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Is it possible to display a list of most recently created pages in Confluence 3.5
Asked by Piergiuliano Bossi:

Hi there,

In Confluence 3.5 is it possible to display a list of most recently created pages? Basically I'm not interested in seeing when a page is updated, but only when it's created.

If not with 3.5, can it be done with any other Confluence version?

Thanks,

bop


Answers:
author: MatthewC
body: There is way.... ;-)

Use some SQL with the SQL Macro plugin from Bob Swift (<https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/SQL/Confluence+SQL+Plugin> ) Written for SQL server database

```
select c.TITLE, c.VERSION, c.CREATOR, c.CREATIONDATE, s.spacekey, s.spacename from "Confluence"."dbo"."CONTENT" c,"Confluence"."dbo"."SPACES" swhere c.spaceid = s.spaceid and contenttype='PAGE' and content_status='current'order by creationdate desc
```

You can also do it with the Customware Reporting plugin but the load it puts on the server is enough to kill it. here is a version that would work on the current space (I think....but I havent tested it)

```


{report-block:maxResults=5}
{content-reporter:type=page|space=@self}
  {date-sort:content:creation date|order=descending}
{content-reporter}
{report-body}
{report-info:content:title|link=true} in {report-info:content:space|link=true}, created {report-info:content:creation date}
{report-body}
{report-block}
```

comments: author: Piergiuliano Bossi
body: Oh very nice, I'll give a try to the SQL Macro plugin. Thanks.


author: Joe Clark
body: I don't think this is possible with any of the macros that come included with Confluence by default, but it should be pretty easy to write a user macro to do this!
Virtual copy of page in another hierarchy?
Asked by Kim Hirschman:

I want to reuse some of pages in different places, but only have to edit them in one place. Is there a way to create a page once, and then add it as a "virtual page" in other hierarchies?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi,

Have a look at the answer I gave to a similar question at [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/39525/one-page-at-several-locations](/questions/39525/one-page-at-several-locations)

You should be able to do what you want using the {include} and/or {excerpt-include} macros - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Include+Page+Macro> and <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Excerpt+Include+Macro>

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

comments: author: Kim Hirschman
body: Exactly what I needed to know- **THANKS!**


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

copy

page
Where is HTML file on server for PDF export?
Asked by DavidH:

I read in Confluence docs that an HTML file is created before conversion to PDF (when exporting a site to PDF).

The location given in that thread was "the TEMP directory" in Confluence. I couldn't find any HTML or HTM files in any TEMP directories.

We are running Confluence 4.1 (500-seat license) on Windows 2000 Server.

If it matters, the reason I need the HTML file is to troubleshoot CSS/formatting issues in our PDF output.


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: The HTML files probably get deleted after the export is completed, since they're just intended as temporary files.

I'm pretty sure that the HTML Export in Confluence is very similar to the PDF Export - can you try exporting to HTML instead of PDF to see if you can use those files to troubleshoot your problem?

comments: author: DavidH
body: Thanks for the reply. I'm going to try that HTML export, because there are still some very difficult to troubleshoot issues with formatting in the PDF. Now I am aware more of the "heading demotion" issue.

I still have some strange formatting that I want to track down the cause of. Some body paragraphs and some table paragraphs that appear different point size, for no reason that I can see. In the Confluence editor, the paragraphs all seem to be formatted the same, but in the PDF their point (font) size changes. I've tried "clear formatting" and re-applying the "Paragraph" style. I guess this goes back to the need for access to the actual XML/XHTML or whatever it is code.

Does anybody use the developer tools built into Chrome or the plugins for Firefox to directly manipulate the wiki storage formatting?


author: Joe Clark
body: We're working on a source editing mode for Confluence, but it's not available yet. Unfortunately, you can't use the browser's developer tools to edit the source because the HTML that is rendered in the editor is different to the source that is actually saved in Confluence.

You could try using the Remote API to access the XHTML source of the page.
External links missing href
Asked by Jonathan Simonoff:

External links look fine in the editor, with the URL showing up when I choose "edit link" but don't work on the rendered page. When I look at the page source, they have no href term (so they appear like \<a\>linktext\</a\>).

Has anyone seen this behavior or know what might cause it?


Answers:
author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: On the Security Configuration page, there is a setting "Hide External Links from Search". I had unchecked that. Checking it again fixes the problem.

This is a known bug, apparently.

comments: author: Joe Clark
body: Well spotted! Did you find an open JIRA issue for this bug? If so, could you please link it here?


author: Jonathan Simonoff
body: Sorry should have done that: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-23684>

FYI, the robot that gives an immediate response when you file an Atlassian ticket came up with this. Good robot!


author: Joni Nevalainen
body: I got this behaviour after upgrading from confluence 3.5.13 to 4.0.3. The box was unchecked both before and after the upgrade. Checking "Hide External Links from Search" fixed the external links so they were working again.
The list style and heading indent parameters are not working when I use the Table of Contents Macro.
Asked by Jeannette Lamb:

All headings in the TOC still appear with bullets and indented farther than I want them to.

I have Confluence 4.1


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: That does look pretty crappy! But it looks like that's the way it's always been. I just tried out the toc macro on a Confluence 3.3 instance and it has the same behaviour :(

<br />

You can work around this problem by editing the macro properties and setting the **style** parameter to '**none**' - this will hide the bullet points from the list.

<br />

I've created a new bug report to track a fix for this issue: please vote and/or watch the issue if you are interested in a fix for it: <https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/TOC-136>


author: Janine Roe
body: I'm with jnet, How do you remove the bullets?

![](../../upfiles/3-8-2012_4-37-21_PM.png)


author: Joe Clark
body: Can you provide some screenshots or additional detail about your problem?
Can I restrict the Tag catalog additions in confluence?
Asked by Joerg Bencke:

Good day,

is it possible to limit the catalog of tags. Normal users should get the right to assign existing tags, but not create new tags ?

Regards, Josh


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Currently in Confluence there are no permissions to restrict who may create or manipulate labels. There are a number of open feature requests for this, which you can vote/watch/comment on:

* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-9742>
* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3767>
* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3936>


Tags: label

permission
Can I use uwc only for uploading files?
Asked by Alexander Hein:

Hi all,

I have successfully converted mediawiki files with uwc. But afterwards I have to modify them for special purposes.

Though I want to know if there is a possibiity to only upload the pages of the uwc/output folder?

Thanks

Alex


Answers:
author: Laura Kolker
body: Yes and no. See

<https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/UWC/UWC+F.A.Q.#UWCF.A.Q.-Iseetheconvertedfilesintheoutputdirectory%2CcanIchangethembeforesendingtoConfluence%3F>

That kind of thing can sometimes maybe work if you're only adjusting content. You'll likely lose metadata like attachments, hierarchy, etc. Generally, recommend adding a custom converter instead, as it's likely easier. Depends of course on your data, systems, etc.

Good luck!


Tags: universal-wiki-converter
About ATLASSIAN Confluence 4.1 HTML EXPORT have plus character in their name
Asked by Ken Lin:

hi, how are you!

Firstable, The confluence is a good system, thanks for have use it.

The question I have is:

I use the Confluence ver. 4.1 to Export the page to HTML file, When I unzip the zip file, the html file name have plus character in their name when the page title have space character

for example:

Page title:

**This is a test page**

The HTML file name become: This+is+a+test+page.html

How can I fix it?

The previous version I use is ok for that, the HTML file name have space character just like page title


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Which version are you referring to that did the export with the correct space character?
inter tool navigation between atlassian tools
Asked by Kiron:

I wanted to provide inter tool navigation between atlassian tools with the same look and feel on all apps..is there a way?

Most probably on top navigation bar. Confluence does not have a top nav bar. Are there any other ways we can provide inter tool navigation


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: You could try writing custom themes for all the apps so that they all look and feel the same, but I think you will find it to be a lot of work - this is how we implemented the common header and look \& feel for JIRA Studio.
Display RSS Feed from other Confluence instance
Asked by Sergeo Sergeo:

I have two Confluence instances (of versions 3.4 \& 3.1.2). I want to display rss feed from a confluence in the other one (with rss macro). It works (with os_username/os_password parameters) mostly but extept images - they aren't displayed (rss feed itself is ok as I can see images in IE9 - it has nice rss representation).

What can be wrong?

p.s. I'm displaying feed from v3.1.2 in 3.4


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: It's because the end user is not logged in to the second Confluence instance.

When you use the RSS macro, the Confluence server is logging in to the remote Confluence server, not the user's browser. Thus, when the user views the entries in the RSS feed, which refer to resources that are hosted back on the old Confluence server, the user is not permitted to see them.

You could try turning on anonymous access for your other Confluence server, or get users to use the "Remember Me" option when logging in to it.

comments: author: Sergeo Sergeo
body: When I open RSS feed in browser where I'm logged in I do see images.

But when I open Confiluence page with rss macro in browser when I'm logged in both instances (with "remember me" option checked) I don't see images.

So it seems there's another reason.
Changing the author of imported pages (Mindtouch)
Asked by Ted Huntington:

Is the UDMF plugin the only way to change the author of pages imported to Confluence (aside from directly using SQL commands)?

Is there some client.execute(Confluence1.changeauthor) or client.execute(Confluence2.changeauthor) method?


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: The UDMF update for up to Confluence 4.2.X is now officially underway ... will be released next week.

Please check [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.steepdevelopment.confluence.udmf), next week.


Tags: universal-wiki-converter
How I can use GET-parameters on a User Macro?
Asked by liljoint:

how I can use GET-parameters on a User Macro????????? CONFLUENCE 4


Answers:
author: Remo Siegwart
body: If your URL is like **http://path.to.your.confluence/display/YOURSPACE/Yourpage?yourparameter=yourvalue**, you can access the parameter like this:

```
## @noparams$req.getParameter("yourparameter")
```

In this example the output of the macro would be "yourvalue".

Hope this helps
Google Chrome Won't Display Certain Images
Asked by Patrick Banus:

While using Confluence 4.0.4, users accessing a team page using Google Chrome ver.17 cannot see certain image attachments embedded in the page. Two logos, a .png file and a .jpg file are instead displayed as gray boxes with "? Unknown Attachment" in the boxes. A screenshot is attached. I was unable to find any other occurrences in the forums.

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Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Another common cause of this problem is when the images in question are attachments on a page that has more restrictive permission than the page currently being viewed - If a user viewing the page does not have permission to view the page where the images are stored, they'll get an "Unknown attachment" error.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Patrick,

The images are not on a page which is then included in another page using the {include} or {excerpt-include) macros are they? If so you may be hitting these issues: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24157> and <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24233>

If that is what's happening then the solution is to either upgrade the Advanced Macros plugin to version 2.0.34 - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugins/confluence.macros.advanced> or upgrade to Confluence 4.1.2+

If you're not using includes could you post back with some more details, e.g. is it just Chrome users that are having the problem, or is it also happening in Firefox, IE, etc./

Hope that's of some help?

Andrew.


author: Patrick Banus
body: Andrew,

The page being viewed is an included page, so that might be the root of the issue. I'll see if our administrator can upgrade the Advanced Macros Plugin, and hope that fixes the issue. The problem only is viewable using Google Chrome, and Firefox is the only other browser we'll use to view Confluence with.

Joseph,

I don't think the issue is one of permissions, as it was my Manager who was attempting to view the page when we saw the "unknown attachment" error. But I will check into it, just to be thorough.

My thanks to the both of you!


author: Patrick Banus
body: Of course, question page wouldn't upload my images to help describle the issue.
Can I trial both ondemand and download versions at the same time? Also I have a mac 10.6 , will this support download if I choose this route?
Asked by Phil Mawson:

Can I trial both ondemand and download versions at the same time? Also I have a mac 10.6 , will this support download if I choose this route?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Yup, you can trial both at the same time. And yeah, works on Mac 10.6 ;)


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How can I display fields from an issue inside a confluence page?
Asked by a.haaken:

My Use Case:

I want to describe a requirement in a confluence page. After some stabilization, this requirement shall be tracked wirth jira. But some of the values of this RE should be displayed in the page that is the description of this.

Is that possible, or do I think a wrong way?


Answers:
author: Sergey Papurin
body: Hi,

Also, if Jira uses external database, you can use this plugin in Confluence:

<https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/SQL/Confluence+SQL+Plugin#ConfluenceSQLPlugin-Description>


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi,

Would inserting a JIRA issue in a Confluence page - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Inserting+JIRA+Issues> - work for your use case?

You can either insert a single issue, or if the requirement is being tracked across multiple JIRA issues, insert the list of issues that are tracking the requirement.

Would that work, or have I misunderstood the question?

Andrew.

comments: author: a.haaken
body: Well, what i was thinking about was some kind of confluence template, filled up with data from a belonging issue. Lets say, we define a page as a user story, and connect this page to an issue from same type. Now I the defined fields in the template and issue are synchronzied in one ode two way..

But i think this is not the use case for jira and conflunece, or is it?


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Ah ok, I see what you mean. That might be achievable with some development, but it's not something that I'm aware you can do out of the box.

Which versions of Confluence and JIRA are you using? If you're using Confluence 4 and JIRA 5 then Remote Links <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+Remote+Issue+Links> - would give you two-way linking.

Sorry I can't help on the specific query, it's not something that I've come across before.

Andrew.
Confluence & SSL - redirect via the shipped Tomcat
Asked by e:

Hello,

we've currently installed the Confluence application with the shipped Tomcat and configured secure access with SSL. At the moment everything works fine, but nevertheless we have one open issue we don't know how to solve it.

Due our infrastructure policies confluence should be accessible via [https://confluence.domain.local](http://confluence.domain.local) and only accessible via this url. The problem is now, that the application is also accessible via [https://confluence](http://confluence).

The perfect solution for us now would be a URL redirect from [https://confluence](http://confluence) to <https://confluence.domain.local>. The problem is that i have absolutely no clue how to configure this in the shipped Tomcat?

Does anybody know what i have to configure to implement an URL redirect (in the way we need it?).

Thanks in advance,

Andreas


Answers:
author: Jeremy Largman
body: We usually suggest setting up [Apache with mod_rewrite](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Using+mod_rewrite+to+Modify+Confluence+URLs) for this. However it does look like you can do it with Tomcat too. Just Google around for 'tomcat url rewrite'.


author: e
body: I recently tried to configure a rule in the urlrewrite.xml - but the redirect does not work at all.

=\> If you have any idea, please reply! :)


Tags: redirect

ssl
Trying to find a Plugin with Tasks and Due Dates
Asked by Kathleen Jacobs:

New to Confluence and am looking for a plugin to assign tasks and give due dates for them.

I used the Task List macro but does not have the option for dates.

An a way to access the task process on another page would be a great Plus!

Any ideas or suggestions? please


Answers:
author: Kathleen Jacobs
body: Thanks Renjith! Sounds about right.

The comments make it sound like it's no longer supported, but i'll see if it still works.


author: Renjith Pillai
body: Does this help? <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugins/com.taskdock.taskdock>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can we use the Doors connector or Contour connector if we are On Demand?
Asked by Melody Bliss:

We are currently using Jira Studio and will be moving to On Demand. There are 2 plug ins that look attractive to me - the connector to Doors and the connector to Contour but I don't know whether they are available if we are On Demand or only if we run the Altassian suite on our own computers.


Answers:
author: Dieter
body: Hi Melody, please check this page <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy> to see if your plugin is supported on OnDemand. Currently it looks like it is not but maybe you can find a foreign Doors plugin/aplication that integrates Doors into Jira using soap/rest calls only.


author: Melody Bliss
body: Thanks for the answers. Not what I wanted to hear but what I expected.


author: NikE
body: OnDemand is a uniform platform and currently does not allow for custom plugins/connectors. (If you run a local instance, there are no limitations to the cusomizations.)

For OnDemand, the list of cloud connectors is here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+Cloud+Connectors+in+JIRA+OnDemand>

and the plugin policy, complete with the list of included plugins, is here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+Cloud+Connectors+in+JIRA+OnDemand>


Tags: cloud

integration
How do I install Ad Hoc Workflows plug-in in Confluence OnDemand?
Asked by Nando Guimar?es:

I'm trying to install the plug-in from within Confuence itself, but I don't see where.


Answers:
author: NikE
body: OnDemand comes with a set of bundled plugins and it is currently limited to those plugins. A list of the plugins included in the bundle as well as the OnDemand plugin policy (with a note about future plans) is at the link below.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy>


Tags: app

cloud

confluence-cloud
Is it possible to see a list of all calendars in TeamCalendars?
Asked by Jay Barra:

I can see popular ones or search for one, but can I use JQL in the search box to get a list based on a filter? Or is there a way to see a list of every calendar I have permission to see?


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Looks like this isn't possible at the moment. See the comments from our developer in this improvement request - <https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-230>. As hinted there, you can probably make use of the "Add Existing Confluence Calendar" wizard as a workaround, or at least search with one letter to get suggestions e.g. 'e'.


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Who can set Page Restrictions?
Asked by Daniel Serodio:

In a page with existing restrictions, who can edit this page's restrictions? Is it only the user who created the page? How can I get permission to edit this page's restrictions?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Daniel,

The restrictions on a restricted page can be edited by anyone who has both the "Restrict Page" permission for the Space that the page is in and the Edit permission for the actual page, so it's not just the person who created the page or originally set the restriction.

In order for you to get permissions to restrict the page you need to ask the Space administrator(s) to give you the "Restrict Page" permission and then someone with Edit permission on the page to give you the edit permission.

More details are available at <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions#PageRestrictions-RequirementsforSettingRestrictions>

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

comments: author: Mark Douglas
body: it helped. thanks


author: hsuhailah
body: Administrator and users with the permission to edit the page will be able to do so. In order to set or modify page restrictions, you need to have the 'Restrict Pages' permission in the space to which the page belongs, as well as permission to edit the page itself. You can restrict the page to as many users and groups as you like. For further details, you may refer to the following links:

* <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Setting+a+Page%27s+Restrictions>
* <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions>