youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Presuming a user is logged in, where can they see their username?
Asked by MICHAEL O'Neill:

Yeah, I had this question today and I got stumped, as it doesn't seem to be displayed when the user views their own profile information (am I missing something?).

I ended up telling them to click their name in the people directory and look at the URL. It's displayed after the tilde.

* [http://confluence/display/\~username](http://confluence/display/~username)

Please tell me there's a more obvious way that I completely missed. :P


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Interesting. But how will they login if they don't know their username? ;) Maybe that is why it is explicitly shown?

comments: author: MICHAEL O'Neill
body: Believe me, the facepalm was almost audible. Still, I didn't have a ready answer... :P


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: The problem is that sometimes they catch you in an unexpected moment (sigh) :)


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Well, in Jira you have the possibility of entering in the user profile and there it says the username right after the avatar. But I think it isn't that way on Confluence?


Tags: user
Is the Notation Guide gone for Confluence 4.x?
Asked by Bob Swift (personal):

There are still cases in 4.x where you need macro parameter names - are these available anywhere? Atlassian documentation doesn't have them anymore either.


Answers:
author: SarahA
body: Hallo Bob and all

The documentation was removed because, at the time, the thinking was that wiki markup would no longer be relevant. That's proved to be a mistake. :)

I'm busy creating the wiki markup documentation for macros here:

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Wiki+Markup+for+Macros>

At the same time as the XML markup for macros here:

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Storage+Format+for+Macros>

The issue is tracked here:

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24972>

The online notation guide, which used to be accessible at <http://MYCONFLUENCE/renderer/notationhelp.action?section=all>, is no longer supplied by the Confluence app.

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: I am glad to hear this is coming back!


author: Matthew J. Horn
body: I've used this page a few times:

<http://www.wikipatterns.com/renderer/notationhelp.action?section=confluence>

It's not very up to date, but it has a few that I used pretty often.

matt


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: If you are talking about wiki markup notation, it is here: <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Wiki+Markup>

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: No, I was talking about the names of the macro parameters for all the Atlassian provided macros and similarly for all the installed macros - that is what the Notation Guide use to provide.


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: I rely on the 3.5 documentation if I can't find it in the current documentation.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Bob,

Your best bet is probably the storage format docs - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+Storage+Format> - or the 3.5 docs - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Confluence+Notation+Guide+Overview> - the child pages work on the 3.5 docs, but not the full notation guide.

Andrew.

comments: author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Thanks, but, I am still not finding macro parameter names. I guess the best option is capturing the notation guide from a 3.5.13 install and keeping it for reference.
Disabled user in Confluence
Asked by Rumceisz:

Hi All,

I met the following error: a user suddenly cannot reach anything in Confluence however he has all the permission.

I checked the user in the Admin - Manage Users menu and the user is disabled. I am the only admin, so nobody could inactivate him.

See the attached image, I have never experinced an error like this ![](../../upfiles/disabled_user.jpg)before.


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi there,

May I know if you have integrate Confluence against any external user management such as JIRA or Crowd. If that is the case, there is a possibility that the mentioned user is disabled from the external user management side which will be reflected on Confluence side.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Septa Cahyadiputra


Tags: error

user
Is there a way to view which pages are including current page?
Asked by joy ye:

I use {include} macro to display content of Page A in several pages: Page B, Page C......

Is there a way for me to view a summary of which pages are currently including Page A?

Because I'd like to know if I make changes to Page A which pages are affected.

Thanks a lot!


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Try using the Confluence search in the following format:

"{include:SPACEKEY:Page Name}"

The double quotes around the search terms is important.

comments: author: joy ye
body: Silly me, that's a quick and very easy way! Thanks a lot!
How to enable feedback widget?
Asked by Pankaj Jangid:

I see that there is a feedback widget on the right side of this screen <https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+XML-RPC+and+SOAP+APIs>

May I know how to enable this widget for our Confluence Wiki instance?


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Hi Jangid,

This can be achieved using the JIRA Issue Collector Plugin:

<https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.collector.plugin.jira-issue-collector-plugin>

-Hanis

comments: author: hsuhailah
body: You can find out how to use it from [https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/53690/how-do-i-attain-the-javascript-to-use-in-my-web-apps-for-the-jira-issue-collector/53734](/questions/53690/how-do-i-attain-the-javascript-to-use-in-my-web-apps-for-the-jira-issue-collector/53734.).

Simply copy the code provided by JIRA into the announcement banner which you can configure in Confluence's admin section.

Hope that helps.


author: Pankaj Jangid
body: Actually I was looking it from feedback point of view. Any way thanks for point me to right direction. I'll try that if I were to create JIRA issue. Thanks.
How to manually upgrade Confluence 3.1 to 4.2 on Windows and SQL Server?
Asked by samjones6:

Hello!

In the past, when I do an upgrade it blows away my ssl cert, reinstalls tomcat, etc.

Is there a "drop in" way to do an upgrade, to get the newer confluence running in my current config and app server?

Thank you for any pointers!


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: Here is the documentation to follow: <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence+Manually>

The new upgrade utility does most of it but it still installs a tomcat (which is part of the standalone application) and hence you will have to re-install the ssl certificates, do any config done on starup scripts other than changing memory parameters etc.

comments: author: samjones6
body: John, Thanks! But.... can't I do a drop in somehow, and bypass all the cert mess (which I find a great hassle)? Also, is it safe to go from 3.1 to 4.2 directly, or should I take intermediate steps? thx!!


author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You wouldn't be able to do a drop in. Regarding the migration, you should be fine going directly to 4.2.


author: samjones6
body: I used the doc you pointed me to. I got the upgrade done. What horrible docs!
Confluence Plugins?
Asked by Dan Murphy:

One of our users asked that I enable the following Atlassian plugin in our OnDemand version of Confluence.

Confluence Source Editor version 1.0.3

Confluence 4.1.5 - 4.2.1 \| Stable \| Unsupported \| Plugin System Two

It appears (from my Confluence Administration page) that I can add user plugins to our OnDemand instance; following the link to the Atlassian Plugin Exchange I can find the requested plugin.

It also appears (from <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+Confluence+Plugins>) that I can NOT add plugins to our AOD instance.

So which is it, and if it's yes you can install a new plugin not in the system list, how?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: In OnDemand, installation of plugins is one of the [restricted functions](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand). Therefore, it is not possible to install the Source Editor plugin. You might want to learn more about the plugin policy from this [page](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Plugin+Policy).


Tags: cloud
Include macro doesn't work when special characters are used in the page title
Asked by Tyler K.:

When trying to include a page with special characters I get an error:

Unable to render {include} The included page could not be found.

For instance using the include macro to include a page titled: Special Character Test :"\<\>?,./;'\[\]{}!@#$%\^\&\*()_+=-\\\]\[

will not render.


Answers:
author: Stephen Deutsch
body: We ran into this problem, too, so I did as CharlesH mentioned and wrote a user macro to include a page based on the page ID. Maybe it will also be helpful for someone else who could not yet upgrade to 5.5.

```
## @param PageToInclude:title=Page ID of page to include|type=string|required=true#set ( $Long = $generalUtil.getSystemStartupTime() )#set ( $pageId = $Long.parseLong($paramPageToInclude) )#set ( $page = $pageManager.getPage($pageId) )#set ( $pageContent = "Page not Found" )#set ( $pageContent = $page.getBodyAsString() )$pageContent
```


author: Tom Moors
body: This issue is resolved in Confluence 5.5: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24785)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24785>

Great news!


author: hsuhailah
body: Doubled check on this and it seems to be a limitation of include page macro. However, the above suggestion might be possible.


author: CharlesH
body: Hi,An alternative to the standard include macro would be to use Reporting in this case. It may handle the special characters better. If you follow this link (<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Excerpt+Include+Macro?focusedCommentId=277250731#comment-277250731>) you'll see details of how to use report-info macro to pull back a specific excerpt, or indeed, the entire contents of a page.If this doesn't work then I'd suggest a user macro could achieve your goal, provided you pass the page ID to indicate the page you're interested in.Hope this helps,Charles
Can't remove 'undefined()' watcher in Manage watchers
Asked by Khanh Nguyen:

Q1) we have a page in confluence where one of the entry shows up as undefined() - is this what happens when the user is no longer in the directory or what happened?

Q2) I tried removing the entry in the Manage Watchers UI by clicking on the trask can -- while that immediately removes the entry but if you refresh the page (or get out and back into the page), the undefined() entry is still there. Is there a way to remove the undefined() watcher entry?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Suresh Kumar
body: Can you throw lights on this issue to fix?

Thanks in advance.


author: Basis Design
body: I too have this issue. Have tried re-indexing and flushing caches. No Luck.
User can update page but cant add page in Confluence
Asked by lance_lyons:

I have a user that says they can update pages but cant add a new page.

I only see restrictions on viewing and editting but not on the granularity of adding pages, etc

Any suggestions


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Sit with them and watch what they're doing - I've had a couple of people say the same to me, and it turns out that they weren't looking for "add page" in the right place.
Confluence:: java.io.IOException: Not in GZIP format
Asked by srinivasp:

Hi,

Frequently getting the following exception on Conflunce. Any advise please??

2012-05-07 01:22:58,139 ERROR \[http-80-30\] \[renderer.internal.http.HttpClientFetcher\] fetch Unable to retrieve response

-- url: /plugins/macrobrowser/browse-macros.action \| userName: spatruni \| referer: <http://confluence.com/pages/editpage.action?pageId=31327059> \| action: browse-macros

java.io.IOException: Not in GZIP format

at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.readHeader(GZIPInputStream.java:143)

at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.\<init\>(GZIPInputStream.java:58)

at java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream.\<init\>(GZIPInputStream.java:67)

at com.atlassian.gadgets.renderer.internal.http.HttpClientFetcher$GzipDecompressingEntity.decorate(HttpClientFetcher.java:249)

at com.atlassian.gadgets.renderer.internal.http.HttpClientFetcher$InputStreamDecoratingHttpEntity.getContent(HttpClientFetcher.java:230)

at org.apache.http.conn.BasicManagedEntity.getContent(BasicManagedEntity.java:87)

at com.atlassian.gadgets.renderer.internal.http.HttpClientFetcher.makeResponse(HttpClientFetcher.java:165)

at com.atlassian.gadgets.renderer.internal.http.HttpClientFetcher.fetch(HttpClientFetcher.java:113)


Answers:
author: JohnA
body: Hi Spatruni,

I see this issue seems to be related to calling a macro, and I've seen similar issues with Confluence calling external macros, but can you check which macro you're having the problem with and let me know? I'm also not sure that we're going to be able to figure this out for you from this log snippet alone so you might want to open a support ticket if this is affecting the functionality of your instance in anyway.

All the best,

John


author: srinivasp
body: Hi Atlassians, Any advise on this please??


author: CharlesH
body: Have you tried using Hercules, the support analysis tool embedded into Confluence 4.x?One other suggestion would be check your log files and see if the first occurrence of this tallies up with the installation date of a plugin.

comments: author: srinivasp
body: Yes i tried Hercules but no luck.
Any way to show contents of different space with pagetree macro?
Asked by Matthew J. Horn:

According to this bug:

<https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/PGTR-94>

You can't show the contents of a difference space in a pagetree, but I was wondering if anyone had a workaround short of fixing and then recompiling the plugin (assuming the source is available).

matthew horn


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: I have tried a workaround in the past where I created pages in the current space that includes pages from other spaces using page include macro.

The content in this case will be maintained in a single place but is available in both the spaces - including in the page tree of both spaces. Not sure if it will work for you or not!

comments: author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Hah! I just thought of trying that. Thanks, guys, I'll give it a whirl.

The way my site is structured, is that every "area" of the site (like Documentation, What's New, Samples, and Tutorials) has a separate space for a landing page and a content space. We do this because the landing pages are highly customized mix of HTML and CSS.

The results are stunning (if I do say so myself), but issues like this are real setbacks if not worked around.

matthew horn


author: Jeff Sanders
body: Brilliant. A quick and easy fix. Thanks!


author: Betsy Ostrander
body: We did something similar. I have a page named LocalSearch in each space (use Browse Pages then add your page here, so that it is not under the root of the home page). This page just includes the pagetree macro.

So instead of using the pagetree macro, use the IncludePage macro specifying the spacekey of the space you want to search, and the LocalSearch page that you made.

comments: author: Matthew J. Horn
body: Tried it and it works great. Thanks again!

matt


Tags: app

page-tree
Making Dev and Prod Instances the Same
Asked by Libby Pelham:

We have 3.5 running on a dev server and 3.5 running on a prod server (both are running Windows). The info on the dev server (spaces, not users) is very outdated, so we wanted to make sure both instances had the same info.

I did a backup on the prod server and tried to import it into the dev server and it just stopped after 8% and gave me an error message. Not realizing how bad this was, I didn't copy down the error message, just figured I'd try the import again. Yes, I know that was stupid :-)

Now, I can't even get into Confluence on the dev server because it wiped out our SQL database info.

I am trying to figure out a. how to get the database info restored so I can at least get back in and b. how to make sure both instances have the same info.

I am really new at this and I've read and read and read the documentation until I think I am more confused than when all this started. All the advice I've gotten is to try to restore the backup and that sounds like a wonderful plan, but since I cannot even get into Confluence, I have no idea if or how this can be done.

Is it possible to just copy files from my prod backup into the dev folders, restart Tomcat, and make things work? This has been going on for three weeks now and I am really frustrated.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Hi Libby,

I would recommend you to scratch the test dev instance including the database, and follow this documentation to restore/clone the production instance - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Migrating+Confluence+Between+Servers>.

Essentially, the recommended method requires you to copy/clone the database, and the Confluence Home Directory and build a test instance out of it.

Note that we do not recommend XML backup/restore method, as it is not as reliable and prone to problems.

All the best,

Hanis

comments: author: Libby Pelham
body: Thanks Hanis! After I wrote this, I talked to our DB admin and he somehow cloned the database on his end and I was finally able to connect.


Tags: sql

windows
LiveSearch working in preview, but not on actual page.
Asked by Scott Vieth:

I am experiencing a weird issue with Confluence 4.1.4 with the Livesearch macro. Basically, what happens is whenever I go through the proper steps on the WYSIWYG editor to add the macro, it does so successfully. I do not give the search box an ID (it's the only one on the page), but I do specify it to search one specific space. In this case, when I search for Knowledge Base, one of our spaces and select it, it then changes the text to the shortname KB.

In this preview box within the macro setup, when I do a search, I get results fed back to be live without any issues. However, when I then confirm the macro, and confirm the page changes, the search does not work on the actual page. No live results are brought back, and when I attempt to hit Go to get a search results page, it just gives the message You must enter a search term.

What might I be doing wrong and what can I check to ensure no issues going forward?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: CharlesH
body: Hi Scott,

I'd recommend using Firebug or the IE Developer toolbar to inspect the live search box and Go button and see if there's any difference between preview mode and the page when you view it normally. I wonder if there is some kind of clash in element names once you save the page? Also worth seeing if any Javascript errors are flagged in Firebug, either when you type a search query or when you hit the Go button.

Sometimes its also worth simplifying the situation a little to understand what's going on, so why not try removing the parameter to search on a specific space - let the search go across the entire wiki. Does it work now?

What theme is being used for the space with this page and your live search macro? Shouldn't make a difference, but extra info would be useful.

Regards,

Charles


Tags: live-search
How to display blog author name while clicking the blog post in confluence?
Asked by Madhanaa Rajendran:

When clicking the blog post, it directly goes to the post. But the author name will not be displayed in the post itself. How to display the author name in the post itself in confluence 3.5.13?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: If you are using the standard theme that comes with Confluence, you should be able to see the author name under the title of the blogpost. Example:
> Added by Azwandi, last edited by John Doe on Dec 15, 2011

comments: author: Madhanaa Rajendran
body: Hi Azwandi,

Thanks for your reply. If we click on the post, it redirects to a new page which contains the whole content of the blog. In that page, i dont see author name at the top of the post. I want to display the author name in the content page too. Please suggest some ideas if u know.

Thanks in advance
Is it possible to set up a recent changes for a page.
Asked by Frode Haugland:

I would like to see the changes made to one particular page listed.


Answers:
author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Frode,

Ahh, okay. If that is the case, then the best method might be to use the label parameter available for "[Recently Updated Macro](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Recently+Updated+Dashboard+Macro)".

For example you give a unique label to a page you would like to be displayed by "Recently Updated Macro" and add label parameter into the macro so that "Recently Updated Macro" only return the necessary page.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Septa Cahyadiputra

comments: author: Frode Haugland
body: that is actually what i am doing now, however any updates to comments to that page is not included.


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: It is actually an expected result for "Recently Updated Macro" to ignore the comment. I think only if you "Watched" the page you will get notified on it.

If you want "Recently Updated Macro" to show the upates on comments, you might want to create an [improvement request](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Creating+a+Feature+Request) for it


author: Frode Haugland
body: Yes i think a combo of keywords and watching will get me sorted. Thanks for the assistance.


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: my pleasure


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Frode,

By default, under the Confluence page title you could fine the "view change" link which redirect you to the page describing recent changes done on the page. For example

[ttachments:](http://localhost:8090/pages/viewpageattachments.action?pageId=2490373&metadataLink=true "Attachments: 1")
> Added by Septa Cahyadiputra, last edited by Septa Cahyadiputra on Apr 24, 2012 ([view change](http://localhost:8090/pages/diffpages.action?pageId=2490373&originalId=4521988))

Hope it helps.

Cheers,

Septa Cahyadiputra

<br />

comments: author: Frode Haugland
body: thanks for swift answer, i know about this feature and it does help me. However what im looking for is more like the"Recently Updated" macro but for a page and not the entire space.
IMAP mailaccount configuration not found after upgrade Confluence to 4.2.1
Asked by Michiel Nieuwstraten:

Before the update (4.0.3) IMAP mailaccount worked fine. Now during startup in the log:

------------------------------

2012-04-28 12:49:00,147 WARN scheduler_Worker-5 confluence.setup.bandana.ConfluenceDaoBandanaPersister getObjectFromValue Configuration could not be loaded because class could not be found (context: wgt, key: atlassian.confluence.space.mailaccounts).

com.thoughtworks.xstream.converters.ConversionException: imapMailAccount : imapMailAccount

---- Debugging information ----

message : imapMailAccount : imapMailAccount

line number : 2

path : /list/imapMailAccount

cause-message : imapMailAccount : imapMailAccount

class : java.util.List

cause-exception : com.thoughtworks.xstream.alias.CannotResolveClassException

required-type : java.util.List

-------------------------------

And on the mail page of that space it shows:

No POP accounts have been configured for this space. (Add Mail Account)

I have not tried to see what happens if I enter the account-credentials again. Will do that as a 'last option'.


Answers:
author: hsuhailah
body: Saw that you created a ticket on this. I'm currently reviewing it and will feedback to you from there.

comments: author: hsuhailah
body: I managed to reproduce the same issue and has raised a bug report on this at: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25457>


Tags: email