youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
Drop-down menu in edit
Asked by Tristan Howell:

How can I make a dynamic dropdown menu **inside of editing** a table on a page? For example, a table with information for candidates where a column for location and another for job category is listed, the user either clicks on the box to fill in or begins typing to fill in the chart and are presented with options. I know there's the advanced table filter plug in for the front end, is their anyway to do this on the back? Is it possible to go in on Confluence source code to make this or any other options like that?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: You would have to add a new macro, there is no way to do this from the Edit mode. You **can use dropdowns from template variables though**, maybe that's something you want to check out?

There could be a really cool opportunity to extend the Macro Property Panel just like the Status Macro has --

image2016-6-7 11:14:17.png

<https://developer.atlassian.com/confdev/tutorials/macro-tutorials-for-confluence/extending-the-macro-property-panel>  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Drop-down-menu-in-edit/qaq-p/390483?attachment-id=10499){#link_1186cb524e8080}  
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author: Davin Studer
body: Does it have to be while "editing" the page? You could use something like the [ConfiForms addon](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.vertuna.confluence.plugins.confiforms/server/overview) to create a form that allows you to fill in fields and then display the entries as a table.


author: Tristan Howell
body: Lameck,

I appreciate the response and think that's what I'd be looking for but I'm having trouble finding how to do that. I see with the html include macro I can insert a websites design into my page but I can't find how to have my own html code displayed. Do I need to download another plugin or how do I go about this? Thanks


author: Meck
body: Tristan, did you try use HTML or CSS to make it?
select a version picker
Asked by clieu_clustrix:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Configuring the Documentation Theme](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=701434668)*

How do I create a picker like the one that appears on each page to "select a version" and that can take you to another version's version of that page?


Answers:
author: Guilherme V.
body: You can use the [Scroll Versions](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.k15t.scroll.scroll-versions/server/overview) add-on to accomplish that.


Tags: confluence-administration

documentation-theme
how many storage is provided
Asked by Graciela del carmen molina sep?lveda:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [System Requirements](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=126517514)*

How many storage provided confluence in the cloud.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/cloud/atlassian-cloud-storage-policy-744721619.html>

comments: author: Graciela del carmen molina sep?lveda
body: thank's for your answer.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation
Is there a way to allow users (not admins) to add CSS stylesheets to their spaces?
Asked by Dawn McIntosh:

Is there a way to allow users (not admins) to add CSS stylesheets to their spaces?


Answers:
author: Tim
body: You can give "Space Admin" privileges to a user which allows them to use the Space Tools to configure their space. Then in Space Tools Look and Feel they can change the colour scheme or provide some custom CSS in the "Sidebar, header and footer" section using the "style" macro e.g.

Screen Shot 2016-06-07 at 7.04.29 AM.png

Hope that helps :smile:  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Is-there-a-way-to-allow-users-not-admins-to-add-CSS-stylesheets/qaq-p/395097?attachment-id=3838){#link_1190877f9e4e3d}  
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author: Bill Bailey
body: Yes, if you make them space admins for their spaces. But just one style sheet per space.


author: Smadar Shnieder
body: We use the "style" macro to add CSS stylesheets to pages.

comments: author: Rosario De Domenico
body: This is the right answer and shall be selected as such; because it is asking how not-admin can do it...


author: Tim
body: Here's a guide for assigning space permissions: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/assign-space-permissions-724764762.html>


author: Dawn McIntosh
body: O.K. So how do I grant admin access to just one space?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Notifications never load
Asked by CA Operations:

We have a migrated COnfluence 6.0 installation (Was on cloud, now local). One of our users is reporting that Confluence Notifications never load for her. In the error log, we see

```
2016-06-06 11:17:08,146 ERROR?[http-nio-8091-exec-8]?[mywork.host.rest.ExceptionLogger]?toResponse Exception thrown from resource
? referer:?https://confluence.REDACTEDcom/plugins/servlet/notifications-miniview?| url: /rest/mywork/latest/notification/nested | traceId: d71438658d5e6f39 | userName: USERNAME
java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.mywork.host.service.AppLinkHelper.stripBaseUrl(AppLinkHelper.java:129)
```

This ticket ( <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/notifications-spin-loading-forever-in-the-workbox-and-never-complete-365003046.html> ) says "there is corruption in the database" and the answer is to remove all the notifications for all the users. This seems awfully heavy handed, particularly when we have several hundred users. Is there a way to repair the notifications (or purge them) just for one user?


Answers:
author: Abhijit Das
body: Getting the same issue in 5.9.12 How did you resolve it?


author: Steven F Behnke
body: My initial thought would be to duplicate your instance to a test server and then try the workaround. If that fixes your issue, I would follow up with Support and try to find a more reasonable workaround.


Tags: confluence-administration
Jira issue tracker table as datasource for chart macro - is that possible?
Asked by Christoph Weber:

Hello everyone,

I try to display a time series chart macro inside a confluence page with a JIRA issue tracker macro as a datasource. The JIRA issue tracker macro is set to display its data as a table with only two rows visible (Created, Story Points). Unfortunately it gets not rendered.

The following error is displayed inside the confluence page:

'chart': org.dom4j.DocumentException: Error on line 11 of document : The entity "hellip" was referenced, but not declared. Nested exception: The entity "hellip" was referenced, but not declared.

Am I trying something that won?t be possible at all or can someone point me into the right direction what is possibly wrong?

Thanks in advance,

Christoph


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hello Christoph,

Chart macro builds chart on a server side, but the JIRA Issues macro generates table on a client side. So Chart macro can't build a chart.

You can use [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/TableFilter/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro of the [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.stiltsoft.confluence.plugin.tablefilter.tablefilter/cloud/overview) add-on. It works with JIRA Issues macro.

comments: author: Christoph Weber
body: Thanks for your answer and suggestion. I will take a look on the add-on then.


Tags: jira
How can I use XSLT to render conflunce
Asked by Rahul Homes:

I'm trying a simple example that is given on bob swift page to apply XSLT and render page accordingly

But it is not working it just outputs plain text.

What is so wrong ?

Example

<https://rahulhomes.atlassian.net/wiki/display/MYF/Test>

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-use-XSLT-to-render-conflunce/qaq-p/9995?attachment-id=8296){#link_1186cc64c7a37c}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1704/1/Capture1.JPG){#display_1186cc64c7a37c_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-use-XSLT-to-render-conflunce/qaq-p/9995?attachment-id=8297){#link_1186cc64c7a37c_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1704/2/Capture.JPG){#display_1186cc64c7a37c_2}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-I-use-XSLT-to-render-conflunce/qaq-p/9995?attachment-id=8298){#link_1186cc64c7a37c_1}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/1704/3/image2016-6-7%2017%3A28%3A52.png){#display_1186cc64c7a37c_4}


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Are you sure your XSLT programming is correct? Suggest you [open a support issue](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/browse/HTML) and attach a simple example that demonstrates what you are seeing.

In the editor, use **Insert -\> Markup** when copying wiki examples into a page.

comments: author: Rahul Homes
body: Thanks for your response

I think I'm doing correct but I'm new to XSLT and Confluence so just want to make sure I'm not missing any thing

1.Capture.JPG

2. Save but the o/p is

3.

Capture1.JPG


author: Rahul Homes
body: Thanks but it says unknown macro xslt as below

image2016-6-7 17:28:52.png


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: That says you haven't installed the [HTML for Confluence](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/HTML) add-on. I just noticed now your url indicates a Cloud instance. This add-on is not currently available for Confluence Cloud.


author: Rahul Homes
body: Understood. Yes I was trying on the cloud confluence. Thanks!!

Is there any workaround for same?


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Not that I am aware of.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Meeting Notes page title
Asked by Haris Becic:

Hello,

I would like to know if it is possible to create Meeting Notes but with the different page title. Exactly, i want to create Meeting Notes with the following Page Title and it should be fix for every created Meeting Notes: "Meeting Minutes- CWxx" where CW Calendar Week is. I created also the template but until now i have not found a solution either with ''Create from Template" Macro.

Thank you


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Hello Haris,

As far I'm concerned it's not possible do it. :/ Perhaps there is one plugin or add-on to do it.

You should create a ticket at Atlassian Support as a suggestion, it's a good feature.

Regards,

Lameck.

comments: author: Meck
body: @Haris Becic, did it help you?


author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Haris,

Have a look at our Add-on Page Tree Creator. You can build the Meetings Note template in a few minutes. The only thing we have to add is the default tag Calendar Week.

Try our [**Live Examples**](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample/Marketplace+Examples) (no registration needed) and see how it works.

**[Marketplace link: Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/eps.focuspro.PageTreeCreator/server/overview)**.

Regards,  
Stephan


Tags: confluence-administration
Plugin for templates
Asked by khaye delfino:

Are there any plugins you can recommend if we need a "live" updating of already existing templates? We are just thinking of how we can update existing articles (created via templates), if in the future we need to add new variables / fields in the template to be used progressively...thanks


Answers:
author: joanna ransome-wallis
body: It's not possible to retrospectively apply a template/amendments to a template to an existing page. Any changes made to a template will only take affect on new pages and will have to be added manually to existing ones.

comments: author: Nicolas Casel
body: I agree. I've already checked because I had the same requirement.


author: Midori
body: Scaffolding should provide "live templating". I can't tell how it compares to the built-in template feature of Confluence, but this has been out in the market long before the core Confluence feature.

