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Viewing page tree in edit mode
Asked by Deborah Shifflett:

When I'm editing a page, the page tree is not visible. Is there a way to fix this so I can view both at the same time?


Answers:
author: Ajay _view26_
body: [@Deborah Shifflett](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4369469)

Welcome to the Atlassian Community. When you enter edit mode, the page goes full-screen to enhance the edit experience.

Cheers

Ajay

comments: author: Deborah Shifflett
body: Thank you for the response, I appreciate it. At least I know there doesn't seem to be a "fix" for this. Going full-screen may enhance the edit experience for some but not for me and my needs. A responsive user experience would be if there was an option for the user to choose what view works best for them.

Again, thank you.


author: Jonathan Kolodner
body: I'm going to second Deborah's ask. I frequently need to see other document titles in the page tree while I'm working on the document I'm working on, so I would appreciate the ability to expand/collapse it even while in edit mode. This would increase the continuity of the navigation experience.


author: Dan Algarin
body: Really frustrating to see the standard "that's a feature, not a problem" response. Of course, that has pretty much been the only response I have seen since we switched to Confluence Cloud and started hitting all of the shortcomings in Cloud.

+1 for viewing page tree in edit mode. For the record, my editing experience has NOT been enhanced by losing the page tree.


author: Orde Stevanoski
body: +1

I too am having hard time accepting the argument that this is for benefit of enhanced editing experience since it is not consistent with other elements that have to dynamically resolve (user list, contributors etc.) that seem to expand in both view and edit mode.


Tags: cloud

edit

page-tree

questions-for-confluence
Can I change the color of the area below the footer?
Asked by Rick Foster:

I'd like to set background of my space to white. All good so far, except for the grey area below the footer. Is it possible to style that?

![gutter.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/143570iBB376D8D39B79F27/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "gutter.png")

I've tried styling body and #full-height-container as {background-color: #ffffff;}. Neither of those worked.


Answers:
author: Thiago Masutti
body: Hi [@Rick Foster](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2326072)   
I hope you are well.

This seems to be part of the *body#com-atlassian-confluence* element.  

Let us know if the following CSS works to you.

```
body#com-atlassian-confluence  { background-color: white; }  
```

Kind regards,  
Thiago Masutti

comments: author: Rick Foster
body: [@Thiago Masutti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1209618)

Fascinating. That worked for this area in Space Tools, but not on the regular wiki pages. Thank you for the suggestion, though!

Rick


Tags: confluence-server

css

server

stylesheet
Many to Single Confluence link AND BACK
Asked by Alex Shedroff:

I am writing documentation where I have multiple documents (titled 1 through 25) which point to a single document (titled A.)

Linking multiple in is easy and forward, 1 link on each page.

If adding links back it would take 25 (A-\>1, A-\>2,...A-\>25.)

Is there a confluence function call to make the link from A out work as "RETURN TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM," rather than creating 25 different links?

Any ideas would be welcomed.

Thank you,

Alex M. Shedroff 5-14-2021


Answers:
author: Mykenna Cepek
body: My one thought is to [label](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/use-labels-to-organize-your-content/) all the "inbound pages" (the pages being used for the inbound links).

Then you can use the "Content By Label" macro to aggregate a list of the outbound links on that "A" page.

- - - - - - -

If that's feasible for you, great! Just one additional caution. You might already have a template page that you are using to spin up new inbound pages.

You might then wish to just add a label to that template, which will propagate to each new inbound page you spin up. Let me validate that that would be awesome!

...except for bug [CONFCLOUD-38181](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-38181) which exactly breaks this possibility. Anyone reading this, please go vote for that bug so we can encourage Atlassian to prioritize it.

While labeling each page might still be manual, it's less overhead than editing the page and copy/pasting URLs. Hopefully you can train folks to add the labels themselves as they create new pages. Or you can set yourself as a Watcher on that space to keep things from slipping thru the cracks.

One final thought: if your org is new to using Confluence labels for pages, consider thinking through some minimal naming schemes. This can help in the long-term, since the namespace for page labels is global throughout your Confluence instance.

Hope this helps. Best wishes!

comments: author: Alex Shedroff
body: **Thank you**. While this comes close to what I am looking for it does not quite apply.

I will most likely have 20 to 30 links onto individual pages and am hoping Confluence has a built in function to basically act as (almost any,) **browser's back button** ; IE a**single button/return link** to send the user's instance back to where it was called from.

The packaging of return links could work however this still leaves the user with selecting from one of many pages/labels and I'm hoping for a simpler 1 button/link returns you to where ever you came from.

Again, thank you for your suggested solution. It would be both consistent and a bit more elegant than having to manually update the page each time another link in is made but does not seem to resolve the TMC (too many choices,) issue.

Alex...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to acquire org.hibernate.SessionFactory in a plugin
Asked by Robert Egan:

I'm sure this has a simple, straightforward, answer. But I have been unable to find it in the documentation.


Answers:
author: Charlie Misonne
body: Hi Robert,

I can recommend the [Atlassian Developer Community](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/) for these types of questions.

Good luck!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can't allow the anonymous access in free plan
Asked by N:

Hello,

I can't allow the access for anonymous users for my confluence space on free plan. The configuration of anonymous access doesn't seem to be active.

Is it correct? How I may allow the access to my pages to random users?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Correct, permissions cannot be changed on the free plan.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I am unable to see the confluence calendar events in google calendar after subscribe
Asked by Kotaiah Voddapally:

I am unable to see the confluence calendar events in google calendar after subscribe.

I have followed steps given in confluence


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Kotaiah Voddapally](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4394375)

Have you reviewed this post? May it help you?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-google-calendar-from-team-calendars-240913761.html>

Cheers


Tags: subscription
Is there a way to include the Published page when you send email as part of workflow ?
Asked by mani kj:

I have Comala publishing plugin enabled as part of an approval workflow . When a page is approved , I automatically publish them to new space and email the author \& approvers.

In this email, currently I'm including [@page](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2601906)@ option to say what page is published from Draft space. Problem is when the author clicks on the page link from email, it is taking them to Draft space. Is there a parameter in workflow which can represent the page link of Published space ?


Answers:
author: James Conway
body: Hi [@mani kj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4394246)

Welcome to the community! In this case you need to add a custom workflow to your published space to generate the notifications. This workflow does not need to have states, For example:

```
{workflow:name=Notifications}
    {trigger:pagecreated}
        {send-email:user=confluence-users|subject=New page added to approved space}
             @page@ has been added to the approved space
        {send-email}
    {trigger}
    {trigger:pageupdated}
        {send-email:user=confluence-users|subject=Page update in approved space}
             @page@ has been updated in approved space
        {send-email}
    {trigger}
{workflow}
```

Note that you'll need additional events for blog posts (newscreated and newsupdated) if required, see <https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CDML/Events#Events-Contentchanges>

If you need any further support with this use case or any other, please reach out to our Customer Success team at <https://support.comalatech.com>

All the best

James  
Senior Product Manager

comments: author: mani kj
body: James,

Thanks for the response. This will help.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can I subsribe nonConfluence user to email notifications about page content changes?
Asked by rafal.dubel:

Hi everyone!

I have a need to subscribe someone who's not our Confluence user to notifications concerning one of pages of our workspace. Is it even possible?

I cannot grand him access to our space as he needs informations only from one page. I've shared it with him with a public link but he does not know what we introduce new content.

Any tips would be apriciated! ;) Thanks in advance ;)


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Rafal and welcome to the Community!

This is a great question as not all users who need updates will require access to your site. With that said, the default workflow for notifications does require a user to "subscribe" by watching a page. Meaning, by default, a user must log in and elect to watch a page for updates.

Now, with the default out of the way, you can explore alternatives. Such as creating a user to only watch specific pages (This user will consume a license, so be aware of this). You can use this user to "subscribe" and watch your page but manage email forwarding notifications to go to your external users. This is a workaround solution and possible, but it may be cost prohibited since each watcher of a page consumes a license.

Another alternative would be to use a workflow management app from [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/) to manage notifications of page changes/approvals. We don't have any specific app we recommend as each site has its own requirements, but we do encourage you to explore options.

I hope this is helpful in managing your notification for external users.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: rafal.dubel
body: Hey, [@Stephen Sifers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2145523)

Huge thanks for so complex and comprehensive answer!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

email

notification
How to insert custom CSS in Confluence
Asked by Georgeta Pojoga:

Hello,

I'm trying to improve the look of the space overview.   
Can somebody explain me how to apply CSS to it?   

<br />

Thank you,   
GG


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Georgeta Pojoga](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3814294)

Since you are on confluence cloud, there is no option to change the look and feel. You have to install a thirdparty app.

[Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?category=Themes%20%26%20styles&hosting=cloud)

Regards, Dominic

comments: author: Georgeta Pojoga
body: Thank you for your fast reply.  

I will try to search the best free option on the market place.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

css
CSV import - hyperlinks not working
Asked by Ashok Ambigapathy:

Hello,

I need to export a confluence table data from one space and import it in another space. I used the export to csv feature (also enabled the Export Clickable Links option) to generate the csv file and I am using Table From CSV macro to import it. Original table has few fields that contains hyperlinks. Those hyperlinks are exported as hyperlink functions e.g. =HYPERLINK("<http://www.microsoft.com>", "Microsoft"). During the import I need those hyperlinks to be shown as clickable links in the confluence. Instead it is just displaying the raw Hyperlink function data as such. Is there any setting or parameter I need to change to get the imported data with clickable links? Any alternative method to export/import table data that contains hyperlinks is also appreciated?

N.B. Making mirrored copy of table like using Table excerpt Include is not what I need. Need onetime import or data.

Thanks a lot for any suggestions.


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Ashok Ambigapathy](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4394042) ,

We can suggest using the following workaround: export your table without the Export Clickable Links option enabled. Then your hyperlinks will be exported as a plain text: [www.abc.com](http://www.abc.com) instead of the =HYPERLINK("<http://www.abc.com/";"www.abc.com>").

When you import your table, wrap the Table from CSV macro into the [Table Transformer](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Transformer+macro) macro and [create clickable links](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/Advanced+table+cells+formatting#Advancedtablecellsformatting-Creatingclickablelinks) for the required column using the FORMATWIKI function.

comments: author: nmanideep92
body: [@Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1464746) I have a similar issue but in my case I am uploading a csv from unix environment to confluence with a field as =HYPERLINK("<https://www.abc.com>";"ABC"). and I want the table to just display "ABC" as a clickable link in the table transformer macro. Can you suggest how can I achieve this.

TIA.


author: Stiltsoft support
body: Hi [@nmanideep92](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/5350857) ,

We can suggest the following: firstly split the cell contents to get the "valuable" part of the link and then reconstruct it via the FORMATWIKI function.![Fri 4-1.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288734i2BC6636C8D2C8772/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 4-1.png")

SELECT  
FORMATWIKI("\[Link\|" + CONCAT("<https://www>.", 'Link 1', ".com/") + "\]") AS 'New Link'  
FROM  
(SELECT T1.'Link'-\>split(".")-\>1 AS 'Link 1'  
FROM T\*)

![Fri 4-2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/288735i543208B1A7889BEE/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Fri 4-2.png")

Here the internal SELECT splits the contents of your cells by point, but you can also cut your string and use other AlaSQL functions to get the "abc", "cde", etc. parts.

In the external SELECT we reconstruct the clickable links.


Tags: csv

filter

import

table
Change Time Zone in Comala Workflow
Asked by Marlene Pirker:

Hello!

I used the approve date and time in our document control in confluence. It worked. I used {set-metadata:approveddate}@datetime@{set-metadata}.

But it is the wrong time zone. I am in Vienna.

Has anybody an idea how to change it?   

Thanks!!


Answers:
author: James Conway
body: Hi [@Marlene Pirker](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4394046)

Welcome to the community! The @datetime@ value is obtained from the server where your Confluence instance is installed. You can confirm it by checking System information from your Confluence Instance administration.

Note that to change the timezone requires configuration changes to the Java Runtime Environment in which Confluence runs, see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/setting-the-timezone-for-the-java-environment-841187402.html>

All the best

James  
Senior Product Manager

comments: author: Marlene Pirker
body: Thank you!


Tags: comala

workflow
Our Data is gone
Asked by Marcel:

Hello,

our Confluence is running on a Windows virtual server with service. After a reboot due to Windows updates and restart of the Confluence service, all new features and additions in the documentation in Confluence are gone until the middle of last year.

What is the reason for this and how can we get the data back?

It seems that he did not "commit" the data - but we hope not :-


Answers:
author: Marcel
body: Scheinbar sind die letzten Datenbankeintr?ge schon etwas ?lter. Allerdings haben wir in letzter Zeit zahlreiche Artikel ge?ndert wie angeh?ngter Screenshot verdeutlicht. Scheinbar ist die Update-Seite noch im Cache, sodass uns diese noch angezeigt wird.

Wo sind die gespeicherten ?nderungen aber nun hin??

![screen.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/143648i0AE2297678710D66/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "screen.png")


author: Charlie Misonne
body: Have you tried running a reindex in Confluence?

Your data is stored in the database. Check whether recent changes are in there. Pages are stored in the **content** table.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How do I request for access?
Asked by Arek:

I'm using Cloud instance with company-managed project

I'm clicking on "Switch to"

I select Confluence (TRY)

I request for access

I get notification that my site admin will contact me

No one reaches out to me, despite numerous emails to site admin

I cannot find who is my site admin

How can I get Confluence?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Arek](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4302574)

The confluence you are trying to access is yours (free) or belongs to your company.

If you write to the administrator of the instance, he does not answer you, he still does not want to give you access.

If you explain the situation a little better, we can help you

Cheers


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can't see any confluence content even though I'm admin
Asked by Wenke Wensing:

When opening pages in confluence I can only see the list of pages but no content. I also can't edit. But I can delete pages so my admin persmission for the space worked. I already asked the confluence coordinator in our team. He can't help because we already has given me all the rights I could get as an page admin.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/143468i55D84F341C8BA813/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Yana Stoliarova
body: Looks like the pages are empty and there are page restrictions implemented to restrict editing.

If you have space edit permissions, then you probably should contact Page creator, so he can explain the purpose of the pages.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What **space** permissions do you have?

comments: author: Wenke Wensing
body: Where can I see this? can I even?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: At the bottom of the left-hand column, there should be a link to space tools. Permissions are one of the tabs in the admin area that gets you to.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Requirement Yogi Report with merged columns/properties
Asked by lmdventura:

I've build a Requirement table with several properties (columns) and I would like to build some reports by using the RY Reports Macro or using the Traceability Macro to build these reports in a more readable manner. and for that I would like to merge some of the columns.

Here are some of the things I would like to achieve and documentation seems not to be very detailed with examples:

RY Reports Macro:

\* I see that when specifying the columns we can use the "+" to merge columns, but is there a way to put a "break" or include a Text/Character as a separator?

\* is there a way to define the column header name? (if I use the Traceability it is possible, but I don't see a way to merge columns there)

RY Traceability Macro (Url copy paste into page)

\* when we build a traceability matrix we can edit headers and move columns as we like as well as presente relations with the requirement (link/from/to) but then I'm not able to find a way to merge the columns

\* that Column (Source) is based on a JSON format of Steps, but I don't find any documentation that I could use to understand it and maybe use it to achieve what I wanted.

Is there any documentation with more details and samples and is it possible to achieve the above?


Answers:
author: Fabian Lim
body: Hi [@lmdventura](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4393881)

I recommend you contact yogi requirements's support team for help. Link: [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212523/requirements-yogi?tab=support\&hosting=cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212523/requirements-yogi?tab=support&hosting=cloud)

Regards


Tags: addon-com.playsql.requirementyogijira

report

requirement

requirement-yogi
How to include an existing page into a template
Asked by Vikas Peri:

I am basically trying to include an existing page in my comapany's confluence into a new template. I am able to include it the page into new page but cannot add it to a template.   

Steps followed:  
Overview -\> SpaceTools -\> Apps -\> New -\> Document Sections -\> + button( new Section) -\> Edit content -\> + -\> Other Placeholders -\> Include Page -\> Space Key and Title of the Page -\> OK


Answers:
author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Vikas Peri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4393781) Is your Confluence instance on cloud or server? I would like to try and recreate the issue.

comments: author: Vikas Peri
body: Hi [@Brant Schroeder](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/769100) ,  

Thanks for getting back to me.  
Its on server btw.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: [@Vikas Peri](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4393781) I was able to get it to work. The template always displayed an error in preview and would not render the content. Once I used the template to create a page the excerpt content displayed as it should.
get Labels from other page URL and put it on front page.
Asked by watanabe_hitoshi:

Im sorry for bad english.

Im making front page.

I want to make a table that has 2 columns, first column is for URL(to other page), second column is for labels that granted to first column's URL.

I want to get labels from URL of other page and put these labels on "labels" column.

Please tell me how realize.


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@watanabe_hitoshi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4393725)

The only thing would be to use the "Content by label" macro:

Here you have to set label, and it shows you all pages with this label.

![image.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/143492i0BCA12D738612BDF/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

Your goal to create a table isn't possible in confluence cloud.

Regards, Dominic


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Search function in Confluence
Asked by Matti:

Hi ! I have questions related to search function in our Confluence Device Info page. Can someone help me to set correct settings to get Search function to work properly ?

Matti Koskelo

*\[Removed by moderators\]*


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Matti and welcome to the Community!

It looks like your post might have had PII or sensitive content and was cleaned by a moderate. With that said, I would like to understand more of what you're wanting to do.

Is this question around the Web UI or the Mobile UI of searching within Confluence?

Could you be more specific on what you're wanting to change the search functions to better find?

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud