I am unable to copy a page on confluence
Asked by Victoria Sanguinetti:

I have been trying to copy a page on confluence all day and it still hasn't let me copy this. This is not the first time that it has happened either.   

I would also like to know how it is possible to enable the old confluence editor as the new version doesn't suit my needs.

Please advise.


Answers:
author: Kasper Bakmann
body: This is still happening, constantly getting an error trying to copy a page. Please fix it. ![Screenshot 2022-02-28 at 15.34.41.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/185707iCCD4CAA129FAD956/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2022-02-28 at 15.34.41.png")

comments: author: Kasper Bakmann
body: @\[deleted\]the same thing is happening for me [@Atlassian Support](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2888329)


author: Marian Vissers-Thijssen
body: Here too from time to time. Please fix.


author: Sara Nicholson
body: I'm having this issue now, too.


author: Whitney Patterson
body: I'm having the same issue


author: Austin R. Snider
body: We are also having this issue as of today.


author: Maria Haag
body: I am also having this issue today.


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi All,

This might be related to the outage from March 19th - see: <https://confluence.status.atlassian.com/#past-incidents>

Or, it could be a bug - other users did report similar issues elsewhere on the Community, and [CONFCLOUD-73735](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-73735) was raised. If it's still impacting you now, I would recommend "voting" on CONFCLOUD-73735 to show this is also impacting your team.

Ste


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Victoria Sanguinetti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4041961)

**Copy Page Issue:**

What happens when you try to copy the page? Is the option available? Are you able to copy other pages within the same space? And what about in other spaces?

There's a few different things it could be - for example something simple could be whether you have the appropriate page creation permissions for this space. If you could provide us some more information, that'd be great.

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

**Legacy Editor:**

There isn't a new and old editor as such in Confluence - but you can create pages using the legacy editor page template. It is usually there by default if your Confluence instance was created prior to the release of the new editor.

Click "Create" to create a new page, and it should be in the list of templates as "Legacy Editor Page"

If the option is not available - [this post](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/Change-to-your-content-is-in-your-hands/ba-p/1324476) confirms that it can be activated for your site via support - just have your Site Admin contact Atlassian via <https://support.atlassian.com/>

Ste

comments: author: Victoria Sanguinetti
body: [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470) This is what appears when I try to copy a page and it also take forever to load this.

![Screenshot 2020-08-06 at 4.18.30 PM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/105776iDE6DD78BC61465B3/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screenshot 2020-08-06 at 4.18.30 PM.png")


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Victoria Sanguinetti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4041961)

It doesn't appear there is a known issue according to [Atlassian Status](https://status.atlassian.com/).

I would check if this is happening for just you or all users on your instance - and similarly, if it's just this page or all pages.

If it's happening for just you or just one page, it might be a local issue that your Site Admin can help fix. For example, if only one page is having copy or edit issues, you might need to recreate it (create new \> copy/paste contents) to fix the problem.

If however its all users / all pages, then I'd follow the advice on the error message and contact support to investigate.

Ste


author: Victoria Sanguinetti
body: [@Ste Wright](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1166470) This affects everyone in our organisation and on multiple pages.

The reason we are trying to duplicate this, is to have a page with same content and use the legacy editor (as this page was done a while ago). We do not have the option to create a new page using the legacy editor and the new version does not fulfil our needs.

Site admin has looked into this and nothing seems to be wrong, I do not think this issue is on our side.

Are there any other options to duplicate the page AND to have the legacy editor on it?


author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Victoria Sanguinetti](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4041961)

For activation of the legacy page template, and the slowness in your instance - you're best to contact <https://support.atlassian.com/>

Ste


Tags: cloud