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Confluence emoticon macro
Asked by Lawrence Robinson:

How can I access and extend the emoticon macro plugin?


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi Lawrence!

You have to find a source jar file from developers. I think that it is free so you can find a source :) Then use some IDE and look for class (more info [](https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/confluence/4.2.4/reference/com/atlassian/confluence/content/render/xhtml/model/inline/Emoticon.html))<https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/confluence/4.2.4/reference/com/atlassian/confluence/content/render/xhtml/model/inline/Emoticon.html>)

Rebuild and try it :)

Or you can try to make your own plugin for emoticons. If you need help, try their developer website. They have a many tutorials and guides. You have to install IDE, SKD atlassian and then you can try to do it;)

Is this that what you mean?

Ales


author: Lawrence Robinson
body: Thanks that answers it.

I will find the jar file in confluence folder after running "atlas-run" and poke through there and check into modifying the macro's UI.

comments: author: Ale? La?ar
body: That is great if it helped you :) I hope that everything will work for you.
How can I use current page title in a sql query?
Asked by Niharika Shrivastava:

I am a begginer and using Bob swift SQL plugin. My query is

```
SELECT * FROM OS_PROPERTYENTRY ojoin CONTENT c on c.CONTENTID = o.entity_idWHERE o.entity_key like 'vote.%'and c.TITLE = $PageTitle
```

```
?
```

```
What should I use in place of $PageTitle to pass the current page title as attribute.
```


Answers:
author: Mirko Skramusky
body: Hi!

I think this is the right documentation page for you: [](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/How+to+use+Confluence+metadata+in+SQL+queries)<https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/How+to+use+Confluence+metadata+in+SQL+queries>. You can insert the page title via the [Run Self-Service Reports for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN) Plugin.

comments: author: Niharika Shrivastava
body: Hi Mirko! thanks for your response.

Is it in anyway possible without this plugin (?), I am already using Bob SQL plugin, does that mean for such requirement, I need one more plugin?


author: Mirko Skramusky
body: No sorry, I don't know any other way to do this. :(


Tags: sql
Attachment limit : 10 mo
Asked by Damien:

Hi,

CONFLUENCE is apparently not able to upload an attachment doing more than 10 Mo.

Is this limit customizable?

If yes, where can I find this settings?

Thanks !


Answers:
author: Damien
body: You're right !

Thanks for the tips !


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's under Admin -\> General Configuration -\> Attachment Settings.

I'm not sure you can change it in OnDemand, and you should also be aware that Confluence isn't really designed for very large files, so if you're thinking of uploading a lot of data, you might struggle.


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence space specific announcement banners?
Asked by Matthew E. Merkelson:

I see how to make a Confluence wide announcement in the Custom HTML section. And I've seen older notices from 2009 discussing space specific announcement banners. But I can't find any specific descriptions of how to do it and I'm not sure if it is still an available option. Is it, and if so, how?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Go to the space stylesheet...

**Default theme**Space tools -\> Look and Feel

**Documentation theme**Browse(menu) -\> Space Admin -\> Look and Feel -\> Stylesheet

Then add this. You can play around with the styling to make it look like what you want, but it should work just fine without the need to install any plugins or anything like that.

```
#header::before {	content:"stuff";	background: #FFD;	display:block;	font-weight: bold;	text-align: center;	padding: .4em 0 .3em 0;}
```

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Does this work for you?


author: Matthew E. Merkelson
body: That should be fine. Thank you.

Matthew


author: Davin Studer
body: Feel free to make the question as answered if an answer meets your needs. :) Thanks.


author: Florent R_
body: Thanks for the answer [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) . Can you tell how to limit the CSS formating to the header ? I have a custom CSS for my Confluence, and it is disturbed by the styling in the header::before...


author: Mick Davidson
body: Matthew, try this:

```
{anchor:top}{note:icon=false}{center}&lt;Some text goes here. [WLA:&lt;Page Name to link to&gt;] {center}{note}
```

**Notes**

* {note:icon=false} - this can also be True
* \[WLA:\<Page Name to link to\>\] - use this to add a link. WLA is the space key.
*

  ```
  {center} - centres the text across the page.
  ```

Do this here:

1. Check the space is using the Documentation theme/layout. If it isn't you can't add a banner.
2. If it does, click the Configure theme button. This opens a new page with three panels.
3. In the Messages area, click in the Header or Footer field.
4. Enter your code here. This should be Confluence's wiki markup.
5. Press Save. The banner will now appear on all pages within that space.

comments: author: Matthew E. Merkelson
body: There is no non-Documentation specific method?


author: Mick Davidson
body: No, you can only do this in the Doc theme.


Tags: announcement

announcement-banner

confluence-administration
Heading in Word imported via Macro appear in TOC but not hyperlinked
Asked by Andy Carroll:

When I add a word doc via the Office Macro to my page, the headings appear in the page's TOC. However, these headings are not hyperlinked like those created within the page making navigation difficult. There does not seem to be an easy way of ensuring all the headings are hyperlinked. Any thoughts?


Answers:
author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: The way I handled this recently was replacing the TOC from the Word doc and replaced it with the Table of Contents (TOC) macro that comes installed in Confluence. It will pull from the headings and have jumplinks to them.
Popular tab infinite loading
Asked by Alexandre:

Hi !

I am migrating and updating Confluence from 4.2 to 5.2 to 5.3.

When I updated Confluence to 5.3, the popular tab on the dashboard don't work. The loader makes infinite loops. On Confluence 4.2, this tab worked.

![](../../upfiles/2014-07-09_11_33_54-Tableau_de_bord_-_Confluence.jpg)

The others tabs work great and I searched on the web but I don't found a solution ...

Thanks !


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hello Alexandre,

I see you mentioned you are upgrading from 4.2 to 5.2 and then to 5.3. Is there any particular reason you're upgrading to 5.2 before 5.3? If not, you can go straight from 4.2 to 5.3.

Regarding to the loading taking forever, have you had the chance to rebuild your index from scratch after performing the upgrade? Please, have a look on [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch) to understand how to perform this.

Hope it helps! :)

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann

Atlassian Support

comments: author: Alexandre
body: No particular reason, it's just a mistake when I downloaded Confluence :)

I've made a rebuild of indexes ... but the problem is still here


author: Mallmann
body: All right, thanks for the info.

That's weird. Since I do not have your logs to have a look at, can you please try to follow [this KB](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Popular+Tab+Does+Not+Show+Any+Results+Due+to+NullPointerException), which describes the same problem you're facing?

Please, let me know how it goes.

Best regards,

Eduardo Mallmann

Atlassian Support


Tags: confluence-administration
not able to install trial version for team calender plugin
Asked by Rinku Saha:

Hi,

I want to install trial version for calendar plugin. i have downloaded the .obr file. and got the 'evaluation license ' for the plugin. when i tried to install on my confluence dev site i am getting one error message ( please refer the attached screenshot). i have checked the log . as per the logs i have check the base url, but both are same. Please verify and let me know the root cause. for your reference i am sharing the logs.

Thanks'

Rinku


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Right, well, that was easy.

You're installing a version that is not compatible with your version of Confluence. Try installing one that is compatible - see [](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars/versions)<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars/versions>

comments: author: Rinku Saha
body: hi Nic,

Thank you, its working fine now.

thanks'

Rinku


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There is no screenshot or logs.

Could you read the log file to see if there are any hints in there?

comments: author: Rinku Saha
body: ![](../../upfiles/calender_plugin_installed_issue.JPG)


author: Rinku Saha
body: i have shared the screenshot, now i m sharing the logs.

Thanks'

Rinku ()


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Still no logs I'm afraid. The error message really does mean we need to look at the logs.


author: Rinku Saha
body: (atlassian-confluence.log)
How do I integrate Google Apps into confluence?
Asked by Christian Ready:

We're trying to use the Google Apps integration with our OnDemand Confluence instance. The problem is that our Apps admin has installed from the Google Marketplace but it isn't showing up in our Confluence Configuration or add-on manager. Are we doing something wrong or is there a better way to let our Apps users access Confluence, embed Google Docs, etc.?


Answers:
author: Pedro Cora
body: Hi Christian, check if you are following all the steps on [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Setting+up+Google+Apps+for+your+OnDemand+instance)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Setting+up+Google+Apps+for+your+OnDemand+instance>and if after that the problem continues, then reach out for Atlassian Support on [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>where a Support Engineer will help you figure this out in no time.

;)

comments: author: Christian Ready
body: Hi Pedro,

Thank you for the follow-up. Right now, our Google Apps admin cannot even log back into OnDemand. Here is a screencast showing the problem:
> Yikes - this is where i'm getting stuck.  
> I can install the "app" in Google Apps with no problem, but when I try to auth with Atlassian here's what happens:  
> (no sound)  
> [](http://screencast.com/t/75mcGPWBJQ)<http://screencast.com/t/75mcGPWBJQ>


Tags: confluence-administration

google-apps
reorder confluence 5.3 pages via api
Asked by Amos Shapira:

I'm working on a tool to migrate our docbook/html documentation into Confluence. We currently use Confluence 5.3.1 and I do not have control over upgrading to a more recent version.

I use the JSON-RPC API ([](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Remote+Confluence+Methods)<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Remote+Confluence+Methods>) and a Python script to do the work.

I'm hitting a problem where the individual pages are automatically ordered alphabetically when imported to Confluence. I need a way to enforce specific order via the script (we have a total of 44 books and 243 chapters, one page per chapter, so manual reorder is out of the question).

I tried to "movePage" within its parent with the "append" order after uploading it but although the API reports success the order stays auto-sorted.

What's the way to achieve that through the API?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: There isn't a way to do this via remote APIs at this time. See also [this answer](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/questions/81723513) for the Confluence CLI.

comments: author: Reinhard J?hnk
body: any progress here?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Yes, see [CSOAP-343](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/CSOAP-343). And there are some movePage examples with this on [Examples](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Examples?src=sidebar).


author: Reinhard J?hnk
body: Thanks for the prompt reply :smile:!

But ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad"): I use the latest greatest Rest API, any chance?


author: Steve Eckhart
body: Is the ability to order pages through the API in the backlog for the Confluence REST API?


author: Reinhard J?hnk
body: @ @Steve Eckhart: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRA-1276> ...


author: Amos Shapira
body: Any chance to get a response about this from Atlassian?
How do I attach an existing space file (PowerPoint) into a new page?
Asked by Brian Wilson:

I'm trying to create a new page inside of a space that includes a PowerPoint presentation (specifically the preview) that has already been included in our space via the File List blueprint. The problem I'm running into is that I'm unable to find a macro that will let me access this file specifically, and worse, it seems the only solution is to attach a second copy of this file. The best I can find is the ability to create a text link to the file, but then I lose the impact of having the preview embedded as part of this new page.

Could someone point me in the right direction here?


Answers:
author: Brian Wilson
body: I was finally able to figure this out, so I wanted to share the solution. I kept looking for ways to treat it as just any other file or some sort of "Add Existing File" dialog or macro. Instead, it's very specifically done through the PowerPoint macro.

1. Add the Office PowerPoint macro
2. In the related dialog, enter the page the file is currently attached to in the "Page Name" field.
3. Once added, the next filed should now populate with related files.
4. Click "Insert"
5. Enjoy that sweet, sweet PowerPoint.

comments: author: Lisa Clist
body: This no longer seems to work. It either only lets you select attachments from the existing page, or tells you there are no relevant attachments.


author: Stephanie Arnaud
body: Hi Brian!

I just noticed your question and would like to give you another solution, additionally to the one you provided above.

Type "!" in your Confluence page, and start typing the name of your file. Confluence will search within files in other pages. Once you've found it, just press "Enter" and your powerpoint will be automatically added using the powerpoint macro. This way you just have to remember the name of the file but not the name of the page it's in, which might be easier.

Cheers!

Stephanie


Tags: attachment

confluence-administration

file

ms-powerpoint
How do i create a template title like meeting notes
Asked by Brian_Candiloro:

The existing meeting notes template is not meeting our needs completely. I have created a new template within a particular space, and want the default title to be constructed exactly the same as the meeting notes blue-print does. How can I do this?


Answers:
author: Maarten Cautreels
body: Hi Brian,

You could use the 'Create from Template' macro to add a button to a certain page which allows you to configure the default title as you described:

image2014-9-13 19:10:48.png

Best,

Maarten  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-do-i-create-a-template-title-like-meeting-notes/qaq-p/143859?attachment-id=5161){#link_1189be4f3d687a}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/23938/1/image2014-9-13%2019%3A10%3A48.png){#display_1189be4f3d687a_0}

comments: author: Sujata
body: Thank you that was really helpful, it works great!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

meeting-notes

title
Existing Confluence Users - Migrate to Jira Directory
Asked by Nathan Bouwsma:

We have been using Confluence and built our users in the internal directory. We added Jira and are using the Jira Directory Server to bring new users in. How do I move my Internal Confluence users into Jira Directory Server. Is there a migration or synchonization process?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Nathan,

I recommend to try to migrate the users in confluence version 5.3 or above since there were changes in the user mapping inside the database.

I could find this other answer that may help migrating the users from directories: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/87000/how-to-migrate-users-from-one-directory-to-another-using-sql>

I heavily suggest a backup of confluence before any change in the database.

Cheers,

Rod


author: Nathan Bouwsma
body: Is there a way to merge two users or transfer all authored pages, etc. between users?


Tags: confluence-administration
How to modify the Documentation Theme?
Asked by J Randall:

I am fairly new to Confluence so I apologize in advance for my ignorance. I need to modify the header of the documentation theme that is currently in place (which has been customized) and am unable to locate any of the customizations in the "Configure" portion of Admin v5.1.3. Specifically, I need to replace the quick-search box with a customized search box that points to our Google Search Appliance. Any idea's if there are raw files that may have been updated? If so, where could I locate those files on the server?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Ale? La?ar
body: Hi there,

You can try use Stylesheet in Look\&Feel section in administration console.

If you need another thinks, you can try in the same section (Look\&Feel) the Themes and there is **Configure Theme**.

I hope that it will work for you.

Ale?


author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi there,

You can refer to this documentation here for your customization

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Documentation+Theme)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Documentation+Theme>

Good luck

Regards,

<br />

Wayne Wong


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation-theme
Is the Ideation plugin being actively supported?
Asked by David Hayman:

I'm interested in using this tool to drive product development, however the functionality is quite narrow currently.

I'm happy to to raise enhancement request, but it looks as though no changes have been made in the last 6 months.

I'm curious about the level of support?


Answers:
author: Melek Jebnoun_Vectors_
body: Hi David,

Thanks for raising this discussion and sorry for the late reply here. Looks like there is an issue with the notification system associated to labels within Answers.

We are curious to know how you imagine our plugin to fully reply to your need. When we imagined Ideation plugin, we wanted to offer a simple and user friendly tool to Confluence users to encourage them to share their thoughts and ideas and especially to centralize those ideas somewhere where all users can read, comment, vote.. The plugin is evolving maybe slowly but surely because even if we want to enrich it we want to keep it easy to use. Which sometimes require a deep search and testing efforts from our side to fit Confluence technical restrictions but add new features to this cool plugin.

We are targeting a 6 months major release cycle for our plugins, but we keep a special attention for sub-releases when it's about Blockers/Critical/Urgent bug fixing or small features additions when it's requested by a bug number of our clients.

We established a \[JIRA Instance\|<http://lab.spectrumgroupe.fr/jira/>\] to get our clients feedback and especially features requests. This way we can know what orientation to give to our plugin for major releases.

Other note we just launched our Ideation V2.0 plugin :smile: release note and new features are detailed on the documentation page. Don't hesitate to test it and tell us if it replies to some (hope all) your requirement to us our product.

We are open to any discussion or idea concerning our products either here or by email labsupport@spectrumgroup[e.fr](http://e.fr)

Thanks a lot again
Hosting shopify within Confluence
Asked by James Woolfenden:

Id like to be able to connect up the authentication of conflucence so that user could navigate from with confluence (on demand) to be preauthenticated in our shop?

Could OAuth be hooked up that way? Any any ideas woudl be welcome.


Answers:
author: AgentSmith
body: You can use application links but there are few caveats. Mainly, you won't be able to leverage your cloud instance for user authentication, and the application must be accessible via either port 80 or 443.

This following document will guide you through the configuration process:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Linking+to+Installed+Applications+from+OnDemand>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Creating Fixed Width Content
Asked by Nicholas Pappas:

How can I set content to remain centered in the page, at a fixed width?

The Confluence documentation does this, but my attempts to use 'sections' and 'columns' have proved unsuccessful.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Documentation+Home)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Documentation+Home>


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: I would create a user macro that you can use to wrap around your content to be centered. Also in the user macro would be some CSS styles to do the centering.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: You could also try the [Content Formatting Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros). It gives you all sorts of html macros such as div, span, style, etc. You could create a div maco and set the id in the macro properties. Then create a style macro and target that div to center the contents.


author: Nicholas Pappas
body: Thank you. I was hoping there was some more straight foward way - I figure it is a canned layout they are using, but my installation doesn't provide. I went ahead and just tossed a \`div\` in with some styling to accomplish the effect -- just have to remember to add it to each page now.


author: Nicholas Pappas
body: Hm, thought I had. A wayward double click on the check perhaps. :)


author: Davin Studer
body: Feel free to mark the question as answered. Thanks. :)