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Can I define an alternative page title?
Asked by Steffen Heller:

Hello everyone,

is there a way to define an alternative page title for a Confluence page?  

I would like to have a second alternative page title that allows me to do certain things that are not possible with the original page title, for example:

* have different pages with the same title (for example titles like "Description", "Technical Details", that appear in different chapters)
* use characters like "????", etc. in the page title
* easily create separate page titles for different language versions on the same page

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Is this possible? Is there a macro for this?  

This question is related to another one I asked before ( [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/49483/how-can-i-customise-the-content-of-the-automatically-generated-toc-don-t-want-page-names-but-my-own-headings](/questions/49483/how-can-i-customise-the-content-of-the-automatically-generated-toc-don-t-want-page-names-but-my-own-headings) ) in the sense that finding such an alternative page title would also solve the other topic.


Answers:
author: Joerg Bencke
body: Hi,   
for exporting your pages with Scroll-office, you can use the "scroll-title" makro. That does not work inside the wiki, though.

Josh


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: We use the [Zen Foundation theme](http://www.stepstonetech.com/display/zen/Home) on our Website, and I sometimes find that I want to do the same thing - have an alternative title.

They enable "mocking" this capability a few different ways -

* by hiding the title, you can then use an header format which seems like title.
* by inserting a section above the body frame, you can make the section seem like the title.

Of course this section reference I am referring to is also different than Confluence - so you have to try it to understand. But in short, Zen Foundation breaks down Confluence page layouts and pages into sectionals that can be dragged and dropped, and the way you piece it together gives you tons of flexibility for needs such as what you are suggesting.

Alternatively, you are talking about a few custom macros to do the functions you describe, which we can also help with. Its all possible - just need to be creative on your piecing of it together, or plugins, macros you use..


author: SarahA
body: Hallo Steffen

The K15t Software team is developing a new plugin (currently in beta) that will allow duplicate page titles in the same space. The way it does this, is by allowing you to define an alternative page title.

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions>

Cheers

Sarah

comments: author: Steffen Heller
body: Hello everyone,

I went through different possibilities and it seems I will give one of the scroll plugins from k15t a try since it offers this and some other interesting functions. Thanks for all the input.

Cheers


author: Danielle Zhu
body: Have you tried Excerpt macro or Multi Excerpt plugin(commercial)? Excerpts can be included with Except Include, PageTree, Children Display and other macros. They do not however replace page titles in the display.


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Attachments not found
Asked by Arantxa Lacasa Madero:

All of the attachments in a space are now unretrievable. The error says "The attachment you were trying to download could not be found in the attachment file store. Either the file has been removed manually of there was an error in removing the record of the attachment from Confluence."   

Also, when trying to download all attachment, a System Error is shown (attached)![](../../upfiles/error2.jpg).  

Trying to move that space to one place was unsuccessful. Could this process have caused the attachment links to be broken? Despite the attempt to move the space, the attachments should not have been lost because an error was received.  

How can I restore all attachments? None are shown now. This is really important, I would appreciate your help.  

Thanks!!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what you did before the error? Were you messing with the file system in some way?

comments: author: Arantxa Lacasa Madero
body: Hello Nic,

We just went into the Home page and then selected Tools, then Move, then I typed the space to move it.

There was an error that said something like "Unable to move, confluence server may be down".

And after that, all of the attachments in the space are now unretrievable. The error says "The attachment you were trying to download could not be found in the attachment file store. Either the file has been removed manually of there was an error in removing the record of the attachment from Confluence."


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, then you need to read the log for the time around when you moved the page - that should tell you what damage has been done. I suspect the attachments are fine, but the database records that Confluence uses to refer to them are damaged. But it's hard to tell without the log.
How do we disable the "Like" feature in OnDemand?
Asked by Siraj Khaliq:

According to <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Disabling+or+Enabling+a+Plugin> this should be possible by disabling the plugin, but in the on-demand version it is listed under "System Plugins" with a stern warning not to disable, and there is no disable link to do this anyway.


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Hi!

Thanks for reporting this. I think this is actually a bug. The Like plugin should be configured as a "user intalled plugin" so that you can disable it.

I've created [CONF-25469](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25469) to report this bug, and I'll be working on getting a fix for it onto OnDemand asap.

Cheers


author: SimonS
body: Hi srk,

The Confluence Like Plugin cannot be disabled in Confluence OnDemand. I'm sorry for the limitation.

