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How to edit Confluence pages
Asked by Chrysta Hiser:

Hello!

I'm pretty new to confluence so this might be a relatively simple question. But how do I edit an already existing confluence page without velocity? Id like to reformat our main page and am unsure the quickest and most efficient way to do this. Any information would be appreciated. Thank you!


Answers:
author: Chrysta Hiser
body: Hey Nic,

Thanks for the response. Thank you for clarifying Velocity. Reformatting the main page is essentially what I am looking to accomplish.

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What page do you have as your "main page"?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The answer to the headline question is "click edit".

But you clearly have more to ask. Problem is I don't understand what you mean by "without velocity". Velocity is used in Confluence, but it's a template rendering language, not an editor or data storage format. So I have to ask for an explanation of what you mean by "velocity"?

Reformatting your main page makes sense, but could you explain what you want to do to it?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Newbie question. How do people access my confluence?
Asked by Michael Arndt:

So I'm creating a confluence with lots of documentation and knowledge for training and reference within my company. I would like to have a page where employees can access this information who may not necessarily be Atlassian users.

Does Atlassian use Confluence to build their own documentation pages like what I see here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-documentation-home-941614888.html>

How can I create a hub like this for my employees?


Answers:
author: Alexander Bondarev
body: Hi, [@Michael Arndt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3049482) .

yes, you can. You should [Setting Up Public Access.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/setting-up-public-access-934718729.html)

and as you can see at each page of Atlassian Documentation -[Scroll Viewport](https://www.k15t.com/go/scroll-viewport).

comments: author: Michael Arndt
body: Is Scroll Viewport only for servers? Is that what Atlassian uses or just something that will accomplish the same thing.


author: Alexander Bondarev
body: I checked on[market.place](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211636/scroll-viewport-for-confluence?hosting=datacenter&tab=overview) - it is really just on server or data center.

if you look at the bottom of the [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-cloud-documentation-home-941614888.html), you can see that:

![C633839C-4794-4D65-B0A5-24442B56CDC7.jpeg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/56795i2B5A55F5252C1251/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "C633839C-4794-4D65-B0A5-24442B56CDC7.jpeg")


author: Michael Arndt
body: I see it now.

So as a Cloud user I'm out of luck?


author: Michael Arndt
body: Anything similar to this that works on Cloud?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I get 'Add Attachments' space permission?
Asked by Jyothi Pranavi Devineni:

I am trying to embed an image onto my wiki page and it keeps saying that I do not have the permission to do so. Could you please let me know where I could request the permission?


Answers:
author: Johan Soetens _Dumblefy_
body: Hello,

you need the *Add Attachments* space permission.

It can be granted by the admin of your space or Confluence instance.


author: Andrea Mendez
body: Hi! You have to request this permission to the space admin or your Confluence admin

comments: author: Jyothi Pranavi Devineni
body: Thank you!


Tags: confluence-server

server
How can I create a status category?
Asked by Soha Mohiuddin:

I have seen bars like complete, in progress, at risk for tasks on confluence. How do I create that?


Answers:
author: Andrea Mendez
body: Hi! I believe you are refering to the status macro, to use it you just have to add {status and the editor will autocomplete it for you, you add the macro, choose the name of the status and the color you want to show it. Hope this helps :)

comments: author: Soha Mohiuddin
body: THANKS!!
Can you enable a user to define his own color scheme\theme?
Asked by Joseph Tebben:

I have a few team members (not a majority) that have issues with having the standard color scheme \\ theme. They would prefer to have a dark theme that is easier on their eyes. Is it possible for them to have their own theme\\css defined to use? Or a known plug-in that can do this?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: There is no way to do this with delivered functionality and there is not plugin that I know of that allows for this functionality.


Tags: atlassian-support
Create a link that displays a tag based search result
Asked by Renoir Pope:

I would like to have a link that lands on a page that is a filtered file list based on labels.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Renoir,

Thank you for contacting us.

I would recommend that you create a page that contains the [Attachments Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/attachments-macro-724765160.html). One of the available parameters is to filter based on label.

I hope that helps! Let us know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How active directory authentication works with Jira and Confluence as a same system?
Asked by ??? 1551:

For example, users in Jira Service Desk are connected to Active Directory and I want to integrate Confluence to Jira. I must do a separate authorization through Active Directory for Confluence or pick up users from the Service Desk, which in turn pulls them from Active Directory, or there is more variants?


