youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
A question on comments
Asked by Darren Walker:

I'm new to confluence and I've been trying to find some information on moving the comments section which appears to be at the end of every page to a tab or somewhere else. I'm happy to keep the comments rather than disabling them but the comments area takes up too much space and it is not appropriate to have comments on every page. Also if there are lots of comments when going to that page it auto scrolls to the bottom of the comments rather than showing the page contents.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

DW


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello Darren,

Actually in Confluence is not possible to move the comments for another page, what can be done here is to disable the comments as you mentioned in your post or display them as:

* **Threaded** -- shows the comments in a hierarchy of responses and each subsequent reply to a comment is indented to indicate the relationships between the comments;
* **Flat** -- displays all the comments in a single list and does not indicate the relationships between comments;

This is what can be done, I hope this helps.

Best Regards,

LJ.
Why, when Setting the Estimation Statistic, Story Points not appearing as a choice in the Rapid Board's Estimation Statistic's configuration drop down list?
Asked by Don:

When Setting the Estimation Statistic, Story Points not appearing as a choice in the Rapid Board's Estimation Statistic's configuration drop down list  
See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Configuring+Estimation+and+Tracking> for doc.  
See attached screen shot for how to reproduce.


Answers:
author: cgauterio
body: Hi Don,

I have already responded you on the issue, but I'll answer to you here as well since it is a public post and can help other users. If the field is not being displayed, please check if it wasn't deleted from Custom Fields.If that's the case, it is necessary to restart your instance so Greenhopper can recreate the Story Points field.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clarissa


Tags: cloud

jira-software-cloud
Themes and layouts question
Asked by Darren Walker:

If I set up a space to use the EasyReader theme (it does not show the left hand navigation tree) and another space to use the Documentation theme (to show the left hand navigation theme), when I go from the EasyReader space to the Documentation space the left hand navigation has a width of 0 pixels and does not show by default. I have to resize it to see it again. I have to do this each time I jump between the two. (It took me ages to work out where the navigation tree went as I did not know you can resize it). Anyway of getting around this so the Documentation theme shows this by default rather than hiding it?

Also I'm trying to customise the layout of a theme under Space Admin. But everytime I click on it, it tells me to the current theme is active and I need to disable it first. But when I select a different theme I get the same result. There is always a current theme so how do I set the layout???

Thanks,  
Darren.


Answers:
author: PeterKoczan
body: Hi Darren,

I believe you face the bug described in the following report: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26084>

Fortunately you can find a workaround specified there that may apply to your situation too.

Kind regards,

Peter
Team Calendar doesn't work
Asked by Tanya Slivka:

We used a team calendar up till now fro Confluence OnDemand version and now receive an error message stating This calendar is read-only. To work with calendars, please renew your Team Calendars subscription. We never purchased and special license for this feature. Why was it working before and why doesn't it work now?


Answers:
author: PauloP
body: Hi Tanya

There are a few reasons:

* We feel we can solve a lot of specific problems with the combination of events, people, projects (JIRA) and content. Atlassian sees this plugin working alongside your personal meeting or events calendar.
* Not every customer needs a team calendaring solution. Hence, by not bundling Team Calendars with Confluence, it doesn't increase the cost of Confluence for those customers who aren't going to use it.
* The old plugin was not maintained or supported. In contrast, Team Calendars is maintained and supported moving forward.

For further details, please review the following link:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TEAMCAL/Team+Calendars+FAQ>

Cheers,

Paulo Renato
How to conduct bulk import of Word documents to Confluence?
Asked by Vladimir Belorusets:

How to conduct bulk import of the Word documents to Confluence?

We use https for accessing Confluence


Answers:
author: Selcuk Savas
body: Hi Vladimir,

If they will be on one page you can use drag and drop functionality.

On the page under tools menu click on attachments. It should be grey rectangle saying "Drop files here to attach them". Drag the doc there and done.

Alternatively you shoudl able to (with right access) upload docs to the server in correct place. But be honest it may be very complex.

Cheers,

Selcuk


author: Selcuk Savas
body: Hi Vladimir,

If they will be on one page you can use drag and drop functionality.

On the page under tools menu click on attachments. It should be grey rectangle saying "Drop files here to attach them". Drag the doc there and done.

Alternatively you shoudl able to (with right access) upload docs to the server in correct place. But be honest it may be very complex.

Cheers,

Selcuk
Cannot add users to confluence directory
Asked by Andrew Sternick:

My confluence account has system administrator powers, though it is in confluence by virtue of a directory sync. I am not able to add a user, or add a user directory in confluence. The attempt simply fails with no report of why. I first looked for help in the support forums:

<https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/83866/adding-a-user-that-is-not-part-of-my-directory-for-administrator-purposes>

<br />


Answers:
author: Andrew Sternick
body: When I restart confluence, i am able to do this. After it has run for a few days, it gums up again and I cannot do user management. This is "solved" in the sense that I got done what I needed.


author: Selcuk Savas
body: Hi,

Do you use internal or external directory or both?

If it is external you may need to add the user to the external directory first.

This artcles may help:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF41/Adding+a+New+User>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF41/Managing+Multiple+Directories>

Cheers,

Selcuk


author: Andrew Sternick
body: User search also hangs when searching from the Global Permissions page, were one going to give global permissions to a user.


Tags: directory
Trying to update 3.5.3 to 4.3.2 using .bin installer - Getting following error message: /jre/bin/java: Cannot execute
Asked by Ryan Melissari:

This is on a Solaris 10 zone that is currently running a 3.5.3 confluence development licensed wiki. I was trying to use the .bin installer, but it is coming back with the following error message:

./atlassian-confluence-4.3.2-x64.bin: /home/confluence/atlassian-confluence-4.3.2-x64.bin.6544.dir/jre/bin/java: cannot execute

After a google search, I found that this comes up when trying to use the incorrect installer, so I went ahead and downloaded the 32bit installer, but was meet with the same error:

./atlassian-confluence-4.3.2-x32.bin: /home/confluence/atlassian-confluence-4.3.2-x32.bin.6505.dir/jre/bin/java: cannot execute

Are there any installation log files this program would generate that would give a more useful description of the problem? Below is some other information that may prove useful:

$ java -version

java version 1.6.0_33

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_33-b03)

Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 20.8-b03, mixed mode)

$ export \|grep JAVA

declare -x JAVA_HOME=/usr/java


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Ryan!

It seems that the problem might be related to permissions on your Solaris. Check if the user running Confluence has the proper permissions to do so.
Forum Macro: Template for new topics
Asked by Sean Sexton:

I am using an Add Topic macro in conjunction with a Forum macro on a page. I would like all new topics to use a specific Template.

Is there a way to make the Add Topic macro use a specific Template? I do not see a parameter indicating that it can.

The Forum macro does have a parameter named User Post Template, but when I entered the name of my Template there, the forum macro stopped functioning. I'm not sure what else to try.

Sean


Answers:
author: Jonathan Werth
body: WhyWhyZ,  

I stumbled across the User Post Template field as well and can't seem to get it to work. [Adaptavist's documentation](http://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/FP/Forum+Macro) is less than helpful. However, I used a work around of utilizing the 'Create from Template' macro. This creates a button on the page for creating a child page using a specific template.  

Hope that helps!

-Jon

comments: author: Sean Sexton
body: Thanks for the post, Jon. However, I don't see that macro in the list. We're on version 4.3.2. What version are you using?

Sean


author: Michael Norton
body: Did anyone ever figure out how the User Post Template works?


author: Jonathan Werth
body: Hi Sean,  

I'm on version 5.1.3, so it must have been introduced with version 5.

-Jon

comments: author: Sean Sexton
body: Thanks for the quick reply. Apparently, we're holding off upgrading for now due to some compatibility issues. I'll revisit your solution when we get to version 5.

Sean


author: Selcuk Savas
body: Hi,

I believe add topic use "create a new page" functionality. That probably why you don't see a paramater for it.

You may need to create a new page template.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Selcuk

comments: author: Sean Sexton
body: Thanks, Seluck. I'm not sure what you mean, though, by "create a new page template". I have a template, I just don't know how to invoke it via an "Add Topic" link. My goal is to encourage anyone who adds a page to use the same template.

Does anyone have an idea how to accomplish this?

Sean
Custom "At end of the BODY" html not showing in default theme. Is it broken or was that removed?
Asked by Sean King:

I'm trying to add custom html in the "At end of the BODY" section of the Look and Feel screen and for some reason it's not showing up on any page with the default theme (minus the dashboard which still shows it). I also noticed that the "Powered by Atlassian" content also doesn't show up on the default theme'd pages. I checked the Layouts and all the decorators are still set to default.


Answers:
author: Sean King
body: It appears as though the issue is from the Confluence Default Theme plugin provided by Stepstone Zen for use when you make the zen theme the instance default since the global theme disappears. I'm guessing there's an error in this plugin currently and it's messing up the normal theme. When I uninstalled this plugin, the custom html "At end of the BODY" came back. I might have had to also change the theme to a different theme and back but I don't remember.


Tags: html

look-and-feel
[CONFLUENCE] How can I use VTL to find the home page of a space? (content.getAncestors)
Asked by Steve Goldberg:

Hi all,

I'm trying to find out what the home page of a space is. I'm aware of '$content.getAncestors().get(0)', which can be used to get the full name (i.e., not the display title) of a page. However, when I try to use this in a user macro on the home page itself, it throws up an exception ("Error occurred rendering template content").

Is there another way to find out what it is?

Also, is there a way of getting the display name of the home page too?

I can't seem to find anything in the API documentation relating to '.getAncestors', and doing something trippy like $content.getAncestors().get(0).getDisplayTitle() doesn't work. Can someone point me in the right direction?


Answers:
author: Steve Goldberg
body: I've found one solution I'm after.

You can use

```
$content.isRootLevel()
```

To find out if it is the home page in a space. This provides a simple boolean answer.


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: There's the $content.isHomePage() method. I'm not sure I get exactly what you're doing, but you might be able to iterate over all the pages until you find the home page. Something like this (not tested):

```
#if ($content.getAncestors())  #set($ancestors = $content.getAncestors())  ## iterate over the ancestors  #foreach ($p in $ancestors)    ## do your checking here by getting the content object and then calling isHomePage()...  #end#end
```

comments: author: Steve Goldberg
body: I'm trying to write a conditional in a macro that will run part of the macro of if it is/isn't the home page.

I added the following to the loop but I still get a template error on the home page:

#if ($p.isHomePage())

\<p\>$p is the home page\</p\>

#end


author: Steve Goldberg
body: Question: why does $content.getParent().getDisplayTitle work but not $content.getAncestors().get(0).getDisplayTitle? I'd also like to get a list of child page names, e.g., $content.getSortedChildre().getDisplayTitle, but this doesn't work either.


Tags: hierarchy

home-page

space
Prevent confluence from turning dates to bamboo links
Asked by Neil Wheeler:

In a confluence page, if I type a date (2010-11-23) the date becomes a link to bamboo when tha page is saved (e.g. [2010-11-23](https://xyz.atlassian.net/builds/browse/2010-11-23)). How do I prevent this from happening? I've tried the No Format macro but that strips the font and puts the text on its own line. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Abdulrazaq Mohammed Ali Omar
body: Hi Neil,

I believe that you might be affected by this bug:

- <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27282>

We have notified our teams and they should work on this


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

format
Subscribe to Atlassian OnDemand release notes
Asked by Dan Fabulich:

I'd like to subscribe to just this page in Confluence <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+release+summary>

I've read the documentation here <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/Subscribing+to+RSS+Feeds+within+Confluence> but I don't see an RSS icon for that page and the Feed Builder seems to want me to subscribe to an entire space, rather than just this page.

Can you provide me with an RSS link for that page, and teach me how to create links like those in the future?


Answers:
author: Felipe Cuozzo
body: It's not possible to subscribe to a single page RSS feed.

Details on how to use the Feed Builder -\> <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+the+RSS+Feed+Builder>


author: Renjith Pillai
body: And to extend what Felipe said, you may use the label "releases" in the Feed builder that allows you to subscribe to the new releases.


author: Dan Fabulich
body: Watch sends emails; I want an RSS feed, if possible.


author: Annicka Rosengren
body: And you dont want to use watch on the page level?


author: Dan Fabulich
body: No, that's not it. The links there allow me to subscribe to the entier AOD space; I only want notifications when that one page changes.


author: Annicka Rosengren
body: Press Browse in the top bar, choose Advanced - here is the RSS options.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Same user names in local DB and Active Directory - How to switch to AD?
Asked by Sascha Backes:

Hey guys,  

our Confluence was restricted to a single AD group in the beginning (5 Users). To have more people collaborate, local users where created with the same username as in the Active Directory. Those users did also collaborate with articles. Now we want Confluence open for all users and therefore removed the group-limitations from the LDAP-binding.  

What can I do to migrate/ remove my 4-5 local users and have them authenticate against LDAP? Removing is impossible according to Confluence, because, as said, they did write articles.  

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: PeterKoczan
body: Dirk is right on his suggestion. If you change the directory order, your user will be authenticated against the first directory. If the username in this directory is the same as in other directories, apart from group memberships, all permissions will be the same for that user and content created will relate to him.

The general idea you have to consider is that the *username* is the primary key for identifying an user, regardless of the authentication method.

comments: author: Sascha Backes
body: Sorry for the late reply, but Peter's suggestion was right. Thank you all for your quick help!

Cheers


author: dirkd
body: Can't you just remove your limitation to one LDAP group and then put the AD before the "Confluence Internal Directory"? IIRC then first the AD will be used to authenticate.


author: Hemal Udani
body: It is actually very simple. Create the same account in the LDAP directory. And immediately delete the accounts in the non-LDAP directory. This worked for me with Crowd. If you are using Confluence only and not Crowd, this may not work.
Lock office document for other users when editing
Asked by RonaldKrol:

How can I lock / reserve an office document when I have opened it with "Edit Document" or "Edit in Office".

What happens now is that two persons can edit a document at the same time without getting a warning or error that somebody else already has opened the document for editing. The changes made by the first person who saves the document will be saved in version 1 of the document. The changes made by the second person who saves the document will be saved in version 2 of the document.

Problem is that you are not aware of the fact that somebody else has also made changes, and your changes are saved in een 'old' version and not in the current version.

Thanks


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi there,

I believe currently the only solution that is easily available is the [Arsenale Lockpoint Attachmnets Checkout plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arsenale.plugins.lockpoint), unless you want to code a custom solution of course.

All the best,  
John

comments: author: RonaldKrol
body: John,

This is exactly what we need. Thanks.

Ronald


Tags: edit-in-office

lock
confluence create a link
Asked by YAOHUI BAI:

I add a page link with underline in my space,i want remove the underline and set it like this 'when my cursor stay some words and it show underline,and then click these words will link to the setting page.


Answers:
author: BernardoA
body: Sorry, could you pelase clarify more your question and also tell your Confluence version.

comments: author: YAOHUI BAI
body: My confluence version is 5.0-OD-17,i want to create a link using some words on webpage,but i don't want to have a underline below these words,can you tell me how to remove it? thanks.
how do i delete a sprint?
Asked by simon butler:

i setup some example boards and created a sprint to play with but now i can't delete these sprints. i deleted the boards but the sprints remain, seemingly orphaned?

how do i delete these test sprints?


