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How can background colors be changed??
Asked by David Slusser:

Does anyone know how to change the background color, preferably globally, for confluence pages?? Staring at these eye-bleeding white backgrounds are brutal.


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Assuming you are using the server edition, have a look at:

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

and

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-use-javascript-in-confluence-313458839.html>

Are you thinking of creating a "dark mode" option? That would be a great idea :-)
Single Excerpt Include that pulls from Master page and all child pages?
Asked by Kenneth L. Henry:

Is there an excerpt include that automatically pulls any excerpts from the Technical Leadership Council master page shown below and all child pages under it? Our hope is to pull all excerpts from spaces like the one shown below into another page. From what I have seen every time we create another meeting note that individual note would have to be added as well.

Is there something that has the functionality to say excerpts from TLC and include child pages?

![Wiki II.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58286i7E9D1EC87A192A1C/image-dimensions/529x326?v=v2 "Wiki II.JPG")![Wiki I.JPG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58287iB46963D5FA00901A/image-dimensions/198x514?v=v2 "Wiki I.JPG")


Answers:
author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: Hi [@Kenneth L. Henry](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3374777)

There are [Table Excerpt and Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) macros that can do this: [Table Excerpt Include](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TableFilter/How+to+use+Table+Excerpt+and+Table+Excerpt+Include+macros) macro can pull excerpts from multiple pages at once. Those macros come with [Table Filter and Charts](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app.

comments: author: Kenneth L. Henry
body: Thanks Andrey, will that need to updated as we make more meeting note child pages?


author: Andrey Khaneev _StiltSoft_
body: No, you won't need to update the Include macro, it will get excerpts from new pages automatically.
Java heap sizing / system resources
Asked by Jason Whitener:

I've been experiencing some performance issues with Confluence lately. We are on a fairly new build. Not bad, but like 3-5 second pauses every so often. Our install+home size is 55GB. We have about 270K users in the directory that is attached to confluence, but probably less than 150 people use the service at one time.

We started a few years ago with 2 cores, 8GB ram total, 4GB heap.

Today we are at: 4 cores, 24GB ram total. 12GB java heap.

If you don't mind, I'd like to get an idea what other people's systems are like. Number of users, cores, ram, java heap, etc.

I haven't found an ideal way to simulate our usage in test yet, and making changes to production can take a while, so experimenting with different settings takes a long time.


Answers:
author: Fabian Krack
body: Hi Jason,

we store around 90GB of data with 500 users where max. 40 are active at the same time. The JVM gets 4GB of total heap size while Synchrony gets 1GB.

Cheers Fabian


Tags: heap

java
How do you delete a calendar widget
Asked by Anne Wood:

We have used the // to add a calendar and now I need to delete it?


Answers:
author: Vero Rivas
body: Hi [@Anne Wood](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3373915)

Look at this post, maybe can help you

<https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/delete-or-remove-a-calendar/>

Cheers
Can you build sub-pages into a Global Template?
Asked by Jessie Behrns:

I have an ask to create a GlobalTemplate, but they want the Page Tree/sub-pages built into the template also, is this possible?


Answers:
author: EPS Software Engineering AG
body: Hi Jessie,

Maybe our Page Tree Creator Confluence app could be a solution for you. It allows you to create multi page template without programming Blueprints. You can find the [Page Tree Creator](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214062/page-tree-creator-blueprint-creator?hosting=server&tab=overview) on the Marketplace and here are some [LIVE EXAMPLES](https://focuspro.eps.ch/display/PEPSMarktExample).

Regards,  
Stephan (CEO of EPS Software Engineering AG, the vendor of the Page Tree Creator)


author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Jessie,

If you're wanting to create a page structure with multiple pages included then templates would not be the option to use. You're going to want to look into using Confluence blueprints to create pages and content within your requirements. This will also allow you to create a space or page with multiple parent and child pages at the same time. Further information may be found at [Blueprints](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/blueprints-323982376.html).

I hope this information proves helpful and you're able to find a solution that works for your needs.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server

server
Jira and Confluence attachments
Asked by naseem safa:

My company is moving our hosted Jira and Confluence Instance to the Atlassian Cloud. We have a lot of attachments in both and by running a query in the database, we found the total size of all our attachments in Jira was 8579635355. I want to make sure that this number is stored in bytes on the database.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Naseem,

Thank you for reaching out about your attachment storage and file size concerns. To ensure we're giving you the correct information, we'll need to understand more about the attachment query you ran against your databases. With this said, could you please provide the query you ran against your databases? This will allow us to ensure we communicate the correct size within MB, KB, etc.

We look forward to hearing back to assist with finding your total attachment size.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers


Tags: confluence-server

jira

jira-server

server
Jira and Confluence integration
Asked by Raghavendra Shirolikar:

I am unable to successfully i integrate Jira with confluence, Confluence is running with version 5.8.10 and Jira version 8.0.2. When i link confluence in Jira i do see an error,

"The remote certificate can\&#39;t be trusted , Confluence may be using a self-signed SSL certificate or a certificate that was issued by a certificate authority that isn't known locally"

Jira is integrated with Okta and Confluence is not, need to key in the user credentials to login. Made sure i have logged in on both of the system. These are hosted on 2 different servers.

Coming on to linking Jira on Confluence, i was able to link with Jira but found errors, unable to use all the features(macros), i have linked in confluence under a space, going to Space tools--\>integration--\>Application links and when i try to add a link and authorize i do get an error with "

**Authentication failed!**

An error occurred while trying to obtain an access token. For application link "JIRA (certificate number) <https://jira.com> com.atlassian.applinks.application.jira.JiraApplicationTypeImpl@4cxyz"

and

**OAuth Problem Details**

* realm: '<https://jira.com>'
* oauth_problem: 'consumer_key_unknown'

But if i skip this above step, i can add and select the project.( where system prompts for this)

system is not allowing me to add anything on the space( Edit--\>Insert--\>Jira issue filter)

Search key type is greyed out and when we click on the Create new issue and recently viewed throws the error as " Log in and approve to retrieve data from JIRA" and when we try to Log in and approve it takes to the same error as mentioned above "Authentication failed and OAuth problem details".

I am not sure if there is any version issue between two of the application or i am missing any steps.

Could you please share your inputs on this?


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: For this "The remote certificate can't be trusted , Confluence may be using a self-signed SSL certificate or a certificate that was issued by a certificate authority that isn't known locally" have you made sure that the cert authority certs are imported into the java key store? If it is a local cert authority then you should import the root and any sub CA certs. The key store is located in JIRA_INSTALL/jre/lib/security/cacerts. The default password is "changeit'. You can use a tool like keystore explorer to import the root and sub certs if you want a nice GUI. Or you can use the command line java keytool, but I personally prefer a GUI.


Tags: confluence-server

jira

server
Confluence analytics: how to get views, likes, visitors, comments?
Asked by Richard Coffre:

Hi all,

Maybe I am wrong but I think I read that with the last server version of Confluence (currently 6.15.4), we should be able to finally have analytics.

For example views, visitors, likes, comments, etc.

I had a dream?

Kind regards


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: I think you may have had a dream, but it's one that may be drawing on several things...

* Confluence has some analytics built-in, but turned off by default because it's really flaky on larger Confluences, and is aimed more at debugging than web analytics
* There are a number of apps in the marketplace that add analytics (ones that do perform ok and are aimed at web analytics)
* Atlassian recently bought "Good Software", which wrote one of these apps, so we're all expecting Atlassian to announce it as a standard app, or even build it into Confluence

For what it's worth, I think the last point was a good move - I've used several of the apps for Confluence analytics and got it to do some without apps and Good Software's app is by far the best of them!


Tags: analytics

confluence-server

server
Colored icon on profile picture meaning?
Asked by Dennis Laney:

Can someone let me know what the letter icon mean on the lower right of the profile picture? I see it when I'm in draft mode, and the icon has a "D" in it. But the background color of it changes. First, does this just indicate i am in Draft mode? Second, what does the color represent? It changes every time and is very distracting since I do not know what it means.


Answers:
author: Stephen Sifers
body: Hello Dennis,

From your description I believe you're talking about while editing a page, in the top right, your avatar has the letter "D" (D for Dennis) showing and while entering and exiting drafts/edits the color of said D changes colors. This functionality has to do with collaborative editing which will select a color to display while editing. If another person was to edit the same page their name would also display with a "Letter" next to their name and a random color as well. The selected colors correlate to the cursor color on the page while editing.

Further information on this feature may be found at [Collaborative editing](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/collaborative-editing-858771779.html) (while this is server documentation it does show how the collaborative editing functions with avatars and colors.)

I hope this information proves helpful and you're able to get the answer as to why the colors change near your avatar while editing.

Regards,  
Stephen Sifers

comments: author: Dennis Laney
body: Thanks for that helpful answer.

That makes sense and it will probably make more sense when I'm actually working on a Collaborative document with someone. The color changes though, so distracting. I wish it would just pick a color and stick with it. Like the first person in, it takes color1, the second person in gets color2. And color1 and color2 never change.


author: Dan Comly
body: Dennis -

The constant color change bothers me too. I'm easily distracted by transient images; it's reassuring to learn that others have the same issue.


author: david.klempfner
body: I also was wondering why it keeps changing. Is it a bug? Or is there a reason it keeps changing?