Answers:
author: JP _AC Bielefeld Leader_
body: Remember, you don't get a Single Sign On by just using the same Active Directory. You need addon for that or use the Datacenter versions.

Best

JP


author: Grigory Salnikov
body: Hi [@??? 1551](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3231342) and welcome to our Community!

As long as your users are fetched from the AD (in the Service Desk) I think you should just use the AD integration for the Confluence as well.

If you had your users listed in the local user directory on Service Desk we could use it as an external directory for Confluence.

Hope it helps.


Tags: confluence-server

jira-service-desk

server
Anchors inside of expand
Asked by Casey Maynard:

I would like to have my links to an Anchor inside of an Expand to auto-expand so that when I click the link it auto-expands to show the Anchored location

Also, is there a way to get my confluence page to auto-expand all of my expands when the page loads, or collapse


Answers:
author: A_ B_
body: some help on this one would be grrreat
Is there a way to integrate the task due date into the team calendar?
Asked by Veronica Porrata:

Our team is new to confluence and we'd like to have the tasks due date shown on a calendar for easy view of any overlaps or too many activities weekly / monthly.

Is there a way I can do this with a macro? or is there a template I can use?

Thank you,


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: Check out the [Add Jira Events](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/add-jira-events-241566244.html) doc. It explains how to do this.

comments: author: Veronica Porrata
body: Thank you, I'll check it out!
Why can't some images be added to a Confluence page?
Asked by Frederick Pattisson:

I'm trying to add .png / .jpg / .tiff images to a page in Confluence. Some of them work, some do not. If dragged onto a page they don't display properly. If uploaded they upload indefinitely. What are the possible reasons that some don't work and how can I fix this? Thanks!


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Frederick,

This is a known bug. I've seen a couple of tickets on the same.  
<https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/incidents/7qt4rwh2klw5>

Victor

comments: author: Frederick Pattisson
body: Looks like it's been marked as resolved?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

image
Account Inactivity Timeout
Asked by Glenn Chundrlek:

I have several users who were away from work for 3-4 weeks. When they attempted to log into Jira or Confluence, they received an error which stated that their account was deactivated. I looked in the Administration Console and found that their accounts were marked Inactive. Is there a setting for this, and if so how can it be changed? Several of my colleagues will be going on their summer holidays, and I don't want for them to be made inactive.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Glenn,

Thank you for contacting us.

We don't automatically deactivate unused accounts here at Atlassian, but it's possible if the domain is a managed account, the organization admin could have deactivated it:

* [Deactivate or Delete Managed Accounts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/deactivate-or-delete-managed-accounts-962965079.html)

If you are unsure, I would recommend contacting the [Cloud Support team](https://support.atlassian.com/contact). They will be able to tell you for sure if the account is managed and if they can see who deactivated the account.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions about it.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

jira

jira-cloud
Excerpt include macro
Asked by orlanda:

Can i use Include page macro use to automate colomns from one page to another.  
I want to populate a table in one page then its autmaycally populates in another page  
I have tried using Excerpt include macro with no joy, does anyone have the users guide or a how to document on Excerpt include and Excerpt macro. The oneline one is to good


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Orlanda,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! It's nice to have you.

The [Include Page macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html) is used to display the entire page that is referenced in another page of Confluence. The other macro, the [Excerpt Include macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html) can include a single excerpt from a page into another page.

The excerpt is defined using the [Excerpt macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html). Note that you can only have one excerpt marked per page:

You can only define one excerpt per page. In other words, you can only add the Excerpt macro once to a page.

I think what might work best for you is an add-on, such as the [Table Filter and Charts add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview). This allows you to create dynamic tables.

Please feel free to have a look and let me know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Orlanda,

As Shannon mentioned, the [Table Filter and Charts add-on](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) has [Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) macros. Those macros can be used multiple times within a page, a single Table Excerpt macro can include content from multiple pages at once. And [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Table+Transformer+macro) macro can be used to merge multiple tables.

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for the additional information, Andrey! :)

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
often pictures i uploaded disappear after publishing changes
Asked by oleg.logvinov:

often pictures i uploaded disappear after publishing changes


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@oleg.logvinov](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3293459)

What do you mean by disappear?

