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How to change/customise the pdf filename of exported from Confluence
Asked by G2G JPSupport:

Hi,

Does anyone has an idea how to change/customise filename format that is generated Confleuce PDF export?

For instance, when user exports page to PDF file from Confluence V5.x, Confleunce will create PDF file "Page-key"-"Page ID"-"number".pdf. So I want to chage this format such like a "Page Title"-"date".pdf.

Thank you in advance,

G2G Japan


Answers:
author: G2G JPSupport
body: As I described, we found "Scroll PRF Exporter" in Marketplace <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-pdf>. With this plugin, I can customise filename.

Thank you.


author: Steve Meiers
body: Metadata please!

Why not let *us* determine exactly what parameters are used to generate filenames, not pick from a limited set of four pre-defined parameters.

Although Scroll PDF Exporter provides an additional alternative page title, I don't want to rename my pages, just the exported PDF to a filename that we determine from combinations of our product names and SW/HW versions, document numbers, etc.

By allowing filenames to be defined using standard Confluence metadata, you could do this.

comments: author: Nils Bier _K15t_
body: Hi [@Steve Meiers](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/397594),

Please allow me to quickly jump in here, as I'm with K15t Software, the makers of Scroll PDF Exporter.

We have an open improvement in our backlog to allow users to set file names: <https://k15t.jira.com/browse/EXP-340>

Although we haven't yet planned to work on this feature in the upcoming sprints, it would be great to better understand your requirements.  
Please feel free to [sign up](https://k15t.jira.com/secure/Signup!default.jspa ) and comment which specific Confluence metadata you would like to use in the file-name (e.g. Space name, parent page, ...).

You'll then also get a notification for any changes on the improvement.

Best,  
Nils


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello there, a while ago there was a request for improving the information listed in PDF Export filename, it can be reviewed [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-15031). Performing an export from a local instance version 5.4.4, I managed to see the page name in the following format *admin-Decision-310714-0854-5 -* which account for*username - Page Title-Date-Time.*

If you are seeing page key, there is a chance that the title is listed as a number, which happens when special characters are present in a page title. As for the remaining information, there should be a version peculiarity, in which Confluence version are you performing the export task?

comments: author: G2G JPSupport
body: Guilheme,

Thank you for your response.

Our customer uses Confluence 5.4.3. For instance, when we export "What is Confleunce?" page from "Demonstration Space", we get pdf file named "ds-98312-010814-1019-2.pdf" which consists  
- SpaceKey "ds"  
- pageId "98312"  
and date information.

Our customer wants to customize this as more meaningful name such like a "What is Confluence?-010814.pdf".

I find using "Scroll PDF Exporter", we can this.

Regards,


Tags: pdf-export
Display full-size image on any screen width in Confluence page
Asked by Benedikt Putz:

Hey everyone,

since Confluence 5.1 Confluence resizes every image so it best fits the screen size currently available. This is usually great, but doesn't help so much if I want to display an image and have comments next to it that relate to that specific line in the image (the image contains different process steps and I want the comments in the wiki page so I can link to other Wiki pages).

So is there a way to make sure Confluence displays the image in full size on any screen size? Maybe using a horizontal scroll bar for the image so it fits inside the left column (left column: image, right column: comments). If I remember correctly this used to be the default behavior before Confluence 5.1.


Answers:
author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: Hi Benedikt,

do you have the Confluence Source Editor Add-on installed? If yes, you could use it to add a CSS class to the paragraph containing the image and then add the following CSS to the custom stylesheet of the space:

```
.wiki-content .maxImg img.confluence-embedded-image { max-width: none; }
```

I tried it in a space with Documentation theme (Confluence 5.5.2) and it worked.

Gr?sse,  
Kirstin

comments: author: Benedikt Putz
body: It's working, awesome :) Scroll bar doesn't seem to be working though, I tried overflow:scroll and it just puts grayed out scroll bars there that I can't use. Any advice?


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: I played around a bit and finally got the idea to put the image in a table. In this case, you even don't need **max-width: none;** anymore. Confluence displays the image in full size and a horizontal scroll bar to scroll the table.

Is this what you need?


author: Benedikt Putz
body: Thanks a ton, exactly what I was looking for :) And it's a pretty simple solution, too.


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: ;)  
Gern geschehen.


author: Kirstin Seidel-Gebert
body: I played around a bit and finally got the idea to put the image in a table. In this case, you even don't need **max-width: none;** anymore. Confluence displays the image in full size and a horizontal scroll bar to scroll the table.

Is this what you need?


Tags: confluence-administration
Can I make a button to show/hide the sidebar?
Asked by Tom Dickson:

Some users don't know about the menu button for hiding the sidebar, so on a specific page I'd like to make a normal HTML button that when clicked toggles the sidebar. Then I can put it in a panel.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can certainly do that. All you need to do it edit the page template and put a button somewhere on the page that will fire off some javascript to programatically click the one in your header. Now, from a usability standpoint I think it is a better idea just to educate the users rather than duplicate functionality on the page.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Didn't realize that you want it only an a specific page. Same answer just without editing the template. I would create a user macro to do this. It would look something like this.

```
## @noparams&lt;form class="aui"&gt;    &lt;button id="custom-splitter-toggle" class="aui-button"&gt;Toggle Sidebar&lt;/button&gt;&lt;/form&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;    AJS.toInit(function(){        AJS.$('#custom-splitter-toggle').click(function(event){            AJS.$('#splitter-button').click();            event.preventDefault();        });    });&lt;/script&gt;
```


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's a button on the sidebar to toggle it, next to "space tools". The \<\< and \>\>

That's in the standard theme though - if you're using a different version of Confluence and/or a different theme, it might not be there, but it might be possible to add it. But we'd need to know what we're working with.

comments: author: Tom Dickson
body: I'm using the Documentation theme, and there is a button right next to search that does what I want, but since it is unlabled people miss it. I'd like to add a second more obvious button in the page text itself.
Conflunce on Kindle Fire HDX
Asked by Joe Diamand:

HI, trying to get confluence working on 8.9 inch kindle fire hdx. confluence seem to work OK but when I bring up an exiting giffy diagram it dies not respond to any mouse (actually pointer) events. I have browse back to the conflucene page, which seems to handle the mouse/pointer events as expected.

Any suggestions. Is anybody else trying to use these tools on Kindle Fire HDX ?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: While the core of Confluence is designed to work with mobile clients many of the plugins do not work on tablets or phones. Really, editing pages in Confluence is best done with a desktop browser rather than a mobile one.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Did this answer your question?


author: Joe Diamand
body: Yup. Thanks for your answer!

I also contacted gliffy. Here is a snippet of their response:

> "Thanks for using Gliffy! Unfortunately Gliffy is not currently supported on tablet devices. We are working on this capability for the future. .... We have heard from other users about this request and agree it is a good improvement for Gliffy. We have voted for it on your behalf in our public forum ..."
>
Hope we can get this capabilty soon .


Tags: gliffy
Exporting Custom Templates from Confluence
Asked by Ian Mason:

Is there a way to export a set of custom templates that were created under a space to another space, without copying the entire space? Can just the templates be output to some importable format?

We are using Confluence 5.1.3. Thanks!


Answers:
author: teo
body: Plugin to copy templates. Export and import templates.  
<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.deiser.confluence.template-ops>


author: Davin Studer
body: You know what, actually I'm wrong. Check out this page. [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Importing+Templates)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Importing+Templates>


author: Davin Studer
body: There is no way to export them, but you can go to the template page and copy the content to your clipboard and paste it into another template.

comments: author: Ian Mason
body: We suspected that might be the case. Thanks Davin!


Tags: export
Unable to view Users Directory with OnDemand Instance
Asked by Claude Botes:

Hi,

I'm unable to view the Users Directory on my OnDemand Conlfuence instance. I would like to link the Users from my Jira account to my Confluence instance.

I am the administrator on both instances, but do not belong to the systems administrators group. Even though I'm the owner, I am unable to add myself to this group.

What do I need to do to get this working when I am the creator and owner of both these instances?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Claude,

In OnDemand you will never be a System Admin, if you have a Confluence and a JIRA under the same instance all you need is to go to [Applciation Access page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Managing+application+access) and then choose the users you want to access your applications.

No if you have have a Confluence and a JIRA in different instances that is not possible.

Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer

comments: author: Claude Botes
body: Hi Deividi,

Thank you for your response. I am not making any progress with this issue...getting Jira and Confluence to work togethor seems much harder than what it's made out to be from your website.

I had a Jira instance before I signed up for Confluence. Because I added Confluence from [](https://my.atlassian.com/,)<https://my.atlassian.com/>, I would have assumed Confluence would be added directly to my Jira account or instance. When I signed up for Confluence, it asked me for an instance name, which I thought was odd as I thought it would be added to my Jira instance automatically. I then first tried my Jira instance name or url as an input, where I was then told the instance name already exists. So I proceded with a different name...

So right now I am confused when you say " If I have a Confluence and a Jira in different instances". I was given no choice...

