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Editing space-specific style sheet causes global style sheet to be ignored
Asked by Matthew J. Horn:

When I edit the space-specific style sheet (Edit Space \> Look And Feel \> Stylesheet) and save my changes, the new styles are applied. However, this causes the global style sheet (Admin \> Look And Feel \> Stylesheet) to no longer be applied.

Is this a bug? Is there any way around it?


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Matt,

You are complately correct. I duplicated this behavior in my test instance and filed the following bug.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27929>

As always please visit this issue and vote on it to add your voice to the conversation. I am attaching this post to further increase its visibility.

comments: author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Thanks for filing the bug. For a workaround, I created a separate stylesheet and referenced it in the head section of each space's Main Layout decorator.


author: Debbie Rothe
body: Thanks a lot!  
Now can i really start my css job


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: I typically put the CSS files in a directory under /confluence/confluence/includes/css. This is where Atlassian stores their stylesheets by default.

When importing, the location is relative to the /confluence/confluence directory (it's the directory that contains WEB-INF). So my stylesheet tag looks like this:

```
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/includes/css/pl.css" type="text/css">
```


author: Debbie Rothe
body: Hi Matt thank you for this usefull workaround!

<br />

**?@all**: To find out if I got "head section of each space's" correctly I put some

```
&lt;... border-color: ...&gt;
```

into the code. It works! Now with next step have I -- a confluence-beginner -- a problem with the (relative) path of my_wonderfull_space.css: what should I wrote into the href=" ... ?

And directly the next one: Need I (using ftp) a special upload-directory for all the spaces.css or what is the easiest upload way?

<br />

Thanks in advance  
?your Greenhorn

comments: author: Matthew J. Horn
body: I typically put the CSS files in a directory under /confluence/confluence/includes/css. This is where Atlassian stores their stylesheets by default.

When importing, the location is relative to the /confluence/confluence directory (it's the directory that contains WEB-INF). So my stylesheet tag looks like this:

```
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/includes/css/pl.css" type="text/css">
```


author: MatthewC
body: is it the whole global stylesheet that is ignored? Or are you hitting CSS naming oddness? Since the space sheet is applied later, it will over-write the global one where the CSS references overlap.

Or is it more than that?


Tags: stylesheet
"Like" feature in Confluence
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

some of our project leads met us and claimed for features regarding the Like feature of Confluence.

1. Is it possible to restrict the Like function? If a group has view only right on a particular page but they don't want to grant them Like function.

2. Is it possible to have a ranking list of pages according to the number of Likes?

3. Can I have a list of pages that I have liked? Similar to the list of pages I follow.

4. Can we erase the likes on a particular page? Cover story: there will be a 3 months long competition period when several developers introduce their codes and ideas. Each developer will have an own page with their content on it. The employees have 3 months to review, read the participants stuff and like. At the end of the competition we count the sum of likes and then erase all the likes from the pages.

Is it possible?

Many thanks in advance!

Rumi


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Rumi,

You might want to break down this question into 4 different questions.

1. No it is not possible and from what I can read in the below link, they don't have any plans of adding any functionality to this feature. You can however, try writing a javascript plugin. Recommend reading the comments at the link below

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Likes+and+Popular+Content>

comments: author: Rumceisz
body: Hi,

thanks for the reply!

Is there a feature for these requirements I mentioned?

1. Ranking pages according to like

2. erase these ranking at the end of the competition

3. list of pages that I like.

There is the Follow function but I don't want to be notified of these pages..this is the problem with follow.


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: 2. Erase ranking at the end of the competition

You can create your own plugin to do that. The API contains a removeAllLikesOn method that will do it for you

<http://docs.atlassian.com/atlassian-confluence/latest/>

Look for class

```
com.atlassian.confluence.like.DefaultLikeManager
```

1. Ranking pages according to like

The is the getLikes method. The count will help you with the ordering


Tags: like
Modify Attachment Date and Creator
Asked by Scott Spyrison:

Hello,

Has anyone had success modifying an attachment's creator or creation date property?

I have been experimenting with both UWC and UDMF, but so far those only seem to work on pages and page comments.

I would welcome any suggestions, tips or pointers. I am also investigating the confluence database schema to see if it presents any possibilities.


Answers:
author: MatthewC
body: You could do a SQL update on the attachments table. Remember to shutdown confluence first, do SQL update, then start confluence and make sure you have a full SQL backup before you statr

The table is the attachments table

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=179439242>

You can get the attachments view by going to the page \> Tools menu \> attachments  
when you hover over the link, you will see a number in the URL.  
Just remember there may be multiple versions indicated by the prevver field.  
If there is more than one version, you will just need to think about what version you are updating

```

```

```
Table "attachments"       Column       |            Type             | Modifiers--------------------+-----------------------------+----------- attachmentid       | bigint                      | not null title              | character varying(255)      | not null contenttype        | character varying(255)      | not null pageid             | bigint                      | not null creator            | character varying(255)      | creationdate       | timestamp without time zone | lastmodifier       | character varying(255)      | lastmoddate        | timestamp without time zone | filesize           | bigint                      | attachment_comment | character varying(255)      | attversion         | integer                     | prevver            | bigint                      |
```

comments: author: Scott Spyrison
body: Yes, I'm starting to think there is no way through the API. I spent some time in the uwc source code, tried various things, and the attachment is always added with the date of upload. In my case, SQL script might do the trick here for a simple wiki conversion. Something like Sharepoint it may also work, but will be more complex.


Tags: app

conversion

universal-wiki-converter
Reduce AD LDAP userimport
Asked by Jonas Spon?s:

This is my situation: We have many users in our AD, but less then 100 users that will use confluence. I want user data / pw to be in sync with AD. I dont want an AD group or OU to filter users.

Is it either possible to only make users from AD be imported when the user in question tries to logon, so not all users in the AD gets imported - or manualy create users and link them towards AD?  

Otherwise we must buy ex. a 500 or 1000 user licence when we only use 100 users.

Is there anyone out there that have been in my situation?  


Answers:
author: BernardoA
body: Actually you can import AD users to Confluence when such users try to logon using "delegated authentication" as we can see in this doc:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Connecting+to+an+Internal+Directory+with+LDAP+Authentication>


Tags: atlassian-support
Does the prices mentioned for download version are for year subscription or for life time use?
Asked by Upasana Panjla:

Does the prices mentioned for download version are for year subscription or for life time use?

[http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing/?tab=download#?tab=download\&_suid=1359465337652026282044028757334](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing/?tab=download#?tab=download&_suid=1359465337652026282044028757334)


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Upasana,

All paid download version include one year of maintenance. After which, if you wish to continue receiveing atlassian support and maintenance and upgrades, you will have to renew your license. Renewal prices are available here.

<http://www.atlassian.com/licensing/confluence#downloadlicenses-2>

If you do not want to renew or continue receiving support or upgrades, you are not required to renew your license.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Both, just to confuse you.

Once you've bought it, you get a year of support and the right to upgrade to any version released before the end of that year. If you do not renew, you cannot upgrade past the end of the licence, and you don't get support. But everything continues to work exactly the same (except admin screens, some of which will remind you that support has lapsed)


Tags: download

moderators
Export to word style
Asked by DanielG:

Hi,

In Confluence if I export to PDF I can define a layout and stylesheet. When I export to Word, I see that when I open the document, the document don't have the same style as PDF export (obviously), and only contains information for people who can not enter the system.

<br />

There any way to set the style to make export of Word document to get a similar result as when I make pdf export?

Thanks in advance  


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Can't you achieve this with what is described at [Customise MS Word Exports](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF32/Customise+MS+Word+Exports) ?

comments: author: DanielG
body: Looks good. I think I can do with this solution.


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Daniel,

It does not look like we currently have a way to define custom layouts or stylesheets for Word exports. I went a head and filed the following feature request on your behalf.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27926>

Please visit this issue and vote on it it increase the likelyhood it will be added to a future release of Confluence. I have attached this post to the ticket to further improve it's visibility to our developers.

comments: author: DanielG
body: Hope \& wait for this feature ! :(


author: catherine davis
body: We have created macros in word that run on exports from Confluence after the 'export to word' function has been completed. This has worked very well for us and will until the enhancement is released. thanks!

Catherine

comments: author: Lalisha Singh
body: Hi Catherine,

Thank you, would you be able to share how this was done?

Thanks

Lalisha


Tags: export

pdf
Confluence - No longer displays edits
Asked by Lane Summers:

Very green to this product, so bare with me.

Confluence is no longer displaying document edits after a save. Changes appear to be lost. Also no longer able to add new documents. And when you do attempt to add a new document, the browse feature to find a location to save it to no longer has our various sections shown, instead it is blank. However, it does state that a change has been made in the header of the document.

Confluence has not been messed with recently, by we did recently upgraded Bamboo 3.4.2 to 4.3.3. During upgrade, we found that all our Atlassian licensing expired a couple days ago. We are in the process of getting a new licenses.

Could expired license be causing the issue?

Lost connection to database after bamboo upgrade?

PLEASE HELP!


Answers:
author: Lane Summers
body: IE9 compatability issue. Clicked Compatability view and now everything works as expected. Please close.


author: Lane Summers
body: I just applied a trial key and restarted Confluence, unfortunately, that did not fix the issue.


author: BernardoA
body: Hi,

Yes, the lincese could be the cause of this problem. In this case you can update the license or create an evaluation license just to make sure it it's the root cause.

Also, if you're having problem even after updating the license I suggest you to create a support ticket and attach the confluence-log to better investigate this issue.
What does mo stands for as pricing units?
Asked by Upasana Panjla:

What does mo stands for as pricing units? Refer pricing page <http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/pricing>


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Per Month

Cheers

Thomas


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Without knowing where you've seen it, there's no way of knowing. Context please?
Unable to change Assignee in New Card
Asked by shampa:

This problem is being faced and I am not sure if itis a configuration problem or what. When we select new card to create a task or story the assignee shows the text AUTO ASSIGNEE written. If we leave it like that and create the task or story the assignee get automatically set to the project lead which is indeed the default setting. But we woudl like to change teh assignee on this screen itself. The text box allows us to write the desired names, but does not recognise the same from the user list of JIRA. and throws error : Assignee: Failed to set field

On edit screen or using Create Issue screen of JIRA this problem is not encountered for the assignee fields. COuld you suggest the resolution. Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: shampa
body: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GHKB/Cannot+Find+Users+in+Assignee+or+Reporter+Fields+When+Adding+a+New+Card+in+GreenHopper>
How to call a Servlet in a Page?
Asked by John Constantinou:

Hello everyone,

I have created a confluence plugin and I would like to know if it is possible to call a servlet module into a page, the same thing as we do with macros.

Thank you very much for your help!

Greetings,


Answers:
author: Mizan
body: How about adding javascript using HTML macro ? this javascript will call your servlet.

comments: author: John Constantinou
body: Hello Mizan,

Thank you for your responce. I will give it a try!

Greetings,


Tags: servlet
Permissions setup like GitHub:Enterprise possible?
Asked by GeorgG:

Hi everyone,

we're currently evaluating Stash along with GitHub:Enterprise for an enterprise wide platform for sharing and collaborating on code. We already use (and very much like) JIRA and Confluence and the integration with Stash makes Stash a prime candidate for us. That said, we have one question related to access controlling Stash. Is it possible to allow anyone (possibly within an LDAP/Active Directory group) to create projects within Stash without giving him admin privileges to the server setup? From looking at the admin panel in Stash, this didn't seem to be possible.

Thanks in advance and cheers,

Georg


Answers:
author: AsmathA
body: From the Admin pannel go to *Global permissions/Groups* and add the LDAP user group to the list and set the permission as "Project creator", this will allow all the users in the groups to create projects.


author: GeorgG
body: Alternatively, we could live with a project, in which everybody is allowed to create repository (i. e., everybody is project administrator). Is that possible by any chance?


Tags: atlassian-support
Support to create an LMS (Learning Management System) in Confluence
Asked by Pantelis Stakias:

Hi to all,

I would like to create a Data Base storring online and offline trainings and following the progress (participation rate, comments) of the trainees.

Any trainee or tutor will be able to access the DB and write or retrieve information (e.g. the date/time of a specific training)

Can this be done through Confluence?

If so, could you give me some hints?

Thnx.


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: Hello,

You can create educational tests and training courses using the **[izi - LMS for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214110/izi-for-confluence-lms-training-courses-quizzes?hosting=cloud&tab=overview&utm_source=atl_community&utm_medium=answer&utm_campaign=quizzes-traffic-sources&utm_content=Support+to+create+an+LMS+Learning+Management+System+in+Confluence)** add-on. It allows you to make courses for employee and customer education right in Confluence.

Kind regards,

Katerina Kolina


author: Pantelis Stakias
body: I found this: [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/129130/preferable-database-for-jira-confluence](/questions/129130/preferable-database-for-jira-confluence)

Is this DB the recomended one for such issues?

Any other "user friendly" ones?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence 4.3 to confluence 3.5 space export
Asked by tzigone:

Hi,

We have 2 instances of confluence one is 3.5, the other one is 4.3. Can we export content (spaces/pages) in 4.3 to 3.5 ?

Thanks,


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Burcu,

Sorry to inform you that it is not possible to do that. As mentioned [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Space), it is necessary for the instances to share the same major release version. Since Confluence 4.x and 3.5.x have a different way to store the content the workaround mentioned will not work as well.

Hope it clarifies your doubt.

Regards,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


Tags: export

space
New users not populating to the People Directory
Asked by Dee Scarano:

Our Confluence uses JIRA server through Crowd as one user directory as well as the Confluence Internal Directory as the main directory. At some point (possibly after configuring the JIRA external directory?) new users stopped being populated into the Confluence People Directory after logging in for the first time.

I've done some hunting and found some related issues and doco, but would like some advice on the best way forward. The Confluence Command Line Interface plugin\|https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.acli is suggested in one of the pages below. Is the CLI a recommended solution? If not what next? Please help :)

The issue seems highly related to this:

- <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-10769>

...which points to this as a fix:

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Enabling+Contributor+Filtering+for+Search>

...which appears out of date and points to these:

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Connecting+to+an+LDAP+Directory>

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Understanding+User+Management+in+Confluence>

...which don't seem to help much with the problem.

Also, this:

- <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-18990?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel>

...points to the Atlassian CLI, which sounds possibly useful.


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Dhyana

For these cases, we strongly suggest to [Rebuild the Indices from Scratch](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Rebuild+the+Content+Indices+from+Scratch).

Hope it helps! =D


Tags: people-directory
Auto Expand Navigation Index
Asked by Karl Schulze:

I would like the navigation bar at the top of the confluence windows to automatically expand, rather than always showing the ellipse.

Dashboard \> Contracts \> ... \> Liffe Europe

should just always be...

Dashboard \> Contracts \> Contracts Home \> Liffe Europe

Is there anyway to set how many levels of navigation are diplayed before the ellipse occurs?

-Karl


Answers:
author: cbenard1
body: Hi Karl,

We actually have a step by step guide to change this to exactly what you're looking for :)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+Disable+Hiding+(Ellipsing)+of+Breadcrumbs>

Please note though that this is specific to an instance that you host in which you have access to these files and will not work for ondemand instances.

Thanks

Turner


Tags: navigation
I have a question when I use excerpt macro in confluence page
Asked by Yongpyo Hong:

Hello

I'm Hong who use Confluence 4.3.2

I use excerpt macro for sorting my contents by using contents by label macro.

Sometimes...

I want to back up specific page display. (not export word or pdf file)

Or

specific page revision (For example, befor 2013-Jan-5th page only display)

Because of contents by label macro property, I can see only latest page.

Question is

Can I see specific date page and copy it by using contents by macro?

Thanks for reading my question.


Answers:
author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Hong,

Let me see if I can clarify your point a bit.

You are attempting to backup a specific version of a page. This is made more difficult because the excerpt include macro always renders the most recent version of the excerpt. You are unable to get a true historcial version of the page, because the most recent except is always rendered in that container.

You are looking for a way to have the excerpt include macor be aware of previous historical versions of the content you are embedding in the page.

Is this your question? If so I don't think there is a current request for this improvement. I would be happy to file one on your behalf.
How do I add my users (10) for my trial purchase?
Asked by Vanessa Dickerson:

I'm new to this and I've signed up for 10 users on the trail package. How do I add my users?


Answers:
author: Dave
body: Hi Vanessa,

If you go to your account on [http://my.atlassian.com](http://my.atlassian.com,), you can select your OnDemand instance and, with that info expanded, adjust your license levels through the "Configure" link.

Thanks,

-dave

comments: author: Vanessa Dickerson
body: I see that, but I thought I signed up for 10. How do I let my 10 people know how to login and is there some sort of email that is sent from here, from me, to them, to get started?

|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Products: | |------------------------------------------------------------| | Confluence OnDemand 10 Users Evaluation                    | | Team Calendars for Confluence OnDemand 10 Users Evaluation | | Gliffy for Confluence OnDemand 10 Users Evaluation         | |


author: Dave
body: Hi Vanessa,

Sorry about that, I thought you needed to add additional users to your account. You will have been sent an email with your admin information. From there, you need to go and create users for your people so that they can login and use the system. The [Managing Users](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+users) page should take you through all of this.

Additionally, you might want to take a look at [Getting Started with OnDemand](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Getting+started+with+JIRA+OnDemand) as well as the [Quickstart Guide](http://quickstart.atlassian.com/ondemand) for more info on getting going with this.

Thanks,

-dave


author: Vanessa Dickerson
body: Awesome!! Thank you!!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud