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Disable blog item when creating a new space
Asked by Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH):

Is there a way to disable the link to blog items when creating new spaces?


Answers:
author: Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH)
body: By creating a new space with the global look and feel, the new space will get a link to a blog overview right under 'Pages'. This item should be removed, since we use another tool for blogging in our company.

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comments: author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Do not know the "official way", but some custom JS will do the trick:AJS.$('li\[data-collector-key="spacebar-blogs"\]').hide();:)Needs to be added either as custom HTML snippet or inside the Confluence site layout


author: Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH)
body: Hi! Thanks for this hint, but this would apply to all spaces. We only need a solution for new spaces as old spaces should be able to view their old blog posts.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: I see 2 options (to solve the issue):- Have a custom space templates set to your old spaces- To modify page layout and implement a date check for space creation - getCreationDate for Space object (as the <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/index.html?com/atlassian/confluence/spaces/SpaceManager.html> is available in the Page layout and could be referenced) and depending on a space's date created have this JavaScript set. Very hacky... and probably there is a better way:)


author: Beiron John
body: Iknow this is an old post but in case anyone wants a solution, click the configure side bar and then on the x next to the blog post link. That should hide it. It is a per space change however.


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Are you trying to remove the link to "blogs" on a sidebar, just under the link to "pages"?


Tags: confluence-administration
Set page tree as default when creating a new space
Asked by Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH):

Is there a way to set the page tree as default in sidebar when creating a new space on global theme? Our users prefer the page tree to the child pages view!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: As of Confluence 5.6 that is now the default behavior. Prior to 5.6 there is not a way to default it.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: A workaround prior to 5.6 would be to create a space that serves as a template space. The use the copy space add on to create new spaced based on it. You could set up the sidebar in the template space and then all of the spaces created off the template should show the sidebar the same way.<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugin.copyspace>


author: Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH)
body: Hi! Thank you for this workaround!


author: Marketa Dvorackova
body: Hi Davin, I am looking for exactly the same functionality but the workaround doesn't work for me. It copies the template space with page tree and the new one is still with child pages. I was trying to find a programatic solution but no chance. Am I missing something? Since the sidebar can be different from space to space, I don't suppose it is a question of modifying the theme (manually). It has to store the config information for each space somewhere. Do you have any ideas?


author: Jens Kasperek (Bosch GmbH)
body: Good to hear that it will be default setting for Confluence 5.6. But is there really no way to set it as default for confluence 5.5.6?

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Like I said. There is no way to default it prior to 5.6.


Tags: confluence-administration
Issue upgrading from 5.0 to 5.5.6
Asked by Micheal Stephenson:

I had an issue upgrading from 5.0 of confluence to 5.5.6 I'm not sure what my error log means. The log is attached.

atlassian-confluence.log  
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Answers:
author: chucktalk
body: Hi Michael,

You may want to review this article: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=412483920>

As this appears to be an issue with your Microsoft SQL Server database collation. This should help assist you with properly completing the upgrade procedure.

Sincerely,

Chuck Talk \| Confluence Support  
Atlassian


author: Chander Inguva
body: The Collation should be SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CS_AS and the " Is read committed Snapshot " database property must be set True.


author: Micheal Stephenson
body: Fantastic, it appears I didn't fix all the collation. I'll pass this on to our DBAs thank you!


Tags: confluence-administration

upgrade
Using Confluence for agile engineering documentation
Asked by Matt Shelton:

We have a long history of keeping design specifications as Word documents, which are currently stored as attachments in Confluence. We use Arsenale's [Lockpoint](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint) plugin to lock/unlock as needed (there's a long history of SharePoint use and we have had to ensure "parity" for some key features). My team would like to natively use Confluence pages for design specifications with a custom blueprint, but we're struggling to find a workflow that gives us most of what we have now:

* Specs per version/release
* Inline comments (yay 5.7 release!)
* Commenting that is tied to a specific revision/version of the content (e.g. comments from the 2.2 release aren't still sticking around in the 2.3 version's document)
* Restricted draft visibility

I read through the [Developing Technical Documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Developing+Technical+Documentation+on+Confluence+Wiki) page, and have evaluated the [Scroll Versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions) and Comala [Workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow)/[Publishing](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.publishing) plugins. It seems like Scroll Versions might be sufficient given a dedicated space for the documentation, though there is hesitation to bite off the price for the size of our confluence install (2000 user enterprise, with a team of a dozen who need the functionality).

