youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
How do you view full page when comparing versions from page history?
Asked by Alicia Miller:

Hi All,

Does anyone know how the view can be changed in order to view the whole page when comparing versions from page history, instead of just an excerpt?

Thanks in advance!

Alicia


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

I've created a feature request for you here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-34981>

I recommend to vote and ask your colleagues to vote as well to increase the popularity of the new feature. :smile:

Cheers,

Rodrigo


author: Julia Wester [Wittified]
body: I don't think this is possible (unfortunately). I would enter a feature request into jira.atlassian.com.
When you create a calendar event in Confluence, there is a way to create a default page linked to it at the same time?
Asked by Robert Jacobs:

When you create a calendar event in Confluence, there is a way to create a default page linked to it at the same time?

<br />

This page URL would display in the "Related page" field of the event.

Currently, this is a three step process:  
1. create the event  
2. create the page  
3. link the page to the event

Ideally, this should be a one step process.


Answers:
author: Maarten Cautreels
body: Hi Robert,

I suggest you log this as a potential improvement to the Team Calendars project: <https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/Dashboard.jspa>

Best,

Maarten


Tags: calendar

cloud

confluence-cloud

event

page
User macro with prefilled macrobody
Asked by Reto Eggenberger:

Hi all,I want to make a user macro which defines a simple HTML div with a classname to be able to style the macrobody. This is no problem.But I wonder if it is possible to define sort of a template for the macrobody. Example: I want the macrobody to be prefilled with a table (2 colums and 2 rows). But I want it to be a normal table in the macrobody. I dont want the table to be filled with macro parameters.Is this possible?Thx for any hints.Reto E.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Alas, it is not possible ... that I know of.


Tags: confluence-administration

user-macro
Ad Hoc Canvas and Confluence Ondemand
Asked by Eugenie Kim:

I would like to be able to export to PDF a page that has an ad hoc canvas on it, but it appears to not work - is that correct? I know I can print my browser page to PDF, but the formatting gets all funny when I do that.


Answers:
author: Maarten Cautreels
body: Hi Eugenie,

Ad Hoc Canvas is a plugin and I'm not sure if they provided export support but you could always try to export to Word and save that as PDF. That has worked for me in other cases.

Best,

Maarten

comments: author: Eugenie Kim
body: Thanks, Maarten - I tried that and it looks like the support isn't there, but I appreciate your help!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to import standard metadata of a normal file
Asked by Stefan Tanner:

how can i automatcally import the metadata of a normal file like this?

![](../../upfiles/metadataflower.JPG)

...and how can i generate automatically tags (stichw?rter)?

...is it also possible to search in a word-file and automaticaly suggest possible tags for this word-file?

thx in advance!

regards

stefan


Answers:
author: Luciano Fagundes
body: Hi Stefan

I might have an idea, you could use the [Metadata Extraction Tool](http://sourceforge.net/projects/meta-extractor/ "Metadata Extrator Tool") in order to generate a XML file with all your metadata, then use Excel to treat this file and imported using one of the methods described above by Guilherme.

Hope it works!

Cheers

Luciano Fagundes


author: Stefan Tanner
body: Hi, thanks for your answers. maybe i'll try one these ideas via excel. to do this for a single document when uploading it, seems a big effort.

regards

stefan


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Stefan, as far as I am concerned there isn't a metadata importer for Confluence, however if you can export those items to a CSV or Excel spreadsheet they can be easily inserted into the application using [one of the available methods](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Importing+Content+Into+Confluence#ImportingContentIntoConfluence-Importingothernon-wikicontent).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

metadata

ms-word

tag

upload
Missing "workbox" icon in Atlassian OnDemand
Asked by David Tonhofer:

Hello,

I have just noticed that our workbox icon has gone AWOL. Instead of the usual stylized tray, a blank space is shown. This was not the case a week ago or so. It is not obvious what has changed to make it disappear (unfortunately, it is not obvious WHEN this occurred either)

I have followed the instructions at [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/Vgb7EQ)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/Vgb7EQ>about activating the WorkBox but I don't even have the " In-app Notifications" in the configuration menu.

What can I do?

Best regards,

-- David


Answers:
author: Mauro Badii
body: Hi David,

That guide is not for Cloud (OnDemand) products so some actions can't be performed.

I suggest creating a support request at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com) so we can take a close look at the instance and find out if the plugins that provide the Workbox functionality are working correctly.

Cheers!  
Mauro

comments: author: David Tonhofer
body: Ok, will do. Thanks.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

workbox
TOC macro with multi-digit numbering (e.g. 2.1.2)
Asked by Steffen Heller:

Hello,

is it possible to adapt the Table of Content macro so that it displays multi-digit numbering?

What I want, is numbering like this:

1. aaa  
_ 1.1 aaa1  
_ 1.2 aaa2  
2. bbb ...

What I get when I enter "decimal" in the "List Style" field of the macro's menu is this:

1. aaaa  
_ 1. aaa1  
_ 2. aaa2  
2. bbb

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

I also tried something different with CSS and some self defined counters. This actually works but the layout is mixed up with the numbers overlapping etc. Here, I haven't figured out what settings must be changed (probably some margins and/or paddings?):

```
body {counter-reset: counterA; }ul li:before {content: counter(counterA) ". ";counter-increment: counterA;}ul li {counter-reset:counterB; }ul li ul li:before {content: counter(counterA) "." counter(counterB) ". ";counter-increment: counterB; }
```


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Okay, found out: Clicking the checkbox "Display Section Numbering" does the job.


Tags: css

table-of-contents
Confluence on a mini PC
Asked by Michael Sutter:

wich is the smallest device for a Confluence. I would like to install it on a Raspberry PI or a Intel Galileo. Do you have any experiences/ideas? Thank you for help


Answers:
author: Schrunchee
body: I know this post is old, but just an update - The Raspberry Pi 2 Model B (!024MB RAM) runs Confluence way better than the Model B+ (512MB RAM). Average page load is about 3 to 4 seconds on a personal Pi 2 that's on a local network where I'm the only one using it. On the B+ It was closer to 8 to 10 seconds. It's a much more viable solution for personal use (and even light small business use perhaps).


author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: Yes, you can run Confluence on a Pi B+ device. (although it really more of a pet project than production site.)

The tricks:

You can't use the linux bin install, you must manually configure you environment. I used the following guide:  
<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+Confluence+on+Linux+from+Archive+File>

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Installing+Confluence+on+Linux+from+Archive+File)You MUST adjust your java memory since the Pi B+ device only has a max of 512MB of memory. I capped my java memory in the bin/setenv.sh file to use the following:

```
CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xms128m -Xmx256m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -XX:+UseG1GC"
```

Other than that, its slow but it does work.


author: Shane Patch
body: I would like to be able to take a small PC with me at work where I don't always have an internet connection and don't want to carry an extra PC or have my PC always on as a server. I tried installing on a Raspberry Pi but got to a point where I registered the license and then it crashed. I haven't been able to get it going since. I suspect it has something to do with folder permissions. Has anyone had any success?


author: Michael Sutter
body: it was just the idea to have one on a small hardware without to use lot of energy. I'll try it with a barebone and I will have 4GB RAM inside, so that should be enough...


author: Rina Nir (AC)
body: Hi Michael,

From my experience Confluence requires at least 2BG RAM to function reasonably well. I really doubt the feasability of it running in any sensible way on the spec you mentioned. BTW: what is the reason for using this spec? Is is an experiment?

Rina


author: Luciano Fagundes
body: Michael,

I suggest you to take a look on the Confluence System Requirement page below. Not sure if Raspberry PI or Intel Galileo will be able to confortable run Confluence.

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Server+Hardware+Requirements+Guide)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Server+Hardware+Requirements+Guide>

Cheers

Luciano Fagundes


Tags: confluence-administration
Confluence access in local file system
Asked by AKASH BHARDWAJ:

Confluence access in local File System - Is there a way to automatically download user specified spaces to their local PC (including attachments)?

I went through the "Road Runner" plugin for confluence but that dosen't seem to be relevant.

Please if anybody can come with suggestion that would be great!!!

Thanks,

Akash


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could also check into the WebDAV plugin. It allows you to work with Confluence as if it were a file system. Super slick. Also super dangerous. :)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Export the space from the space tools -\> content tools -\> export tab

comments: author: AKASH BHARDWAJ
body: Hi Nic, I know this option, I don't want to do this way, I would like to get this thing done automatically with user specified spaces.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: In that case, you need to find/write something on the client side that can trigger a download.

Actually, I don't think I'm understanding the full problem. Could you explain WHY you're trying to do this?


Tags: file
Restore Confluence from a corrupted Database
Asked by Guru Prasad:

I have a Confluence setup with MySQL as it's DB. Somehow, the MySQL has been corrupted. I do not have the XML backup. Is there a way I can restore my confluence?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your choices are restoring from a backup or trying to identify and unpick the damage.

On the first one, you've ruled out XML, so the question should be down to getting the latest database backup and restoring that.

The second option is risky and gets exponentially more time consuming for each error. I'd look at the logs to see if there are hints of how bad it is in there to start with, but you could be looking at months of unpicking damage. Reverting to a backup is almost certainly the right approach.

comments: author: Guru Prasad
body: Unfortunately I also don't have the latest DB backup. Are these the only ways to restore?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Almost certainly.

It depends on the nature of the damage - if you can unpick the damage, then you don't need to revert to a backup. But as I already said, it's potentially an immensely difficult task.

When you say "corrupted", the question really is "how badly corrupted is it". And, in fact, "how do you know it's corrupt"


author: Guru Prasad
body: The stupid thing I did with the MySQL can be found here:-

[](http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?156,617850,617850#msg-617850)[http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?156,617850,617850#msg-617850](http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?156%2C617850%2C617850#msg-617850)

While I am trying the options from Confluence end, I am also trying to recover my DB.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Oh, right. It's not really "corrupt" then, it's "completely destroyed"

You need the backups. I'm afraid if you haven't got any, then you've wiped your installation and lost everything.

A MySQL expert may be able to help you here - I have a feeling that if you created a new, clean installation of MySQL and then installed a new, clean version of Confluence using it so you get all the tables and files populated, and then moved your old stuff back into it, you might be able to rescue something. But I'm really not a MySQL expert and I am guessing, so I really wouldn't bet on it.


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: If you are using InnoDB, maybe this helps:

[](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/forcing-innodb-recovery.html)<http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/forcing-innodb-recovery.html>


Tags: confluence-administration
Sync content between wikis
Asked by Eugene Chikovani:

Is this possible to somehow sync content of the specific page (or a page itself) between two wikis? Both instances are onDemand.


Answers:
author: EugeneC
body: It seems that there is no way to automatically sync two OnDemand instances.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Tom, there is the [AutoExport plugin](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.autoexport) which works for self hosted instances. Since OnDemand has a different set of [available add ons](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=315326753), this may not be possible at the present time. If you are looking into customizing towards an automation, can tinker with the [BTF Confluence versions](https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download).


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Clustering License
Asked by Nitin Kumar:

Hi. I am planning for Confluence Clustering on version 5.4.4 . I have emailed sales team ([sales@atlassian.com](mailto:sales@atlassian.com)) for an evaluation license but have not received it yet (more than a week now) . I am an enterprise user.

Can someone please guide me thru the process as all links on the web page point to the Confluence sales team only.

Is there a space which can give me an evaluation license download link?


Answers:
author: Nitin Kumar
body: Hi Nic , I know about that page and I have an account. My server is standalone now and there is no option which says "Confluence Clustered" and if I add my server Id I am pretty sure it will give me a standalone license.

I just did it and it gave me a license but not sure if its clustered.

I think that Confluence Data centre licenses are basically the Clustering licenses.

[](https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/data-center)<https://www.atlassian.com/enterprise/data-center>

I will get the EAP license for V. 5.5.4-m2 and proceed with my upgrade.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Licences are handled in your my.atlassian account - you can generate your own evaluation licences instantly in there. I'm quite surprised sales haven't pointed you there already (See [](https://my.atlassian.com)<https://my.atlassian.com>)


Tags: data-center

licence
Application stability when linked application crashes
Asked by Pepe:

I have noticed that when JIRA crashes it usually takes out Confluence as well because the two applicaitons are linked and we have JIRA content showing in Confluence. We mainly notice this on large installations. What strategies are people using to avoid this codependence?


Answers:
author: Daniel Wester
body: There are a couple of ways of handling it. One way would be to make sure to have a http proxy server between the instances and make sure to use that has the URL that you link things through. In the proxy config make sure the the proxy time outs are low. I suspect that you already have the proxy in place in which case when you have an outage and do a netstat -a and you'll probably see a bunch of connections waiting to terminate (in which case either increase the amount of threads/concurrent connections or decrease the timeout).


Tags: confluence-administration

jira-administration
How to import word file and keeping the page order?
Asked by Ky Pham:

Hi,

It is quite time consuming to reorder page of a big word document after importing into Confluence. They are sorted A-Z.

Is there a way to keep the page order?

Thanks,

Ky


Answers:
author: Steffen Heller
body: Hi,

my knowledge is: there is no way to keep the order, you must correct that by hand, it is a known bug and there is a bug report for it at [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/OFFCONN-53)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/OFFCONN-53>

comments: author: Ky Pham
body: Really really annoying bug as it takes ages to manually update the page order


author: Steffen Heller
body: That is sad but true...


author: Regula Balteschwiler
body: I'm importing 7200 FrameMaker-pages via Word to Confluence and in my opinion this is not just a minor bug: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/OFFCONN-53> was created 26/Oct/11 ! Please upgrade the priority and fix this bug, thank you.
Notifications
Asked by Victoria Chavez:

How do I turn off notifications in Confluence?


Answers:
author: Fr?d?ric Tardieu
body: Go to your settings (top right avatar picture, then settings), then go to Email section, then Edit. You can then turn off notifications. More on [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Subscribing+to+Email+Notifications+of+Updates+to+Confluence+Content>

Fred
Internet Explorer 9 Closes when opening up tSpace
Asked by Gilbert Nunez:

I have had many users come back and say they receive a 'Internet Explorer has stopped working' message and then it proceeds to close their brower down. They are on IE9 and they are trying to use tSPace. Help please...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Could you explain which Atlassian application this applies to and exactly what the trigger is ("user has come back" doesn't tell us much)

comments: author: Gilbert Nunez
body: Is tSPace your application?


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not a clue, you'll need to tell us what it is. It might be an Atlassian app that you happen to have a different name for. Or you might be in completely the wrong place because it's not an Atlassian app at all.
Can the Wiki Component Be Edited Using Any Markup Language? How?
Asked by Confused Newbie:

I think the subject says it. I'm comfortable editting html and several wiki markup languages. But I've been working at a company which uses confluence since April, and still failing to produce coherent, professional looking pages. Lists don't line up; list numbering restarts semi-randomly; creating code blocks produces laughable results, etc etc. I presume the problem is the WYSIWYG editor - I can't tell on which side of an invisible markup element I'm adding whatever I'm adding. And whenever I cut and paste enything, I wind up picking up unwanted format elements from it ;-(

I glanced at the docs, but the best I found was [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Confluence+Wiki+Markup+for+Macros)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Confluence+Wiki+Markup+for+Macros>

That page has the following frightening quote:

**Note: You cannot edit content in wiki markup.** Confluence does not store page content in wiki markup. Although you can enter wiki markup into the editor, Confluence will convert it to the rich text editor format immediately. You will not be able to edit the wiki markup after initial entry.

I hope this means that "rich text" is the native markup language, rather than that there somehow is no such thing, and pages simply cannot be editted in any such format. If so, where can I find a document describing the rich text syntax elements, and instructions on how to force the editor into some mode where I can see them?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: HTML WYSIWYG editors have always been a mixed bag. Confluence uses a modified version of TinyMCE, which is one of the best out there, but there are always weird things that crop up. One thing that you can do to help with this is use the [Confluence Source Editor](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.editor.confluence-source-editor). It is invaluable for those times when your just can't seem to figure out what is happening.

Another option is to highlight the wonky section and clear the formatting by using the clear formatting button in the editor bar. Then rebuild the formatting for that section.

![](../../upfiles/Capture_230.PNG)


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: You can use wiki markup using [Wiki Markup for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CWP) add-on. Most content can still be produced with wiki syntax, but, some content can only be provided with the WYSIWYG editor. However, it is easy to have pages with both types of content.
Confluence server vs cloud features
Asked by SSchoepel:

Is there a nice summary somewhere of what features you do/don't get with the server and the cloud versions of Confluence? It's cumbersome to page through the cloud documentation for each piece.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I'd start by reading the Cloud stuff.

Everything you can do on Cloud, you can do on Server. The differences are

* You need to support the infrastructure underneath the service
* You need to do system administration for yourself (making sure it's running, adding plugins, backups, upgrades etc)
* Server will always be a little way behind Cloud in terms of version. Cloud functions will make it to server, but not immediately on release
* You can add whatever functions you want to your Server by way of plugins. (Cloud has a limited and fixed set of plugins you can add, plus a Connect framework which lets you install some stuff, but it does not support the plugins that reach into the core of the product to do really clever stuff)

comments: author: Dave
body: This page also reviews what is restricted in the Cloud environment - <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Restricted+Functions+in+Atlassian+OnDemand>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Organize pages by label
Asked by Jessica_Moszkowicz:

Is it possible to have pages automatically become children of another page based on labels? For example, say I have a template that creates pages with the label "meeting". I have another page that essentially summarizes what that label is and how it should be used. The summary page already includes a list macro that lists everything with the "meeting" label, but I also want everything with this label to become a child of the summary page to help with the space organization. Is it possible to do this or do the users need to manually move each "meeting" page so that it's under the summary page?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could have a parent page with a create from template macro on it. When a user clicks the button a new page is create under that parent page automatically.

comments: author: Jessica_Moszkowicz
body: Great, that should do the trick!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud