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Is there a way in Confluence to set permissions for a user to edit existing pages but not add pages?
Asked by Jessica Weissman:

We have a space where each of several organizations should be able to edit its own pages but not add new ones or edit other organizations' pages.

I haven't figured out how to set it so they can't add pages. I can manage the rest of it with page restrictions.

Any ideas, especially ideas that don't involve an add-on as it would take many months to complete the procurement process for those?

Thanks,

Jessica


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No.

Confluence's permission system works on either "you can create content, or not"

This means if a user has create/edit permission, they can create and update pages in that space.

You can use restrictions to stop them editing pages, but the basic access is in the space permissions


author: DanielJurassic
body: Hi there,

the post is nearly three years old.

Is there now a way to grant rights for editing pages, but NOT for creating new ones?

regards

Daniel

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, there's been no change.


author: Krista Parker
body: Yes, you should be able to restrict the space permissions to not allow users or groups to add new pages, and then update who can edit what with restrictions.

comments: author: MoroSystems Support
body: Hi Krista and Jessica,  
thank you for clarification.

Based on this information, I must agree with Nic Brough.

Users can only view pages (they can not edit or create new ones) or have permissions to view, edit, add new pages.

The specific pages can be locked for specific users, and here you can set editing restrictions, see [Page Restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-restrictions-139414.html).

So you can not set what you need in the confluence.

Best Regards

Pavel

MoroSupport


author: MoroSystems Support
body: Hi Jessica,  
if I understand it, every organization has its own space in which it can add and edit pages that are specific to a particular organization only.

In each space you can set access for other groups and restrictions directly on the pages see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/permissions-and-restrictions-139557.html>

Pavel

MoroSystems support

comments: author: Jessica Weissman
body: No, they're all in a single space. But there seems to be no way to let people edit but not add pages.

What we are trying to do may not fit with the standard model of wiki usage, unfortunately.


author: Dawn DeBolt
body: [@Jessica Weissman](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/183968) we would like this same ability but it seems it is all or nothing. You can Edit pages AND Add pages but you unable to just Edit without the ability to Add. Such a bummer as this should be standard functionality. The admins need to have some control of content that is being created ... but this loophole doesn't allow for that.
How to speed up attached document previews in Confluence?
Asked by AdminTeam EMC:

When clicking on a link to an attached document (e.g. PDF, MS Office file) on a Confluence page for the "first time", it can take quite a while (many seconds) to render the preview. While waiting, I get a black box that says, "Your preview is on its way". Is there any way to performance tune this, to make it faster?


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: [@AdminTeam EMC](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/952840) , if this is a reproducible issue I would recommend reaching out to Atlassian support directly and have them take a look. In my experience and recent testing I'm not seeing this delay.


Tags: attachment
I have a user in Confluence that has lost his page menu bar on pages
Asked by jeremiahaj:

This user is trying to modify an existing document that he has created, but can no longer see his page menu bar. The edit, other tools and breadcrumbs to do any exports and other functions does not display. This happens with opening an existing page or even creating a new page. We have tried this on IE and Chrome, and both results are the same. Any help would be great.

So the buttons are there, but you can't see the icons. You can hover over where they should be shown and find all the five menu selections, and use them, but can't see them. Added snapshot to show where they are but can't be seen. ![ConfluencePageMenusNotDisplaying.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8362iC3F8444BAF7E53A3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "ConfluencePageMenusNotDisplaying.png")


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jeremy,

I was able to investigate based on your email address and the screen shot and I could not find anything wrong with the user's account. I logged in as him:![Dwight.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8379i885BE4D4AF61DCC5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Dwight.png")

And I viewed the page:

![Screen Shot 2017-10-26 at 5.22.29 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8381i7DD121D5C9D069C4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2017-10-26 at 5.22.29 PM.png")The edit, favorite, watch and share buttons were visible.

I checked his group memberships and permissions and all should be working.

I understand you tried different browsers. Please try clearing all the browser cache and history, and trying a private session or incognito mode.

I look forward to hearing what you find as it seems quite odd for the buttons to disappear as in your screen shot.
When getting a new SSL certificate, what should I use as CN name?
Asked by bfang711:

This question is about <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/running-confluence-over-ssl-or-https-161203.html>.

Here is the paragraph that I have question with.

1. Follow the prompts to specify your name, organization and location. This information is used to construct the X.500 Distinguished Name (DN) of the entity. The CN ("What is your first and last name?") must match the fully-qualified hostname of the server running Confluence, otherwise Tomcat will not be able to use the certificate for SSL. For example for a Confluence running on a server named "confluence.example.com":  
   `CN=confluence.example.com, OU=Java Software Division, O=Sun Microsystems Inc, C=US`

`So when I fill out CN, I thought it was hostname, like "localhost". However the example gives is a domain name "confluence.example.com". I wonder if I need to give hostname or domain name. In other words, if my internal team needs to access confluence using an explicit IP address "130.130.130.xxx" to a server with host name of "confserver" which one should I fill out in CN?`  

`thank you.`


Answers:
author: Brian Jones
body: I believe you need the FQDN for CN. So its both host and domain name.
Last Accessed field for a Confluence page in REST API
Asked by Ray Gallagher:

Hi folks. We're running some documentation cleanup at our end, and it occurred to me that having a Last Accessed field in the REST API would be useful.

This would allow me to quickly get a list of documents which have not been read in a while, and go bug the document owner to see if the document was in fact still up to date and useful.

I think? there's a Last Updated field, which may be somewhat useful for this, but knowing if the page was being read at all would be a very useful metric.

thanks.


Answers:
author: Stephen Gilson
body: It's really frustrating to me as a content manager to see a great question like this going unanswered now for 16 months.


author: Andr? Gasser
body: I'm having exact the same issue and thus fully support this request. +1 Would be very handy to have this.

Regards,

Andr?


Tags: api
How to force desktop view on mobile devices?
Asked by Morten Bjerregaard:

When i mobile view, Confleunce does not show menues, and all the stuff we want the useres to see.

Is their any way to force the desktop view on mobile deviceses?

Kind regards Morten


Answers:
author: Morten Bjerregaard
body: I found the answer my self :-)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-mobile-284365706.html>

comments: author: Julie Palmer
body: Hey there,

I tried this, but now when I hit our site on mobile, I get "page not found". I can then navigate successfully around our site (in the gorgeous desktop view), but obviously having users hit an error on the first try is... not good.

Has anyone else encountered this? Is there just some step I'm missing?

Thanks!

Julie
Update page modifier
Asked by Patrick Vanhoof:

Is there a way to modify the person who last modified a page? E.g. when he is no longer in the company Confluence will show Unknown user. Can we update that to a known user?


Answers:
author: Danny Zuccaro
body: Hi Patrick,

Good point and I've only used this work around once and it was with the creator of a group of pages who left the company. I'm guessing it would as you suggest update the creator for all versions but I've never tested this out.

Thanks,

Danny


author: Danny Zuccaro
body: Hi Patrick,

If you are comfortable making updates to the database yourself (and after heading the warning about this) - you can find steps [here.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-change-the-creator-of-a-page-720830744.html) And as suggested, make a back up before attempting the work around.

Hope this helps,

Danny

comments: author: Patrick Vanhoof
body: Hi Danny,

Thanks. But the link explains how to update the creator of page (which is also useful), but sometimes the Unknwon user is the person who last modified the page and not the creator. And I do not want to update the creator in that case.

Is there also a 'set modifier' or 'set last modifier'? I presume the SQL mentioned updates the creator of all versions of a page?

Regards,

Patrick
How to add Organizations to drop down list in dashboard gadgets?
Asked by Mehdi Shadidi:

When adding a new gadget to any dashboards. Organizations is not an option and Organizations are not to be found in any drop down list.


Answers:
author: Prashant Samal
body: Did you get an answer for this?

comments: author: Jason Corbett
body: Yes, unfortunately the Organization field is a system field and is not available in the Dashboards.

We implemented a workaround by creating a new custom field and mapping it to the Organization field. We did this using scripts.

It was a lot of effort but it is effective.


author: Prashant Samal
body: Any idea you can give how the script is created?

Is is possible for us to use without putting any extra development efforts?

Is the script ready to use or does it needs to be deployed anywhere on jira instance?

Did you use any addon to use script?

Sorry too many questions but you might have faced these during your research


author: Jason Corbett
body: There is extra development work required. We had a consultant engaged for other work and he implemented it for us.

As far as I remember, he used the Scriptrunner plugin for it.

Let me see what I can find out and I'll revert with an update.
Linking Team Calendar in Confluence
Asked by Rory Murphy:

Hi all,

We're using Team Calendars for functional teams (QA, DEV) etc and for different projects.

Is it possible to link the calendars?

For example I add a leave event in the QA calendar and it automatically creates in the XXX project calendar.

Thanks

Rory


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Rory Murphy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1083733)

Look at this posts, maybe can help you

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-third-party-calendars-273285883.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/create-add-and-edit-calendars-654213559.html>

Cheers
how to show jira issues in confluence to customers that have servicedesk access
Asked by Laurens Coppens:

The customer has jira service desk access and can view all the issues

But when he logges in on confluence, to view the jira issues macro we get: Data cannot be retrieved due to an unexpected error.

Is it possible to configure the macro to use another user?

Granting the customers jira agent access is not possible.


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Lauren.  

The most fitting solution for your case would be to:

1. Allow any logged in user to the 'Browse Projects' permission for the project tested.
2. Get to the project's 'Knowledge Base' section and check the box to allow anyone to read articles without a Confluence license.
3. Have a knowledge base created using the JIRA issue macro listing issues from any project. (ie: The own JSD project)
4. Log in to the customer portal with a portal-only customer account.
5. Search for the knowledge base and open it.

However, We have an existing bug related the solution:

1. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JSDCLOUD-5518>
2. <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-56387>

The workaround we found is the following: _Allow Anyone group to the 'Browse Projects' permission, but from a security perspective, it is highly not recommended as anybody logged in or anonymous will be able to search through the project's issues, both on Confluence as well as on the JIRA project._

Unfortunately, this bug enters the bug backlog, and there are rules in place that govern what gets fixed in releases, but our product team will evaluate it. They will provide updates to our users on these bugs as they come. I would recommend adding yourself as a watcher so you will receive updates.

I would also recommend taking a look at our Bug Fixing Policy for guidelines on how we approach fixing product bugs.

* [https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-cloud-bug-fixing-policy-206865884.html](https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/atlassian-cloud-bug-fixing-policy-206865884.html?)


Tags: jira

jira-service-desk
Bugged text on macro buttons in editor
Asked by ursadon:

Wrong codepage? i tried en_US and ru_RU locale - no luck

Confluence 6.4.3

![conf_bug1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8314i74E410554B9E4B7D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "conf_bug1.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Nikolay,

We recommend UTF-8 for Confluence.   
Have a look at [Configuring Character Encoding](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configuring-character-encoding-174010.html) for more details.

Kind Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: ursadon
body: Thanks for reply!  
But no luck - encoding already set to UTF-8. I tried to set it to Windows-1251, but macro definitions still same.

![cerr2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8350iA17F875DDC46FE9E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "cerr2.png")![cerr1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8351i2D90C2FDF1B77707/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "cerr1.png")

it's a fresh install.

Also, it seems like that this error appearing only on macro in editor mode. Everything else is ok


author: Shannon S
body: Nikolay,

Thank you. Can you help us to understand where exactly you're seeing this, and what are the circumstances? Since at this time we are only seeing a very tiny screenshot from your instance it's hard to tell what is being encoded improperly.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


author: ursadon
body: Hi!

i'm running on Centos 7.4, fresh install

And this bug caused by missing packages with Dejavu fonts.

So after installing it:

```
yum install dejavu-fonts-common dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-mono-fonts
```

my problem was solved


author: Shannon S
body: Glad to hear, Nikolay! If I see this issue again I will suggest the same.

Take care and have a pleasant week.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon


Tags: font
Is there a way to show the Pages listed on the left nav bar like it used to in the previous version
Asked by Padmaraj Subramaniam:

The new version of Confluence has a link and then takes you to a page list. I want to know if there is a setting that can show them in the left pane like it used to be on the previous version with some settings.   


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Padmaraj Subramaniam](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/722873) Welcome to the Atlassian community

I would say that it is not if you are not able to find it in the new interface. If you can share a screenshot then I can look and confirm.


Tags: navigation
Being notified of changes
Asked by Matt Davies:

Hello there.

I'm brand new to Confluence so please be gentle!!

I'm using an on premise install of [Atlassian Confluence](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence) 5.8.10

I'm trying to get notified of any changes that happen inside a space.

I'm watching all content in the space, and the pop up box states I will receive email notifications of any changes.

In my email settings page I have ticked every option available to me.

I haven't received any emails in the last week, and there's been a hell of alot of changes.

I'm guessing I need to contact the local administrator to see if he's enabled email notifications?

Could someone confirm that I've done all I can from my end?

Thanks

Matt


Answers:
author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: Sound like it is something wrong on server side. Or notifications have marked as "junk", so check your spam folder also :)

comments: author: Matt Davies
body: Thanks Gregor.

You are quite correct, I received an email from the server team that there is currently an issue sending mail from our on premises hosted confluence servers.

Something to do with a firewall rule they think, which sounds suspiciously like bullshit to me :-)

Thanks for replying.


Tags: notification
Found typo in Korean translation
Asked by ??(???):

I found typo in Korean translation.

Last modified in Korean is '?? ??' but Confluence said '?? ??'.  

Please fix this typo confluence translation team.  

ps. I know there is live translation community, But there is no "last modified by {0} about {1}"  
(<https://translations.atlassian.com/dashboard/translate?lang=ko_KR#/48/0/??> ??/IN_PROGRESS/last%20modified%20by)  

### In English  
![1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8304iE2B6BB3E0E1CB188/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.PNG")

### In Korean

![2.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8305i5AEB35540DFA4FE6/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2.PNG")


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@??(???)](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/134990) ,

you need to raise a bug to Atlassian team through <https://support.atlassian.com/contact/>

Fabio


Tags: language-ko
How to supress the shortcut interface in the left panel
Asked by Paul-Louis:

![Capture d?e?cran 2017-10-26 a? 08.19.39.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/8302i092AC5F5DB5DBE6D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture d?e?cran 2017-10-26 a? 08.19.39.png")

Bonjour

Selon l'image ci dessus y a t'il un moyen de supprimer toute la partie RACCOURCIS ESPACE faisant en fait double emploi avec ARBORESCENCE DES PAGES et question auxiliaire comment g?rer la fonte , la taille du texte dans le left panel afin de le diminuer en largeur

Merci

Avec mes meilleures salutations


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Paul-Louis,

I'm happy to help you but I will do so in English as this is the language our community runs in.

I spoke with a colleague of mine and he let me know that you were looking to remove some links from the sidebar as well as change the font size.

In order to add or remove links have a look at our article on [Configuring the Sidebar](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/configure-the-sidebar-317194694.html).

You can use CSS here as well (see Adding custom content to a sidebar) in order to adjust the font size.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon

comments: author: Paul-Louis
body: Hello

Thanks is ok for removing the shortcut block but have you an syntax exemple on how to use CSS in custom content sidebar

Best


author: Shannon S
body: Paul-Louis,

You will be able to use basic CSS. You can read more at our [Styling Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html) and see our [Basic Styling Tutorial](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/basic-styling-tutorial-170000548.html).

I would recommend using the [font-size property](https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/pr_font_font-size.asp) and give that a try.

Let us know if you have any trouble.

Kind Regards,  
Shannon
Is there a fonction to apply read/edit restrictions to a batch of pages/sub-pages?
Asked by Marc Dionne:

Hi,

I use Confluence Server 6.2.

I am creating a structure of pages and sub-pages that might be moved individually or in grapes in other spaces. Every page in a grape should have the same read/edit restrictions. For instance, if I apply restrictions only to a structure's head page, lower pages inherit these restrictions. But if I move a sub-page into another space, these restrictions are lost.

Once I have created my pages, how could I apply them the same restrictions all at once instead of applying them one page at a time?

Thank to you all!


Answers:
author: Peter DeWitt
body: [@Marc Dionne](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/724727), in vanilla Confluence there is no good way to accomplish this other than touching each page as you move them. However, there is an addon that should allow you to automate some of this. Check out Confluence CLI (Bob Swift). Specifically the addPermissions action.

<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSOAP/overview>

.pd

comments: author: Marc Dionne
body: Thanks a lot!

Take care!
Any way to exclude sections from publishing in Confluence?
Asked by Dee Heffemm:

Hi, New to Confluence here..

In regards to document templates, I'd like to create one which doesn't publish a section unless text has been entered into it. Below, the "Optional ..." sections would only be published to the document if they contained information. Otherwise, the entire "Optional ..." section would be omitted and the published document would only contain "Title" and "Details". Is there any way to do that? Thanks!

------------------ sample ---------------

**Title:**

My Title for My Document

**Details:**

This is a document for illustrating my question.

**Optional Locations:**

**Optional Notes:**

The 'Optional Locations' section will not be published in my document


Answers:
author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: The [Project Documentation Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1212262) provide a [Section Macro](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/p4aj) that renders if there is content in the body of the macro and does not render if the body is empty. This add-on (or app) is available for Confluence server on the Atlassian Marketplace for free.

The [projectdoc Toolbox](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1212629) is a commercial add-on (or app) that provides some more features for the [Section Macro](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/ugNk). But I think the free add-on provides the features you are looking for.

Biased alert: I'm one of the authors of both add-ons.

comments: author: Dee Heffemm
body: Thanks, appreciate the transparency. I think the Section Macro is precisely what I'm looking for but will look into both.


author: Gregor Kasmann_Actonic
body: You can hide some part of page from export, using NoPrint user macro.

Read more:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/advanced-pdf-export-customizations-198806890.html?_ga=2.191407082.1545005343.1508746524-971217003.1491992739>
Is there a way to disable or permanently expand an Expand Marco?
Asked by Erik Haunold:

I create a few tables on a page using the 'Expand' but now that I've been using it it's driving me nuts and I'd like to get rid of it without having to recreate all the tables on my page. is there a way to make it permanently expand it so when users hit the page they don't want to open each table individually?


Answers:
author: Rebecca M.
body: Hi Erik,

I'm not aware of a way to permanently expand the macro, but you can copy/paste the tables outside of the macro and then delete the macro.

comments: author: Erik Haunold
body: thanks for the suggestion Rebecca. unfortunately I wasn't able to make it work as Confluence would not let me scroll to select all the rows in my exceptionally large table, but a coworker tried replacing the 'Expand' macro with the 'Info' macro and I've achieved the desired result.

thanks again!