Answers:
author: PauloP
body: Hi Simon

Perhaps the sprint may have some issue related to it. So, you should first remove all the issues before trying to delete the sprint.

Therefore, please try to follow the steps outlined in the link below:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GHKB/How+to+remove+Sprints+on+Rapid+Board>

Cheers,

Paulo Renato


Tags: cloud

jira-software-cloud
Agile PLAN: right-hand column disappeared; how do I get it back?
Asked by Neal Ehardt:

In the planning phase, there is supposed to be a detail column on the right side of the screen.

![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/download/attachments/278697034/gh_6-0-5_plan-mode.png?version=1&modificationDate=1349837924222)

I mistakenly clicked the 'X' on it, and now it's gone. How do I get it back?


Answers:
author: Neal Ehardt
body: Ah, you just have to press 't'. How intuitive.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Viewing+an+Issue>


Tags: cloud

jira-software-cloud
Cannot connect Confluence to Postgress during installation
Asked by GregS:

I am unable to connect Postgres via a JDBC connection during the Confluence installation process. I have verified that the listener is enabled, that port 5432 for PostgreSQL is open, and that the correct security polices have been configured in pg_hba.conf (I can run pgsql queries to the database remotely). I have looked at the catalina logs and nothing seems out of the ordinary. Assistance in resolving this issue would be most welcome, since we need to get this up and running ASAP.

Thanks in advance!

Greg--


Answers:
author: PeterKoczan
body: Could you please check the *atlassian-confluence.log* in *\<CONFLUENCE-HOME\>/logs* for pointers for the problem?


author: BernardoA
body: I believe this doc may help you to connect you Confluence to Postgress during installation process:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ATLAS/Dragons+Stage+3+-+Install+Confluence>


Tags: postgres
Date order format
Asked by minesh patel:

Have a page with some attachments. Would like to display these attachments in order by the dates.

The newest date on the top and then the older and then the oldest on the bottom.

![attachments](http://cdn.ucf.edu/regional-campuses/Screen%20shot%202012-11-13%20at%202.01.10%20PM.png)

Above, are all my attachments.

What I would like is all the Oct. 23, 2012 dates to be on the top, all the Dec. 06, 2011 to be second, all Oct 12, 2010 to be third, and May 21, 2010 to be on the bottom.

Please, can someone help me with this. Thanks.


Answers:
author: Selcuk Savas
body: Hi,

Have you tried clicking on the "Creation Date" which will sort the attachments by the creation date?

It should also remember your last settings.

Cheers,

Selcuk

comments: author: minesh patel
body: Thank you, Selcuk.

I have tried that, and it doesn't put the attachments in order by dates.

It actually reverts back to the way it was after you refresh the page.
How optimise content
Asked by Guillaume RENARD:

Hello all,

I would like to know if I can include some part of a page inside another page.

I mean, I have some part of a page I would like to have on some others and if I do a modification on it, I would like this modification to be 'deployed' everywhere.

If it's not possible, can I include content of a page into another, that is to say, I have 5 pages A,B,C,D, E. I create a new one : NEW with content of A,C.

If I modify A, then NEW is updated as well.

Best regards and thanks for your help !


Answers:
author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: Yes, use the include macro:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro>

Cheerc Christian

comments: author: Guillaume RENARD
body: Hello Christian,

Thanks for your quick answer.

Regards !
Confluence people browser shows only one user; Team Calendar entries can only be linked to same user
Asked by Eric W:

In our Team Calendar, adding an event can only be linked to one person in the Who field. Everyone else can use Confluence and the calendars, but only one user can be looked up in that Who field. If I look in the People Browser, I only see that same user, when there are many.

Searching for this issue brought me to this: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/55123/most-users-not-showing-up-in-confluence-people-directory>

I tried the workaround there, and it did not help.

<br />


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Hi Eric,

The People Directory is based on the index, so one can assume that you may have a broken index there. That being said, can you please try to [reindex from scratch](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+scratch) and see if the problem persists?

Cheers,


Tags: calendar