-Simon


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Is it possible to disable the "Child Pages" footer in OnDemand?
Asked by Siraj Khaliq:

We'd like to disable the "Child Pages" footer (or default it to collapsed rather than expanded) in our OnDemand deployment. This is to encourage people to list and categorize references to child pages within the parent page rather than relying on the Child Pages feature (in our experience that in time leads to a disorganized mess).

Can this be done?


Answers:
author: Shannon Krebs
body: As you can't control the theme or add your own custom javascript/css with an on demand instance I don't think this is possible.

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand>


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confluence 4.2.1: How to access the wiki style editor?
Asked by samjones6:

Sooooo, yesterday we upgraded from 3.1 to 4.2.1

Annnnd, two of my ten users have now come over and said "How do I access the wiki style editor?" (e.g. the wiki markup editor)

I see the "insert wiki" option, that does not do it. When we want to copy a large formatted block or such, the real wiki editor is the answer.

Where is it? thanks!!

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: There is no wiki markup editor in Confluence 4. See <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.0+Editor+-+What%27s+Changed+for+Wiki+Markup+Users>

There is a source editor plugin if you want to edit the XHTML source but it is a different syntax altogether.

comments: author: samjones6
body: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

We really really miss the wiki editor.

The new editor is really nice, but it is a big step backwards to lose the wiki editor.
scheduledjob.desc.summaryemail
Asked by Brian Hostetter:

So today, I realized our email was not configured in confluence, so I made that work. And then at 1pm, everyone in the entire company gets an email from confluence with todays updates.

Is this the job that caused it? scheduledjob.desc.summaryemail? Any way to tell if that is a system generated job or did a user create that?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Brian,

From your last comment it sounds like you're hitting this issue - <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25213> - suggested fix is to upgrade to Confluence 4.2.2 as it was fixed in that release (<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.2.2+Release+Notes>)

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

comments: author: Brian Hostetter
body: Perfect that looks like it should solve it. Our helpdesk was not happy with me today. Thanks!


author: Joe Clark
body: Thanks, Andrew!

Sorry for getting you in trouble with your helpdesk, Brian. We also got schooled by Atlassian IT when we accidentally shipped this bug to our internal Confluence instance. :-)

<br />

Don't worry, the developer responsible has been made to hang his head in shame.


author: CharlesH
body: You're running Confluence 4.2 I expect. The weekly email is sent to registered users on Thursdays at 1pm to provide an insight into popular content in your wiki. This is a new feature for 4.2.You can turn it off, or make it daily I understand, but you can't change the day or time as far as I can see. The admin screens provide you with access to these settings.

comments: author: Brian Hostetter
body: Is that the correct job to disable? Yes, that is exactly what happened, but our problem is confluence is tied to our active directory install through LDAP. So we have 50 real users of confluence, but 500 got an email about it today.
Remote API: posting date blog entry was created
Asked by Heidi Hofschulz:

Per the post below, at version 2.6, the date of a blog entry could be set with Blogger API and not with Confluence Remote API. I'd like to use Confluence Remote API. How do I include the timestamp that the entry is created?

<https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/BLOG/BlogginRPC+Plugin+Python+Scripts>


Answers:
author: Joe Clark
body: Hi Heidi,

When you create blog posts using the Remote API, you should be able to specify a **publishDate** on the BlogEntry object that you pass in to Confluence, which will control the date at which the blog entry appears within Confluence.

Joe.


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Folder for attachments in Confluence
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

some users of my Confluence ask whether it can be use a folder for the uploaded attachments. For instance they attach plenty of documents on a page and they would like to collect the cohere files into folders.

Is there a feature or plugin or macro for this?

Thanks in advance!

Rumi


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: The drag and drop of attachments works better in 4.x (especially 4.2) than 3.5, but one option for to consider is the WebDav link. This is enabled thanks to a standard plugin, but from memory, you'll need to be running over http, not https for this to work. The WebDAV option means you can get a view of the Confluence spaces inside of Windows Explorer as a network place. With this your users can drag and drop files as they wish. In large installations (over 500 spaces) there can be a noticeable delay while Windows Explorer renders the view.

comments: author: Rumceisz
body: Hi Charles,

thank you for the suggestion!

Where is the WEBDAV link? We don't find it.


author: CharlesH
body: The WebDav plugin is in the list of system plugins.

Here's the info you need for setting up a WebDav connection (which you do in a WebDav client, not Confluence): <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+a+WebDAV+client+for+Confluence#ConfiguringaWebDAVclientforConfluence-UsingaWebDAVClienttoWorkwithPages>

By the way, this will work when you host Confluence yourself. Doubt it's an option for the Atlassian hosted service.


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Can confluence remember which spaces/pages/network tab I have selected?
Asked by Mike Curwen NL:

So on the right-hand side of the dashboard, there's tabs for "Popular", "All Updates", "Favourite Spaces" and "Network". Confluence will remember which of those tabs I've selected, and each time I return to Confluence, that tab is selected.

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Not so, for the tabs on the left. ("Spaces", "Pages", "Network"). Does anyone know if it's a setting to enable? I've tried finding a CONF ticket for this, but my search-fu is not strong this morning.


Answers:
author: BillA
body: there is no setting for it but it's a good idea to fix this. Out of curiosity, what page do you want it to stick on? Pages or Network?

comments: author: Mike Curwen NL
body: Pages, for sure


author: BillA
body: okay. thanks, Mike


author: Peter Binney
body: That's what our users would want/expect too!

Please **vote for** <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25478> if you haven't already!!


author: Mike Curwen NL
body: I've created this: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25478>


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How can I tell which plugins are being used in Confluence
Asked by Darren Martz:

We had a (typical?) starting point of adding too many plugins and are finding some of the plugins are not upgrading as quick as Atlassian. We want to review our plugin usage and look to thin out our list, but we do not know how often or where plugins are being used. Is there some way to find that out?


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Darren,

You can audit what plugins are installed via Browse -\> Confluence Admin -\> Plugins and you can search for where plugins are being used with the following search syntax:

```
macroName: &lt;macro&gt;*where &lt;macro&gt; is the name of the macro, e.g.macroName: include*
```

Hat tip to Sarah Maddox for blogging about this at:

<http://ffeathers.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/how-to-search-confluence-for-usage-of-a-macro/>

Hope that helps?

Andrew.

comments: author: Darren Martz
body: Wow, that is awesome. It doesn't tell me about the plugin, but the next closest thing... the macros within the plugin.


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Yeah, been trought that... Luckly, in my case there weren't too many. I had to do it manually, reading for what they do and looking in what cases could be used. Not the best way, but I'm sure it is the most secure way.
Search specific name in a space
Asked by Christian Willoch:

I've noticed that if I search for a specific name in a space, I only get a search result if this name is written as normal text, and not "mentioned" (using @).

What is the reason for this?

We are currently building up a space for ISO certification documentation. Every page describing a process has a defined "process owner", and we use the @-mention to indicate who is the owner.

Then, if this person resigns, we can search on this name and replace the person with a new owner.

But again - this type of search returns no result if we have used the @-mentioning.

What logic am I missing?


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: Hi,I think this question has been asked before (see <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/20080/search-pages-based-on-mentions>).While there seems to be no answer to this I'd recommend capturing the process owner slightly differently, using a scaffold field. That way you can "search" on pages with particular owners in a more flexible way, even with regular expressions for example. This is done with Reporting, a companion plugin to Scaffolding.If you're handling ISO documentation then I'd expect there to be other defined fields or properties you'd want to capture as well. I'm currently working on a similar system and Scaffolding/Reporting is proving essential for this.Regards,Charles
Duplicate Emails from Confluence Calendars
Asked by Michael Roff:

We have been using Confluence Team Calendars for 6 or so months and only recently have we experienced issues with duplicate email notifications being sent for events being added and events being deleted from Calendars.

Sometimes there are only a few duplicate emails being sent, but sometimes there are over a dozen.

We are using Confluence 3.5.13 and have downgraded to Team Calendars 2.0 as it was thought Team Calendars 2.1 was causing the issue. Even after downgrading to TC 2.0, the problem persists.

Does anyone have any ideas what might be causing this issue?

Has anyone seen this before?

Thanks, Mick

Oooh Look - A bounty!! :)


Answers:
author: Michael Roff
body: In an attempt to get rid of this problem we were setting up a new server to take over from the live server, and as a result of one additional line of information that wasn't present in the live logs, we were able to determine that a host entry in the hosts file is required to point to the local server IP and SSL name. This only seems to affect the team calendars email and not the test email in the mail server settings.

Interestingly this has also fixed the problem of the live site not begin able to scan the log files from the Support tools.

If you have anyone running purely in SSL mode, and you have some weird problems I would suggest that the SSL alias be added to the hosts file.


author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: Sounds like [this](https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-196) or [this](https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-192), but so far, it is concluded as not a product bug - either there's a confusion in regards to mail threading, or multiple accounts having the same email adress.

comments: author: Michael Roff
body: Thanks for responding Azwandi but unfortunately the problem is neither of these.

The problem occurs for ALL new events being created and emails are duplicated upto 7 or 8 times.

We are really scratching our heads on this one ... I think we will go to Atlassian for some advice given there is not much coming through on here.


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Confluence shared with registered business partners and customers + selfregistred users + anonymous
Asked by Ole Kristensen:

Could you please provide me with information for the following setup, where we are considering collaborating with externals.

We already have an on-premise enterprise licensed server and we want a new one in the DMZ for external access for registered users only (anonymous might be able to view some content but not create anything). I take for granted that an extra server means an extra license.

The internal server should be for internals only but certain content should be shared with externals via the DMZ-server.

How is the architecture for this setup? (links and/or PDF-documentation would be nice)

How is the approval process for self-registred externals?

Should we only rely on our LDAP for business partners and customers? And then only use self-registration for public content?

Is confluence scalable and stable enough for this scenario? Any requirements we should be aware of?

If you could guide me to a person to discuss this with it would be very much appreciated!

Best regards

Ole Kristensen


Answers:
author: Thomas Peter Berntsen
body: Hi guys,

We have done scripted (programmatic) replication of content both between instances of Confluence, and between separate spaces in the same instance, and it can be achieved and works well in well-defined scenarios.
>
> How is the approval process for self-registred externals?
>
With regards to the approval process for users who sign up, one would need to be developed, I think. We're currently working on implementing such functionality for another customer of ours.
> Should we only rely on our LDAP for business partners and customers? And then only use self-registration for public content?

Depends on your requirements.
>
> Is confluence scalable and stable enough for this scenario? Any requirements we should be aware of?
>
Really depends on what you define by "scalable" and "stable". Confluence certainly is stable (good machinery underneath), and with the right tuning and care it should scale just fine (until certain limits are reached).  
But, as always, the devil is in the details, and the requirements would need to be more explicit and detailed in order for us to devise the best solution.  
You're more than welcome to get in touch if you want to know more.  
Cheers,  
Thomas  
Translucent ApS (Atlassian Expert)


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi guys,

Is there no one that ever try to use this scenario where there are two instances that server different users but share some of the content?

Really appreciate it if you could share it here.

Cheers,

Septa Cahyadiputra


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Confluence Mail Queue has emails with Blank Subject (empty subject / no subject)
Asked by Michael Roff:

Something in our Confluence setup is causing emails to be sent out with blank subjects.

I don't know what these emails are, but I suspect they are related to duplicate emails being sent from Team Calendars - see seperate question on this here: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/53903/duplicate-emails-from-confluence-calendars](/questions/53903/duplicate-emails-from-confluence-calendars)

Has anyone seen this before or know what may be causing it?

Thanks, Mick


Answers:
author: Michael Roff
body: OK, so it turns out there were some settings in our Confluence setup which were doing this.

To read all about it, check this out Atlassian Answers thread out:

[https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/53903/duplicate-emails-from-confluence-calendars?page=1#65885](/questions/53903/duplicate-emails-from-confluence-calendars?page=1#65885)


Tags: email
Is it possible to import Twiki into Confluence OnDemand?
Asked by Matt Kaufman:

The Confluce import documentation says:
> Confluence OnDemand can only import spaces that are exported from a Confluence instance of the same major version

So I thought I could use UWC to generate a confluence export file. But the TWiki information from UWC says:
> You don't need an exporter to get the TWiki page data.  
> The converter works from the source data files on the file system.

Alas... Is there any way to migrate a Twiki instaince to Confluence OnDemand?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: You will still need UWC to convert TWiki to Confluence.

Essentially, the UWC is currently incompatible with Confluence 4.x which is used by OnDemand. Also, Confluence can only accept space backup made from the same major version (as you mentioned earlier). The process can be a bit lenghty, but here is my opinion on what you need to do.

1. [Install](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Installation+Guide) a Confluence 3.5.x
2. Use UWC to convert Twiki into the Confluence instance
3. [Upgrade](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence) the Confluence instance to 4.x
4. Export the spaces from Confluence 4.x and [import them to OnDemand](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Importing+wiki+data)

comments: author: David Schott
body: Why do you recommend using Confluence 3.5.x ?


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