All I want is my Confluence and Jira to be one and the same or integrated with each other in order to use the two togethor seemlesly.

Making the sell to my organisation to adopt the atlassian suite and all of its addons like Confluence, Bamboo and Support Desk is very difficult when the add on process is so difficult.

I have gone to the Application Access page as you mentioned, but nowhere there do I have an option to connect Confluence to a User. I can only Revoke Acccess for a user or add a Group to a user.

Would this not be easier if you guys improve the addon process or if your technical team could just connect my two instances on the back end?

Thanks.


author: Deividi Luvison
body: In that case my advice is for you to raise a ticket to our OnDemand support team so they can validate your scenario and why you are not able to add the users trough application access.

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Confluence Support Engineer


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
I can't find "Configure Sidebar" botton
Asked by Admin Admin:

How to me to pass into "Configure Sidebar" for each of Spaces?![](../../upfiles/33_1.png)


Answers:
author: Admin Admin
body: Hi, Scott Searcy.

Thank you! I found that is necessary!


author: IT Solutions Team
body: It looks like that space is using the Documentation theme which does not have the option for configuring the sidebar (usually Space Tools in bottom left, then Configure sidebar). You can change the theme by clicking on the Browse menu in the top navigation bar, then Space Admin \> Themes.


Tags: confluence-administration
I deleted a space's home page
Asked by Julia Reichert:

I was trying to switch out a spaces home page with another page on the space. I didnt want to disturb the current home page and its children so I copied the home page and move the copy to the page that I wanted to be the new home page. I then went to the home page and selected remove. There was a warning that said the children of the page would be moved forward if I did this. I assumed that it would result in the page I wanted to be the home page becoming the new home page for the space because it was the old home pages only child. So I deleted the home page and the page I wanted to be the home page was moved forward in the heirarchy but the space didn't recognize it as the home page. Also the page tree on the pages page cannot render anything. Is there any way to resore the home page as the home page (becasue i did try to restor it but i was revived as just another page and not the home page) or make the page that i want the new home page?


Answers:
author: Charles Wells
body: Glad to hear you got it figured out. This article mentions that pages aren't restored to their original position, but can be accessed from Space \> Pages.
> **To find the page after you have restored it** , choose **Pages** to go to the root of the space. (The page is not restored to its original position in the page hierarchy.)

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Deleted+Page>


author: Charles Wells
body: Navigate to Space Tools \> Content Tools \> Trash and you should see the operation to Restore your deleted page.

EDIT - sounds as though you may have already Restored.

Recommend: You can also use the Reorder Pages tab to drag-and-drop / move pages around to obtain the desired page hierarchy. After that you should be able to safely delete / trash any pages you have made orphans.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Moving+a+Page#MovingaPage-Movingapagewithinaspace)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Moving+a+Page#MovingaPage-Movingapagewithinaspace>

more about page ordering <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Changing+the+Sequential+Order+of+Pages>

comments: author: Julia Reichert
body: Well I tried that. The original home page is restored but it was restored as just a regular page. I'm lacking a home page, which when you do look at the reorder pages tab under content tools you should see a little page icon with a house on it. currently no pages have such an icon so none of them are considered home pages. I hope that makes sense and thank you for trying to help.


author: Julia Reichert
body: Oh wait I just figured it out! Navigate to Space Tools \> Overview \> Space Details then click on Edit Space Details. You can pick your home page form there. I wish I had seen it sooner.


author: mtc
body: Is it working?

I have done the same,but the home page restored seems unlike the previous one


Tags: confluence-administration

delete

home-page

space
switching between languages?
Asked by k k:

I have Chinese co workers. Is it possible that a user can swap between languages (basically like a multilingual setup on a website)?

Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Alejandro Conde Carrillo
body: Yes. You will need to install the language pack for the languages you want to offer. You can get the language packs in [](https://translations.atlassian.com/)<https://translations.atlassian.com/>

Once the language pack is installed, Confluence will recognize the language set in the browser and display Confluence in that language. The language can also be set in the user profile.

You can find more information in:

* [Installing a Language Pack](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+a+Language+Pack)
* [Editing User Settings](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Editing+User+Settings)


Tags: confluence-administration
include user id,date,time in exporting page
Asked by Uththira pandi:

Hi

When export a page,is there any option to insert user id,date and time on exporting page.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Oththira, there is an improvement request for the [date insertion](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21330), nevertheless the other items being included in the Export have not been mentioned yet. Please describe the functioning of the feature and you envision and add a ticket to <http://jira.atlassian.com>as a *Feature Request* , in that way it can be [evaluated](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy) to become something delivered in upcoming releases.
Can you create Space Blueprints?
Asked by Eric Sara:

We are wanting to create a space for each client we have and store key details on each.

Rather than reinventing the wheel each time we want it to be as easy as selecting a template.

However, I cannot see any way to create them.

Second to this we want to create it with Child Pages pre-formatted too.

Is there any way of doing this?

Also willing to listen to other ides around this too.


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Eric,  

I suggest you to read the following Document to understand more about Creating Space Blueprints:

1. [Confluence Blueprints](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Confluence+Blueprints)
2. [Write a simple Confluence Space Blueprint](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Write+a+simple+Confluence+Space+Blueprint)  

   <br />

   I hope it helps.   

   <br />

   Cheers  
   Suren  

   <br />

   <br />

comments: author: Eric Sara
body: Thanks, I will take a look at this. I will mark as answered for now.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to delete all comments on a page, without scripts
Asked by Richard Boult:

As a simple administrator, without access to scripts etc, how do I delete all comments from a page?

I've already copied page to retain snapshot with current comments.

Prefer to retain page history on the current page, and all links to the current page, inlcuding links from external sources.

Confluence 5.3


Answers:
author: Steffen Stamprath
body: Just use this helpful plugin: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/aptis.plugins.deleteAllComments>


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use [removeComments](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-removeComments) from the [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP). It removes all comments from a specific page. If you need to do this for multiple pages, use in combination with [getPageList](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-getPageList) or similar techniques.

comments: author: Richard Boult
body: Would be nice.. But, at this sttage, I have to get by without add-ons or anything more than simple confluence wiki administrator access. So, still looking for a work around or something similar.


Tags: confluence-administration
Insert image in template
Asked by Uththira pandi:

How to insert image in space template?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You can insert it the same way you do on any other page. The thing you cannot do with a template is attach an image to it. The image will have to be attached elsewhere in your wiki. I would recommend a section that acts as a resource library for these types of things.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Did this answer your question?


author: Laura Bier
body: [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) Why can't we add an image to a template? There appears to be a a real use case for it. For example, we want to add our project logo to a specifications template that we use to export and send to the client...


author: Davin Studer
body: You can put an image in a template. You just can't attach it to the template. The image must be attached to an existing page. I typically recommend having a page per space that works as a document repository. Any time you need to reference the document you link to the library. That way you only have one version. So, in your scenario you would attach the logo to an existing page (document library) and then add the logo to your template. You can add images to a page that are attached to a different page.


author: Laura Bier
body: Apparently it's a bug in the new editor... <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66471> unless I am reading this wrong.


author: Davin Studer
body: Ah, you are on Cloud! Yes, indeed it looks like you cannot do that currently on cloud. I agree that is not ideal. I'll add my vote to the ticket.


author: Davin Studer
body: It looks like the only workaround right now would be to create a page and put the logo on it. Then you can add either a page include or excerpt include macro to the template to pull in the image. Not ideal or friendly, I know, but it is the only workaround that I know of right now.


author: Laura Bier
body: That's very clever! Had not thought of that! It already exists on another page so i can wrap the excerpt macro around that and be done! Thank you for letting me hijak this thread. ?


author: Courtney Jenkins
body: This is a very bad experience in an editor. Any editors nowadays should be able to add a simple picture. boo


author: Kimberly Chen
body: I just submitted a similar enquiry. Interestingly this has been flagged a year ago and the issue still persists. I agree that this is a very bad experience in an editor that allows so many other things to be inserted in a template except a simple picture. It does not make sense to me.


author: Matthias
body: It is still not fixed.


author: Kimberly Chen
body: Not sure if it will ever be fixed, [@Matthias](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3629121) ?


author: Kemal Enver
body: 7 years later and still can't add an image to a template. sigh.


author: claudia_gonzalez
body: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66471> This bug is finally in progress, see comments in jira ticket
Install Intermediate Certificate for Confluence
Asked by Sarah:

Hi Guys,

We have a confluence site using GoDaddy SSL. The site is working fine on most of the browsers but give certification error on mobile devices and few browsers etc. I believe we will have to install an intermediate certificate to resolve this problem. Can some please guide us through on how to do it like to how to import intermediate cert and what changes are required on server.xml etc. Step by step intructions would be highly appreciated. Cheers

Regards

Ash


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Hi Ash,

I believe all your questions are answered here:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+Over+SSL+or+HTTPS)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Running+Confluence+Over+SSL+or+HTTPS>

There is a good walkthrough for importing your cert and updating the confluence config (if necessary)

Hope that helps!