Are there other options that don't involve doing a space copy every time we cut a new branch/release? Is anyone else using Confluence natively for their engineering documentation?


Answers:
author: Gorka Puente _Appfire_
body: Hi @Matt Shelton,

Our add-on [Yoikee Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.keinoby.confluence.plugins.yoikee-creator) allows you to create space templates (i.e., space blueprints) by means of mind maps. You draw the structure of your space template in a mind map, where the nodes become pages in the space. Thus, the hierarchy of nodes-sub nodes become the structure of pages-sub pages in the space.

So, you create once a mind map, and you can create as many spaces as you need with the same structure of pages (consistent spaces). Don't need doing a space copy every time!!

We are about to release the 2.0 version (this month), where you can choose page blueprints in the nodes (JIRA reports, blog post, file list, etc), mind maps can be embedded on pages (with a macro), new rendering engine, and many more new features.

Give it a try and send us feedback!

Regards,

Gorka


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation
I didnot find suitable instructions to upgrading confluence 5.4 to 6.1. Can i get those.
Asked by Shivani Angra Dua:


Answers:
author: chucktalk
body: Hi Shivani,

Try this link instead:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence>

The 'DOC' folder always supplies the latest content available.

Do hope that helps.

Sincerely,

Chuck Talk \| Confluence Support  
Atlassian


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Shivani,  

For your information, confluence 6.1 not yet been release. The latest confluence version is Confluence 5.6.5 . You can download confluence 5.6.5 from this [link](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download).

Before you upgrade please backup the following :

* Your External Database.
* Your Confluence Home Directory.
* The Confluence installation directory  

You can get more info regarding Upgrading to confluence 5.6.5 in the below Documentation:

* <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF56/Upgrading+Confluence>

Hope it helps.  

Cheers  
Suren

comments: author: Shivani Angra Dua
body: Thanks Suren for the info.

But i am not able to open the URL which you have mentioned above. Seems there are some permission issues.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Try one of the links it says the page may have moved to. Atlassian often move their documentation around, and Confluence has the function to tell you where it has gone!
Remove restrictions all pages
Asked by Neal Culiner:

Hello,

Someone one my team must have set a page restriction or something applied restrictions to all pages (we use scroll versions). I need to get restrictions removed from all pages as we only use global permissions on the space. Is there a way to easily do this without having to edit every single page?

Thank you


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Neal,

One Idea is to remove the entries from the database:

1. Shutdown Confluence.
2. **Backup your database.**
3. Run below query to

   ```
   Select SPACEID from SPACES WHERE SPACENAME = 'My Space Name';
   ```

4. The spaceid from my local test is '851969', once you get the id from above query, replace the number 851969 in below queries and run then sequentially:

5.

   ```
   delete from CONTENT_PERMWHERE CPS_ID IN (select ID from CONTENT_PERM_SETWHERE CONTENT_ID IN (select CONTENTID from CONTENTWHERE SPACEID = 851969AND CONTENTTYPE = 'PAGE'));
   ```

6.

   ```
   delete from CONTENT_PERM_SETWHERE CONTENT_ID IN (select CONTENTID from CONTENTWHERE SPACEID = 851969AND CONTENTTYPE = 'PAGE');
   ```

7. Start Confluence.

8. Check if the pages still have restrictions.

As a side note I've also created a KB :smile::  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+remove+all+restrictions+from+pages+within+a+space>  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use the [removePermissions](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Reference#Reference-removePermissions) action from [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP). You need to know the specific user or group that has the permission. To do this for all pages in a space do something like:

```
confluence --action runFromPageList --space myspacekey --common "--action removePermissions --id @pageId@ --group mygroup --permissions view,edit"
```


Tags: permission

security
Is there a way we can add a 'Copy to Clipboard' button in Confluence?
Asked by Bosco Fernandes:

I have a lot of content in confluence, like knowlegebase articles as well as form data that currently end users need to select the text and then copy and paste it wherever needed, I wanted to know if there is a way we can have a 'Copy to Clipboard' button that 'one-click' will select the desired text to be copied in to the system clipboard.


Answers:
author: Rounak Datta
body: I think a quick way could be to use Code boxes for the portion of copy-able text. The code-boxes are inherently having the copy-to-clipboard inherently.

![DZ0pE5o](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/113176i4166183F5AE7C7D3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "DZ0pE5o")

comments: author: Henry Auffahrt
body: yes but they do not have word wrap, this is really annoying. I would love a feature called "word wrap" in the Code box Module. That would solve our problem with that.


author: Justus Westerhoff
body: For me, they don't show this inherent copy-to-clipboard functionality.


author: Paul Pasler
body: Hey Bosco,

I think there is no easy way.

There is only a plugin for JIRA: [Copy to Clipboard](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/copytoclip)

There has been a issue, but only for the code macro: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-14100>

Maybe this question helps: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/14745>

comments: author: Bosco Fernandes
body: I tried the step mentioned by you, however I am unable to see the macro in the macro browser. I'm the admin on confluence. Can you provide more assistance?


author: seniorandreymarkelov
body: Hello, I am going to build macro for Confluence as well


author: Andrey Mikhailov
body: Did it work ? The desired macros.


author: Mike Rathwell
body: I have been selecting blocks of text in Confluence, then right-click and choose "copy". Will this work for you? Seems to come across very cleanly to just about any other application

comments: author: John Ruggentaler
body: Jira supports this for copying the Jira URL plus this is common for things like sharing code. This question/request is 5+ years old is this functionality now supported in Confluence?


Tags: confluence-administration
i need help logging in
Asked by William Davis:

i need help acessing this site for the first time, am unable to navigate from the account set up page


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Er, the fact you've posted a question means you've accessed this site.

I suspect you want help with a different site, which you'll need to explain to us - including what you think you've set up and where you're going after you do the account setup.

comments: author: William Davis
body: Nic, I'm attempting to vet your system for online project managment aswell your customer service. can we speak in person? if not, im going to move on. I received a confirmation of a trial account, but attempting to log in so that i can actually try your software, i am denied access. the screen says in contradiction to the welcome email that my account is not set up. ?????


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's not my system.Answers (this site) is a community of end-users who use Atlassian software and try to help each other out. I'm just an ordinary user here. Although I do now work for an Atlassian partner, I'm still not an Atlassian.If you've signed up for a trial, the I assume you mean you are trying out the Cloud offering from Atlassian. It can take half an hour for an account to get full access to its new system (although it is usually quicker), so give it a few minutes and try again.


author: William Davis
body: ah, okay. Thanks for you attempt to help. I'll give it some time and come back to it. cheers
Do users have to have an email address to access Confluence?
Asked by Bob Slauter:


Answers:
author: Justin Justin
body: Yes, since users are named and also need for notifications or password reset and such.

Also see this:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+and+Inviting+Users>

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can work with a broken email address (set it to noone@nowhere.com) but that does mean the loss of notifications, self-help password resets and the rest. I'd strongly recommend requiring that your users have a valid email address.


author: Bob Slauter
body: Agreed. Appreciate the feedback.


author: Justin Justin
body: Nic, why would one put in a broken email address? Is there a use case that you have used this in? Seems like there must be for you to say this, and so just honestly curious of the use case (for knowledge).


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: A user who wanted no notifications ever.Dummy users for automated operations which would generate emails that would be ignored.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not ideal, we fixed the first case by letting the chap lose his password and taking a week to reset it, then gently pointing out that if we hadn't killed off his email, he could have reset it himself in seconds.


author: Justin Justin
body: ah good - thanks for that explain.


author: TomC
body: Hi Bob, We've never gone this route for a number of reasons (at least yet), so I have no experience in doing this myself, but just to add to this discussion a space can be set permission-wise to allow for anonymous users to access it, which some org's use for external-facing sites. In other words, no logging in is required, therefore no email address. Perhaps this possibility was already dismiissed but wanted to share it with others who may be reading your question.

Like Nic said, they would not receive notifications and such, so there would be a loss of those users being able to use some collaborative features..

Here's an Atlassian blog post from a few years ago explaining some nuances of anonymous access:  
<http://blogs.atlassian.com/2010/02/make_your_confluence_wiki_public/>

comments: author: Justin Justin
body: Good link share. Bob, if you are getting into public sites, another game at the permissions level, and also see this issue for mixed sites. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21952> Just fyi.


author: Bob Slauter
body: Thanks for the detail and clarification. Certainly a lot to think through on this decision. Appreciate the link as well.

comments: author: TomC
body: You're quite welcome. Good luck in your decision process.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
windows server 2003 kernel32.dll
Asked by ndassa:

windows server 2003 is compatible for confluence 5.3? installation fails and the error report kernel32.dll


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, it works fine on Windows server 2003. It will be supported up to July of this year, when Microsoft drops support for that OS (but that won't change the fact it works)

If you're having problems with it, you could raise a support request with Atlassian, but the fault it likely to be on your server, rather than in Confluence, and I wouldn't bother anyway - you really need to be updating the server to an operating system that won't expire in 6 months, and trying Confluence on your new selection.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is it possible to use variable for a label ?
Asked by Naama Lev:

Hello Experts,

I would like to force the users to choose a label out of 2 options -

i.e

The option is 'yes' / 'no' and the user must label the page with one of the option

Is it possible?

Thanks

Naama


Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: This is not possible. You may be able to do this using a custom plugin. I think that this is mostly limited by the fact that anyone can create new labels. There is a request to limit this at: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3936>

comments: author: Naama Lev
body: Hi Boris

Do you know which custom plugin can do it?

Thanks

Naama


author: Boris Berenberg
body: Hey Naama,I meant that you could create your own custom plugin. <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+Plugin+Guide>Cheers,Boris


author: MattS
body: I would use a single select custom field and make it required

comments: author: Naama Lev
body: Hi Matt, Thanks for your replyCan I have customer field for confluence? can you please elaborate?I would like to sort it later with the page properties report - can i do it with custom fields?ThanksNaama


author: MattS
body: Sorry thought it was for jira


Tags: label
Change or remove headings for Jira Issue/Filter Macro
Asked by Joe Coppola:

I know when adding the JIRA Issue/Filter Macro you can change the display options to show a single issue of muitiple issues, and even control which columns are displayed. But is there a way to remove the headings that show up?

If you notice below that with my multiple issues I have the Key, Summary and Due column showing but I want to remove the headings completely.

SC_-5.jpg  
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Answers:
author: Boris Berenberg
body: There is no way to do this except for a using javascript to remove the element.

comments: author: Petra Goldstein
body: Bummer


Tags: confluence-administration
Can not access confluence space
Asked by Ben Katz:

I am a member of the following groups: administrators, balsamiq-mockups-editors, developers, site-admins, users.

The administrator and site-admins have "confluence administrator" permissions.

One of our users setup a new wiki space: "Documentation." I can not view the space \& when I click to manage permissions, I get taken to .../wiki/spaces/spacepermissions.action?key=DOC" with the following error message:

The page you were trying to reach could not be found. This could be because:

* The page does not exist.
* The page exists, but you do not have permission to view it.


Answers:
author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: To be a "super-user" who can view all pages you need to be a member of the confluence-administrators group. (Note: it isn't you, this is confusing -- this group has basically nothing to do with "confluence administrator" permissions, even though the name is the same -- unlike all other groups, confluence-administrators has a special purpose defined in software.)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Site+Administrators+and+their+Permissions>

comments: author: Ben Katz
body: The "confluence-administrators" group does not exist in my list of groups. If I try to add it to my user, I get "No groups found"When I attempted to create it as a new group, I get the error "A group already exists with that name or an invalid name was supplied"


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: I didn't notice you are using Confluence Cloud. It appears you don't get access to super user permissions in that case.Your user needs to give access to you or a group you belong to. Whoever sets up spaces should probably change permissions to give administrators space admin access if you want admins to have that power.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Temporary Permission Error using tiny link
Asked by Larry Dillard:

This morning at least two users with permissions to a page in confluence received a permission error when using the tiny link. After repeated attempts and a over 1/2 hour of trying, the tiny links started to work. Is this something that I should be concerned about? Is there some type of process which may have impacted the ability to use tiny links? Thnaks


Answers:
author: Larry Dillard
body: [Confluence](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence) 5.5.3 - Should I open a service request?


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Larry, please comment your Confluence version as such we can look further - there were reports of issues with the links earlier as in <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27049> which may be the case.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to recreate Confluence Quick Link on Sidebar?
Asked by Rodolfo:

I have deleted the "Meeting Notes" Quick Link from the sidebar and now I am not able to recreate it. I have tried creating a new Meeting Notes using the wizard menu but the Quick Link is not created.


Answers:
author: Rodolfo Romero
body: I found the problem myself. It turned out that these pages were moved under another page that had restricted access. After getting access to the parent page, I was able to access the Quick Links.