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How to display Confluence content on external website/application
Asked by NT:

I have a Confluence hosted version installed and available in my internal network only.

I would like to display some of the confluence page content on External website.

I tried few options but none of them worked as confluence is not accessible outside my network.

Any idea how can it be achieved w/o compromising the security.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Nitesh,

This isn't possible with your current setup, but you have a few options.

* DMZ setup or reverse proxy to expose the data to the outside. Please speak to your network administrator regarding this. It would require that you have one space for anonymous access, and you can display the data from this space only.
* Remotely publish the data onto another Confluence instance which is external and display that. An add-on that could help you with this is [Comala Workflows - Remote Publishing](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/42115/comala-workflows-remote-publishing?hosting=server&tab=overview)

Let me know if you have any questions.

Shannon

comments: author: NT
body: Thanks Shannon.

I know about Comala Workflow plugin. I was looking a way to achieve it w/o any plugin.

Granting anonymous access to the space will allow any user (who is having URL) to view the information and it will also come up in google results as well. (correct me if I am wrong).


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Nitesh,

Yes, that is correct on both accounts. You will want to touch base with your Network Administrator to see if they have any suggestions for you regarding what you want to accomplish. In addition, you can use a robots.txt file to avoid indexing by Google.

Furthermore, remote publishing is not possible without an add-on.  

I hope that's clear! Let me know if you have any further concerns.

Regards,

Shannon


author: NT
body: Hi Shannon,

Apart from Comala Workflow- Remote Publishing ,is there other add on which allow us to publish content on another remote Confluence site.

As I see Colmala Remote Publishing plugin will not work alone, it requires Comala Workflow plugin to be Installed.

Can you please help me with some other add-ons names to achieve this.


author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

I'm not personally aware of any other add-ons for this.

It might be useful to create a new question asking this in the **Marketplace Apps** collection and some vendors might be able to help you out and let you know if their add-on can do this. :)

Let me know if you have any trouble!

Shannon


author: NT
body: Hi there,

I am not able to post question on Atlassian Forum. It says "Please enter tag".

But I have already entered 3 tags. See the screenshot below.

I have also tried to different browsers but no luck.

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![Error.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/26268iFB6E4EE6BFEB32DA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Error.png")


author: Shannon S
body: Hi,

Can you put a space after each comma? I don't think they're registering as separate tags.

Shannon


Tags: atlassian-marketplace

confluence-server

external
Confluence space creation for end User
Asked by Harish Tuccapuram:

After Creating the space in Confluence by administrator, can users create there own Page Tree under the Space created?


Answers:
author: Alana Fernando
body: hi [@Harish Tuccapuram](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1185380),

as [@Ollie Guan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853638) said, you need to grant space level **add page** permission to users to create page trees,

Reference : [Space Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/space-permissions-overview-139521.html)

Hope this helps!


author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Harish Tuccapuram](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1185380),

Yes, you need to grant the user permission to create page

comments: author: Harish Tuccapuram
body: Thanks [@Alana Fernando](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1134267) [@Ollie Guan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853638) it worked for me!


author: Alana Fernando
body: [@Harish Tuccapuram](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1185380) thanks for confirming. As solution provide by [@Ollie Guan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853638) and myself resolve your issue, it would be helpful if you accept the answer for other users who has the same issue. ?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Recurring Crash of Confluence
Asked by Jeff Franzke:

Hello,

I have just installed Confluence on a new virtual machine (Windows Server 2016) and the confluence seems to always crash after 24 hours.

I'am using MySQL as the database.

What could be the issue?

Thanks,

Jeff


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does "crash" mean? What do you see on screen?

More importantly, what does the log file say the problem is?

comments: author: Jeff Franzke
body: 12-Jun-2018 11:51:11.839 WARNING \[ContainerBackgroundProcessor\[StandardEngine\[Standalone\]\]\] org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve.notifyStuckThreadDetected Thread "http-nio-8090-exec-10" (id=221) has been active for 69,482 milliseconds (since 6/12/18 11:50 AM) to serve the same request for http://localhost:8090/ and may be stuck (configured threshold for this StuckThreadDetectionValve is 60 seconds). There is/are 8 thread(s) in total that are monitored by this Valve and may be stuck.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'm afraid one snippet of log does not really tell us anything. Could you describe the "crash" in detail as well? What do you get on screen? What do the application logs say when this crash happens?


author: Jeff Franzke
body: I tried pasting the whole command output, but the form did not allow it.

I get website is unreachable.

In task manager I see java and tomcat running, but only at 0% with 1766MB Used

The webserver just dies and then you cannot access the web application. Only 1 user is using for now..

12-Jun-2018 11:51:11.839 WARNING \[ContainerBackgroundProcessor\[StandardEngine\[Standalone\]\]\] org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve.notifyStuckThreadDetected Thread "http-nio-8090-exec-10" (id=221) has been active for 69,482 milliseconds (since 6/12/18 11:50 AM) to serve the same request for http://localhost:8090/ and may be stuck (configured threshold for this StuckThreadDetectionValve is 60 seconds). There is/are 8 thread(s) in total that are monitored by this Valve and may be stuck.  
java.lang.Throwable  
at java.lang.Object.wait(Native Method)  
at

\<....\>

12-Jun-2018 16:57:06.679 INFO \[Thread-61\] org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol.pause Pausing ProtocolHandler \["http-nio-8090"\]  
12-Jun-2018 16:57:06.734 INFO \[Thread-61\] org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.stopInternal Stopping service Tomcat-Standalone
How do you hide/remove the "Total" row that is introduced by the "Table Filter" Macro?
Asked by Dean Stephenson:

I have recently wrapped a table with a the "Table Filter" Macro and a new row has appeared which provides a total for each column. How do I remove or hide this row?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Dean,

You need to remove the [totals for columns](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/Managing+Look+of+the+Table+and+Filtration+Pane#ManagingLookoftheTableandFiltrationPane-OutputtingTotalsforcolumns).

comments: author: Dean Stephenson
body: ![Total.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24492iC431506C6EAB5FF9/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Total.png")


author: Dean Stephenson
body: Apologies. I probably did not explain myself very well. The "total for columns" link provided explains how to include/exclude a total column. The issue that I am having is try to get rid of the Total Row (as displayed in the picture above.

Thank you for any help you can provide.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: You need to deselect all columns from this setting.


author: Dean Stephenson
body: Hi Andrey,

All columns from this setting are deselected and I am still seeing the Total row as displayed in the picture above.


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: t should disappear in this case. Please, contact [Table Filter support](https://stiltsoft.customercase.com/forums/support-requests/ideas/create?category=Table%2BFilter%2Band%2BCharts%2Bfor%2BConfluence) to resolve the issue.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Template variable that creates a link on created page
Asked by Larry Engel:

I am creating a template with a variable that will be a link. I can't figure out how to format the variable in the template such that the text that the user enters turns into a link on the result page. I've tried putting brackets around the variable. I've tried including brackets in the value of the field on the form created by choosing this template. I can't figure out how to author the template such that the page created has a link. Thank you in advance for any suggestions.


Answers:
author: Larry Engel
body: [@Meg Holbrook](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/662941) Do you have a suggestion? I saw that you have a lot of experience building forms.

comments: author: Meg Holbrook
body: Hi Larry, happy Monday to you.

I'll do some research and get back to you hopefully by the end of the day. I need to poke around a bit.


author: Larry Engel
body: Thank you so much for taking a bit of time to help me. Again, I want someone to be able to type an entry into a template form field that results in a link on the resulting page. I appreciate any thoughts you have.


author: Meg Holbrook
body: Hi Larry,

I've researched on and off all day on this issue and every turn has been someone else saying that this is not possible through templates.

I tested independently on my test space and was not able to find a solution either.

Hoping someone else can weigh in on here with a brilliant solution. I'll likely poke around at this for a bit this week to see if I can rig a workable solution together.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I'm trying to share a Page, but the share link and inviting users is not working for them?
Asked by Lisa Gray:

I have tried sending out this Share link to several members of my team, and I've also added their user profile to the Share option. Several team members said the link isn't working even though they got the share email with the link. The page is unrestricted and everyone in our team has access to the space. What else do I need to do to successfully share Pages with my team members?

<https://confluence.lifechurch.tv/x/DQImAQ>


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Lisa,

Welcome to confluence.

Please see attached image for direction. Click on the Ellipses --\> Page information --\>Tiny Link

The good thing about using this ink is that it'll never change. Try sending users that link and see if it works but also check their permission again.

Thanks  
Victor

![Screen Shot 2018-06-11 at 8.17.18 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24413i5C4D8180E811ED4D/image-dimensions/680x205?v=v2 "Screen Shot 2018-06-11 at 8.17.18 PM.png")

comments: author: Lisa Gray
body: thank you!


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Lisa,

Did it work for you?

Victor


author: Lisa Gray
body: it turned out i had not given my team access via the Space permissions, so i got it figured out. thanks!


author: Alexey Matveev
body: Sharing or inviting someone to edit a page or blog post does not automatically grant any permissions - they will still need the appropriate Confluence permissions to access Confluence and view or edit the page.

It means that you need to grant these users appropriate permissions.

comments: author: Lisa Gray
body: thank you


author: Alexey Matveev
body: [@Lisa Gray](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1333374) You are welcome! Did you find a solution to your question?


author: Davide Palo
body: Grant access to page external mail do not work


Tags: confluence-server

server
Can I make confluence pages available to clients but not make completely public?
Asked by Mark Hodgkin:

We would like to provide access to documentation to our clients, but do not want the pages completely public?   

Is it possible to limit in any way? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Mark,

Is your intention to make pages accessible to those who don't have access to your space?

Also, how are you sharing the pages with clients?

Victor

comments: author: Mark Hodgkin
body: We're in the process of figuring out how we'd share the pages with clients. We have a current website that requires a username and password to access much of the content. We'd prefer to use confluence, but do not have the budget to offer access to Atlassian for every client's user. So yes, we'd be looking to make those pages accessible to individuals with no access to our space.


author: Mike Rosik
body: Mark, was a solution ever made for this request?


author: Victor Mutambuki
body: Mike,

You can allow your space accessible to ++anonymous++ by only checking ++view permissions++.

Victor
Profile fields missing with update
Asked by Jen:

Hello we've been using Confluence Cloud (centuryss.) for two years now, with the most recent update we've lost fields we had been using; notably the phone field. We had initiate a new process to use the web and IM fields too (although not for that purpose).

Could someone tell me how to edit this fields, it would be much appreciated!

Also, do you know if it's possible to create additional fields on the cloud for profiles?

This page needs updated on your end: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/your-user-profile-724765382.html>


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi - My Cloud profile still has the phone and IM fields. I edited my phone number after reading your post, to make sure I could.

Is it the case that these fields are gone or that they are there and users can no longer edit them? I was looking at:

[Edit user's accounts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/invite-edit-and-remove-users-744721624.html#Invite,edit,andremoveusers-Edituser'saccounts)
> An organization admin can only edit details of accounts that have become managed as a result of domain verification -- see Organization administration.
>
> For unmanaged accounts, only the user can edit account details -- see Atlassian account for users.

You cannot create extra profile fields in Cloud; it would be a challenge to do so in Server as well, since user profiles are stored in the database.


Tags: confluence-cloud
Unable to create a Template
Asked by Kevin Sawtelle:

The ability to create a Template looks like it should be pretty straight-forward, but it appears I'm missing the option to create a template. Can anyone point me in the right direction?![Template_02.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24406i0A4F55D9F5036537/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Template_02.jpg")


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

Kindly make sure that you have the correct permissions. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf65/create-a-template-939700962.html>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Knowledge base for internal and external customers.
Asked by Christian Plante:

We have a Confluence server instance where a KB space has been created for our field technicians. We're now bringing on board external dealers who will do some of the technical support. We'd like to show them some KB articles, but not all of them. What's the best way to segregate some of the KB articles for them (which still need to be visible to our internal techs)? Neither KBs can be accessed by anonymous users. Everything needs to be accessible via a login.  

- Create two spaces, one for internal users, one for external ones? How do we share the relevant content? Manually copy pages? Can we do conditional copies based on labels?  
- Should we get a separate server (or Cloud) instance for our external customers? Can we easily copy articles from our internal server instance to the external one?  

Other best-practices?  

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Meg Holbrook
body: Hey Christian,

I'd say your best bet is to create another space on the same instance, since you can most-easily administer access by space.

I don't know of a way to export based on label though, so you'd be left with a manual copy+paste into new articles OR I know you can export/import word docs from each page, but not at a bulk level.

Whether or not to deploy a separate cloud instance will really depend on your business needs.


Tags: confluence-server

knowledge-base

server
Is it possible to use excerpt macro to include part of table
Asked by Paula Murray:

I am trying to copy part of table where some of the cells include the "expand" macro and some cells include emoticons. It seems when I copy to paste into the Excerpt Macro, it will not copy expanded section. Also, I lose the formatting of the table.

Thanks


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Paula,

It's not possible because the part you're going to include needs to be within the Excerpt Macro. You would need to create a separate table.

Maybe you can try the [Page Properties macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/page-properties-macro-184550024.html)?

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When inserting JIRA Issues in Confluence using the JIRA Issue/Filter macro...
Asked by Caitlin Murphy:

...can I insert an issue which includes modifiers (ie. Assignee) without selecting the table option? Additionally, can I insert a list of issues at once but have them displayed as single issues (not in table format)?


Answers:
author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Caitlin,

When you insert the Jira macro on a Confluence page, you can choose the Columns to Display. See attached screenshot.

Documentation at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/jira-issues-macro-139380.html>

![columns-to-display.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24421iA7D1CE7FD1EE1D6C/image-dimensions/548x380?v=v2 "columns-to-display.png")

Hope that helps.

comments: author: Caitlin Murphy
body: Yeah I know how to do that... I want to be able to insert them NOT in table format and instead as single issues which according to Atlassian support isn't possible.

And, I also want to post single issues (again NOT in table format) so they ONLY display the Key, Assignee, and Status (without having to post the entire summary or using a table).


author: Bhushan Nagaraj
body: Hi Caitlin,

If you are looking for more control on display options, there is a Marketplace add-on available for Confluence Server. Please take a look at [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212278/advanced-jira-issue-insert-macro?hosting=server\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1212278/advanced-jira-issue-insert-macro?hosting=server&tab=overview)

As for the native functionality, it is what is documented in the link provided.

Hope that helps.


Tags: jira

macro
'Include Page' across spaces and links
Asked by Jana Volencova:

Hello,

I need to come up with a solution to this scenario:

We have a space with the application help which covers all the application modules (let's say Module A, Module B, Module C and Common Settings). We sell not only the application as is, but also "packages" which include various modules. So I need to prepare three more documentation sets (something like Module A + B + Common Settings / Module B + C + Common Settings etc.).

Since I don't want to end up updating documentation at three or four different places, I thought of using the Include Page macro. I would copy the space structure and use just those modules which are part of the package and simply pull their descriptions from the "main" documentation space.

This way I could re-create a full space, which would display the correct content but would be updated at just one place.

But then I run into an issue with links. Since the pages are just the content as is in another space, then the links point to other pages within that original space.

Does anyone have experience with similar solution? Could I somehow redirect the links? Disable them all? Recreate the three extra doc sets in another way? Have I overlooked some other cool Confluence functionality?

We use the Confluence Cloud version, so the macro options are rather limited.

Any advice is most appreciated. Thank you.


Answers:
author: Prakhar Srivastav {Appfire}
body: [@Jana Volencova](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/468102)

I am not sure of your scenario completely but may be Anchors can help you. Have you looked at them ?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/anchors-139442.html>

Regards

Prakhar

comments: author: Jana Volencova
body: Thank you, Prakhar, for the tip. Anchors don't help, unfortunately. I am still stuck with the fact that an anchor-defined link will lead me back to the original space from which I included the page.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How do I create a chart to display Jira issue estimate hours in Confluence?
Asked by Rebekah Davis:

I would like to display a chart on my organization's confluence page to show how many hours an issue takes to get resolved. I can create a pie chart that sorts based on every field, except Estimate, which is the field I would like to display. Is there a bug or is there a reason for this?


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Rebekah,

Do you have [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro (a part of the [Table Filter](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) add-on) in your Confluence? It supports Jira issues estimates.


Tags: confluence-server

estimate

jira

jira-software

report

server
Renumbering lists
Asked by Pat D'Ambrosio:

When I create/copy in a list and want to go back and edit my list adding images, macros, etc. my numbering changes and while I can rebuild my list to correct this, I'd like to use a function similar to that In Word to specify the correct number. Is there a way to do this in Confluence Cloud?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Jack Brickey
body: Hi Pat, I don't know of any manner of accomplishing this inside confluence. I feel that the numbering in Confluence is a bit cumbersome if not lacking to be honest. If you found a way to accomplish this even if it's an add-on please feel free to share here.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to show show task list when editing a confluence page
Asked by Dave Juntgen:

When editing a confluence page for the macro for the task report displays. Rather - I want to show the current task report during editing so it may be reviewed during the meeting while editing the page. Is this possible?

Here is what shows during the edit, how can I show the actual task report?

![2018-06-11_11-01-10.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/24378iCEC33E69949D4B7B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2018-06-11_11-01-10.png")


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Dave Juntgen](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1027206) and welcome,

unfortunately you can't do that during page editing. On edit action, you can see macros but not its content.

Fabio


Tags: confluence-server

server