Tags: confluence-cloud
BibTeX display macro problem
Asked by Jon Arnt:

Hi, I'm currently using BibTeX Referencing in my Confluence space, but when using the BibTeX Display macro at the end, the reference numbers does not correspond with the correct reference (see example in picture).

I've read the info about content formatting for Confluence at <https://www.adaptavist.com/doco/display/CFP/BibTeX+Referencing>, but since BibTeX Display don't have any parameters, I don't really know how to approach the problem. Does anyone know what i might have done wrong?

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58225i87CC48C1EE0A9ED4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")


Answers:
author: Juan Fernandez
body: I am having this same issue, just over a year after the original post. I cannot find a solution online. [@Jon Arnt](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3371496)
Confluence Storage format for HTML Macro
Asked by neeraj bhusare:

Hi,

The documentation for the [HTML Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf59/html-macro-792499123.html) states that it is disabled by default. What happens if I use the corresponding storage format with the macro disabled?


Answers:
author: Bill Bailey
body: Lets take a step back and ask what the end goal is. There may be a better way to do what you want to do.
Confluence DB Migration to MySQL
Asked by Sudharsan Gopalakrishnan:

Our team is running Confluence 6.10.1 on a Ubuntu, utilizing the H2 database. The plan is to move the database to an MSyQL. Please guide us with any procedure


Answers:
author: Milan Chheda [INFOSYSTA]
body: Here are some articles on migration that you can read, they have step-by-step details on how to migrate from h2 to another database:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html?_ga=2.7863538.1958014853.1560661731-841802252.1554984984>

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Migrating-Confluence-internal-H2-DB-to-external-MSSQL-Database/qaq-p/443425>


Tags: database

h2
Create page with an increasing UID and set prefix.
Asked by Dr Yann Golanski:

I would like to write a template, usable in any spaces, that creates a page with a unique incremental ID and one of a set of allowed prefixes. This UID/prefix would be used as part of the page title and in a page property table.

We have some historical data that needs to be imported in that format as well, therefore we cannot use the Confluence UID and would need something that has a REST API as manually uploading hundreds of documents is not feasible.

The page title format would be something akin to

```
 ${PREFIX}${UID} - ${TITLE}
```

Is that possible?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You will need to write code to replace the template functionality that leaves the page title open for the user, and replace the code that allows users to edit the title too.

comments: author: Dr Yann Golanski
body: I was thinking the title would become a macro with an editable field called "description" that would be appended to the prefix/UID. After all, what it is called could feasibly change but must retain the same prefix/UID.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You could do something with a macro, but you would then

* be relying on the user to put the macro on the page (or not remove it from the templated text)
* still have the users free to rename the page
* I'm not sure a macro can edit the page name just by being added to a page, I suspect you'll need to write an app to provide the macro and code to update the name


Tags: confluence-server

server
User Macro - Displaying elements from other pages
Asked by Frederic Fox:

Please note that I am completly new to this and that I am not a developer :)

I am writing a user macro which enables me to insert elements from different pages (as long as they are within a div). The concept is working however the issue occurs when I try to insert the same macro multiple times.

Instead of adding it x number time it just overrides :(.

"Code" below

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

\<script\>  
$(document).ready(function(){  
var page_url = "$paramPageURL"  
var divIdentifier = " #"+"$paramDIVID"  
$(divIdentifier).load(page_url + divIdentifier);  
});  
\</script\>

\<div id = "$paramDIVID"\>\</div\>

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

I don't understand why I cannot just add multiple elements especially when my div id is unique per insert.

Many thanks for your help


Answers:
author: Frederic Fox
body: Asking the question helps to solve the issue :) here is what I did to make it work:

\<script\>  
$(document).ready(function(){  
var page_url = "$paramPageURL"  
var divIdentifier = " #"+"$paramDIVID"  
$(divIdentifier).load(page_url + divIdentifier);  
});  
\</script\>

\<div\>  
\<div id = "$paramDIVID"\>\</div\>  
\</div\>


Tags: confluence-server

server

user-macro
where i can become back, the older Confluence cloud Editor?
Asked by Heiko Wohlgemuth:

I hav more than one Confluence Cloud Systems and i build many Sites in my Mastercloud-System.

I can see that there is the old and the new editor in the system. How can I specify that I only want to use the old editor?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Heiko,

Thank you for contacting us about this.

As we are slowly rolling out the new editing experience, the old one will eventually go away completely. At this time, a few instances still have the old editor on the basic templates, but the new editor will be used for things like Meeting Notes, etc. This is just one example of how it might be set up on your instance.

To avoid the new editor, you'll need to make sure to only use the templates which use the old editor on your instance.

Please be aware that this is only temporary and eventually your instance will only use the new editor.

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Heiko Wohlgemuth
body: Hi Shannon,

i discuss here:  
<https://getsupport.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/23/JST-486688>

Thx, Heiko


author: Shannon S
body: Heiko,

Thank you for sharing that. I see that at this time, it's no longer possible to roll back entirely to the old editor.

I figured this could be the case. If you're having any particular issues navigating the new editor, please let us know, and we'll be happy to help.

Regards,

Shannon
Send an email notification to all reviewers when one of the approvers approves or rejects the page
Asked by Ho?i L?:

In Comala Workflow, How to send an email notification to all reviewers when one of the approvers approves or rejects the page?

Example: {#toc-hId--1415480300}
-------------------------------

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `{workflow}`` ``{state:Test|approved=Published}`` ``{approval:Review}`` ``{state}`` ``{state:Published}`` ``{state}`` ``{trigger:pageapproved|approval=Review|partial=true}`` ``{send-email:user=@user@|subject=Document approved}`` ``Thank you for approving `[@pagetTeng](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2589484)`@!`` ``{send-email}`` ``{trigger}``{workflow}` |

[@User](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/115298)`@: what value so that "all assign reviewers" of "approval" can receive emails`

`Thanks.`


Answers:
author: Elliot Sloman
body: You probably want to have a look at this page: <https://wiki.comalatech.com/display/CWL/Attribute+References>

"approvalassignees" may be the one you're looking for.

comments: author: Ho?i L?
body: Thanks you, I solved the problem.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Google Slides Embed Macro Error
Asked by Julia Wilcox:

Hi there,

My colleagues and I are getting this error message when we try to embed Google Slides in our Confluence pages. We have updated the Google Slides so they're published to the web and used the URL here.

Any insight?

![Error Message.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58179i508831926725FEED/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Error Message.png")

![Google Slides Published to Web.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/58180i8547FCC910BFB65E/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Google Slides Published to Web.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Julian,

Welcome to Atlassian Community! It's nice to have you.

Can you tell me, is the document shared in an individual's Google Drive, or a Team Drive? I'm also interested to know if you are on Confluence Cloud or Server.

The reason I ask is that there's a bug right now where it's not possible to embed Google Documents which are stored in a Team Drive in Confluence CLoud:

* [CONFCLOUD-55650](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-55650) *Unable to see embedded google docs in a confluence page in case the contents are stored in Team Drives*

If this is the bug that's affecting you, you can vote on the bug above. You will automatically be added to the watcher's list and receive updates on this in the future.

The workaround would be to move the document into a personal drive.

Let me know if you have any questions about this.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: Julia Wilcox
body: Ah yes, that'd be the issue then. I'll go ahead and up vote that bug.

Thanks,

Julia


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Julia,

Thank you for confirming that, and for voting up the bug.

Take care, and have a pleasant weekend.

Regards,

Shannon
How to create a link (of selected text part) that by default opens in a NEW browser tab?
Asked by Eugene Yegorov:

Is it possible to create a link (out of the selected text part) that will by default open in a NEW browser tab instead of the current tab?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Pavel Potcheptsov
body: Add this to Custom HTML settings At end of the HEAD to open any external links in new Tab.

```

<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
??? jQuery(".external-link").attr("target", "_blank");
});
</script>
```
How to restrict spaces to specific email addresses without Confluence License
Asked by Alfonso Balsera:

Scenario:

Multiple clients each with its own space.

Clients cannot see each other's space.

Clients will NOT get a Confluence License.

Clients will ONLY see their space and no one else's from my Jira domain.

I understand anonymous access and individual space permissions. The issue is that the scenario I described can be fulfilled if I add a license for each client into the mix.

Please advise.


Answers:
author: Dave Theodore [Coyote Creek Consulting]
body: You can do 3 of the 4. In order to do the other 3, you can't do: "Clients will NOT get a Confluence License."


author: James Dellow
body: For this scenario to work, each client user needs a license. That's how Confluence licensing works - you can setup spaces with anonymous access for free, but if you want to restrict access for specific users to specific users then they need a user license. It doesn't matter that they might be 'external' to your company and only accessing a single space with read access.

comments: author: Alfonso Balsera
body: Thank you, this solves my question. If I wanted to proceed with licenses, then I will add them to a Group, and restrict each space to that Client's group. Thank you for the quick response!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

licence

space