youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Powerpoint files with versions not rendered in Viewfile Macro
Asked by Jan Wegener:

When trying to display powerpoint files via the Viewfile macro rendering regularly breaks and nothing is displayed at all.

It seems like it is somehow connected to the versioning of attachements. When i put a copy of the ppt file to a new page the rendering works fine. As soon as i create a second version of the file the rendering is broken most of the time.

The macro tries to load the file and after some time display a broken link immage.

Deleting all but the current version does not help.

We are using Confluence 5.5.2.

The Stacktrace stated in this Bug here ([](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25421)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25421>) does not appear in our logfiles.


Answers:
author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi Jan,

I suspect you have bump into this bug

[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25421)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25421>

which is going to be fix on confluence 5.6

Kindly wait for the new release and upgrade to the latest version to overcome this issue.

Thank you :)

<br />

Regards,

<br />

Wayne Wong

comments: author: Jan Wegener
body: I am really not sure if that is the bug i bump into. The Exception stated in the bug does not appear in our log.


Tags: ms-powerpoint

version
Reviewing Confluence attachments
Asked by Andrey Rusov:

Hello!

Is there any way to review attachments in Confluence? For example in Crucible or something else. I use Confluence 5.4.4 version. As I saw for previous versions of Confluence plugin for Crucible was available. But now it is unavailable.

Thanks,

Andrey.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Andrey, there is an improvement request for a sort of revert to previous stage feature, [documented here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1943). Alternatebily there is a plugin for page versions, which can do that for the entire page content, [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions).

In case none of the above suffice, you can either describe the purpose of the feature usage here, as means to get more help on the matter, or create a feature request in [jira.atlassian.com](http://jira.atlassian.com)suggesting the implementation in upcoming Confluence versions.

comments: author: Andrey Rusov
body: Hi Guilherme,

Thanks for reply. Features that you listed not what I was looking for. I'll think about the feature request creation.

/Andrey.


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hello Andrey,

If you can list here the opened feature would be great such as other users can view and vote as well.

If you'd like us to create it for you, just write here the description you'd like to put in the feature with you own words and we can create for you.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Andrey Rusov
body: Hello Rodrigo,

As I see it is possible to set communication between Crucible and Confluence. It will be great if we can review Confluence attachments in Crucible (attachments can be different types - \*.doc, \*.xls, \*.txt and so on).

Thanks,

Andrey.


author: Andrey Rusov
body: I saw that there was a Crucible plugin for previous versions of Confluence. Now those plugin does not available. Can I set Confluence space as a repository for Crucible?

Thanks,

Andrey.


Tags: confluence-administration
Menu item for an overview of all groups in Confluence
Asked by Josef Zahlauer:

Hi,

I'm using the Refined Wiki Original Theme for Confluence. Is there a menu item that I can use to get an an overview of all user groups, similar to the people's directory.

The only way I know to get an overview, is to log in a admin get this information from the admin console.

So, how do I do this as a normal Confluence user?


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: I am afraid only the admin can fetch a list of all groups. I don't think there is an easy way to do this. May be it is possible by implementing a user macro.


author: Josef Zahlauer
body: Thanks Alex,

that pointed me in the right direction. For now, I'm using the user list macro on a page that is linked in the application navigator.
Can't correct install on 32-bit Windows
Asked by Sergey Evdokimov:

I have tried to install Confluence versions 5.4.3, 5.5.3 on clear OS Win XP Professional and Win 2008 Server. In all cases installation is complete successful, but confluene pages have incorrect view (attached files \*.pdf) in browsers (IE9, Firefox 30.0). And i have attached a logfile.

(I have correctly working Confluence 5.4.3 on Win 8 x64).

I created bug [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34404)[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34404\<br\< a=""\>\>](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34404%3Cbr)with attached files

but i have answer:

Hi [Sergey Evdokimov](https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=sevdokimov)

Thanks for taking the time to raise this issue. This actually sounds like an issue that our support team will be able to help you with. Could I ask you to create a support request on [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>Once you've done this one of our support engineers will be in touch and will work with you in resolving your install problems.

Regards  
Steve Haffenden  
Confluence Bugmaster  
Atlassian


Answers:
author: eho
body: Hi Sergey!

Have you check what JAVA version are you using? do note that you should adhere to the supported platform base on Confluence version - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Supported+Platforms>

Do note that the latest JAVA version 1.8 is currently unsupported.


author: Sergey Evdokimov
body: Hello, Alex!