* Are they disappearing in the edit mode?
* Are they disapperaing in the view mode?
* Are they still available in the attachment list?

Thanks for the information.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Automatic import of PDF attachments
Asked by Michael Rindler:

Hello.

We have certain attachments that are created daily as PDF in the file system (file server). These should be displayed in Confluence as an attachment (new version). Is there a way to automate the process here?

Greats Michael


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: You can use Confluence REST API to upload files created, <https://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/REST/6.5.2/?_ga=2.136332272.1181386474.1559127500-318373951.1482502529#content/{id}/child/attachment-createAttachments>

comments: author: Michael Rindler
body: Thx Alex. That is what i searched for.

Greats Michael


Tags: confluence-server

server
Connect Power BI to Confluence server.
Asked by Elizabeth Osbourn:

Does anyone have a method to connect PowerBI desktop to an On-premise instance of Atlassian Confluence ? Again - Web connector doesnt work. thanks Liz


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi Elizabeth,

There are a few external plugins that you can use to integrate. Here is one: <https://www.cdata.com/drivers/confluence/powerbi/>

Thanks


Tags: confluence-server

power-bi
Question about confluence trash
Asked by ranarivelo:

Hello everyone,

Is there a way to retrieve date of deletion of page or attachment in confluence using database? My goal is to purge trash if they were removed since a certain duration.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Ranarivelo,

Thank you for contacting us!

Unfortunately, once the trash has been purged, then it is not possible to get that data back. It has been removed from the database. See [Delete or Restore a Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/delete-or-restore-a-page-139429.html):
> If you're a [space admin](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) you can permanently delete a page (and all its attached files) by purging it from the trash. Once purged, the page and all its versions and attached files will be gone for good.

The only way at that point to recover the data is to perform a restore from a backup. See [Site Backup and Restore](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/site-backup-and-restore-163578.html) for more information on that process.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: ranarivelo
body: Hello Shannon,

Thank you for your answer.

I don't want to get information about purged trash but take the date when trash have been removed. My goal is to purge trash if they were removed before six months. I just have the created date and the last modification date on the database. It will be useful to know when it was removed or when the content_status was marked has deleted.

Best regards,

RANARIVELO


author: Shannon S
body: Ranarivelo,

Thank you for clarifying.

Something like this would need you to use a 3rd party add-on. Here are some examples below:

* [Solution for automated trash purging](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Solution-for-automated-trash-purging/qaq-p/689230) - This is another question on Community that has a similar goal to yours.

And the add-ons:

* [Auto Purge Recycle Bin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218564/auto-purge-recycle-bin?hosting=server&tab=overview)
* [Better Content Archiving for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview&_ga=2.15589811.466670395.1559548217-1483961444.1556008674)

I will include your question in the Marketplace Collection as well, in case others are aware of add-ons that could help you with this.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace
Space Blueprint Permissions
Asked by it_marcapo:

Hello,

we created a custom space blueprint. Works fine, but we would like to extend it.

Is it possible to set the permissions for the space with the blueprint?

Dont find any examples or questions releated to this.

Thanks for Help!


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: IT_marcapo,

What do you mean by extend it? The blueprint should be able to be used by those who have access to the space. "**The first time a blueprint is used in a space, Confluence creates an index page and adds a shortcut to your sidebar** "  

See more on the topic.  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html>

victor

comments: author: it_marcapo
body: We want to add Default-Permissions to the space.

The question is, can the permissions defined inside the template?

Background:

We would like to create many of spaces. It would safe many time if we can extend the wizard with an field that can be filled up with an group name. That group should be gain access to this Space with custom permissions (read, add pages,...)


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: It_Marcapo,

To extend it, add the template [globally](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/blueprints-and-user-created-templates-724764985.html) so that it can be used in other spaces.

There's no way to give template permission. [Space Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html) control who has access to the space, add pages and so forth.

Victor


author: Adil Nasri
body: You can create Space Blueprints and assign a customized permission scheme to it using the [Blueprint Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218917/blueprint-creator-advanced-templates?hosting=server&tab=overview). This works at least for Confluence Server and Data Center.


author: Marcel Kleinl?tke
body: I wonder if that means, that I can create a blueprint for meeting notes that allow reading to a defined group or a list of user?


Tags: blueprint

confluence-server

permission

server

space
hide modal information on meeting notes
Asked by Silvia Biral:

It's possibile hide purple modal information in meeting notes? I don't have any possibility to hide it.

![Schermata 2019-06-05 alle 09.02.30.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/56666i2E6C40CD0C7E1490/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Schermata 2019-06-05 alle 09.02.30.png")

thanks in advance,

Silvia


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Silvia,

Welcome to Atlassian Community. It's great to have you.

That pop-up will be seen on a user's first time using the new editor. It helps to get you used to the new commands when editing a page. On the top right-hand corner of the pop-up, there will be an **X** button where you can close it.

Your screenshot here is very small, so it's making me wonder what resolution your screen is set at. If it's possible, try to make your resolution larger, so you will be able to see the **X** button.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Regards,

Shannon
Anyone have a working Confluence Server Instance Over Cisco Clientless WebVPN?
Asked by Jeff Little:

I am trying to get a Confluence Server working that is accessible over Cisco Client less WebVPN. I'm trying to get a basic setup working first but I'm getting stuck. Everything is working if accessed without the vpn.

I am testing on version 6.6.12 and 6.13.5 LTS.

Over the Webvpn depending on the tomcat context settings either the "Create" page will not work or the "Edit" page feature will not work. The error I get in the UI is "Can't connect to the server Looks like your session expired. Log in again to keep working."

I did notice that if I reload the edit page (pressing F5) it will load back into the editor and I can save the page.

Example Connector ports

This example creation works but editing does not.

```

<Connector port="9090" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"
maxThreads="48" minSpareThreads="10"
enableLookups="false" acceptCount="10" debug="0" URIEncoding="UTF-8"
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" />
```

This example creation does not work but editing does.

```

<Connector port="9094" connectionTimeout="20000" redirectPort="8443"
maxThreads="48" minSpareThreads="10"
enableLookups="false" acceptCount="10" debug="0" URIEncoding="UTF-8"
protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11NioProtocol" proxyName="server.domain.tld" proxyPort="80" scheme="http"/>
```

This issue is similar to this post

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Questions/Connected-through-Cisco-SSL-VPN-to-our-internal-Confluence-Wiki/qaq-p/358468>

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Jeff Little
body: I found a "workaround", can anyone help explain if there is a better way?

If I disable the Quick Edit Utilities module under Confluence Quick Edit Plugin, editing now works using the standard tomcat https proxy settings with nginx.


Tags: atl-adm

confluence-server

server
Why restricted pages don't show up in search and menu for users allowed to view them?
Asked by Kian Rieben:

We restricted a few pages in a space to a group of users. These pages are accessible by the group (through their URL for instance), but they are not visible anymore neither in the search, neither in the space menu on the left. So the issue is that users that have access can't find these pages anymore. They consider it's gone, lost, deleted, not accessible for them anymore but don't have the idea to check history or bookmarks which is anyway not a good solution.

I realized that the page disappear from the pages hierarchy once restricted. And reappear once the restriction removed.

Is there something we miss or misunderstand? We would expect the pages to still be accessible by authorised users from more or less anywhere in the app.

Is there a way to do that?


Answers:
author: Shubham Khanna
body: Hi [@Kian Rieben](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3291218) [@Victor Mutambuki](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/912991) ,

This is an existing bug, where Restricted pages do not display in the sidebar/search (only with an uppercase letter group).

You can track it here, <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66775>.

I would recommend you to add yourself in watchers list so you could get notified in case of an update, also vote for it and add the user-case in the comment section if you feel like, as it will help developers to understand your issue more specific manner.

The available **Workaround** is- *'either add the users to a new group that will not use uppercase letters in the group name **OR** add the users individually to the page restriction'.*

You can follow the provided workaround until the bug is resolved.

Hope this helps. :)

Thank you.


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Kian,

What steps or how did you [restrict the pages](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html)?

As far as i know, you restrict pages on an individual basis and not as a group. See link below for more info.  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html>

Victor

comments: author: Kian Rieben
body: Actually, you can select a "group" to give access to the page to all users in that group:  

<br />

![Selection_059.jpg](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/56744iB053D243CDB01FBC/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Selection_059.jpg")


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Kian,

You're right. I must have missed that part. I don't see why users suddenly can't view a page that they were able to see before. Have you tried to reindex confluence?

victor


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud