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Inserting a Google Doc
Asked by William Rands:

Hi, I tried to insert an mp4 video stored on Google Drive into a Confluence page using the Widget Connector. However, this resulted in a non-working link as shown below. I first made sure that the file was made shareable on google for "anyone with the link". I'd be grateful for any suggestions on what went wrong. Thanks.

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Answers:
author: David Simpson ? AppFusions ? v3
body: Hi @William Rands,

On Confluence Server, [AppFusions](https://www.appfusions.com/) has a well established and regularly updated [Google Drive in Atlassian Confluence](https://www.appfusions.com/display/GDOCSC/Home) add-on which allows you to embed all sorts of Google Drive hosted files into a Confluence page.

Here's a video of it in action...

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFo6kQmtPDg>

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFo6kQmtPDg>

comments: author: William Rands
body: Hi, David, Many thanks for your answer, I'll give this a go.


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confluence-cloud
cosmetic changes after upgrading to 5.0.3 from 3.4.9
Asked by Shelly:

I see some cosmetic changes in the spaces I imported in the newer version of confluence i.e. 5.0.3. For example, certain titles were bold and underlined and they are not like that anymore and like I was using a clickable macro where I was using images and the size of those images has increased and I had to manually re-size them or change the css. What is the possible cause for this?


Answers:
author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: This is expected Shelly. From confluence 3.4.9 to 5.0.3, we have changed the editor from Wiki markup to XHTML.

This is [better explained here](http://blogs.atlassian.com/2011/11/why-we-removed-wiki-markup-editor-in-confluence-4/). I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

comments: author: Shelly
body: Oh yeah, that means, our users have to do a lot of manual changes after upgrade.
Create button is missing from Confluence 5.6.5
Asked by Frank Vidal:

The Create button is missing from the nav. I need this in order to use Blueprints within a space. What do I have to do to get the button back?


Answers:
author: Frank Vidal
body: I figured it out. My eval license expired. Thanks for getting back to me.


author: Mallmann
body: Hello Frank,

Can you make sure your instance does not have more users than your license number? If that's not the case, may I ask whether you've upgraded Confluence recently? Or it's a brand new installation?

Another possibility would be related to third party plugins or customisations: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Create+button+is+missing+in+Confluence+5.0.x+or+5.1.x>

We will need more details to be able to help on this issue.

Eduardo


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Do you have "edit page" permission in the space?


author: rrudnicki
body: Hi,

To make sure this isn't related to license, you can try an evaluation license and apply. If this works, you may be running an expired license.

Regards,

Renato Rudnicki

comments: author: Varsha Muzumdar
body: Hi,

I have administrator privileges, and my license is valid. I am facing the same issue and am unable to find its root cause. I tried every solution mentioned but none works. The Create button appeared a week ago and disappeared today all of a sudden. Could you please help?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: This behaviour is consistent with a licence problem.

Either you've exceeded your licence limit, or your (avaluation) licence has expired.


author: Varsha Muzumdar
body: The license support period is till May 29 2018. There is no "license expired" message on the browser or anywhere mentioned that the license is expired.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, so it's the other reason.


author: Varsha Muzumdar
body: Hey! I restarted my database and confluence instance and it worked! Thanks!
Random formatting changes - Need help fixing them
Asked by Ekta:

I'm new to confluence and learning as I use.

I worked on a document and saved it yesterday. I opened it today and I see that all the formatting has changed. The tables are all over the place. The headings are mixed up.

This was an existing document that I was adding information to.

I've looked in the archives and didn't find anything that could help.

I don't want to make the changes and have the problem recur tomorrow.

Woudl appreciate any help I could get.

Thanks,

Ekta


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When you say "document", do you mean an attachment or a Confluence page?

comments: author: Ekta
body: It's a confluence page.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Ok, well, you should be able to simply revert back to a previous version in the history. And maybe use the compare function to find out what changes were made that messed it up.


author: Ekta
body: Well, I had thought of that. But I don't see an option for it. All I see is the Edit option. That's how I'm editing this document and it happens in real time (which is a pain). Have I missed something basic?


author: Kay Brown
body: On the Tools menu select Page History.

Regards,

Kay
Table Question
Asked by minesh patel:

Hello,

I have created a page with a table. However, after I save the page I see there is a
{tr}

at the top of the page.

Also, I created another table on that same page and still got the same results, Can you tell me why this is there and what I can do to remove it??? Thanks.

This is Confluence version 4.4.1


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hello there,  

The unknown macro means that Confluence isn't able to recognize which macro is that. It might be that this plugin was disabled thus why Confluence isn't able to find it.  
You can go to *Cog Icon \> Add-ons* and check if this "table" plugin is disabled, if yes, just enable that it should render just fine.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: Giuliano C.
body: Hi Minesh,

From the macro displayed there, it seems to be the **Content Formatting** macro by Adaptavist: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros>

Try to check if the add-on is compatible or if you have for somehow uninstalled it or the 'tr' module for the add-on through the **Manage Add-ons** session, as suggested by William.

Regards,

Giuliano Tenedini

Atlassian Support


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Can anyone comment on Confluence page size (e.g. number of lines) capacity?
Asked by Hugh Bathurst:

We would like to make available to all users (via the anonymous option as behind our firewall using Confluence 5.7.1) our internal staff directory which is about 8000 lines (in table form). Editing, for the first time, now seems problematic and we're wondering if we need to cut the directory into sub pages (say of a maximum of 4000 lines each). Can anyone comment? (We have about 8 column headings. No graphics - just text we've copied in from MS Word to preserve Heading1 \& 2 so we can use the table of contents macro.


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

To make this available, just enable the anonymous access and grant one space the anonymous access as well. By doing that, any person who reaches the website will be able to see the contents in that space and comment as well.

I hope this helps!

Cheers,

Rodrigo


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@Confluence how can HTML be embedded in version 5.7.3? None of the old documentation seems to work. help please !
Asked by Justice McCullum:

Asked by Malaka M. on Twitter.


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: The way to embed HTML code in a page is with the HTML macro. There is information on this page about how to do it <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/HTML+Macro>.

Note that the HTML macros plugin is disabled by default, so your Confluence administrator will need to enable it before you can use this macro. More information about this also on the page above.


author: Alexander Penev [ByteSource]
body: Do you mean embedding of self written HTML or embedding an existing page?

For the first I would try:

Did you try <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/org.swift.confluence.html> ?

For the second: just use the html include macro, just test it and it works perfect (you must configure your white list first)


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How do I fix the FREAK vulnerability if I am running Confluence 4.2.3?
Asked by Hitae Shin:

We are running Confluence 4.2.3 and it seems to be vulnerable to FREAK attack. Is there a way to fix the issue?


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Hitae,

Just in addition to Rodrigo's answer, here you can find a guide that covers the steps to get your instance upgraded: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence+Manually>

In your case you could go straight to the latest version if you wish. :smile:

Feel free to raise other questions on this forum or a ticket on our support channel ([http://support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com))) if you have any questions regarding the upgrade process.

Eduardo


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Hitae,

I heavily suggest to upgrade Confluence to receive the latest fixes ad security patches. After the EOL of the versions, we do not provide patches for these versions.

I hope this helps.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I transfer a custom retrospective template to another space?
Asked by Jake Wilson:

I edited the Retrospective Blueprint on my team's space on Confluence. Another team that we work with often has asked if they can use the same template. Instead of remaking the whole template is there a way to send them my template?


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Jake, I'm afraid there's no way to move templates between spaces. You're stuck with just copying and pasting the content from one template to another.

If you want to have the same custom retrospective template in all spaces, you can make your changes to the global template instead, which is then available in all spaces. To do this head to General Configuration \> Global templates and blueprints (you'll need to be a Confluence Administrator).

comments: author: Jake Wilson
body: Okay thank you.


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confluence-administration
How to change the original author of a page?
Asked by John McGehee:

As an administrator, I created a hierarchy of pages for some new documentation. Then I asked my colleagues to fill in the pages.

They did all the work, yet the page still displays my name as the author. This is unfair. How do I change the original author to another user?

Confluence 5.7.1


Answers:
author: Paulo Hennig
body: Hello John

We already have another answer with this topic.

Please, check it: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/66018>

comments: author: Colm Maguire
body: that's not an answer for 2021 in any case, there is range of replies with suggestions which have replies that say don't work, out of date etc. I have read through it all and I am none the wiser.


Tags: confluence-administration
Not seeing one of our users, Ben Morphett, in timesheet.
Asked by Bruce Graves:

One of our users is not showing up in the timesheet. Not by project or Team. Can you help?

Thanks,

Bruce


Answers:
author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Bruce, I'm not familiar with timesheets in Confluence - I'm guessing this is an add-on? If checking the user's group memberships as Nic has suggested above doesn't resolve your issue, I'd recommend talking to your add-on vendor. Sorry I can't help more.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Nope, we don't have access to your system, we're end-users like yourself.

Start by checking all his roles and groups, and that he's definitely not been disabled in your list of accounts.


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confluence-cloud

time-tracking
Automatically add watcher to page
Asked by Steffen Heller:

Hi,

I am looking for a way to automatically add watchers to certain pages in confluence.

These pages are automatically created from a template that gets input from a frevvo form. So, what I am looking for is a solution that enables me to

* attach the watcher to the template or the frevvo form and somehow pass it on to the page - or -
* define that all pages underneath a certain parent page will automatically have that watcher

Any ideas?

The background is that the frevvo form is used to collect input. This input translates into a tasks and automatically generates a page. And the person responsible for these tasks would like to be automatically informed about changes or comments on these pages.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: The only thing that I know of would be the [Enterprise Notifications](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.enterpriseNotifications) add-on. It give you the ability to watch all the descendants of a page.


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watcher
Is it possible to add a button for a visitor to request membership in a given group?
Asked by Jean-Christophe Mielnik:

In a given space, I would like people from my company to be able to request membership to the group "users" of this space, just by clicking on a button. Is it possible? How?


Answers:
author: Jean-Christophe Mielnik
body: Hi Joshua. We share the same request. Any answer?

comments: author: Joshua Barnett
body: Nothing at this time unfortunately.


author: Joshua Barnett
body: Following up again.


author: Joshua Barnett
body: Hello, anyone have any suggestions?


author: Joshua Barnett
body: Hello, any update or suggestion on this?


author: Joshua Barnett
body: I signed up just to respond to this question. Our HR department is looking for something similar. They would like to make groups (like Facebook) which our users can request to join via a button click. (Similar to watching a page, but without the confusion of selecting watch entire space or watch page.)


author: Jean-Christophe Mielnik
body: Eduardo and Rachel, first thanks for your answers.

My question does not specificaly address restricted pages, but group membership. It is related to a current feature in social networks.

So I understand that the only possibility is to send a message to the space admin requesting membership?


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi Jean-Christophe, only an administrator can modify group memberships in Confluence, so I'm sorry, it is not possible for members to set their own group memberships.

comments: author: Warren LaFountain
body: Hi RachelAny chance this capability will be added in the future?


author: Mallmann
body: Hello Jean,

I'm not sure I fully understood what you want to do, but there's a way to request access for a restricted page, described on this blog post: <http://blogs.atlassian.com/2013/09/new-in-confluence-request-access-to-view-restricted-pages/>

I hope this helps you on what you want to achieve.

Eduardo


Tags: confluence-administration
SQL Macro bob Swift Security for Data Source
Asked by AKASH BHARDWAJ:

Hi All/Bob,

I have concern here, we have many data sources there within our Confluence instance. As the macro is available for Each and every user.

How can we achieve Security terms perspective if i need to restrict my Data source to my space and not available to any other users.

Please help we on this Issue.

Thanks,

Akash


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Implement [Macro Security for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CMSP). Each data source can be protected to specific users, groups, or spaces. See [Macro Security Managed Macros](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CMSP/Macro+Security+Managed+Macros) for more specific information.


Tags: confluence-administration
How do I grant anonymous access to our Confluence wiki?
Asked by Shawn Cleary:


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Go into each space you want to make public and add the "anonymous" flag to the permissions. See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Assign+Space+Permissions>


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

Yes, to give you anonymous access to Confluence Questions, you can refer to this documentation:  

#### [Allow anonymous users to view questions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/QUESTIONS/Permissions) {#toc-hId-1286743294}

<br />

Cheers,  
WZ  


author: Shawn Cleary
body: Thanks Nic that worked.

Any way to grant access to our Questions module as well?

comments: author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Hmm, I don't know. It would make sense if you could do anonymous read, like you can here (which is Questions), so I'm pretty sure it's possible.


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confluence-cloud
where do I find the browser plugin to capture website URLs to Confluence Spaces
Asked by James Delaney:

Where do I find the browser plugin that allows me to capture website URLs to Confluence Spaces? I had it previously and after my laptop was serviced to remove some malware it was gone. I have looked through the documentation to find it again but have not been able to do so.

