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Bulletted lists within numbered list in Confluence
Asked by Jennifer S:

Hello!!

I have a question in regard to numbered lists in Confluence. I know that numbered lists start over when there are blank lines involved. However, I am trying to create a list that looks like this in mark up:

# numbered line one  
# numbered line two  
# numbered line three  
#\* bullet  
#\* bullet  
non bulleted info here  
# numbered line 4

This is what generates:  
1. numbered line one
2. numbered line two
3. numbered line three
   * bullet
   * bullet  
     non bulleted info here
4. numbered line 4

Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of the indent on the non bulleted line without having the numbers start over on line 4? Entering any kind of blank space restarts the number sequence. Just wondering if there were any tricks out there. I appreciate any help!!

Thanks!


Answers:
author: NielsJ
body: I think there is no possibility doing this via Wiki-markup. If you use plain HTML with the html-Macro you could define the second list's start index:

```
&lt;ol start="4"&gt;   &lt;li&gt;...&lt;/li&gt;   ...&lt;/ol&gt;
```

comments: author: Jennifer S
body: Nice, that works. THANK YOU!


author: Tom Erik Roberg
body: Is this really the only option for continuing a numbered bullet list!?

I am often inserting diagrams/drawings etc in the middle of a bullet list, then the bullet list starts from "1." after the inserted item.

There must be an easier method? Why not?


author: NancyAllison
body: I'm using Confluence 5.7.

I can enter numbered steps by typing #, and I can switch to second-level ordering (lowercase alpha) by typing ##, but when I type #\* to switch to a bulleted item, Confluence treats it like plain text. What am I missing?

I end each line by pressing Return.

Also, IS there a way to display the HTML code for a page, and simply edit in HTML? Didn't think I'd be pining for RoboHelp quite so soon . . .

Thanks for all suggestions.

comments: author: Jennifer S
body: *IS there a way to display the HTML code for a page, and simply edit in HTML?*

Nancy,

We use the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor) to accomplish what I believe you are asking..


author: NancyAllison
body: To Jennifer, I guess this is the way I reply to you. I'm assuming Confluence Server means Confluence installed on your own server? I neglected to mention that we are using Confluence on Demand. Does this work with Confluence on Demand? Thanks.


author: Steffen Heller
body: @Tom Erik:

If you enter your object after \[Shift\]+\[Break\] the numbered list will go on. But (as already said) the object will be indented then.
Error importing word document
Asked by Adolfo Casari:

When importing a Word document I get an error:

com.atlassian.confluence.pages.DuplicateDataRuntimeException: A page already exists with the title XXXXXX in the space with key \~YYYYYY  
at com.atlassian.confluence.pages.DefaultPageManager.throwIfDuplicateAbstractPageTitle(DefaultPageManager.java:827)

However I set the option to Rename imported pages if page name already exists. This is Confluence 3.5.7

This seems to be a bug. Is it fixed in another version?


Answers:
author: Joerg Bencke
body: Works in my version (4.1).

You can choose

* rename new pages
* update existing pages with new version
* delete existing pages

comments: author: Venkatesh Prasad
body: I am having the same problem. How was this fixed please ?

I have tried with the radio button 'Rename imported pages if page name already exists' but it won't rename any pages and just keeps giving the error message as Adolfo mentioned above in his question.

Please let us know if there is any work around for this. Its really frustating as I have about 3000 requirements I am importing from another tool.


author: Ivar
body: I would have raised this questions with Atlassian support.


Tags: import
Can I have two separate table of contents by date in a page?
Asked by Dimitrios Zlitidis:

In a page I have data about 2011. In the top is the year, then month and then day. Now I am going to add data about 2012, the table content I am using is going to be huge.

Is there a way that I can have one column for 2011 and in a separate column another column for 2012? I looked into "Table of Content Zone" macro, which doesn't seem to meet my requirements...

Any idea would be really helpful!

Thank you in advance,

Dimitris


Answers:
author: Betsy Walker
body: How about having the content on separate pages (i.e. 2011 and 2012) - each using the TOC Zone macro) and then using the Include macro to show them on another page? The page doing the Include'ing could use the Section and Column macros to present them in different columns.

comments: author: Dimitrios Zlitidis
body: I think that shall do the trick! Thank you very much!


Tags: table-of-contents
Redirect to a new page on 404 Error
Asked by Anton Koldaev:

confluence-4.1(latest)  
How to make a redirect to a new page(create page in current space with ${not found page} name) on 404 Error in Atlassian Confluence?

I think I need to change action in web.xml:

     <error-page> <error-code>404</error-code> <location>/fourohfour.action</location> </error-page> 

To something like:

     <error-page> <error-code>404</error-code> <location>/createpage.action?spaceKey=currentSpace&pageTitle=notfoundpagename</location>

     </error-page>

```
Could you please provide me a right syntax?
```


Answers:
author: Anton Koldaev
body: Sounds good, but it doesn't work:

Existing page:

<https://example.com/display/SPACE_NAME/My+App>

Link:

[https://example.com/createpage.action?spaceKey=SPACE_NAME\&title=My+App\&linkCreation=true\&fromPageId=623770](https://example.com/createpage.action?spaceKey=SPACE_NAME&title=My+App&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=623770)

It gives me

Page Not Found {#toc-hId-1901248605}
====================================


author: Pat Macpherson
body: A different solution to the larger problem is outlined [here](/questions/80549/is-it-possible-to-link-to-a-not-already-created-undefined-page-in-confluence-from-an-external-site).

Rather than changing the 404 page, you could change your links to the format-

`http:``//xxxxx/pages/createpage``.action?spaceKey=experiment&title=this+does+not+exist&linkCreation=``true``&fromPageId=623770`

such that-

* If the page exists, user is redirected to that page.
* If the page doesn't exist, user is able to create it.


Tags: error

redirect
Control of wiki home page
Asked by Dan Richards:

If I use projects (this is the OnDemand version) how can I control where access to these projects/spaces are available from? Right now they show up on the Wiki home page, but I don't want all projects to show up there. How can I control this?

Thanks.

-Dan


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: All spaces you have access to will shown on the dashboard (provided there aren't that many).

Alternatively, you could point the home page at a space home page and edit that to display just what you want...

1. Browse to <https://yourcompany.jira.com/wiki/admin/viewgeneralconfig.action>
2. click edit
3. select the relevant space key from the **Site Homepage** dropdown menu


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to show space description in the dashboard in 4.X
Asked by Adolfo Casari:

In 4.X, in the Dashboard, the List of Spaces is shown without the space description paragraph (that you fill in space admin, Edit Space Details).

Any hints on how to customize the layout to add this??

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Diane Sexton
body: We did it in three stages:

1. Create some user macros to replicate the old-style dashboard macros (you don't have to do that)

2. Create a page called _dashboardcontent in the demonstration space. This has the user macros on it.

3. Update the global template to call the _dashboardcontent page.

The code for our _dashboardcontent page is

{createspace} \<\< this is a user macro  

{feedbuilder} \<\< this is a user macro  

{peopledir} \<\< this is a user macro  

{spacesdir} \<\< this is a user macro

{spaceslist} \<\< this is the existing spaceslist macro  

{favpages} \<\< this is the existing favpages macro

comments: author: Felicity Chapman
body: Would it be possible for you to share your user macro for {spacesdir}? I'm trying to get the space description to appear on the dashboard.


author: Diane Sexton
body: Hi Adolfo,

If I understand you right you want to return to the "old-style" spaces list pre-Confluence 4.x? We had the same question and found our solution using the instructions in [Customising the Dashboard](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+the+Dashboard?focusedCommentId=212173063#comment-212173063 "Customising the Dashboard at CAC").

Basically you can do it by overwriting your global template to use a homepage layout of your own construction. Then in your homepage layout you may use the old spaceslist macro instead of the new one.

Regards

Diane

comments: author: Adolfo Casari
body: In your post

```
$helper.renderConfluenceMacro("{include:ds:_dashboardcontent|nopanel=true}")
```

What elements do you include in the page _dashboardcontent ?? the space list macro is compatible with Confluence 4.X ?  

Thank you.
Does upgrading to Confluence 4.1 also require us to upgrade to earlier version of Jira than Jira 4.2?
Asked by Lars Sj?gren:

We are currently running Confluence 3.4.9 and Jira 4.2.2, and are planning on upgrading to Confluence 4.1. We are also planning on upgrading Jira, but we will start out with Confluence. We use gadgets and Jira issue plugins to display Jira info in Confluence, as well as some self developed plugins that retrieve info from the Jira DB. One concern we have is that we may have to upgrade both environments simultaneously for things to woek properbly what with API changes and such. Does anyone know if this should be a concern to us, or can we follow our initial plan of upgrading first Confluence, and subsequently Jira.

Regards,

Lars


Answers:
author: Jo-Anne MacLeod
body: You should be ok, to do the upgrades independantly. However, as always, do a test install first as it may be different for you.

One problem that we had with running different versions is that the newer Confluence team calendars did not properly run with our older version of JIRA. As in, we couldn't use the JIRA calendar. We also had some problems with running the GreenHopper reports in Confluence. Once we upgraded JIRA the issues went away.


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: If you use Application Links, be especially careful testing your use scenarios.


Tags: jira
Customizing of search results ranking?
Asked by Stephan Waldschmidt:

Hi,

is it possible to customize the ranking of search results in Confluence, e. g. to change the Weighting of Content Types?

Best regards,

S. Waldschmidt


Answers:
author: NielsJ
body: Unfortunately there is no such possibility in Confluence administration. A similar feature request is still open: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-15619>

You have to write a plugin that provides a lucene-boosting-strategy module: <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Lucene+Boosting+Strategy+Module>


author: Danielle Zhu
body: There is a feature request for adjusting search ranking: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-15619> You may want to add a comment there.


author: Benjamin Slade
body: Even though this is an ancient discussion, it looks like it still hasn't been implemented, so I'll post my comment here.

When i enter something into the search field, the popup search options/results includes an "Advanced search" option. Under the "Advanced search", there's a "Content Type" option. Any possibility of adding additional content types? Eg., "Help pages", "FAQ pages", "Standards \& Policies pages", etc


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: By using an external search appliance integrated (indexing your Confluence data), you can get finer control on your weighting and search content algorithms.

The way I look at it, Confluence is a wiki and really good at that. Really really good.

Atlassian does not also try to be a Search Appliance corp - to which there are numerous whole companies dedicated to that problem in and of itself.

AppFusions has worked on a few solutions in this area - contact us at info\[at\]appfusions\[dot\]com for more info, if interested.


Tags: custom-field

rank

search
How to be informed of a new page in Confluence?
Asked by Ken Nguyen:

For a space owner or a parent page owner, it is useful to be informed of updated content (via email would be great)? Can anyone give me some options to implement this in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Michiel Nieuwstraten
body: Look at <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/260> for Descendent Notification. Also works in 4.0

comments: author: Jo-Anne MacLeod
body: There is a problem with the descendant notification plugin where it is sending out two emails. The problem has been reported to them, and I don't believe that its been resolved yet. Note that if you do experience this problem, you will find that even if you disable, but don't remove the plugin, you will still get the two emails. You will need to completely remove the plugin.

I don't know if everyone has this problem, or if it is limited, I just know that I've seen and reported it, as have others, so it is not a completely isolated situation.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: THere are two ways

* You can 'watch the space' itself and any new pages and updates are informed.
* If you have enabled community bubbles plugin, you can watch all the pages under a page. This helps in watching a subset of pages within a space

comments: author: Ken Nguyen
body: I think Community Bubbles might be a little bit too much for my need at this moment. It would be great if there is a watch function for a page and all of its sub-pages.


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: I personally favour watching the whole space. If the whole space isn't relevant, then maybe it needs be splitting into separate spaces :)


Tags: communication
What is the best ways to refer to a Confluence page in Jira?
Asked by Ken Nguyen:

While working in Jira, it would be handy to refer to a page in Confluence, or even to create a new page if necessary regarding the task.


Answers:
author: Matt
body: When JIRA 5 is released in the first quarter of 2012 it will have a new feature called Remote Issue Links. Any Confluence page, from a Confluence instance connected via Application Links, that has a JIRA issue linked/embedded on it will be automatically linked to the JIRA issue. See: <https://skitch.com/mattnhodges/gixrr/mkt-3746-project-buzz-lightyear-atlassian-jira-extranet-special-projects>

<br />

Here's the Confluence page with the embedded JIRA issue: <https://skitch.com/mattnhodges/gixrm/confluence-marketing-project-buzz-lightyear-marketing-extranet>

<br />

You can also create links to Confluence pages from JIRA issues manually. See: <https://skitch.com/mattnhodges/gixri/link-atlassian-jira-extranet-special-projects>


author: Danielle Zhu
body: You may also want to check out JIRA Linker Plugin <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/5150> or JIRA Confluence Link plugin <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/23964>


author: Renjith Pillai
body: This possiblity is to refer to the Confluence page with the standard wiki format, like \[here\|\<complete http link to confluence page\>\]


author: Joe Clark
body: JIRA 5 will include a new feature called Remote Issue Links (<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/JIRA+5.0+EAP+5+Release+Notes#JIRA50EAP5ReleaseNotes-RemoteIssueLinkingimprovedinEAP5>) which will make it easy to link to, amongst other things, Confluence pages within a JIRA issue.


Tags: link
Windows networked computers cannot access Confluence.
Asked by Robbie Lee:

I have installed Confluence on a Windows XP, 32-bit computer. This computer can access the wiki at <http://localhost:8090> or at <http://192.168.1.7:8090>. However, computers in the same workgroup/network cannot access the site. I have turned off my Windows and McAfee firewalls. I have a Verizon wireless router. I tried port forwarding, but that hasn't worked. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I hope to purchase Confluence if I can remedy this situtation.


Answers:
author: Robbie Lee
body: It ended up being an issue with McAfee. Even though I had uninstalled it, not everything was removed. So I used the McAfee Consumer Product Removal tool and then everyone could connect.

\[Robbie Lee\]


author: hsuhailah
body: I'd suggest checking if the other computers can reach your Confluence host at the first place. Try using ping or telnet to the IP address from the other machines to verify.
Migrating from HSQL to External SQL DB
Asked by EnterpriseS:

Hi,

I am currently using Confluence 3.5 on Linux and the standard HSQL database. I am trying to migrate my DB to SQL. I followed the instructions from Confluence but when I start up confluence I am supposed to get the setup wizard but it just goes straight into Confluence still using the HSQL DB.

How do I force it to go into the setup wizard? From there I can change the database settings but I cannot get to the setup wizard.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Ajit


Answers:
author: EnterpriseS
body: Solved by renaming data directory to data.old.


Tags: hsql

migration
How do I add a row to a table without going into edit?
Asked by james wallis:

I have a simple table. Want to add/delete rows without going into edit. Are there buttons I can add somewhere?

Having a difficult time finding my way around Confluence doc. Success has its downside...


Answers:
author: Greg Kullberg
body: It would be really cool to be able to have a table on a page where you can easily add / update new rows without going into edit mode.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: You must be in edit mode to edit the table/page.


author: Tom Stratton
body: something like the ability in SharePoint to add data to a list would really be awesome.

comments: author: Tom Stratton
body: or try this - [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217271/inline-table-editing?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1217271/inline-table-editing?hosting=server&tab=overview)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Left-side navigation links disappeared from all Confluence spaces.
Asked by Jeffrey Harris:

Sometime over the Christmas break, our Confluence system stopped displaying the left-side navigation links for all spaces. To the best of my knowledge there was no system maintenance or configuration that might have prompted this.

We've tried restarting both Confluence and the App Server but nothing has helped.


Answers:
author: Jeffrey Harris
body: So it turns out that the Velocity Helper module in the Documentation Theme plugin was disabled. I didn't disable it, but according to Atlassian Support this is a shared module, which can result in a race condition that prevents the module from loading properly when Confluence starts.  

I re-enabled Velocity Helper and everything is back to good.  

There is currently a bug filed against Velocity Helper for this issue ([https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22390).
Hopefully](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22390%29.%3Cbr%3E%3Cbr%3EHopefully), this will be useful for others in the Confluence-sphere.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi, I know you are not aware of any maintenance or config changes that may have prompted the loss of navigation, but I'd start with the basics and check the global theme under Browse -\> Confluence Admin -\> Look and Feel -\> Themes to see if someone has changed the theme from Documentation or Left Nav. Andrew.
Plugins support for Confluence 4.1
Asked by Jaya Prakash Subramanian:

Does below plugins have version that supports Confluence 4.1 ?

* Atlassian Templates: Software Development
* Plugin Information

Thanks

JP


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: The Plugin Information plugin will work with Confuence 4.1, even though it is not marked as compatible on the [plugins.atlassian.com](http://plugins.atlassian.com) matrix.


author: Matt
body: I've updated the [Software Development](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/20489?versionId=32391) and [Human Resources](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/20493?versionId=32378) template bundles plugins so it's listed as compatible with Confluence 4.1. Thanks for the heads up.

BTW I would love to know what templates we could improve/add to make these plugins a better solution for our customers. If you have any thoughts please let me know!


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi,

The Software Development templates are not officially listed as being supported on 4.1, but they do work. Download version 0.3 of the templates from <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/20489?versionId=32391> and install via Confluence Admin -\> Plugins -\> Install -\> Upload File. The templates can then be imported via Confluence Admin -\> Configuration -\> Import Templates.

I don't think there is a version of Plugin Information available for 4.1, but looking at the details of <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/179?versionId=297> the information that this plugin provided is largely provided by the Univeral Plugin Manager (Confluence Admin -\> Plugins) which is built in to Confluence.

Hope that helps,

Andrew.
link to jira issue
Asked by Mandy:

i can't get the link to a jira issue to work. works fine to link to a filter for a list of issues, but how do I link to just one Juira issue?


Answers:
author: Mandy
body: can't find the answer I want to accept - seems it was this one:

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b21438ca1ae3f05589093400310bc60f?s=48&d=identicon&r=g)

Nik Eklund \[Atlassian\] posted a new answer for

[link to jira issue](link-to-jira-issue) {#toc-hId-1849680362}
==============================================================

The situation you are experiencing is due to a small bug in the current version of OnDemand. [The bug report.](https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/JST-5515 "Issue Tracker")

This issue should be fixed in the near future, but in the meantime, if you open a [support request](https://support.atlassian.com/ "Support Request"), we can apply the work-around on your account, which will resolve this issue for you.


author: Matt
body: Mandy, with the release of Confluence 4.1 - already available to OnDemand customers - you can now just paste an issue's link (URL) into the Confluence editor and Autoconvert will handle the rest by automagically inserting the JIRA issue macro for you. Watch the Autoconvert video on the [bottom half of this page](http://www.atlassian.com/edit-like-a-pro-confluence-41-released) for a quick demo.

comments: author: Mandy
body: thanks, this helped. i was actually hoping to show the whole issue screen on the Confluence page, not just the link, but I suppose that's not possible?


author: NikE
body: It sounds like the situation you are experiencing is due to a small bug in the current version of OnDemand. [The bug report.](https://studio.atlassian.com/browse/JST-5515 "Issue Tracker")

This issue should be fixed in the near future, but in the meantime, if you open a [support request](https://support.atlassian.com/ "Support Request"), we can apply the work-around on your account, which will resolve this issue for you.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Could you please be more specific? Do you mean that you are unable to link to Jira issue in Confluence?

comments: author: Mandy
body: Yes, I am using confluence ondemand and I am unable to link to a Jira issue in Confluence


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud