. In the meantime, try here:[https://developer.atlassian.com/dosearchsite.action?queryString=Atlascamp\&where=\&searchButton=confluence\&type=\&lastModified=\&contributor=\&contributorUsername=](https://developer.atlassian.com/dosearchsite.action?queryString=Atlascamp&where=&searchButton=confluence&type=&lastModified=&contributor=&contributorUsername=)


Tags: atlas-camp
Any word cloud generator plugins out there?
Asked by David Dube:

I'm familiar with the popular labels macro, and the confluence tagclod plugin... both of those work based on labels. I'm wondering if there is something out there that can create a word cloud based on a unike wiki page or a page tree family... something like [tagxedow.com](http://tagxedow.com) would be perfect...

Dave


Answers:
author: Kai Deinert
body: Being able to restrict the "popular labels" macro to a page instead of whole spaces would help me already.


author: Jennifer S
body: I have been looking for the same thing and have had no luck yet..
How to remove unnecessary occurences of unsupported-wiki-markup macro?
Asked by Tino Winkler _Communardo_:

During the upgrade of Confluence to version 4 all the content will be migrated to a new storage format. As this might fail for some content there is a fallback: Snippets of wiki markup that can not be migrated will be wrapped in a macro called unsupported-wiki-markup. There might be different causes for the migration to fail, like a deactivated macro or a macro with a body that can not be migrated. However, some of those problems might be fixed later (e.g. by reactivating or upgrading the plugin). So afterwards the unsupported-wiki-markup macro might not be needed anymore.

Will this be detected somehow by the system? E.g. when a page is stored.

Alternatively, is there a way to rerun the migration process for the whole Confluence instance so that unnecessary occurences of an unsupported-wiki-markup macro are removed?


Answers:
author: Matt
body: > Alternatively, is there a way to rerun the migration process for the whole Confluence instance so that unnecessary occurences of an unsupported-wiki-markup macro are removed?

Yes - See Wiki Markup to [XHTML Migration \> Re-running Migration](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Wiki+Markup+to+XHTML+Migration#WikiMarkuptoXHTMLMigration-Re-runningMigration) in our [Planning for Confluence 4.0 documentation](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Planning+for+Confluence+4.0).

comments: author: Tino Winkler _Communardo_
body: Thanks a lot Matt for pointing this out. Must have overseen this in the dokumentation.


Tags: administration
When using the "Include Page" Macro, how to display only the content of the first 10 lines of the page?
Asked by Gabrielle Lods:

When using the "Include Page" Macro, how to display only the content of the first 10 lines of the page?


Answers:
author: GilesG
body: Hi Gabrielle,

As far as I'm aware, 'out-of-the-box', Confluence's '[Include](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro)' macro cannot restrict content on the page it references in any way. Hence, when this macro used on a page, all content on the referenced page will be shown.

However, you could use the '[Excerpt Include](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Excerpt+Include+Macro)' macro as a workaround. This macro is effectively the same as the 'Include' macro, but it will only show content on the referenced page which is enclosed within an '[Excerpt](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Excerpt+Macro)' macro.

Hence, what you could do is to 'wrap' the first 10 lines of content on the pages you reference in 'Excerpt' macros, then reference these pages on your other page using the 'Excerpt Include' macro instead.

The only drawbacks with this approach are:

* More work - you need to add 'Excerpt' macros to the pages referenced in your 'Excerpt Include' macros.
* Unlike the 'Include' macro, the 'Excerpt Include' macro cannot reference pages in other Confluence spaces - as can be seen by [this long-standing improvement request](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5752) (which you can vote on if you wish).

Hope this information helps.

Cheers,

Giles.
Connect to Confluence over VPN
Asked by Steve Farrell:

hey guys,

I have Confluence 3.5.5 running for my company. We have 2 or 3 employees who work in remote locations. I am having issue with them being able to log into Confluence from home. They are connecting fine to the office VPN and can see everything on the domain. They can see the login page for confluence, but when they attempt to login, they are redirected back to the login page with no errors. If they enter an incorrect login they are told the login is incorrect. Has anyone else experienced this issue or know of a solution?

Thanks

Steve


Answers:
author: Steve Farrell
body: Guys,

After some testing it seems that I am able to connect from home. Seems to be a user level issue and not a confluence specific issue. Thanks


author: Rayone Moyer
body: I am using Google Chrome and vpn into confluence quite a bit from home. I have not seen any issues with it so far.


author: Jo-Anne MacLeod
body: Does it behave the same in different browsers?

I admit that I often bring up confleunence using a vpn and have never experienced this sort of problem.
How to override content-editor.vm
Asked by ket.pjwstk:

Hi,

How can I override content-editor.vm, I would like to add some custom content. It seems like Action Conveyor cant help me or I dont know how to use it properly in such case.


Answers:
author: David Peterson
body: Because 'content-editor.vm' is an indirect import (that is, other .vm files import it), the only way to 'override' content-editor.vm is to modify the file on the server's file system. However, there are a couple of other possible options.

1. Use Conveyor to override the action(s) which import 'content-editor.vm', make your own clone of the .vm files and point them at your own custom version.

2. Use a JavaScript injection that hijacks the page after it's been loaded, possibly using a 'web-part'.

I haven't tried option 2 myself, but I believe it's possible. Could be the simplest route.

David


Tags: java
Is there an easy way to insert a timestamp in a page?
Asked by Thomas Burkhart:

Hi,

I'm looking for a way how to insert the current time/date into a confluence page. Perhaps its so simple that I just don't see it.

Best

Tom


Answers:
author: Kevin Buchs
body: Well, you can get the page modification date. Is that sufficient?

Since Confluence pages are dynamically displayed, if there were some markup that would display the current date, it would always be updated whenever the page is rendered.

Maybe you would like an editor shortcut, but I know of no such thing.

Easiest way I know of to put a date into a page is to type the date.

comments: author: Thomas Burkhart
body: Yes, I think an Editor shortcut would be the thing I was looking for. Perhaps this will be included in future


author: Roman Kirilenko
body: Hello!

You can use a [Handy Timestamp](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Timestamp+macro) macro from [Handy Macros for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.handy.macros/server/overview).


author: David Skreiner
body: No need to waste money on a plugin.

Steven Behnke explained how to create a user macro that will add the current time and date in here:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/25481>


author: Thomas Burkhart
body: Nobody n Idea?


Tags: addon-com.stiltsoft.confluence.handy.macros
How to create a template from a page in Confluence 4?
Asked by Chris Ramakers:

I've spent the last few days optimizing a page which will serve as default template for our developer to document a module in our software. The problem now is that i can't seem to find a way to turn this page into a template, as far as i can tell it's even impossible to view the raw wikiformat of the page so i can copy/paste it into the template.

Does anyone know how i can achieve this?


Answers:
author: David Peterson
body: Good question. Templates are only half-implemented in Confluence 4 - no real rich text editor yet. Would be a good opportunity for a plugin to add a 'Create Page Template' menu item in pages for Space Admins/Confluence Admins, which would pull the current page and send the markup to the 'create template' page.

comments: author: Chris Ramakers
body: I sure home atlassian adresses this asap, else i'll have to rebuild the page from scratch using wiki markup.


author: Sherif Mansour
body: Hi Chris,

We are tracking this feature request here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-11744> . We do hope to have this resolved in the short-term roadmap.

Sherif