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How do I get html text input boxes and a button into Confluence page?
Asked by Vishali:

The requirement given to me is - Have input text boxes for Username, Password, Loan Number, and have a Browse button from where they can upload a file. Can this be done on a confluence page? Could you please help?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Run Plugin for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN) can provide the input fields. You will need some sort of script to process the information ([Script Plugin for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SCRP) or [HTML Plugin for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/HTML) or ...)

comments: author: Shaikh Moiz
body: Hello Bob,

I have similar query, We are using SQL plugin, and we are willing to add an extra column to sql result set with some text field, once we add some text it should be added as a column data,

In general one inline edit cell into sql result set.

We have <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/RUN> plugin also,

Can we achieve this,

Thanks in advance.


author: waqas Wilan2026
body: To add HTML text input boxes and a button to a Confluence page, you'll need to use Confluence's HTML macro. Follow these steps:

**1. Edit Page:** Go to the Confluence page where you want to add the input boxes and button. Click on the "Edit" button.

**2. Insert HTML Macro:** In the editor, click on the "+" icon to add a new macro. Search for "HTML" and select the "HTML" macro from the dropdown.

**3. Edit HTML Macro:** Once the HTML macro is added to the page, click on it to edit its content.

**4. Enter HTML Code:** Inside the HTML macro, input your HTML code for the text input boxes and button. For example:  

\`\`\`html  
\<input type="text" id="input1" name="input1" placeholder="Input 1"\>  
\<input type="text" id="input2" name="input2" placeholder="Input 2"\>  
\<button type="button" onclick="submitForm()"\>Submit\</button\>

\<script\>  
function submitForm() {  
// Add your JavaScript code here to handle form submission  
var input1Value = document.getElementById("input1").value;  
var input2Value = document.getElementById("input2").value;  
// Process the input values as needed  
console.log("Input 1 Value: ", input1Value);  
console.log("Input 2 Value: ", input2Value);  
}  
\</script\>  
\`\`\`

**5. Save Changes:** After entering your HTML code, click "Save" to save the changes to the Confluence page.

**6. Preview and Test:** Preview the Confluence page to ensure that the HTML input boxes and button are displayed correctly. Test the functionality of the input boxes and button to ensure they work as expected.

Remember to ensure that any HTML and JavaScript code you use complies with Confluence's security and content guidelines. Additionally, consider the implications of adding custom HTML and JavaScript to your Confluence pages, as it may affect page performance and security.


author: Nicketa
body: <https://docs.atlassian.com/aui/7.8.3/docs/forms.html>
Create a page by email?
Asked by Doug Varn:

Curious if it's possible to set up a new confluence page simply by sending an email to a particular alias?

We're seeking a way to essentially archive very long email threads that end up being full of useful information (though not always the most effective form of communication).


Answers:
author: Andy Brook [Plugin People]
body: Unfortanately this needs plugins installed such as [Send Email To Page](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/biz.artemissoftware.plugins.confluence.send-email-to-page) but OnDemand does not permit this, so its not possible currently, other than custom development and remote REST calls.

You know that you can just archive email in Confluence spaces directly, its not stored as pages but its threre and searchable?

- <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Archiving+Mail+Overview>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can both Jira and Confluence be searched simultaneously in OnDemand?
Asked by Andrew Pratt:

We have just switched from Jira Hosted to OnDemand. In the old system, a search would return results from all areas, Jira issues, Confluence pages, FishEye and so on.

With OnDemand, the search seems to be restricted to the "area" you are currently in. e.g. if in Jira, then the search returns a list of issues, if in Confluence, a list of pages etc.

Is there a way to search all with OnDemand?


Answers:
author: Michael Knight
body: Most apps provide two kinds of search:

1. Quick-search/auto-suggest (which pops up results as you type), and
2. Normall/full search (where you press enter and get a new page of results).

Currently neither of these are cross-product, however we are currently working on cross-product quick search. You can keep up to date on this by watching [AOD-6078](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-6078).


author: Andrew Pratt
body: Thanks for the answers. Added my self as a watcher to the mentioned issue and voted for it.


author: Gary
body: Hey Andrew,

Not currently, but we are looking at ways to bring cross product searching back for OnDemand. Stay tuned to the OnDemand blog for more info early next year:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+release+summary>

Cheers,

Gary


Tags: cloud
Cannot upgrade the Universal Plugin Manager
Asked by Patrick Toy:

I downloaded and installed the latest version of Confluence (v4.3.2), but for some reason the version of UPM installed is rather old (v2.0.6) and likely causing issues with installing / upgrading other plugins. I've tried upgrading to the latest UPM (v2.7.10) as well as the nearest version upgrade (v2.1) with no success. I've also tried deleting the contents of the folders mentioned in a comment on a similar question ([https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/89470/cannot-upgrade-the-universal-plugin-manager](/questions/89470/cannot-upgrade-the-universal-plugin-manager)) and restarted Confluence, to no avail.

So, with a fresh install of Confluence using the express install feature and the included database for testing, I'm unable to upgrade the bundled, out-dated UPM. As of yet, I've been unable to turn up any solutions sifting through documentation and Google results. Has anyone come up with a solution to this?


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Hi Patrick,

I suspect that this can be related to the database packet size being too low, this usually happens when using MySQL (not sure if it's your case). The solution would be simply setting the packet size to a higher value as described in <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Exceeds+Max+Allowed+Packet+for+MySQL>

Hope it helps.


author: Ivan Tse
body: Have you tried installing it manually?

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Installing+Add-ons?from=x2Q#InstallingAdd-ons-Installingbyfileupload>

If you've tried that, and still gets issues, I'd suggest contact us through so we can dig a little more into what is going on. Make sure to get us a set of logs se we can start looking at what is happening.

[support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com)
No Server ID created after re-installation
Asked by Reatha Ek:

Hello!

We are migrating from Windows to Ubuntu, and I have just finished installing Confluence. When it was time to enter the Confluence license key there was a proper server id, but now I need to install plugins and I don't have a server id.

What now?


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Here is the detail steps that you will need to take if the previously mentioned suggestion does not work:

* [Server ID Shows as $action.serverId or $action.sid or n.v.](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=181536632)

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


author: Reatha Ek
body: I finally ended up doing a new installtion instead of fiddling around.


author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: If you have your previous server ID, you can add it to the file \<CONFLUENCE_DATA\>/confluence.cfg.xml , in the field wiht the tags:

```
&lt;property name="confluence.setup.server.id"&gt;XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX&lt;/property&gt;
```

You will need to restart Confluence to pick up the changes.


Tags: install
How can I move templates in Confluence?
Asked by Evelin:

Hi,

I wonder if it is possible to

- copy or move templates from one space to another space and

- to make a space template available for the whole Confluence installation.

Thanks for your help!


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

I could find this feature open to move space templates to a another space: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-7752>

Also, I've created this feature so you could transform a space template into a global template: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27606>

Hope that helps!

Regards,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Evelin
body: Thanks Rodrigo, I voted right now!

Cheers, Evelin


author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: <br />

Hi Evelin,

Our Add-on Page Tree Creator works a bit different then the Confluence templates. The PTC-templates are based on normal confluence pages. So coping or moving a template is a very easy task.

Try our [**Live Examples**](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples) (no registration needed).

**[Marketplace link: Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview)**.

Regards,  
Stephan


author: Christian Czaia _Decadis AG_
body: Hey,

you can create global templates:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF42/Global+Templates>

Cheers

Christian

comments: author: Evelin
body: Thanks, yes, I know. My idea was to promote an existing space template to a global template but seemingly there is no GUI option for this. I have to open the space template, copy the content, and paste it into a new global template. I thought I could move the template from one Confluence folder to another one.
Add child pages to favorites
Asked by Bruce Schlueter:

Hi all,

is there a possibility to add a page and its child pages to the pages I watch? I do not want to watch the complete space.

Thanks, Bruce


Answers:
author: FernandoA
body: Hi Bruce,

You might want to give a try with the[Descendent Notification Plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.descendentNotification) to achieve this requirement.

Hope this helps.

Cheers!

comments: author: Bruce Schlueter
body: Hi Fernando,

that looks exactly as if it would do what we are looking for. Unfortunately it seems to have a severe bug if I look at the comments. I am not sure that our company will want to run into security issue.

Thanks anyway, Bruce
How to change footer to international text depending on login
Asked by Bruce Schlueter:

Hi all,

I already asked the question [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/106619/edit-footer-in-documentation-theme](/questions/106619/edit-footer-in-documentation-theme) and that gave me the answer to change the footer-content.vm. This works really fine and I was able to edit the footer the way we wanted. I know we need to keep the "powered by..." in the footer but my question is, as we are multilanguage and open to external users we need to add the links for "Disclaimer" and "legal info" to the pages. I added these to the footer but of course they are in German right now. I saw that the file contains "$action.getText". Is it possible to use this so that I could display different text depending on the login language? And if so, where would I have to add the text.

Thanks a lot for your input,

Bruce


Answers:
author: Renjith Pillai
body: Yes you can, while it becomes slightly tougher to do it:

* Instead of using directly the text you should be using the string resource keys within your velocity files.
* And you should additionally extend the language packs installed in your instance to include these extra keys that you are using (or introduce the resource file for keys alone as a single plugin, I guess this should be possible)

<https://developer.atlassian.com/display/PLUGINFRAMEWORK/Internationalising+your+plugin>

comments: author: Bruce Schlueter
body: Hi Renjith, hi Pedro,

thanks for your input. I am not sure that we will dig into this that deep. But I know have an idea where to look so we can estimate the necessary things to do.

Thanks, Bruce


author: Pedro Cora
body: Hi Bruce,

From the top of my head, to achieve this, you would need to dig a bit more into the code and make some conditional function that checks for the user personal settings in order to display a given footer.

To do so, I recommend that you go to <http://developers.atlassian.com> to get docs and also the source.
How do tables behave in Confluence 4.3.x and 5.x?
Asked by Stefan Eike:

Hi,

unfortunately there is no demo system available anymore. I'm curious about, how tables behave in Confluence 4.3.x and/or Confluence 5.x, especially when not using the Table Plugin for Confluence by Bob Swift Software, LLC, which is not free anymore.

I mean, e. g., is the column width changeable now?

Best regards

Stefan


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello Stefan,

Actually this is not possible, but alternatively you can use the Column Macro and the Section Macro which provide column-specific width support, see below:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Page+Layouts+and+Columns+and+Sections>

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

LJ.

comments: author: Stefan Eike
body: Hi LJ,

no, that does not help, unfortunately. I need rows, too! :D And I can not generate sections+columns with CustomWare Reporting.

Cheers,

Stefan


Tags: column

layout

table
"Gliffy Confluence Plugin" cannot be installed by the UPM.
Asked by Davet:

Are we heading back to the bad old days when each individual plugin/add-on has to be manually massaged into place after the due diligence of testing each and every macro on each and every page?

I would have thought that Atlassian would have introduced a mandatory stipulation of UPM compatability?

I really hope that this is not a trend!


Answers:
author: Michael S
body: Hi Dave,

Looks like there was a problem with the latest release of Gliffy on the marketplace, we've taken this up with Gliffy themselves and we should have it fixed for you soon.

This is related specifically to how this plugin was uploaded to the marketplace and is definitely not a new trend :)

Cheers,  
Michael


author: Michael S
body: Andddddd it's now fixed.

comments: author: Davet
body: Thanks for the very fast response and positive action Michael.

Does that "fix" the filtering at the marketplace end that allows a "problem" plugin to be uploaded and then to be forwarded onto the "Available Updates" list or is it a "fix" for the plugin itself?


author: Michael S
body: Dave,

Sorry for the late reply. The problem was that the plugin wasn't marked as being able to be installed automatically, which allows it to be installed via the 'Available Updates' list rather than uploading the jar file manually.

It's not a problem with the plugin itself, just how it was uploaded.

Any other questions, just ask.

Cheers,  
Michael


Tags: app

gliffy

universal-plugin-manager
Disable the Popular Labels macro.
Asked by Matthew Pyle:

Hi,

Is there any way to disable the Popular Labels macro? Or, is there any way to modify it to show only labels that a user has permissions to? Right now, when a user adds the macro to a page they can see all labels, even labels they don't have permissions to.


Answers:
author: SarahA
body: Hallo Matthew

You can disable the macro via the Confluence Administration Console. You need system administration permissions to do this.

1. In Confluence, choose "Browse" \> "Confluence Admin".
2. In the left-hand panel, choose "Manage Add-Ons" (or plugins, depending on your Confluence version).
3. Choose "Show System Plugins" (under the heading "System Plugins") to see all the plugins bundled with Confluence.
4. Choose "Advanced Macros" to open the details panel for the Advanced Macros plugin.
5. Click the plus sign next to ".. modules enabled" to see all the modules in this plugin.
6. Find the "Popular-Labels" module and disable it.

I hope this helps.

Cheers, Sarah

comments: author: Matthew Pyle
body: That worked perfectly. Thank you!


Tags: label

popular
Plugin Install Reported Failed, when Succeeded
Asked by Patrick Toy:

This issue has occured frequently enough to cause some concern. When installing plugins on Confluence, often times a red banner will appear stating that the installation failed, however the Audit Log reports the install succeeded and the plugin is available in the Manage Plugins section and throughout Confluence.

The issue is mostly cosmetic, but the "false negative" is still somewhat troubling. Has anyone else seen this happening?

Confluence version 4.3.2

Universal Plugin Manager version 2.0.6


Answers:
author: AlysonA
body: Hi Patrick,

I don't recall seeing this issue before. Problems during plugins installation can be Base URL related (not sure if it would fit your case since the plugin is actually installed), so you can check your Confluence Admin \> General Configuration \> Server Base URL and see if it matches the one you use to access Confluence.

Alternatively, you can try updating your UPM to the latest version and see if that makes a difference: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.upm.atlassian-universal-plugin-manager-plugin>

Hope it helps!
Cannot access Confluence outside of internal network
Asked by MikeL:

I've setup confluence on a server in my company's network. I've configured our DNS to point to the site and everything works on our internal network (inTRAnet), but the site is not available outside of the building.

Is there a specific set of steps I need to follow to make the site available from outside our network (the inTERnet)?

As soon as I can resolve this problem we'll be buying our Confluence license.

Thanks!

Michael

205.547.0122


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Hi Mike.

It is very difficult to thorubleshoot this without any further information. You may want to contact [Atlassian Support](https://support.atlassian.com) if you noeed some help.

In Confluence, check the server base URL matches the one you use to access Confluence.

Also make sure your request coming from internet can reach your server with a network sniffer.


Tags: administration
LDAP Syncronization failing. AD authentication is not working in Atlassian Confluence at Mackay Shields LLC
Asked by FernandoR:

Receive below errors when testing remote directory connection from within Confluence:

Test get group members. : Failed

Failed to parse distinguished name

Test user can authenticate : Failed

Write operations are not allowed in read-only mode (FlushMode.NEVER): Turn your Session into FlushMode.AUTO or remove 'readOnly' marker from transaction definition.

<br />


Answers:
author: dleng
body: Hey Greg,  

Can you try synchronizing the directory first, and note that the user is created before testing the connection?  
Might be related to this: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25384>[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25384)
who can I change the Confluence Mobile Menu???
Asked by liljoint:

Hi,

I'm using confluence 4.3, this version add the mobile version to confluence..

It has a menu like facebook menu, but I need to add another options in this menu...

anybody help me?


Answers:
author: liljoint
body: I got it, it's inside atlassian-bundled-plugins.zip file.

Thnx :)


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Bryan,   

I believe that isn't possible to do.   
The only thing that I can think of right now, is to edit some .vm file and try to add this option that you would like to have.  

<br />

<br />


Tags: mobile
How do I review Confluence documentation pages with Crucible
Asked by Chris McFadden:

We have a need to do reviews of design documentation in Confluence using Crucible. This used to be supported, how can I do it in the latest version?

For reference:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CRUCIBLE/Crucible+1.6+Release+Notes#Crucible1.6ReleaseNotes-ConfluencePageReviews>

<br />


Answers:
author: Chris McFadden
body: There appears to be no plans to add this capability. The ticets have been closed as "won't fix". This is unfortunate.

However, we came up with a workaround. This involves a somewhat manual process and the use of the "Talk" plug-in which allows in-line comments and the commenting on the end of the page. You could also add a workflow plug-in, but we chose to use a JIRA ticket to represent the "document" and use the workflow there.


author: John Chin
body: Hi Chris,

I notice there is a improvement ticket raised in Atlassian, please see [CRUC-933](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-933) and [CRUC-2982](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-2982) for details information.


Tags: fisheye-crucible
Mass change - howto
Asked by Keyur Kapsi:

Hi,

I have one issue with mass change. Actually I am using some of the content in my documentation from template. I have created so many pages with the template.

Now the issue is I have to make some change in the template and it should be reflected to all the pages where I used that template. Is it possible ?

Or is there anything which I can use for searching and replace with other stuff. I tried but dint find any clue on that.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [How to automate adding text to Confluence pages](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/How+to+automate+adding+text+to+Confluence+pages)


Tags: bulk-edit

change
MS SQL Server 2012 support for Confluence
Asked by Tommi Sohlberg:

Hi,

is SQL Server 2012 already supported version? We are setting up new environment and I would like to use latest version of SQL Server.


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

Unfortunately SQL server 2012 is still not supported, however we have a improvement request open to support it: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-26369>

I suggest to vote and watch to increase the chance of being implemented.

Hope that helps!

Rodrigo


author: PauloP
body: Hi Tommi

Regarding the changes between the supported and not supported SQL versions, I believe that the best approach would be waiting until get SQL 2012 compatible. However, feel free to download the latest Confluence version and try it in a trial environment.

Cheers,

Paulo Renato
Microsoft Access DataSource
Asked by Bernhard Hagmann:

We have problems connecting a Microsoft Access Database (\*.mdb file) as data source to the Confluence server (so we can use it with the SQL Plugin from Bob Swift Software).

Is there a guide or official way to configure this?

We already added the file tomcat-jdbc.jar to the /libs directory

(according to <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5723830/java-lang-classnotfoundexception-org-apache-tomcat-jdbc-pool-datasourcefactory>)

and configured the following in the server.xml:

```
&lt;Resource  type="javax.sql.DataSource"  name="jdbc-odbc/OOPC"  maxActive="100"  maxIdle="30"  maxWait="10000"  factory="org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory"  driverClassName="sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver"  url="jdbc:odbc:DRIVER={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb)};DBQ=/mnt/srvdata/Intern/Oopc/oopc2k.mdb"/&gt;
```

Yet still the Confluence page displays:
> Error rendering macro 'sql-query' : dataSource: OOPC not found.

And the server says (when starting):
> WARNUNG: Failed to register in JMX: javax.naming.NamingException: Could not load resource factory class Root exception is java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.tomcat.jdbc.pool.DataSourceFactory


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I have not used Access, but I believe others have tried in the past. When you do get this working, can you please post to [**SQL plugin datasource configuration**](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/SQL/SQL+plugin+datasource+configuration) for others?

You seem to be looking in the right place for error messages. I would suggest removing the**factory** line from configuration since that is what it is complaining about. Then see if there are any other errors. Also, googling: **Tomcat datasource Microsoft Access** would be the next step.


Tags: access

data-source

database

microsoft