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Where can I see an example of the color theme's page menu selected background color in action?
Asked by Jack Kelly:

We are customizing Confluence using the Color Scheme Settings. We are not sure where the "Page Menu Selected Background" color is actually used. Should this color appear with a Confluence page's menu (represented by the ellipses) selected/displaying? The color in our scheme certainly is not what we see when the page menu is selected (nor for any page menu item selected). So I'm wondering if I'm not understanding what is meant by Page Menu in the color scheme settings.


Answers:
author: Jack Kelly
body: I believe I'm correct in thinking that the page menu is the drop down that appears where the ellipses are. Unfortunately I've learned that there is a bug that prevents your color scheme from overriding the default that Confluence is configured with, [https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58399?error=login_required\&error_description=Login+required\&state=eee3fd42-2fdc-423b-9e3b-bf5941a794c1](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-58399?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=eee3fd42-2fdc-423b-9e3b-bf5941a794c1)


Tags: confluence-server

server
Who gets notified when someone comments on a page?
Asked by Christine_Sheeran:

For page comments, does the page owner automatically receive a notification about the comment? Or does the page owner have to monitor the page?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Sachin
body: Hello Christine, by default, Confluence will assign you as a [watcher](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/watch-pages-spaces-and-blogs-139579.html) of any page or blog post that you create or edit. This behavior is called 'autowatch'.

So, as a watcher you will receive email [notifications](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/comment-on-pages-and-blog-posts/) for:

* Comments, including new comments, edits of existing comments or deletions of existing comments.

<br />

<br />


Tags: cloud
Page Layout Limitation
Asked by Dan_Mou:

I am wondering if this is the limitation of Confluence to only allow users to customize with their column options. I was hoping it could be more dynamic, let's say 2 columns on top and just one big spread below so that I can contain more information. But what it does when I try to add a new section, the same 2 columns format applies.


Answers:
author: Dan_Mou
body: Actually I accidentally figured this one myself. After adding a new section you can modify it to different column options and it won't impact the ones that have been created above or below.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence is very slow for the 'admin' user
Asked by chasip:

Logging into Confluence using a shared admin user U1 is very slow: takes more than 2 or 3 mins. Using U1 logging to jira seems okey. In the same computer and network, login with other normal account it very fast. We use this U1 account to generate aroung 4 reports from some json files everyweek. and we got lot of failures when we try genetate is because of time out.


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: old post... Did you find the cause?

If not are there logs that might explain this?


Tags: confluence-server

server
How we can show GANTT chart in confluence using data retrieved from JQL in JIRA?
Asked by Ujjawal Gautam:

How we can show GANTT chart in confluence using data retrieved from JQL in JIRA?

Is there any possibility of JIRA Confluence integration in such a way that data changes in JIRA are reflected dynamically in GANTT chart of confluence?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Ujjawal Gautam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3982121) You will need to use an app like one of these. [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence\&query=gantt](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=gantt)

comments: author: Dave Rosenlund _Trundl_
body: ***Or*** , a Gantt solution for Jira that comes with a Confluence gadget ;)   

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=jira\&query=gantt](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=jira&query=gantt)

-dave
"Reply" below Comment is missing
Asked by Vignesh Suryanarayan:

After the recent upgrade to confluence server 7.3.2 I do not see the "Reply" link below the comment box.

Why has this happened and how can I get it back?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Vignesh Suryanarayan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/50717)

Have you tried clearing your browser's cache to see if that fixes the issue?


Tags: confluence-server

server
confluence space quota limit
Asked by Anderson Hsu:

Dear Support Team,  
Would it be possible to set size quota limit for each space ? Thanks a lot.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: The only size quota Confluence imposes is a maximum size of attachment, and that's a global setting.

comments: author: Anderson Hsu
body: Hi Nic,

Thanks for your reply.

Regards, Hsu Yao Chang
User Profile Error when no picture on production
Asked by Juhaina Almama:

Hi

I am getting an error with user profiles in Confluence on production, but not on staging

When a user doesn't have a photo in their profile it is affecting the pages - see attachments for example. ![confluence.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100277iA188E2AFBE70111F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence.png")


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Juhaina Almama](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3572503)

What changed? Did you do an update recently? It looks like the user has a photo but it can not find it.

comments: author: Juhaina Almama
body: This was last year and it has been solved after restarting. but we are not sure what made it happen or how it been fixed


Tags: confluence-server

server
REST API - set page permissions
Asked by Gleb Kartashov:

Hi. Found this documentation piece <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSOAP/pages/1059405641/addPermissions>

This tells about how to set permissions for a specific page. How do I perform same action with REST API?


Answers:
author: Gleb Kartashov
body: still need this


Tags: confluence-server

page

permission

rest-api

restriction

server
Taking more time to open the page when refresh the confluence page
Asked by Mounika Jane:

When refresh the page taking more time to open the page and loading the data from Jira to confluence also taking more time.


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Mounika Jane](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3865876)

If your Confluence pages seem to be loading slowly you should do the following:

1. Clear your browsers cache to see if this fixes the issue. If that does not fix the issue then you should do number 2.
2. Check and see if the slow load times are happening on multiple computers. and on multiple user accounts.
   * Check the server resources and make sure that they are setup properly for the size of your instance.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confiforms: Rounding calculated values during registration
Asked by its moi:

I have a form, with a field that is calculated during registration / entry. This is done with Rules for field definition \>\> set expression

Total=(\[entry.qty\]\*\[entry.value\]/100)

And I need the result to be rounded to 2 decimals. But I do not get this to work. I am wondering where I have to set the rounding, and how. As far as I understood, the rounding can be used in form field macros. If I apply this to the form field macro in registration control, this does not work ... help appreciated :)


Answers:
author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Have a look at the math operations supported by ConfiForms in expressions - <https://wiki.vertuna.com/display/CONFIFORMS/Supported+math+operators%2C+formulas+and+functions>

hint: ROUND is also supported

comments: author: its moi
body: I have seen that [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630) but still cannot get it to work. I tried to apply this to the form field macro in registrations control, in which the expression is set by rules for field definition.

ROUND(fieldname,2)

Or do I need to add this to the formula in Rules for field Definition which does the calculation and sets the expression?


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Not sure what is this what you have...

```
ROUND(fieldname,2) 
```

but the formula to ROUND will be something like

```
Total=(ROUND([entry.qty]*[entry.value]/100, 2))

or

Total=(SCALE([entry.qty]*[entry.value]/100, 2))
```

depends what you need exactly with the value you have calculated


author: its moi
body: Thanks [@Alex Medved _ConfiForms_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781630) - the last one for the Formula did it. (y)

I tried that before but had it like which did not do the trick

```
Total=(ROUND([entry.qty]*[entry.value]/100), 2)
```


author: Alex Medved _ConfiForms_
body: Sorry, not really sure I understand your comment... Could you please rephrase it? Something still does not work for you?


Tags: confiforms
What do you mean by "10 users" for licensing?
Asked by Aida Nadzirah:

As you can see from attached picture, they explain about differ between what unlicensed user can and cant. But my situation, i am the administrator for Jira Service Desk (trial) and Confluence (trial). My agent (team member) have licensing only for Jira service Desk(trial), and they dont have license for Confluence. But, why my agent still can create new article and edit article even though they dont have license on confluence.

p/s: i dont mind if agents can add, or edit the article. I know we have restriction function. But it make more weird, who actually hold the license. If my agent can access to knowledge base, then i should buy only 1 license ( 1 user) for administration only. More economy right. Only admin need to login to confluence. Other can create article without license.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100268iBE2A600485B3B8A8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100261i6A2994052D6E2B4A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Aida,

Welcome to Atlassian Community, and thank you for bringing this up to us. I'm happy to clarify that for you.

Our documentation refers to Unlicensed users as users who have an account on Jira Service Desk but are not taking up a paid license seat. For example, your customer accounts. You can [grant these unlicensed users access to Confluence](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/give-access-to-unlicensed-users-from-jira-service-desk/), which allows them to view pages in Confluence that are otherwise hidden from anyone without a Confluence license.

The screenshot you shared is referring to these users, which have been given access to Confluence. Therefore, your customers won't be able to comment or edit pages, see your user information, or search the rest of your Confluence site.

If your Agents are able to create and edit pages in Confluence, then it may be that your Confluence site has had [Public Access](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/set-up-public-access/) set up. I would recommend checking to see if that's the case, and if the [Space Permissions](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/assign-space-permissions/) are providing add and edit permissions to your anonymous visitors.

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Take care,

Shannon


Tags: cloud
How do i import images within html using Confluence API
Asked by Phelim McConigly:

Im using the confluence REST API in python.

Im importing html using:

def **create_page** @ **atlassian.confluence**

def create_page(self, space, title, body, parent_id=None, type='page',

representation='storage'):

The imported html contains images. How can i upload these images (or references to them as included in the confluence page) using the REST API in python? Is it enough to change the type here to multimedia, and do something like:

import os  
import requests  
url = 'http://host:port/endpoint'  
with open(path_img, 'rb') as img:  
name_img= os.path.basename(path_img)  
files= {'image': (name_img,img,'multipart/form-data',{'Expires': '0'}) }  
with requests.Session() as s:  
r = s.post(url,files=files)  
print(r.status_code)


Answers:
author: Gonchik Tsymzhitov
body: I do like this

<https://github.com/atlassian-api/atlassian-python-api/blob/master/examples/confluence/confluence_attach_file_as_link.py>


Tags: api

confluence-server

html

image

import

python

rest

rest-api

server
How to display / create a centrally managed footer on all pages of one space
Asked by Arthur Schretter:

Hello, I would like to display a footer in my space and be able to change it anytime on all pages.   

**Option 1:** Use look and feel custom footer css.  

The problem I face with this solution is that I don't know how to write it in HTML/CSS. I have created my content in confluence editor but I don't know how to get the HTML or Confluence markup code from there.   

Another challenge is that I would like my footer to be limiter to the left section of my content and not sized on the full page width.   

**Option 2:** Create a custom macro

I can create a custom macro displaying my content.

Insert the macro in the footer section as part of the template we use on all pages.

The problem I face is the same, I don't know how to get the code (html or confluence markup) and how to write my macro.

Could you help me or direct me towards the right resources to get the code?   

Thank you on beforehand.

![Screenshot 2020-06-24 at 10.55.17.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100253i3BDE0FB2BACF6B8F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-06-24 at 10.55.17.png")


Answers:
author: Henning van Ackeren
body: Not sure if it meets you requirements, but if you want to avoid html or markup, you could just use the "include page" or "excerpt include" macro to include the text and links you need.

Create a page template that includes the above macro in the lower left corner of the page, using the page layout feature for positioning.

comments: author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: I was going to suggest the same thing: <https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs/content-reuse>


author: Arthur Schretter
body: Thank you :)   
Answers gave me the solution. Very powerful macro.   

Btw, if you see a way to automate adding the "include excerpt" macro in all my pages in my space. Please let me know :)   

Thanks
Information architecture/ structure
Asked by stpl:

Hi,  

I need to create an information architecture/ structure in confluence (a repository), but i'm unsure how to start or what is the best way to create a structure in confluence.   

I have thought about taxonomy method and create out from a main topic/task, but is there another way of doing so.   

What can you guys recommend ?

br


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: Hi [@stpl](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3728124)

There are a lot of approaches you can take in Confluence and I'd say that starts with your spaces. Having to navigate to a space really helps set context for users. I've seen spaces basically revolve around two things: teams and topics.

* Each team has a space and each contains parent pages for meeting notes, processes, etc.
* The topic based spaces I've seen tend to be based more on [Jobs to Be Done](https://jtbd.info/2-what-is-jobs-to-be-done-jtbd-796b82081cca). Whether it's a space with HR information, or [product documentation](https://help.k15t.com/), the high level pages tend to coordinate to the most important questions/jobs people have in mind when coming to the space. These are typically "concept topic" style pages. Long form introductions to the contents below. From there, most child pages provide more conceptual detail, procedures, or reference material.

Though we don't have much directly in the way of IA help, my team has [this guide](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs) with tips and best practices for writing structured content in Confluence. Perhaps it will be useful to you.


Tags: architecture

cloud

information

knowledge-base

repository

structure
Office 365 tenant migration and email address change
Asked by Juergen:

Hi all,

we have a Confluence cloud version connected to our Office 365 tenant **name.com** (example) and our company was bought a while ago and will change the name soon.  
Now we need to migrate our office 365 tenant including all users(also connected to confluence) to a new tenant with name **othername.com.**   
As all users in confluence are linked to their email addresses and this will change, my question is....  
is there a way to takeover their old confluence accounts and personal spaces with their new email addresses?


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Juergen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3981670) You will need to add the new domain and then update the user accounts <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloudkb/change-atlassian-account-email-addresses-969508513.html>

You might think about submitting an issue to Atlassian support as they might have a way to help with the change.

comments: author: Juergen
body: Hi, i created a ticket and Atlassian changed the name of the confluence instance. After that, all user logged on with their new email addresses(new account) and i deleted the old ones after user space content were copied over to the new users.


Tags: change

cloud

email

migration

ms-office
Confluence Release Notes URL
Asked by Jiri Pik:

Hello:

there used to be this page for Confluence updates: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html>

but this page is no longer maintained.

**Is there any new web page with Confluence updates to which I can subscribe to for updates?** Something like <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftware/jira-software-release-notes-776821069.html> for JIRA?


Answers:
author: Ravya
body: Hey [@Jiri Pik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1105340) ,  

I think this page is the one <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html?_ga=2.6999794.1347534052.1592802343-1372120514.1552382236>

And I also see that its last updated on June 11th. So I guess this is the one.

--Ravya

comments: author: Jiri Pik
body: THANK YOU.

The latest version is 7.5.2 and it's not listed. Maybe, just an omission.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi [@Jiri Pik](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1105340)!

Looks like it was just added a few days ago! Can you confirm you're able to see it now?

Shannon


author: Jiri Pik
body: YES, YES, YES - I can see - thank you so much for all your help!


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for confirming, that's Great to hear!

Take care, and have a pleasant weekend,

Shannon
How to remove a macro in the new editor
Asked by Kate Speakman:

I applied a macro to a page (converted from legacy to new editor) that isn't working, I'd like to remove it altogether, but it doesn't appear that that's a possibility.


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hi [@Kate Speakman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/716965),

A trash icon should appear when clicking on the macro:

![Capture d??cran 2020-06-24 ? 11.35.55.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100262iE4821D8FBC4F1E3E/image-dimensions/499x76?v=v2 "Capture d??cran 2020-06-24 ? 11.35.55.png")

Does this icon appear? Do you get any error message?

Hope this helps,

- Manon


Tags: cloud
Functionality to support maintaining fresh & relevant content
Asked by Nigel Henshaw:

Have searched the community portal but could not find what I was looking for.

In order to try and keep the page content fresh and relevant, is there any capability or macro available to assist page owners with monitoring the age of the posted content?

Maybe an email alert sent to owner information about specific content that is greater than x months old. Or a report that quickly highlights the age of content, based on the date it was added to the page. I'm thinking more about content such as links to GDocs, Powerpoints etc.

Thanks in advance for suggestions.


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: We offer the most popular app in this category, and it does exactly what you described as your use case.

[**Better Content Archiving for Confluence**](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

It can is tracking the modifications, views of each content separately. Then, if it is not updated for a certain number of days (this condition is configurable with a CQL query, so it is super-flexible), then it changes to the "Expired" status, for example. Statuses, conditions, everything is configurable.

Plus, you can set up periodic notifications that send out emails with the list of expired pages to the authors, last modifiers, individual users or groups (again, configurable!):

![notification-email-outdated-cloud.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/253535i88B0DAA835EAA13C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "notification-email-outdated-cloud.png")

Make sure that you give it a free trial!


author: Shannon S
body: Hello Nigel,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

While there is no particular macro that will help with this in Confluence, there's some good advice on the questions below that could help you:

* [Is there a way to get a list of pages that haven't been updated?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-way-to-get-a-list-of-pages-that-haven-t-been-updated/qaq-p/334641)
* [How to find information pages on Confluence which are outdated](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-find-information-pages-on-Confluence-which-are-outdated/qaq-p/1215376)

Marketplace also has a few 3rd-party add-ons that may help you with this:

* [Confluence Cloud Archiving Plugins](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?hosting=cloud&product=confluence&query=archive)

I hope this helps, but do let us know if you have any questions.

Shannon


Tags: cloud
Disable create jira issue from Confluence
Asked by Guillaume Bourelly:

Hi,

I followed the kb "[How to Disable the Create JIRA Issue Functionality in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-disable-the-create-jira-issue-functionality-in-confluence-681902357.html#:~:text=Go%20to%20the%20Universal%20Plugin,Disable%20the%20plugin)" but I don't have the button "Disable".  
Any idea?

Thanks

Guillaume

Confluence server 7.2.2  
![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100194i9D92CC609F6177FF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Vladislav
body: Hello,

For Confluence 7.2.1 and above:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/disable-the-create-jira-issue-plugin-from-database-in-confluence-1027116888.html>


author: Sachin
body: Hey, what happens when you click on + symbol and expand the 9 modules? Can you disable those modules?

comments: author: Optimisateur
body: Hey,

Same, I can't.

I have the message "Module cannot be modified".![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/100292i7503AC7A89F40B02/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


author: Sachin
body: That's interesting, I am not sure why it won't let you disable the modules. Can you disable an other system apps ? or is this the only one that you are having troubles with? If you are on cloud I would understand, but on server you shouldn't have any problem disabling these apps. I can't see the same behavior as you and I am on confluence 6.13.7v.


author: Optimisateur
body: Yes I can disable other system app.  
But, it's not the only one that I can't.  
Example: Confluence Custom Favicon Plugin


author: Sachin
body: That's strange, you can take a look at this [KB](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-manually-remove-malfunctioning-add-ons-113705118.html). But, I would reach out to atlassian [support](https://support.atlassian.com/contact/) and get some help, before making any changes on your production server.


Tags: confluence-server

server