Unfortunately "clearing your plugin cache" has no effect, problem is stay on.

I have created ticket [](https://support.atlassian.com/browse/CSP-128553)<https://support.atlassian.com/browse/CSP-128553>

Thank you.


author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Hello Sergey.

Did you open a ticket in [](https://support.atlassian.com)[support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com)? That is the right place for this kind of request.

Regarding the problem, note that Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft so I do not recommend you to use it.

The problem you are facing could be cause by plugins having problems to start. Have you tried [clearing your plugin cache](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache)?


Tags: install

windows
CentOS 7 Support for Confluence
Asked by Robert Imhoff:

Is there any official support for CentOS 7 for Confuence? I used this, as "CentOS" was they only linux you test on. However, it seems to not work with "Bare Min" install. It only seems to be listening on IPv6 and not IPv4 ports by default.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: That's correct, the world needs to move to IPv6, so CentOS tends to default to it.

I'm not actually sure of the IPv6 support in Confluence, I seem to remember it was buggy last time I used it (but it was Confluence 3), and all my clients are still using IPv4, so I've not done any testing recently on 6, and I don't know if it's IPv6 ready.

Simple trick though - You can force it on to IPv4 by adding -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack-true to the setenv.sh file.

comments: author: Robert Imhoff
body: Adding "-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true" to the end of the first Java prefix line fixed this issue.


Tags: confluence-administration
Connecting Confluence to Whatsapp
Asked by Daniel Samuels:

Hi,

Anyone know of a way to connect Confluence with a Whats App account - so that the whatsapp conversations can be captured in Confluence?

Thanks,

Daniel


Answers:
author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi Daniel,

as far as I know, there's no connector to connect with WhatsApp.

However have you already had a look at [HipChat, Atlassians IM](https://www.hipchat.com/)?

There are some add-ons to implement Hipchat with Confluence e.g. [Hipchat for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.labs.hipchat.confluence-hipchat) so depending on your use case this could work for you.

Cheers,  
Nils

comments: author: Daniel Samuels
body: Fair enough. I will have a look into HipChat and see if that can help.

Thanks for getting back to me Nils!
is there a macro to display adhoc workflows page activity?
Asked by Jeannette Lamb:

It would be nice to be able to display and print this with the page instead of having to go to Tools / Page Activity separately.


Answers:
author: Miguel Reimer
body: You can display the same information in the page by adding the {pageactivity} macro into page content. Note that this macro is not currently in the macro browser so Confluence will automatically enclose it in the "wiki markup" macro. We do plan on fixing this in the future.

Thanks,  
Miguel

comments: author: Jeannette Lamb
body: Thanks Miguel! That worked great!


author: Jeannette Lamb
body: It looks great on the screen but when exported to pdf I get strange formatting. the following appears at the top. Is there a way to specify the formatting so that it is just a simple list of workflow state changes, date, time and user?

05-Aug-2014

Ascending

Edits

Comments

States

Tasks


Tags: adhoc-workflows
Confuence Search results not displaying Office Icons
Asked by stephen torra:

- After upgrading to Confluence 4.3.7, when performing any search, Office icons do not display to the left of each search result. .PDFs do display but not Word, Excel, PowerPoint. Atlassian said this is a bug (fixed in 5.1.4) and that we should add custom markup.

Has anyoine implemented this or any solution?

Thanks

-Steve


Answers:
author: stephen torra
body: Thank you


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Steve,

I haven't implemented any fix for this in confluence 4.3.7 however if there is a fix version for this bug in 5.1.4, then I would said to upgrade to this version and check if the issue persists.

Also, maybe would be a good idea to go for confluence 5.5.x and get the latest bug fixes as well?

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: stephen torra
body: Thanks Rodrigo, but we can't upgrade to 5 because of Themebuilder issues. The puzzling issue is why the Adobe icon displays but not the Office icons?


author: stephen torra
body: Thanks Rodrigo, but we can't upgrade to 5 because of Themebuilder issues. The puzzling issue is why the Adobe icon displays but not the Office icons?


author: stephen torra
body: Thanks Rodrigo, but we can't upgrade to 5 because of Themebuilder issues. The puzzling issue is why the Adobe icon displays but not the Office icons?


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Steve,

I understand that you cannot upgrade for the moment. The bug might be related to just office icons.

Since this bug is fixed in a newer version of confluence, that seems to be the only alternative since a workaround in the code won't be created for 4.3.7 probably as this version will EOL soon in the end of this year.

You may want to check with the themebuilder for a newer version compatible with the confluence 5.x and then upgrade confluence to the fix version in the future.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration

css

custom-field
Confluence page does not get latest JIRA status
Asked by David Frager _gmail_:

we are using Confluence 5.5.2, and I have created a Confluence page for a JIRA Report. I created this page, using the following Steps:

\* Create Child Page

\* Select "JIRA report"

\* Select "Change log"

\* Select Project and "Fix versions"

My page is created with the appropriate JIRA issues and their statuses.

If I go and alter the status of one of the JIRA issues, that status is not reflected back on to my Confluence page


Answers:
author: Mehmet Kazgan
body: After the steps above, try also turning off the gzip compression in JIRA. And see if that fixes it. One last thing to try would be creating the Application links from both apps again. Have you checked the logs from Confluence, that might give you a hint.


author: Mehmet Kazgan
body: I would do the following:

1. Reindex JIRA
2. Enable and disable Confluence JIRA plugin
3. Go to Confluence Administration\>General configuration and uncheck "Compress HTTP Responses" and save

That should do the trick.

comments: author: David Frager _gmail_
body: this did not resolve my problem


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-app

content
How do I start Confluence PDF output pagination on the first content page?
Asked by Chuck Martin:

Using the latest version of Confluence, I need to create a PDF file for a user guide. Using the Confluence documentation to create running headers and footers:

@page

{

{

margin-top: 1.25in;

margin-left: 1.25in !important;

margin-bottom: 1.25in;

margin-right: 1.5in !important;

}

@top-center

{

content: "\[ConfidentialProductName\] User Guide";

font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

font-size: 8pt;

}

@bottom-right

{

content: counter(page);

font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

font-size: 8pt;

}

@bottom-left

{

content: "Copyright \&copy; 2014 \[CompanyName\], Inc.";

font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

font-size: 8pt;

}

@bottom-center

{

content: "Proprietary and Confidential";

font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

font-size: 8pt;

}

}

I have several questions, the most important of which is in the title.

In a print document, page numbers shoudl start at the beginning of the content, not on the actual first page. The title page, the frontmatter page(s), the table of contents page(s), none of these shoudl have page numbers. The first page of content should be page 1. Is there a way, in Confluence's PDF output, to make the first page of content page 1?

Related to that, is there a way to add running headers and footers to all pages, but omit them on the title page only?

As coded above, I get the document title top center on every page and the page number on the bottom right of every page. But I do not get the copyright statement on the bottom left of every page. Anyone know why? Is it having trouble with the copyright HTML entity code?

And on a somewhat related note, any idea whey the page margin definitions are ifnored?


Answers:
author: Chuck Martin
body: If that would work (and I have not tried it), it would theorecically make the first page of actual content page 1. But wouldn't the PDF output engine still put page numbers on all pages? So the cover page would have "-6", the frontmatter page would have "-5", the table of contents would start on page "-4", etc.


author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: I haven't tested this so I am not 100% sure it will work.

You could try with the calc function of CSS. Something like this:

@bottom-right  
{  
content: calc(counter(page) - 1);  
font-family: ConfluenceInstalledFont, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;  
font-size: 8pt;  
}

If you have 2 pages before the content, just do "- 2" instead.


Tags: header

pdf-export
can't edit an office file
Asked by wissamtabbara:

i am trying to edit an office file that is saved as an attachment in confluence. i would like myself and my teammates to edit the file without having each one of us download the file then upload a new version. that will hopefully minimize overwritting each other.

When i go the attachements page, i tried to click on "Edit in Office" link and nothing is happening. i tried to install the "Office connector plugin" but when i try to configure it, i get a permission error.

can you please advice how can i edit an office document?

i am on a mac and fireforx for browser. i do have office installed on my mac


Answers:
author: wissamtabbara
body: i have the add-on installed. from the link you sent, it suggest having open office installed if on a mac. i only have microsoft office installed on my mac

comments: author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: You are right, in the configuration matrix it says it needs to be OpenOffice.   
Could you try to install and see if that works? If so, that might me the only way. But if it does not, it is definitely a problem with the add-on.

\[EDIT\] Just one more thing... did you try the workaround (it's in the botton of the page, under "Notes")?


author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Wissam,

Did you install the Firefox add-on for the Office Connector?

If not, please, follow these steps: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+the+Firefox+Add-On+for+the+Office+Connector)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+the+Firefox+Add-On+for+the+Office+Connector>

Here (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Editing+an+Office+Document+from+Confluence>) you can find more info on how to open this kind of files.

Hope this helps!

Cheers!
Confluence Admin not having access to all pages
Asked by TJ Shanahan:

Is it possible to restrict individual Confluence pages in a way that Confluence Administrators do not have access to it?

Thanks,

TJ


Answers:
author: Mehmet Kazgan
body: I think so. You need to update:

1. Confluence Administration\>Space Permissions\>Default space permissions and uncheck administrators group
2. And Space administration\>Permissions for individual permissions

However, note that as a Confluence user you cannot just restrict a page for a confluence admin for access if you do not update above.

comments: author: TJ Shanahan
body: Where did you find space administration?


author: Mehmet Kazgan
body: You can do that either in Confluence administration right under global permissions or from the Space directly. See the screenshots.

![](../../upfiles/2014-07-29_10_07_28-General_Configuration_-_Knowledge_Base.png)


author: TJ Shanahan
body: Where did you find space administration?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Unable to create a Product Requirements template in Confluence
Asked by Scott Mace:

We have a standard install of Confluence 5.4.3, with the application links to Stash and Jira in place.

Without warning or any external influence the ability to create a Product Requirements page from the 'Create' screen does nothing. I am able to select 'Product Requirements' as the option I would like but the subsequernt screen where you select 'Create' does nothing?

The 'Create' button depresses but nothing happens..The system add-on for 'Confluence Software Blueprints Bundle' is enabled, with all modules refering to Product Requirements enabled...

What would cause this to happen?


Answers:
author: Scott Mace
body: Thanks David,

I managed to resolve the issue just 5 minutes ago, I disabled the Confluence Software Blueprints Bundle, then re-enabled it again.

All seems to fine again, not sure what caused it though!


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Scott,

First go to Confluence Admin \> Global Templates and check if you have any customizations under Product Requirements Blueprint, if you have something reset that to default, else go to [this](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-software-blueprints/versions) link and download the latest jar for the Confluence blueprint plugin.

After that go to Confluence Admin \> Manage Add Ons and upload the add on manualy (even if you already have the latest version), if that does not work then try [c](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache)[learing Confluence Plugin Cache](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Clear+Confluence+Plugins+Cache).  
Let me know if that helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer


Tags: confluence-administration
Display a Confluence Site on an other Confluence Server
Asked by herold_operating:

Is it possible to display a space/site from server A on server B which updates himself every day?

The reason is that i have a site which is for our whole company and on server B you have no log in.

I have tried to do this with the application link, but it doesn't work in the way I want it.

Thanks for your help!


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I would first look at [copySpace](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-copySpace) and see if that satisfies your situation. If not, then you can go with Steve's answer. The nice thing with copySpace is that it can be done with both sites live. The trouble with save/restore of a space, is you first have to delete it and then restore it leaving a period of time when the pages are not available. In either case, [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) (part of ACLI) can help you.

I assume your second site is read only, since you are only copying data one way.

comments: author: herold_operating
body: Yes the second site is only with read permissions and only the admin can edit everything else.

I am going to test it with the copySpace in the following days and if this works as i want it i will give you a feedback.

Thanks for your help


author: Steve Thornhill
body: First thing that jumps to mind for me is to write a script that calls the confluence to do a space export, then scp it to the other server and perform a space import there.

There are plugins that will enable this - eg the ACLI - there is an example of using it on this page - <http://www.antelink.com/blog/how-automatically-export-full-confluence-space.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
How to make encyclopedia system using Confluence
Asked by Henry Zhang:

we need the following features:

1. different user can edit cotent, but can not see each other before the content be approved.

2. the page can be edit base on paragraph.

3. adding lable and topic should be controled by special permission.


Answers:
author: PeterKoczan
body: Hi Henry,

1. I think the following third-party add-on may help in your case here: [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow%20)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.comalatech.workflow>

2. This is not yet possible as you can see here: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=199206)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=199206> however we do have a feature request open for it: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5913)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-5913>

3. We have to related feature request open on this topic: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3936)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3936>[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9742)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9742>

So after all, most of these functions may not be available at this time, but I encourage you to add your use-case and vote on these tickets.

Kind regards,

Peter Koczan


Tags: confluence-administration