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Linking Two Confluences Instances
Asked by Karen_Mustain:

We have two seperate instances of confluence in our organization. One instance uses a MySQL database and the other instance uses a DB2 database. We are looking to consolidate the two instances; however, this is taking some extensive analysis, since the databases are not the same.

In the meantime, we have a business need to feature and leverage the networking (social media) type features of Confluence. We want to be able to utilize users networks on our site dashboard. Since we have two Confluence instances we had to select one the of the instances to be our primary instance where associates will use the dashboard from that instance.

Associates have personal spaces on both instances. Is there anyway to link these personal spaces together from both instances to get a consolidated look at a users network (following and followers).

Any suggestions on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Karen Mustain


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Karen!

Since your databases are not the same, the first step is to migrate the data from your DB2 to MySQL.

[Please check this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrate+to+Another+Database)

After that, check if both confluences are upgraded to the same version eg. 4.3.

Hope it helps!

Kind Regards


author: dellagustin
body: I created a suggestion for this use case, as I also would like to have it:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57782>

please vote it up if it would be relevant for you too.


Tags: confluence-app
Search box on the Navigation Panel in the Documentation Theme is missing
Asked by Eric Riddle:

Hi everyone,

The search box that usually appears at the top of the left-side navigation panel for the Documentation Theme has gone missing.

I've done the following:

1) Removed all custom HTML, on the off chance that I was overwriting it somehow.

2) Checked that all modules for the Documentation theme were enabled.

The search box still has not come back.

What should I try next?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ah, gottit, I know this one now.

Check the settings for the global search - if that has been restricted to "current space", then you don't get the "local" search box in the documentation theme

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's pretty obscure, and, from memory, it IS documented. One sentence in the middle of a huge great brain-dump of a document, and it doesn't stand out at all :-(


author: Eric Riddle
body: That did the trick. I had just figured it out myself.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: It's usually enabled or disabled by a tick-box in the theme's settings - maybe one of your admins accidentally clicked it off?

Confluence Admin -\> Look and Feel -\> Theme -\> configure this theme -\> checkbox at the top of the list.

comments: author: Eric Riddle
body: Hi Nic,

There's only two boxes:Page Tree, and Limit search results. Both are checked.

The page tree itself is visible. It's only the search box that usually appears above the page tree that's missing.


Tags: documentation-theme

search
How do i track projects in Confluence using JIRA?
Asked by David Hamlin:

I need to view projects in confluence i.e. what isee on my JIRA dashboard?


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You can normally display JIRA Gadgets in Confluence.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+JIRA+Gadgets+to+a+Confluence+Page>

But I am guessing this won't be possible in Confluence onDemand because creating application links are not possible. Double check that!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to use a template when a page is created with a "create new page" link
Asked by Pascal:

How can I use a page template when I create a new page by clicking on a "Create Page link"? When I create a link in the manner depicted in the screenshot below and then click on that link, a new page is created and opened in edit mode. I version \<4, I could still select a template to use. Can I still do that in version \>=4?

![](../../../upfiles/insert_page_2.png)


Answers:
author: Pascal
body: As Thomas-S pointed out: this is not part of the current version and needs to be requested as a new feature.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

have a look here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Template>

and here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Creating+a+Page+using+a+Template>

Cheers

Thomas

comments: author: Pascal
body: Thanks for the quick answer, Thomas, but I cannot find the answer to my specific question on these pages. I have added a screenshot to my question of the type of link I mean.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: ok, your screenshot makes the question clearer.

But unfortunately, I don't have an answer for this. I think, this is a new feature request for the editor and you should create an issue at <http://support.atlassian.com>

Cheers

Thomas


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

template
visibility of versioning
Asked by Monika Dr??ler:

Hi.

I'm searching for another possibility to restrict the visibility of versioning.  
That means I may not see who changed what and when at a page.  

I've found the possibility to hide this area with CSS.  
But are there other, safe ways to do this? Not only to hide versioning, but also prevent it?


Answers:
author: Monika Dr??ler
body: That's a good question. Unfortunately I can't answer directly.  
For a Customer Confluence is used as a community.  
According to the specifications of the customer, versioning should not be available.  
Unfortunately I currently don't know the exact reasons.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: why do you want to disable versioning ? I think this is a great feature of almost every wiki. Maybe, if you tell us a little bit, why you want to disable versioning, we find another solution for your problem.
Statistics for Confluence version usage
Asked by Alexander Polonsky:

We recently launched a Confluence plugin on Atlassian marketplace ([Mediamark](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.cogniumsystems.confluence.plugins.mediamark)). At this point, the plugin is only compatible with some Confluence versions. In order to optimize our resources, it would be useful to know the relative level of use for the major Confluence releases. The ones that interest us are only those compatible with the marketplace license manager (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, and 4.2). Please let me know if this information is available somewhere.


Answers:
author: m
body: Alexander,

I can give you some data on visitors to the Confluence documentation. Doc usage is not product's use level per-se but you could extrapolate some information. The data are unique page views from the last 6 months:

* CONF30 18,730
* CONF35 194,070
* CONF40 71,631
* DOC (current 4.2 space) 2,253,382

Cheers,

Mary

comments: author: Alexander Polonsky
body: Thanks, although these numbers are highly influenced by the fact that the latest version doc is the default one when you access it directly from the Web.


author: m
body: Yes, that is true. That is why I qualified the answer. You also have to remember that our OnDemand customers are usually on the latest versions.


author: Derrick Isaacson
body: We're struggling with the question of what versions of Confluence to support as well. We're finding it very difficult to support both 3.5 and 5.4 as the APIs changed significantly between them, and wondering which direction we should go. Can we get an update on which versions are being used?

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I can't answer your question, but you might find this useful: [Compatibility](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/info/Compatibility)
IE8 problem in Confluence 4.2.3
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

we have a weird problem with our Confluence.

Many users using IE8 get a 'Page cannot connected' error page when navigating to the login page of our Confluence. The problem is weird because this occurs in Internet Explorer 8 version 8.0.6001 but in Internet Explorer 8 version 8.0.700X the Confluence runs perfectly.

By the wy we have to links to our Confluence: an internal and an external. These users get error only in the external URL and the internal works.

What can be wrong with the IE8?

Can you please help because some users can only IE8 using.

Thanks in advance!

Rumi


Answers:
author: Matthew J. Horn
body: If you have corporate standards that disable scripting or cookies on IE8 installations that are outside the firewall, that could be the source of the issue. First place I would go is the IT department and see what they say.


Tags: browser

error

internet-explorer
How to map user properties like phone, IM and website to an active directory?
Asked by Roman Ataman:

Is there any easy way to map user properties to our AD an edit them from confluence? We're using Confluence 4.2. I went through the docs and it seems it was possible with 3.5 with atlassian-user.xml which seems to be gone in 4.2.

Thank you so much!


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi there,

Sorry to inform you that Confluence does not have the feature to retrieve the mentioned information from LDAP server yet. We do have an improvement request regarding this issue:

* [Support retrieval of user metadata from LDAP](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-7426)

We highly recommend you to vote on it to raise the popularity of the mentioned request, watch it so that you would be updated on it and please feel free to address your concern directly into it. As I believe this would be a great addition for Confluence I have personally add my vote into it.

If you don't mind to go to a third party plugin solution you might want to consider using "[User Profile](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.communardo.confluence.plugins.userprofile)" plugin which would help you achieve your purpose.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


Tags: active-directory

ldap
Confluence on using SAN (storage area network)
Asked by Pangianto Pang:

Hi All,

I am quite new to Confluence and SAN.

I have a cluster with 2 linux machines and need to connected to storage via SAN, the company i am working with wanted to achieve dependency and data integrity using the above setup.

Is it possible to installe the Confluence on the SAN and we connect both linux machines to the same disk array in the SAN to achieve the both above?

Please kindly advice,

Thanks a lot in advanced.


Answers:
author: Pangianto Pang
body: Or install Confluence cluster on both linux machine and set both the Confluence home on same array in SAN?

Which one is the correct way?


Tags: data-center
Can I use a CSS class to style a wiki markup link?
Asked by Dee Scarano:

I'd like to style a wiki markup link inline using a class defined in the global CSS.

What I was expecting to be able to do in wiki markup is something like this:

```
[link text|http://link.com|class=classname]
```

If it helps make it clearer, the equivalent HTML for what I'm trying to do would be this:

```
&lt;a href="http://link.com" class="classname"&gt;link text&lt;/a&gt;
```

Any suggestions?


Answers:
author: SarahA
body: Hallo Dhyana

There are two ways I can think of:

* Enable the HTML macro, and then use it: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/HTML+Macro> Note the security implications mentioned on that page. (I'm linking to the Confluence 3.5 docs because of your reference to wiki markup. Let me know if you're on Confluence 4.x)
* Or write a user macro of your own: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Writing+User+Macros>

I hope this helps. :)

Cheers, Sarah

comments: author: Dee Scarano
body: Thanks Sarah, I'm actually using Confluence 4.2 but the link is in a global styling area which is why the wiki markup.

I had thought of using the HTML macro but, upon checking the system plugins in the Confluence Admin console, I saw that the {html} macro has been superceded by {html-xhtml} so I'll give that a go.

Thanks so much.


author: Steffen Heller
body: If you don't mind misusing the link title attribut in a real bad way you could do the following:

Write this into your wiki page:

```
[link text|http://link.com|green][link name|http://link.com|red]
```

Write this into your CSS export stylesheet

```
a[title=green] {color:green;}a[title=red] {color:red;}
```

The result on the html page will be this:

```
&lt;a href="http://link.com" title="green"&gt;link text&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://link.com" title="red"&gt;link text&lt;/a&gt;
```

and the apperarence of the links in the PDF file will be according to the formats in the CSS export stylesheet.

The result will be the same as with a class but off course it is against the real intention of the title attribut.


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: If you dont want to write a macro, you could also use jQuery. Something like this would add a classname attribute to an \<a\> tag:

AJS.$("a").attr('class','classname');

You add this in your Custom HTML panel in the Admin.

If you wanted to only touch specific anchor tags (such as external links), you could do this:

AJS.$("a\[class='external-link'\]").attr('class','classname');


Tags: css

markup
Displaying a folder within a page
Asked by Chris Burchell:

Hi guys,

We have an FTP server, and we would like to automate the display of all content (dynamic, obviously) within Confluence - whether it be embedded in a page, or a documentation space that creates pages for folders and embeds the files as attachments then displays them with the attachment macro, or whatever.

I wondering if anyone knows of a plugin or method that could get this done?.... Thanks!


Answers:
author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: For an extended spin on the embedding file features you describe, check out AppFusions doc repo integration plugins.

They aren't for an FTP server, but for different flavor file repositories ([Alfresco](http://www.alfresco.com), [Google Docs](http://docs.google.com/), [Box](http://www.box.com), or [Dropbox](http://www.dropbox.com)) -

* [Alfresco in Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.plugins.alfresco.alfresco-in-confluence)
* Box in Confluence
* [Dropbox in Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.plugins.dropbox.dropbox-in-confluence)
* [Google Docs in Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.appfusions.confluence.google.confluence-google-docs)

There's also JIRA sister plugins as well, also available at the Marketplace.

Try them out - and [info@appfusions.com](mailto:info@appfusions.com) if any questions any time..

Best, Ellen

comments: author: Chris Burchell
body: Thanks for the feedback Ellen. I might be mistaken, but the WebDAV plugin looks like it works backwards to what I'm after. I want Confluence pages to display dynamic folder content instead of folders displaying my wiki content.