Give this a try: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.scaffolding/server/overview>
Color of font in the sidebar
Asked by F. Jack Shasha:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Styling Fonts in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=174751968)*

I would like to change the color of the bookmarks in the left sidebar. How can I do that?


Answers:
author: Sharon Hinde
body: Hi,

if you use the view source or developer tools in your browser you can see that the class on the sidebar links (Pages, Blogs etc) is 'acs-nav-item-label'

You can sue this to create css that overides the Confluence default colour. Using the higher level class 'ia-fixed-sidebar' in fron helps make the css more specific to that area.

So this css should change the colour of the sidebar links, but not the pages a bit lower in the sidebar as I'm not sure you wanted those included.

```
.ia-fixed-sidebar .acs-nav-item-label {  color: #cc3300;}
```
How to change Team space to Personal space ?
Asked by Arvind Gavvala:

I created Team space, would like to change to Personal space. Please advise.

I created this space, i guess i will be space administrator for this space.


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Arvind, you can move the pages to your personal space.

you can read more here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/move-and-reorder-pages-146407727.html>

Best regards,

Lameck.

comments: author: Arvind Gavvala
body: Thank you Lameck,

Is there a way to move bulk number of pages to the personal space. or Are there any other alternatives for this challenge.

Thanks \& Regards,

Arvind


author: Meck
body: A workaround is put all the pages under one parent page and move this parent page to the other space. The child pages will be moved with the parent page.

is this work for you? I really don't know an alternative way to solve it.

Regards.

Lameck.
i cannot find roadmap planner macro
Asked by Kelvin Soen:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Macros](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765157)*

Previously when I click add other macros, there will be lots of list of macro displayed.

But currently those many options not displayed anymore, including the roadmap planner which I have been looking for.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: If you're still having issues I implore you to open an issue at <https://support.atlassian.com>

This is something your Admin would be able to investigate and fix, and in Cloud that Admin is Atlassian Support.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

documentation

macro
Updating template
Asked by khaye delfino:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Editing a template](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658736936)*

If I have updated the template, will the pre-existing articles created in the old template be also automatically updated?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: No, templates (and blueprints) follow the dictionary definition of the word. They are templates, not structural artefacts. Once you use a template, the page(s) created from it are independent of it.   

Friend of mine recently likened it to baking a cake - your recipe is a template. One day, you decide to add a bit more chocolate to your recipe. That doesn't mean every single cake you've ever baked automatically has more chocolate in it.

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: Which is good, because you could instantly gain tons of pounds.


author: Davin Studer
body: You can sort of do this with ConfiForms. The ConfiForms add-on gives you the ability to create pages from a form input. You can then also re-update the page when the form input is edited. This gives you that kind of functionality where you can change the way the pages are created. You would then have to open each form entry and re-save and the corresponding page would get the updated template deployed.


Tags: template
Can?t see favourites on dash board but can found the favourites on user home page.
Asked by Jacky Jin:

Please check following screen captures for my question.

Thank you!

image2016-6-6 11:40:43.png

image2016-6-6 11:40:10.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-see-favourites-on-dash-board-but-can-found-the-favourites/qaq-p/297012?attachment-id=7198){#link_11908900d621e7}  
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[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-t-see-favourites-on-dash-board-but-can-found-the-favourites/qaq-p/297012?attachment-id=7199){#link_11908900d621e7_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/50203/2/image2016-6-6%2011%3A40%3A43.png){#display_11908900d621e7_2}


Answers:
author: darrenpegg
body: Ask your admin to spin off a re-index..

comments: author: Jacky Jin
body: Great! Done. Thank you very much!


author: darrenpegg
body: No problem at all :smile:
ownCloud support as a goal?
Asked by Philipp Eckelmann:

Dear Sir or Madame,

I just found your add-on in the marketplace. We do use ownCloud in our company. Is there a chance that you upgrade your add-on to also include ownCloud?

Best regards  
Philipp


Answers:
author: Xavier Martin
body: Thsi feature would indeed be very much requested, as we are more and more using the OwnCloud solutions, in comparaison to Dropbox.


Tags: addon-sk.decoy.java.atlassian.confluence.dropb
unsubscribe
Asked by Esko Ry?k?s:

How could I unsubscribe Atlassian Answers? I am interesting in Confluence and especially about the question I wrote. However, now I get about twenty mails every day, and about topics I'm not interested in (at least not now). I know, I clicked somewhere on some pont and get now the answers, but how to unsubscribe. I dont want to block everything from Alassian..


Answers:
author: Udo Brand
body: Goto "Topics" and "unwatch" all the topics you are watching. That should help.

comments: author: Esko Ry?k?s
body: thanks, this helped. It was little difficult to understand, how to operate wirh "watch"/"unwatch" -icon..
copy page between different spaces
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Dear partners,

How do we copy page title and it's content to different space location ? Thank you.


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: If you want to copy a page and its Children - including their attachments - you might want to get the "Copy Page Tree" plugin - I am a huge fan as it has made my life for configuring new Spaces with a default page structure very, very easy :smile: :smile:


author: Davin Studer
body: Depending upon what you want to do with the document you might consider using the page include macro. If you want to version a document for instance between different spaces certainly you would copy it, but if you simply want to have the same document in two different spaces you should have one that is the authoritative version and the other that simply includes the content from the other page. That way when you update the original the other one is updated as well.


author: darrenpegg
body: For more complexity around page perms/attachments etc.. Here's a free plugin... (Unsupported - but free for confluence server)

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.plugins.confluence-copy-page-hierarchy-plugin/server/overview>


author: Rodney Hughes
body: Click the ellipsis (three dots)

Click Copy

Now you can change the space and parent page by clicking on the little icon that looks like the directory tree

image2016-6-5 14:12:15.png

Then you can select which Space etc  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/copy-page-between-different-spaces/qaq-p/167756?attachment-id=11613){#link_11908976b1f11b}  
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I need swift in the code block macro!!
Asked by MichaelM:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Code Block Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=139390)*

I'm using the code macro to document a swift API, but it doesn't support swift. How can I do this?


Answers:
author: Robert Massaioli _Atlassian_
body: It seems like you need a [Better Code Macro for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.connect.better-code-macro.prod/cloud/overview):

Screen Shot 2016-06-05 at 10.41.07 AM.png  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/I-need-swift-in-the-code-block-macro/qaq-p/449124?attachment-id=8995){#link_11908980415c94}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/75973/1/Screen%20Shot%202016-06-05%20at%2010.41.07%20AM.png){#display_11908980415c94_0}


Tags: cloud

code-block

confluence-cloud

documentation
fonts
Asked by Nick Winter:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Customising Colour Schemes](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=724765499)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Meck
body: Do you want know if is possible change the font type at Confluence?

Well, I think this will help you.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/_editing-space-css-213519830.html>


Tags: cloud

colour
How to we get Adaptavist Themebuilder Custom CSS to work?
Asked by Fred Bunting:

We just installed Adaptavist ThemeBuilder, and one of the things we are trying to get working is the Custom CSS part of a skin.

(We have Confluence 5.5.2, and ThemeBuilder 5.1.5.

We can find no evidence that the Custom CSS is loading at all in a space that uses the skin.


Answers:
author: Sharon Hinde
body: Hi,

I believe Adaptavist Support answered this, and the solution was to check that you are saving the changes using the little disk icon above the skin names tree.  

Just in case anyone else needs similar help :smile:

Sharon


Tags: addon-com.adaptavist.confluence.themes.sitebuilder
How can I tell if confluence page restrictions were applied?
Asked by Vik Solem:

More than 24 hours ago I modified the restrictions on a space in Confluence and clicked the "Save" button. Since then the spinning lines next to the "Save" button have continued to spin, and the "Save" button remains grayed out, while the "Cancel" link to the right of the button remains available.

I understand that this may be taking a long time because it has to traverse all of the pages in the space.

How can I tell if the permissions have been applied to all of the pages when this page continues to be "stuck"?

If I click "Cancel" to get off of this page will it cancel the changes and revert the permissions?

Notes:

* I have remained logged in without having to reauthenticate, so I do not believe the page is stuck for authentication.
* When I login to the permissions page in another browser the permissions changes appear to have been applied.

-Vik


Answers:
author: Rodney Hughes
body: If it is still 'spinning' after 24 hours, it sounds like your browser or server has hung so it is not likely to resolve itself so you might have to bite the bullet and exit your browser - you might loose the changes. You won't know til you log back in .. or ask someone else to log in and see what they can see before you close your browser.

Permissions are assigned to Users or Groups of Users and defines what they can/can't do when they get into a Space

Restrictions are applied at a page level and are indicated by a red lock icon just under the page title


Tags: confluence-administration