Thanks


Answers:
author: James Delaney
body: Hi Felipe,

Thanks for the answer, but what I am looking for is the other way around. It goes in your browser toolbar and allows you to save the URL of the website you are currently on to a selectable space in Confluence. When you click on the "button", it pops up a window that allows you to select the space where you want to save the URL

Best,

Jim

comments: author: James Delaney
body: Hi Felipe, That is exactly what I was looking for! Sorry I did not realize that first time around.Best, Jim


author: Felipevsw
body: That's exactly what the Shared Links is for. Check the documentation I linked on my previous comment.

-Felipe


author: Felipevsw
body: Hi, James!

If you're referring to the Shared Links blueprint, it's not a plugin, it's just a favourite, which is set as a button. The steps for you to add it to your browser can be found on this documentation: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Shared+Links+Blueprint>

Cheers  
Felipe


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confluence-cloud
upgrade Openssl upgrade in apache
Asked by Rinku Saha:

Hi , We are planning to upgrade openssl in apache. Can you please help us how we can do this for confluence.

Existing versions in servers : OpenSSL 0.9.8t 18 Jan 2012 Min Recommended version : OpenSSL 1.0.h or later

Thanks' Rinku


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Openssl and Tomcat are two different applications. There is a binding between tomcat and your OS. So you just need to update openssl on your OS. If your httpds-server runs on the same machine you have allready done it!


author: Rinku Saha
body: Hi Steve,

Thank you for your update.

We have already tested this but this is installing as standalone app. Right now openSSL is install Inside Apache . Our requirement is how we can upgrade the OpenSSl inside the Apache.

I hope I am clear on my query.

Thanks'

Rinku


author: Rinku Saha
body: Hi ,

We are planning to upgrade openssl in apache. Can you please help us how we can do this for confluence.

Existing versions in servers : OpenSSL 0.9.8t 18 Jan 2012

Min Recommended version : OpenSSL 1.0.h or later

Thanks

' Rinku


Tags: confluence-administration
Latest updated pages and blog posts does not work
Asked by Stefan Ekl?f:

When I create new blog posts they do not show up in the list of latest blog posts at my front page anymore. They do exist, I can browse to the posts by opening the blog.

A similar thing is the case for the list of the latest updated pages at the front page. It won't show my latest updated pages anymore.

I strongly suspect that this has something to do with that I recently changed the date and time format configuration. I have tried to change it back but I am not sure what the default settings are.

Can somebody please help me with this really annoying problem?


Answers:
author: Stefan Ekl?f
body: Hi Steve, thanks for your quick answer!

No, they do not appear, I have actually waited over night.

OK, I will try reindexing.

Can you confirm that the date formats in the attached image are the default ones? Or maybe that does not matter in this case.

dump.jpg

Regards

Stefan  
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comments: author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: I would expect, that the date format shouldn't matter, as formating sould be done when rendering the content.


author: Stefan Ekl?f
body: OK, seems reasonable. Thanks!


author: Stefan Ekl?f
body: Just to close the case: Complete indexing helped solving the problem.


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi Stefan,

as latest updated pages and blogposts use the search, you may need to wait some minutes. Do the pages appear after 10 or 15 minutes?

If not, you may try to reindex your searchindex via /admin/search-indexes.action

Regards

Steve


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confluence-cloud
Conditionally show sections: What's the best free way and best paid-for way?
Asked by Ben Rogers:

I have a docset with sections 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Sometime I only want to show odd, sometimes even, sometimes 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, etc. Is there a way to tag sections so that I can show/hide them as needed?

The Visibility Plugin displays content based on users/groups which is not what I want.

Thanks,

Ben


Answers:
author: Ben Rogers
body: Hi Luiz,

I should have used "paragraphs" instead of "sections." It looks like the macro you mention is for pages rather than paragraphs in pages. Is it possible to use a macro to show/hide paragraphs (or rather HTML DIVs which may have one multiple parapraphs).

Ben


author: Luiz Maia
body: Hi Ben,

If I understood correctly what you need, I believe the Navigation Map Macro will help you!

Here's how it works: you have a lot of pages on your spaces, all them are tagged as "example-tag-1" or "example-tag-2". Then you insert the Navigation Map Macro in a page, and let's consider that you only want to show the pages tagged as "example-tag-2". You will insert this tag on the Macro, and it will show on the page, shortcuts for the pages with this tag.

Please check this documentation for all information of how the macro works: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Navigation+Map+Macro>

Please let me know if you have any doubts. Thank you! :smile:

Kind regards,

Luiz Maia  
Atlassian Support


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