youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Certificate of downloaded Confluence exe expired
Asked by Pipo:

Hi,

After downlaoding confluence via official download link (<https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download?_ga=>...) i tried to check the singature and certificate of the exe via the right mouse button the signature and certificate. So i saw that the certificate has expired. Is that OK? Thanks for your answers!


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Pipo,

Apologies for the expired cert, we are tracking this issue here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-54782>

The installer should still work, however if you have policies in place that require a Valid Certificate (and cannot disable them), take a look at [Installing Confluence on Windows from ZIP](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=144212170) as an alternative installation method.

If you have any other questions about this, please let me know.

Cheers,  
Shawn

comments: author: Pipo
body: Hi Shawn, thanks a lot for your answere! The installation was successful, Greets Pipo


Tags: confluence-server

server
Cannot upload any addon on confluence
Asked by Rahul Aich [Nagra]:

Hi All

I am on confluence 6.6.5.

Since this afternoon i am unable to upload any plugin on confluence.

What can be the reason?

I even tried to perform a re-index but did not work.

<br />

Rahul


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Rahul Aich \[Nagra\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781531)

Are you using Confluence Cloud or Server?

If it is server then check the \<Confluence_Home\>/logs/atlassian-confluence.log file for more details.
confluence
Asked by Padmasree P:

Jira url changed after upgrade , how do I change the Jira links in confluence page.


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: HI [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915)

Go to Confluence --\> General Configuration --\> Application Links and provide the Jira URL and create the link.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/linking-to-another-application-360677690.html>

Once you have done this go to Application Navigator and add the Jira URL to it.

comments: author: Padmasree P
body: Hi Yogesh,  
how do we change the links which are in pages/spaces


Tags: confluence-server

server
Instructional Text Icon Missing
Asked by Rachel Rivera:

Hello,

I was just watching a video on Atlassian's website about [Confluence Content Management](https://training.atlassian.com/confluence-catalog) and it referenced the Instructional Text icon. In the video, that icon appears between the Insert Table icon and the Insert More Content icon.

I did see [this post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Adding-instructional-text-to-templates/qaq-p/804870) to the community that suggests the icon will appear if you click on the Page Layout icon.

I'm running Confluence 6.11 and do NOT see that icon. Is it not available in my version? Is it turned off? How can I turn it on?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Rachel


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Rachel Rivera](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2043913),

Instructional Text is only there, if you create or edit a page template. It's not there, if you create or edit a simple page.

Do you create a template?

comments: author: Rachel Rivera
body: OK. I see it now. Thank you!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: You're welcome, [@Rachel Rivera](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2043913)


author: Jochen Sch??ler
body: I have the same problem, but I am definitely working on a template. And the problem only occurs if I have the new editor. In other Confluence spaces I still have the old editor and the icon for instructional text is there. Any idea what the reason could be?


author: giulietta.visintini
body: Hi [@Jochen Sch??ler](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4045483)

Update: Found [this](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Adding-Instructional-Text-onto-a-New-template-using-new-style/qaq-p/1018770) and it worked for me as well.
IS there a way to display bamboo release page in confluence with working links?
Asked by kiran jonnalagadda:

whenever a release is created in bamboo every release has it's own page with all jira tickets and bitbucket code changes worked into that release version. It will be awesome if I can some how include that page in confluence with links that page has.

Worklog:

I have used html include macro to include that page in confluence, this part is alright where it is able to display that page but it cannot use links on that page since confluence base URL is different and unable to process bamboo url's from confluence. is there any way I can make use of those links shown in bamboo page displayed on confluence.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello there Kiran!  
The links shown there should be using the **Jira Base URL** (the links pointing to issues). Were you able to verify if this address is**reachable by Confluence server itself**?

<br />

Further, could you give us a little clarification of what happens when you**try to access the links within the iFrame?** Is the warning thrown the one that tells us the site failed to load?  

Let us know your findings!


Tags: bamboo
Why and when does Confluence apply class="wrapped" to tables?
Asked by Kris Fininen:

We've noticed that Confluence sometimes applies classes to tables:

**\<table class="relative-table"\>**   
**\<table class="wrapped"\>**   
**\<table class="relative-table wrapped"\>**

We've discerned that **class="relatvie-table"** is applied when we drag a column to adjust the width. We are unable to determine what triggers **class="wrapped"** to be applied.

Does anyone know what drives **class="wrapped"** to be applied? Does this class do anything other than apply **overflow-x: auto**?


Answers:
author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Kris Fininen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1621083),

this is a known [bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-51834 "CONFSERVER-51834") reported by myself. I discovered it while developing against the REST API. Fell free to vote for it.

So long

Thomas

comments: author: Kris Fininen
body: Hi Thomas - We appreciate your reply. Looks like we can ignore/remove this class.


author: Thomas Deiler
body: Dear [@Kris Fininen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1621083),

You can ignore/remove this wrap, but it will appear again and again, automatically.

So long

Thomas


Tags: css

table
Completing Task items without edit access
Asked by Tim Oldendorf:

Is it possible to allow users to complete tasks that are assigned to them WITHOUT giving them edit access to a page?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi [@Tim Oldendorf](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1156469),

no, this is not possible, since you have to "edit" the task on the page containing the task.

comments: author: Tim Oldendorf
body: Bummer. I just have users who have tasks that are assigned to them in meeting in Spaces that I do not want them having edit access to. So what I have to do is give them temporary access to the space in order for them to clear their tasks, then I take away the edit permissions.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Confluence | Insert markdown markup | How to create a hotspot in same page
Asked by Anirban's Space:

Hi,

While inserting markdown markup in confluence page how can I create a hotspot in same page. My ultimate goal is to crate a TOC.

Please help


Answers:
author: Anirban's Space
body: The problem is any html directly rendered via "insert markdown" option, doesn't have id or name property, so hotspots cannot point to that location
Excel spreadsheet not viewing correctly
Asked by Leigh-Ann Barnard:

I am trying to insert a spreadsheet into Confluence page but it views as a portrait and cuts the rest of the excel spreadsheet out?


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi there, Leigh.

I would suggest us to go through the KB that we have written here to adjust the layout of the excel file itself before viewing it again on the page:

* [How do I ensure excel file with wide columns does not get truncated in Confluence File Previews](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-ensure-excel-file-with-wide-columns-does-not-get-truncated-in-confluence-file-previews-829068467.html)

Can you please go through the solution section and let me know if that helps?

comments: author: realjck
body: Hello, configuring the Excel sheet correctly indeed solves the problem.

it's a bit annoying that you haven't implemented better visualization of Excel files in the last six years. We shouldn't have to do any user-side manipulation to overcome this.

Furthermore, this Excel visualization is not readable at its best because it replaces the character style with serif fonts.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Questions for Confluence notifications - Why no notification for replies/comments?
Asked by Sara Ljung:

When watching a topic in questions for confluence you'd get a notification for new posts. But why don't you get a notification when you have posted a question and someone replies/comments on your question?

We are on cloud.

(Overall very disappointed with the lack of enhancements to the Questions for Confluence add-on. Especially for Cloud when you don't even have monitoring/dashboard functionality)


Answers:
author: AhmadDanial
body: Hi there, Sara.

This topic was brought up to discussion in the link below for Cloud instance:

* [CONFCLOUD-48272: Provide a notification and link to Answer Comments](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-48272)

While I can understand your concern with the enhancements that you are expecting to have for the add-on, the absence of dashboard was brought up in an existing public facing ticket here:

* [CQ-384: Activity dashboard for admins](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CQ-384)

I encourage you to visit the suggestion pages linked above and click the *Vote* and *Watch* links near the top right to show support for the feature. By doing this, it will ensure you are proactively informed of progress and updates going forward.

Feel free to share your feedbacks by leaving a comment on the ticket as this helps the team prioritize \& understand the use case of the feature request.

comments: author: Sara Ljung
body: Thank you for your reply.

Looked into this a bit more and it seems as if there is an issue/bug with notifications coming from the Questions plug-in. During the last 3 weeks it has not been working. We will report this issue.


author: AhmadDanial
body: Hello, Sara.

You are most welcome. Let me know how the troubleshooting goes on your end and share the solution performed so we can assist other users who may run into similar issue as well.

Meanwhile, please let me know if you need any other assistance related to Confluence. Thanks.


author: Antonia Lechner
body: [@Sara Ljung](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1161566)Did you manage to solve the problem? The last notification I got from Questions was in September. I'm watching the Questions for Confluence space and not getting any notifications for new questions any more, nor am I getting notifications for answers or comments on questions I asked.


author: Sara Ljung
body: Current status for this bug is "awaiting release".

[https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-63174](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-63174?)


author: Antonia Lechner
body: Thank you for the quick reply! I just went to Spaces -\> Questions for Confluence -\> Space Settings -\> Permissions and gave "Chat Notifications" permissions for everything, and it looks like that might have helped... I got an email notifying me of a reply to a question I asked for the first time since September!


Tags: cloud

notification

questions-for-confluence
Timezone in Confluence
Asked by Yogesh Mude:

As we have a production Confluence v6.11.0 installed on Linux machine and when i checked the system time in system information in confluence it is showing 07.12.43 and when i checked time on Linux terminal it is showing 16.22.45 IST.

The question here is ..

1. Because of the different time the confluence backup scheduled job is running in day time @ 11 AM.

2. How to set the time zone in confluence so that the server time and confluence time will be the same.


Answers:
author: Yogesh Mude
body: Hi Team,

Actually, confluence server shows the time as JVM has I mean whatever JVM has been configured time same time confluence server will show in system information.

In our case, the JVM is showing the correct time but in confluence showing wrong, so added the below parameter in \<Confluence_installation\>/bin/setenv.sh file and it started working fine.

```

CATALINA_OPTS=?-Duser.timezone=Asia/Calcutta ${CATALINA_OPTS}"
```


author: Andreas Link
body: Is there also a comparable solution for people in the Atlassian Cloud?

All filtered Jira issues, which are presented by a plugin/gadget within a Confluence page, show times with the wrong time zone and not the one of the user. The user has correct time zone setup and in Jira directly this is working, but does not show any effect on Confluence looking at the same issues. Any ideas?


author: Gerald Schneider
body: For people using the official docker container:

The environment variable *JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS* is honored by the java binary. So you only need to set this environment variable:

```
docker run -e?JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS=" -Duser.timezone=\"Europe/Berlin\"?" atlassian/confluence-server
```

Confluence will then use the given timezone.


Tags: confluence-administration

confluence-server

server
Notification after a user comments a page
Asked by Philipp Sommer:

Hello everyone

I'm new in the community and I have a specific question.

We use Confluence in our company among other things as a **sharing platform** for logistic solutions.

Users are able to create children pages to share their solutions in the appropriate space. This includes to choose a **process** which is benefited by this action, e.g. "transport", "storage" or "line feeding". There are several users who are so called **experts** in one of the above mentioned processes.

Is it possible to enable a function which sends a **notification** to the particular expert every time a normal user leaves a **comment** on a page? The expert shouldn't have to **watch** every single page.

++For example:++

Mr X is an expert in "line feeding". There are 10 pages in the space which pertain to this topic. He should receive a notification every time one of the pages gets a comment.   

<br />

Many thanks in advance for every help.

Philipp


Answers:
author: Max Foerster - K15t
body: Hi Philipp,

it's just a gut feeling but I'd say you can achieve that with Scriptrunner for Confluence. I never did this myself but recently had a look at their documentation on event handlers and sample scripts. So maybe it's worth a try to write a script that adds specific people as a watcher to a page when a specific label is added to that page (on creation or else). So the user would not have to watch pages themselves but would be notified about page activities like comments. Or if you don't want to add them as a watcher maybe you can trigger a notification to specific users when comments are written on a page with a specific user. These are just ideas because I'm not experienced with Scriptrunner for Confluence :)

Best, Max


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unable to add a team member to a Confluence calendar
Asked by Ashish Dsouza:

We have two colleagues who are Confluence users however when they go to Confluence calendar and try to add event and then look for their name under Who, then they are unable to find their names.

They have Confluence access but both of them are unable to find their names when they add event. Even when I (as an administrator) tried to do it, I'm unable to find their names.

Kindly advice.

Regards Ashish


Answers:
author: Daniel Wong
body: Hi Ashish,

Is the calendar you're working in related to a Confluence space? And if so, can both users see that space?

Please see this excerpt from Team Calendar's KB - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/restrict-a-calendar-660737259.html>
> Calendars also respect the [view permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/space-permissions-overview-724764760.html) of their related space. When you create a calendar in a space, or add a related space to an existing calendar, only people with permission to view the space will be able to see the calendar.

First, make sure both users can view the space that the Calendar is in, then check for any restrictions that might be applied to the calendar.
Is Video background need to upgrade?
Asked by Robin-Hsiu:

Hi, i'm using free version now, and I want to use video as background, but i found that there is not video background tab in setting...

Should I need to upgrade to Pro?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I do not think this has anything to do with Confluence (as there's no video background, no tabs, and no such thing as "pro"), and you've landed in the wrong place. Probably the docs are written in Confluence and you've clicked on the "help with confluence" link in the footer.

If it does relate to Confluence, could you explain more?
Release 3 Requirement Story Grooming
Asked by Harmeet Singh:

* Rewards received from moovweb to customer. Only existing customer can apply for Rewards card only.
* Rewards system maintain only by moovweb, e.g. exp date, point to redeem, points to update etc.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain what this has to do with Confluence?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
confluence
Asked by Padmasree P:

from which confluence version synchrony is available and how do we configure synchrony


Answers:
author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915),

Synchrony runs on port 8091 by default. If this port is already in use by another application on your server you can use the the synchrony.port system property to change it to an available port.

You need not setup anything else in the server.xml file unless you are using different port other than 8091.

You can review the Confluence's internal Synchrony proxy section in this [page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf60/administering-collaborative-editing-852732551.html?_ga=2.19749307.229462598.1537723493-1112362174.1522733704)

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur

comments: author: Padmasree P
body: Hi Amith,

thank you, will synchrony work if we try to setup context path for confluence


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Yes, the context path for Confluence is irrelevant to Synchrony


author: Amith Mathur _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Padmasree P](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1845915),

Collaborative Editing (Synchrony) was introduced in Confluence v6.0 onwards. You can enable the Collaborative Editing by going to the cog wheel --\> General Configuration from Confluence v6.0 and above.

You can find all the information [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf60/administering-collaborative-editing-852732551.html).

Thanks,  
Amith Mathur

comments: author: Padmasree P
body: Hi Amith,

1.Do we need any additional port for this other than the default confluence port. I'm trying to setup confluence in 8443 in Linux environment.

2.do we need to setup anything in server.xml for synchrony .


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to check my task in confluence
Asked by Chiaki Okuda:

In the add assign and view tasks page,

you can check the tasks in your profile page.

But in the new version of confluence I cannot find the task tab and filter in our profile page.

On what page can we now check the tasks?

<https://ja.confluence.atlassian.com/doc/add-assign-and-view-tasks-590260030.html#Add,Assign,andViewTasks-Inyourprofile>


Answers:
author: Chiaki Okuda
body: This problem has been solved.

Thank you very much!


author: Davin Studer
body: You can see you tasks by clicking on your profile picture in the bottom left and then select Tasks.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/33632i2242516F3FCBEAF8/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I want to archive and remove a small part of the confluence and want to keep most of the confluence
Asked by karim khan:

I want to archive and remove a small part of the confluence and want to keep most of the confluence space . is there any method to archive the child pages in Confluence ?

Please share the steps


Answers:
author: Shawn C
body: Hi Karim,

Confluence does have an option that can [Archive content](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=859455312) however this is applied at the Space Level. You can archive Confluence spaces by following this procedure:

* Open the **Overview** of the space
* Choose **Edit space details**
* Select **Archived** in the **Status** drop-down menu
* Hit **Save**

This process is detailed even more on our [product documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=284368719).

If you wish to "archive" only few pages in a space, there is a workaround to do it via permissions and [page restrictions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139414).

For example, at the top of the page tree, create a page called "Archives" and restrict that page to be viewable only by you (or users that need access to archived pages). You can now move the pages you want to archive under this parent page, so they will inherit the page restrictions and become accessible only to you.

There are also a few different 3rd Party Apps available on the [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?product=confluence&query=archive) that can add additional archiving functions to Confluence.

Cheers,  
Shawn
Confluence Cloud IOS App - Internal Server Error
Asked by Reino:

Hi,

I started using the Confluence Cloud mobile app on IOS and keep getting an "Internal Server Error" each time I try to publish an existing page.

I can create new pages and comment, but can't edit existing pages.

Any advise, will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: roman
body: Reino,

do you use any third-party apps on your Confluence Cloud? If yes, that would be a good first step to do. See which apps might work on a page editor level and try disabling them.

I would also contact Atlassian Support for this as logs on the Cloud are only available for Atlassian Engineers.

Roman.

comments: author: Reino
body: Thanks Roman, I uninstalled Lucidcharts and it now works like a charm!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Why does Confluence ALWAYS save a draft and indicate Unpublished Changes?
Asked by Scott Beeson:

This drives me nuts. If I click to edit a page then immediately click "Close" *without making any changes* it saves a draft and then shows that I have unpublished changes. If I click "Revert" it shows the scary red dialog and a link to show my changes, *of which there are none*.

I did a search on the forums and couldn't find anyone else talking about this. Is it something I'm doing wrong? If not, I can't possibly be the only one annoyed by this behavior.


Answers:
author: roman
body: Scott,

are you using Confluence Cloud? This might be an existing bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-56893>.

Roman.

comments: author: Scott Beeson
body: I am using cloud. The symptoms in that bug are the same, however I'm not doing anything to "trigger" it as suggested there.

Thanks for the link, I will add my input there.


author: Mstar
body: I have the same problem.