The file repository itself is just going to be a Windows folder, we'll be using FTP to get files into it, but Confluence really needs nothing at all to do with the FTP server itself.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Hmm - maybe I am having a blond moment. ;)

.. but I \*thought\* years back we mounted external folders too with the WebDAV plugin .. been a while though - Let me double-check - be right back.


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: Ok yeah - never mind that WebDAV comment. My doh!

Guess we need to make a plain ol' file server variation of our repo plugins. ;)


author: Ellen Feaheny [AppFusions]
body: I scrubbed out the WebDAV part of comment - my mistake/mixup..


author: Chris Burchell
body: No worries Ellen.

Hmmm, it looks like the Dropox fpr Confluence plugin has all the smarts and logic to do what I want... if only I could skirt the whole dropbox part and just point it to a windows folder....
What Confluence version?
Asked by K Kelly:

We are an OnDemand user. In Jira, Systems information, I can see what Jira version we are at and then am able to review the associated release notes. However, in Confluence, I cannot locate what version we are at. Does anyone know were an OnDemand user finds the Confluence version they are at?


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Access the system information panel: https://\<instance\>.atlassian.net/wiki/admin/systeminfo.action

comments: author: K Kelly
body: I'm sure the other options would provide version info; but, as an OnDemand user, this is the only one that works for us since we don't have access to the server.

It's interesting, as the page referenced in this URL is not available via the OnDemand navigation. You can only get there by accessing the URL directly - I wonder why as the Jira system info page is readily available in OnDemand.

Thank you for the direction!


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Yes, it is strange it is not available on the menu. BTW, the CLI is a client program, you don't need access to the server. Nor for the David's suggestion.


author: Michael Knight
body: Versions of the major components in OnDemand are published here:

* <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Application+Versions>


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: If you use [Firebug](http://getfirebug.com/) or a similar JavaScript console, you can find the version by running the followinf JavScript:

```
AJS.params.versionNumber
```

Getting the build number:

```
AJS.params.buildNumber
```


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Only way I know is [Confluence Command Line Interface](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) [getServerInfo](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-getServerInfo) which gives this on my site:

```
Confluence version: 4.2.8, build: 3288,
```


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
When Confluence was restarted
Asked by Adolfo Casari:

What is the log (and entrylog) that tells the datetime Confluence was restarted?

Thank you,


Answers:
author: Colin Goudie
body: You could go off this log entry in confluence-home/logs/atlassian-confluence.log

2012-07-09 21:34:43,614 INFO \[main\] \[com.atlassian.confluence.lifecycle\] contextInitialized Starting Confluence 4.2 (build #3273)

comments: author: Adolfo Casari
body: Actually that line is in catalina.out.

Thank you.
Can I Delete Automatically Generated Wikis?
Asked by Jose Rosario:

I created projects some of which I do not require Wikis for....can I safely delete them?


Answers:
author: Jorge Dias
body: Sure you can. Only note that you need to be a space administrator to delete a space. Within that, you'll need to do the following:

1. Disassociate the project.
2. Navigate to the space you wish to delete.
3. Choose **Browse** \> **Space Admin** .  
   *Note*: 'Space Admin' is displayed only if you are a space administrator for that space, or you are a super user (a member of the confluence-administrators group).
4. Click **Remove** Space in the left panel under the heading 'Space Operations'.
5. Click **OK** to confirm.

Also, note that once deleted, there is no way to restore a space unless you have made an XML Space Backup. Please, refer to [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Deleting+a+Space) for more info about 'deleting spaces'.


Tags: cloud
Section / Column formatting issues
Asked by Erik Spigle:

I am attempting to use a section with three columns inside to center some text on a page. The center column is fixed pixel width while the two outer columns have no width assigned. I can achieve what I am looking for only if I set a border for the section. I don't want any border, however. If I set no border with the section, the center column doesn't stay centered and the formatting is all off.

I need some help in figuring out what is wrong and how I can resolve this issue so I can have a three column setup to center fixed width text on my page without having to keep borders on the section. If it helps, I'm using the Documentation Theme.

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Erik Spigle
body: I wound up submitting a support ticket and they were able to replicate the issue. They gave me a couple possible workarounds that I'll have to try involving using HTML inside a page. It was acknowledged as a minor bug, so I can hope it might be fixed in a future update.


author: K Kelly
body: in 4.x, when you insert the column macro, you can select that macro and edit it in order to add the pixel width for the one that you want to control and then add the center macro with the text you want to center justify (if that is your intent). If you are doing that and only the border solution works, I recommend you input a support ticket if you don't get any other possibilities.


author: Erik Spigle
body: Something like that will work in our test 3.5.13 install, but not in 4.2.7. I just tested it both places and it seems to just be an issues with 4.2.7 on my end. Here is what I changed the above to look like (just for more filler text in the middle):

{section}  
{column}  
{column}  
{column:width=1000px}  
{center}  
{loremipsum}  
{center}  
{column}  
{column}  
{column}  
{section}

It doesn't matter if I put text in the two outside columns or not--I get the same results. My end goal is to have them empty, though. I'm willing to try any other tests.


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Erik,

I have tried with Conflunce 3 and there, this works for me:

{section}  
{column}  
{center}  
test  
{center}  
{column}  
{column:width=1000px}  
{center}  
test  
{center}  
{column}  
{column}  
{center}  
test  
{center}  
{column}  
{section}

But I'm sure, it looks quite the same in your environment ?


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: which Confluence Version ?


author: Erik Spigle
body: Sorry--4.2.7


Tags: column

macro

section
problem with upm 2.4
Asked by Michael Regelin:

Hello,

After installing upm 2.4, i have in my logs theses errors:

```
2012-07-09 11:01:40,242 WARN [TP-Processor19] [upm.rest.async.AsynchronousTaskManager] isBaseUrlValid Configured application base URL (https://dev.orga.ch:334/wikiadm) does not match base URL from request (https://dev.orga.ch:443/wikiadm).
```

We use reverse proxy for authentication and redirection. But nothing change this side.

I have jumped from 1.6.4 to 2.4 with UPM.

Does someone knows where this comes from?

Thanks for help.

Michael


Answers:
author: RianA
body: Hi Michael,

It seems that this issue is a bug <https://ecosystem.atlassian.net/browse/UPM-2339> However please not to worry it will be fixed in UPM 2.4.1. I would suggest you to wait until the release.

Hope it helps, Josua.

comments: author: Michael Regelin
body: Hi Josua.

Sorry for the delay.

I have upgrade to UPM 2.7 and it is working. So it was effectively a bug.

thanks.

Michael


author: RianA
body: Hi Michael,

From the log it seems that the [Server Base URL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Server+Base+URL) doesn't match with the one the you used to access Confluence. Could you please configure it and make it the same and check whether it works? Please bear in mind on [various issues that caused by mismatch of Server base URL](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Various+Issues+Caused+when+Server+Base+URL+Does+Not+Match+the+URL+Used+to+Access+Confluence).

Cheers, Josua.

comments: author: Michael Regelin
body: Hi Rian,

thanks for your post.

this is a strange case:

My Server Base URL is: `https:``//dev``.orga.ch``/wikiadm`

I access confluence via: `https:``//dev``.orga.ch``/wikiadm`

I have double-check.

If I enter `https:``//dev``.orga.ch:443``/wikiadm in the Base URL in Confluence, it is working.`

so there must be somewhere an outgoing redirect to port 334. I will look for it, but just dont know where ???

Michael


author: RianA
body: I see, it seems that the issue on the redirection of the port. Did you configure your Confluence as per [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Web+Proxy+Support+for+Confluence)? Also please bear in mind on the [UPM configuration behind firewall](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Universal+Plugin+Manager+Firewall+Configuration).


author: Michael Regelin
body: Thanks Josua for reporting this ;-)

i will then wait.

Michael


Tags: port