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Effective Link Management
Asked by Kim Wallace:

I'm looking for ways to manage links within a space. Aside from going page by page and reviewing Page Information, I haven't found a method for:

* correcting updated URLs for references external to Confluence
* mapping the relationships between pages
* identifying and standardizing anchor links

My particular space has just shy of 1K of pages, so manual link management isn't feasible.

What are other people using or struggling with regarding links?


Answers:
author: Kim Wallace
body: Thanks Sven. I will take a look and ask our support team to review.

- UPDATE - unfortunately, we cannot use this as we are on Server, not Cloud.


author: Mariama SARR
body: Hello, I am facing the same issue currently and I wonder if there is any recent work-around/solution on this issue?

Thank you in advance.


author: Suresh Golkondsa
body: Agree with you [@Kim Wallace](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1151392) .

Any better work-around for this issue on Confluence-Server instead of manual editing one after the other.

We need to modify multiple external links on multiple pages.


author: Sven Schatter _Lively Apps_
body: Hi [@Kim Wallace](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3998929),

I know it's been a while since you've asked this question, but since you haven't received any answers so far I thought you might like to hear that today our new app "[Link Management for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1224660)" was released on the Atlassian Marketplace.

The idea behind it is that you can scan a space for links which are then presented to you in a neat, searchable table:

![LMCCLD.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136124i02660000708A1F41/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "LMCCLD.png")

If you find a link that you want to update, click on it and you will have the option to either **bulk replace** all occurrences of the link or edit the link occurrences **one by one**:

![LMCCLD-2.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136125i0A86CE043B0DE50F/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "LMCCLD-2.png")

We hope this will help you with keeping your links up to date! :)

Cheers,  
Sven


Tags: link

server
Drop shadow as the default on all attached graphics
Asked by Marc Baker:

(Confluence Server 7.4.1 - also noticed in version 6.13) In the last few weeks, I've noticed that ++any++ attached images on a page display with a default **drop shadow** . I realize that this is a configureable attribute, but when I go in to edit the graphic, the properties show that the image has NO effects selected.   

I don't so much mind the drop shadow property when looking at screenshots, but NOT on inline graphics that depict icons or buttons on the interface. I place such graphics in at a very small size to be read along with the rest of the content in a step. The drop shadow messes up the surrounding text, making it look "dirty", with a gray backdrop.

My preference would be to have this turned off by default, But as is, the property is locked on "dropshadow."

Ideas?


Answers:
author: Marc Baker
body: My Confluence admin found the problem: someone had added CSS to the space, which applied the dropshadow property to every embedded image. Problem solved!


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to force multimedia content to top of column
Asked by Grant Hogarth:

I have a 2-column setup on a page, and I want the multimedia insert of a MP4 file to appear at the top of the column, so that it matches the instructions in the second column. Unfortunately, there seems to be a paragraph forced above the insert. Is it possible to remove this spacing paragraph?


Answers:
author: Grant Hogarth
body: Thanks for this Thomas. I also found through experimentation that providing "100%" values for the video width and height pushes it to the top of the column.


author: Thomas Bowskill
body: [@Grant Hogarth](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2535551) not that I have found; however, I often do as you describe and there are two things I find the help work around it:

* Putting the instructions content in a panel (or info, note, tip warning) box
* Headers above the video and instructions content

Screenshots of examples I have my side of what pages like that look in view mode:

Header in this first example lives in its own section -- the info macro is another section, adjacent to the multimedia macro to the right

![infobox.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102069i4A32EEDD1398C83A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "infobox.png")![headers.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102070i5C9877A56B2E146C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "headers.png")


Tags: confluence-server

multimedia

server

space
Can I turn a picture into a hyperlink to a child page from the homepage?
Asked by Raegan Wagner:

I am creating a homepage with 5 child pages. Rather than creating text links, I have created graphics to serve as "buttons" that would ultimately link to each child page. Is there a way to do this? Every time I highlight the image and paste the page link into the text box, the image disappears.

This is the image that would serve as a button for reference:![Talent Acquisition Logo.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102030iF235634B2596C897/image-dimensions/228x228?v=v2 "Talent Acquisition Logo.png")


Answers:
author: Luga
body: [@repi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/302600) thanks! I just found out image as a link is not supported on the new editor, there?s a ticket to bring the feature back [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65640?error=login_required&error_description=Login+required&state=6ce19a25-0836-4dcc-bb9c-c8c10dfcf518)


author: repi
body: [@Raegan Wagner](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4000500)

Click image in edit mode and choose link.

Possible in the server as well as cloud version and similar in handling.

![image_link.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102031iEF0CB117A59CDC6C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image_link.png")

comments: author: Raegan Wagner
body: I've done that, and that's when the picture disappears.


author: repi
body: Select weblink for extern.

For internal pages, choose search and insert the page of your choice.


author: Raegan Wagner
body: Thank you!


author: Luga
body: Hi!

I can?t do it on Cloud :(


author: repi
body: [@Luga](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3052794)

In the cloud, however, it works similarly to the server.![cloud_image_link.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102083iB77291388805C9A0/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "cloud_image_link.png")
How to edit a uploaded file for collaboration on Confluence?
Asked by Sarah Chan:

How would I be able to upload a file and where can I manage document drafting and editing directly on screen rather than downloading/uploading documents where every User is then always looking at and working on the latest version of the text?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Sarah,

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

While Confluence Cloud does have a real-time [Collaborative editing](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/collaborative-editing/) feature, it only works on Confluence pages.

It's not currently possible to use this feature with documents, such as those managed with the Office Connector. We have a feature request for that below:

* [CONFCLOUD-39185](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-39185) *Concurrent editing of files for the Office* Connector

If you want to be able to collaboratively edit attached documents now, I recommend using Google Drive to host your documents. You'll be able to embed the document directly into Confluence, and use Google's collaboration feature. See [Insert the Google Drive Macro](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-cloud/docs/insert-the-google-drive-macro/) for information on how to embed Google documents into Confluence.

I hope that helps, but do let me know if you have any questions about this!

Shannon


Tags: cloud
Unsupported database type confluence
Asked by sufs:

When we initially set up Confluence, we use PostgreSQL 11 because we install Confluence on a Windows 2016 server. We would like to resolve this Unsupported Database error what is the best path to solving this problem. Is it possible to downgrade to PostgreSQL 10, and if so, how would we do that?


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@sufs](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/763441)

I would do a fresh install with access to new postgresql db.

According to this description:

[Migrating Confluence Between Servers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-confluence-between-servers-184150.html "Migrating Confluence Between Servers")

comments: author: sufs
body: Not that big about 150 MB.


author: repi
body: Take this opportunity to update confluence to the latest version!


author: Joshua Sneed Contegix
body: Hi Joliva,

It is possible to downgrade your database. The rough steps are as follows:

1. Export Confluences databases to XML (if necessary).
2. Uninstall PostgreSQL 11.
3. Install PostgreSQL 10.
4. Restore Confluence's database via XML (if necessary).

You can find additional information on Atlassian's [Migrating to Another Database documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/migrating-to-another-database-148867.html) and its *Related Content* sidebar. Cheers!

comments: author: sufs
body: Hi Joshua,

I have uninstalled PostgreSQL11 and then install PostgreSQL 10 and then edited the Confluence.cfg.xml file to point to the new Postgre database. however, I am getting the following error message when I start the services.

![confl.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/103309i577C70F272B98E7D/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confl.PNG")


author: Joshua Sneed Contegix
body: Hi Joliva,

Unfortunately, editing confluence.cfg.xml to point to the new, empty database will not allow Confluence to start. Rename or remove confluence.cfg.xml and restart Confluence. You will need to complete the setup wizard, where you will setup the database. Confluence will connect to and populate the database. After the Wizard, you can [Restore your site](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restoring-a-site-152034.html). Cheers!
Creator of page has left the company
Asked by Steven Elson:

The original creator of page has left the company and I want to replace him as creator. How is this done. If this cannot be done, How can I copy the page, duplicate, assign myself as creator and then delete the original page.

<https://oneconfluence.verizon.com/display/VMBI/VZW+MKT+VBM-Business+Intelligence>


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: This is a community site so no one here can access that link, as that is your companies internal resource. You may want to reach out to your administrative team managing your confluence application.

Generally, there is a **...** menu in the UPPER-RIGHT hand corner of the page. This should have a MOVE, COPY, and DELETE option.

If you do NOT see the MOVE, COPY, or DELETE option, it is possible that your user account does not have appropriate permissions.

comments: author: Steven Elson
body: Thanks for the reply


author: Steven Elson
body: Contact: oneConfluence-support@verizon.com they were able drop the unwanted page


Tags: confluence-server

server
Minimum hardware requirements
Asked by Leo Cheng:

Hi,

I am going to move my confluence server to a public cloud. I want to know the minimum hardware of the server. Now I got a server with 1 core 2.5GHz CPU 2 GB RAM 40GB SSD. Can it afford for less than 10 account using? If not, I can put the database in other cloud database server(1core,1GB RAM, 20GB SSD, mysql).


Answers:
author: repi
body: [@Leo Cheng](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/4000252)

[Server Hardware Requirements Guide](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/server-hardware-requirements-guide-30736403.html "Server Hardware Requirements Guide")

My confluence runs on a credit card single-board computer with Quadcore CPU, 4 GB Ram and 1x 64 GB eMMC and 32 GB SD card. Database is Postgresql.  
The part depends on my home network and can be reached from the Internet.  
Works well!

comments: author: Leo Cheng
body: which single-board computer did you use? I tried build confluence on RPi 4 with 4GB RAM. But is so slow. CPU always reach 200%, and i need to wait after every operate.


author: repi
body: I used Pine's rock64.  
As OS I have a Debian in use.

[rock64 von Pine](https://www.pine64.org/devices/single-board-computers/rock64/ "rock64 von Pine")

Would now advise to rock64pro.

[rock64 Pro](https://www.pine64.org/rockpro64/ "rock64 Pro")
Restore default font in pdf export
Asked by Dom Lalonde:

Hi,

We have some problem with some characters not showing correctly in pdf export. We would like to test others fonts like it's suggested but before we proceed, i want to be sure that it is possible to restore the default font, Helvetica, if we need to.

thanks


Answers:
author: Thomas Rough _K15t_
body: Hi Dominic, as [@Monique Khairuliana\[ServiceRocket\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3960273) mentioned it is possible to restore the default font from the PDF Export Language Support.

For further control over how your PDF's are output, had you considered using an app from the Marketplace? We (K15t) develop [Scroll PDF Exporter](https://www.k15t.com/software/scroll-pdf-exporter) which allows you to format customized export templates that can be applied to your exported Confluence content. Within the templates you can add custom fonts that can be applied to your specific styles such as heading levels, list styles and the paragraph text. If you're interested, you can learn more about the app [here](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/7019/scroll-pdf-exporter-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).

Thanks, Thomas (K15t)


author: Monique Khairuliana[ServiceRocket]
body: Yes you can Restore default anytime in the PDF Export Language Support itself by clicking the "Restore Default" link.

![Capture.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/102082iC4BE66FD4FCE336B/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Capture.PNG")


Tags: cloud
Load other Confluence page within a Confluence page
Asked by Rajiv Daga:

Hi Friends, I am new to Confluence and trying to create a new Confluence page for my team where there is a landing page and in the landing page there is a small part which is displaying a different Confluence page which has buttons.

Each button are linked to different Confluence pages and some of these buttons are linked to some external websites.

What I am trying to do is that this Confluence page gets loaded as a section in the loading page and when I click on the buttons which navigate to a different Confluence page it happens in the same section so that I am still in the landing page, but if I click on a button which is directing to an external site it loads it as a new tab.

I hope I was able to explain and that someone will be able to help me as I have been reading and searching for different options for the past 20 days but no luck so thought of reaching out to the community.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can include one Confluence page as part of another with the {include} macro. That can be a good way to do navigation like yours because you can reuse it on many pages, but only need to write it once.

For the navigation, you can easily put in the internal links with standard Confluence links. With "open in a new window/tab", you'll need to use full url links with **target="_blank"** added to the link somehow (I think you can do that with user macros)

comments: author: Rajiv Daga
body: will surely give it a try, thank you for the quick help :)
Inserting a symbol to show required key presses?
Asked by Nicholas DeMarco:

Some documentation clearly shows what keys are required to perform a task. The Atom Flight Manual (for the Atom editor) is one example.

On [this page](https://flight-manual.atom.io/using-atom/sections/moving-in-atom/ "Atom flight manual"), the manual tells you to press ctrl + left to move left one word. The keypresses (ctrl + left) are clearly shown in a shadowed box.

I've looked at the CSS to make this happen. Before I start cobbling something together on my own, is there a macro or other add-in to do something like this?

Yes, I have searched for keypress, keystroke. Most searches return results on how to assign macros to keystrokes.


Answers:
author: dellagustin_sap
body: I could not find a way to style keypress / keyboard keystrokes natively, so I created an issue suggesting this feature: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-97031>

Please vote it up if you think this is relevant.

As a workaround, one can use monospaced text and adjust it by changing the CSS style. For instance, I tested it with the [CSS Stylesheet](https://docs.adaptavist.com/cfm4cs/latest/content-formatting-macros/css-style-sheet) macro (3rd party plugin) and the following CSS style:

```
code { background-color: lightgrey;    padding: 2px 8px;    border-radius: 6px;}
```


author: Nicholas DeMarco
body: I suspected that might be the case. I'll add creating the macro to Jira. ;-)


author: Joshua Sneed Contegix
body: Hi Nicholas,

I do not believe there is any out of the box options that suit that need. There may be a plugin with similar functionality, but I was not able to find one in the marketplace. I do know that creating a page from a template allows for [instructional text](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/create-a-template-296093779.html#CreateaTemplate-Instructionaltext), but it does not persist if edited. You may want to consider [creating a macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/writing-user-macros-4485.html) with this functionality. Cheers!


author: Nicholas DeMarco
body: Hi Joshua, I'm supplementing my original question to make this more clear.

As a page editor, and within a confluence page (e.g. the Atom Flight Manual cited above), I should be able to clearly direct the page's reader to press a key sequence to perform some function (e.g. "press \[Ctrl\] + \[Alt\] + \[Del\]" to initiate self-destruct).

Is there a macro or other suggested way to show a nicer representation of the key?


author: Joshua Sneed Contegix
body: Hi Nicholas,

It sounds like you're looking for [Confluence's Keyboard Shortcuts](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/keyboard-shortcuts-139456.html). Cheers!


Tags: confluence-server

server
Licence for 15 agents in Service Desk but it is counted in confluence.
Asked by World-Connect:

Hello,  
We have a license for 15 Service Desk agents and a license for 10 Confluence agents.  
When I add additional agents in addition to the ten existing, the 11th, 12th, ... I put it only in the Jira Service Desk and Jira Core groups but, it is also added in the Confluence agents and the editing in Confluence bloqued because of the 10 agents minimum. However, I do not integrate them at all in the groups linked to Confluences.  
Do you know about this licensing issue?  
We have just upgraded the Service Desk license from 10 to 15 agents and we wanted to keep the Confluence license to 10 agents!  
Thank you in advance for your help.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello [@World-Connect](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3954154),

Can you check that your users aren't being automatically assigned to the Confluence users group? It's possible that when you create your users, they're automatically being given a Confluence license.

See [Confluence Groups for Administrators](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-groups-for-administrators-138706.html) for details.

Otherwise, we'll need to see how your default access is set up. You can provide us screenshots of your current setup of default groups and user access.

Thank you!

Shannon


author: repi
body: [@World-Connect](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3954154)

You should let us know how user control works.  
Are the users created in Jira and transferred to confluence?  
Is there possibly another external user administration, such as crowd, AD or LDAP?


Tags: licence
How to copy selected pages to other page folder?
Asked by shankar_kalagadandu:

We have requirement to copy only selected pages to other page folder to generate reports. currently we can select entire page tree along with children pages using "Copy" function. but we want to select a specific pages to each folder to generate reports. We are also using script runner add-on to copy pages, but script runner doesn't have functionality to select specific pages to copy.


Answers:
author: Kris G _Alacriz_
body: [@shankar_kalagadandu](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1358194)- Try CLI - <https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SUPPORT/pages/32571427/How+to+find+Confluence+pages+and+then+do+something>

best,  
Kris


Tags: new-to-confluence

server
chart macro with external data
Asked by Mukund Iyer Rajamony:

Hi, I run a nightly script and would like to publish the results on a confluence page using the table.  
I would basically like the script to modify an external database (csv file maybe) that my chart macro can refer before rendering itself.

Is such a thing possible with the OOTB chart macro or is there an inexpensive plugin that has this capability?


Answers:
author: Katerina Kovriga {Stiltsoft}
body: Hi [@Mukund Iyer Rajamony](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/45118)

The standard Chart macro is not capable of recognizing CSV attachments.

We can recommend our app - [Table Filter and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/27447/table-filter-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

At first, you can use the [Table from CSV](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+from+CSV+macro) macro to build your table from the CSV (TSV) data source.

Optionally, you can use our [filters](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Table+Filter+macro) and [pivots](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Pivot+Table+macro) to structure your information and perform various calculations (similar to Excel).

Secondly, use the [Chart from Table](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/TFAC/How+to+use+Chart+from+Table+macro) macro to build flexible charts.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Need suggestion for Confluence structure
Asked by Alex Barnaba:

Goodmorning all

I'm starting a new confluence server and I'm asking what's the best structure to start.

I need to create a how-to troubleshoot and documentation pages for 10 different products.

Sometimes the how-to and troubleshoot will be used for more than a product.

How do you suggest i should start?

By creating 10 documentation spaces and putting inside the how-to and troubleshoot with the documentation? By creating a general troubleshoot space and link from other documentation spaces?

Thank you for your attention.

Alex


Answers:
author: Matt Reiner [K15t]
body: I'd suggest creating 10 spaces, 1 for each product. That's how we structured things on [our help site](https://help.k15t.com/), and it really helps users narrow in on what they're looking for.

Also, I'd recommend checking out the [Creating Topics](https://www.k15t.com/rock-the-docs/creating-topics) section on Rock the Docs as well, there might be some handy tips for your work.

comments: author: Alex Barnaba
body: Thank you for the suggestion! I'll try this way


Tags: cloud

structure