youngmon/atlassian-qna huggingface dataset:
What gamifications are available in Confluence?
Asked by Revital Ziv:

Hi,

1. I'll be happy to use badges, statistics, votes, or any other available gamification mechanism

2. Also I'll be happy to use the questions macro, but just for questions asked on the specific page (not the entire space)

Thanks a lot,

Revital


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: One option, and the only one I know about, is [Karma for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211213/karma-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview).

comments: author: Revital Ziv
body: Thanks a lot! I'll check it out.

Do you know if it can be done on a single page and not the entire environment?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to send predefined E-Mail template from Confluence
Asked by Andrra H.:

Hello there,

I would like to to be able to send a prepared e-mail just by clicking on a link/button in my confluence documentation.

Does anyone know how to do that?

I already have an outlook macro with the template, if this is helpful.

Thanks in advance!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Other options that I have used as well are below. We currently use the first extensively in our environment. But we used to use the second and it worked well too.

* [ConfiForms - Data Forms \& Workflows](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211860/confiforms-data-forms-workflows?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)
* [Forms for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/261/forms-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)

comments: author: Thomas Bowskill
body: I'd echo [@Davin Studer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/781467) with ConfiForms -- been finding this a really useful plugin with excellent support for our queries (+ good documentation)


author: Jared Brenner
body: Hi Andrra,

You can upload an Outlook template file (.oft) to a page and then use the Link dialog to point a hyperlink to that file. When the user clicks on it they'll download and open your prefilled email template.

Good luck!

comments: author: Karl M Kovaciny
body: Downloading is a bit slow (it doesn't auto-open) and it's a bit annoying that this gives you multiple copies in your downloads. I ended up saving the templates on my HD anyway and just using the link text to tell me which one to use.

This is clunky when someone's address changes (though still better than an Outlook shared calendar). When I do this, and someone's address changes, I have to:

* download all the templates with that address, or find them on my hard drive
* double-click and edit (removing my signature so it isn't in the template)
* Save As .oft. Say No to saving the email.
* reupload.

It would be much nicer to just edit a page live and click Send.


Tags: email

template
Anchor macro is not present
Asked by Markus Kuhnt:

The list of "other macros" does not include the anchor macro.


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: At the bottom of the below page they mention that temporarily the anchor macro is unavailable.

[Confluence Editing Improvements](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/confluence-editing-improvements-945107733.html)

comments: author: Jessica Piikkila
body: When will it be coming back?


author: James Dellow
body: [@Jessica Piikkila](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3254770) those of us marked "Community Leader" don't actually work for Atlassian, we're just active in this community. Since you do work for Atlassian, you might want to check internally about this and particularly if you are using your own Confluence site as it could be configured differently from regular Cloud sites.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
An incorrect configuration of the Webcart CGI program could disclose private information.
Asked by Daniel Call:

Has anyone come accross this error on their install of confluence? Our security metics is flagging up that the /webcart/orders/ directories are readable from the outside.

<https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0610>


Answers:
author: Daniel Eads
body: Hey Daniel!

This doesn't look like a directory that's used in the Confluence install directory on disk, or a URL that Confluence serves by default. Additionally, it looks like the error you got from your security tool mentioned CGI - Confluence is written in Java and uses Tomcat (also Java) as its application server. No CGI is involved!

Is is possible there's another application (such as [webcart](https://web-cart.com/), which is PHP/CGI based) running on the same server or on the same subdomain that your security tool picked up on?

Cheers,  
Daniel \| Atlassian Support

comments: author: Daniel Call
body: Hi Daniel.

Many thanks for your response. I'm running a fairly vanilla VM with Windows 2016 datacenter which is hosting our install of Confluence (in a self hosted install) and that's about it.

We use the Nessus vulnerability scanner on all the web servers and this "webcart" app has been flagging up since the start of this year on the public side of our confluence server. I initially looked at the shopping cart software you mentioned too.

It's helpful to know this is not anything to do with Confluence or anything bundled with tomcat, but I can't for the life of me find where this app or folders are. But thanks for ruling this out. I'll keep looking.


author: Daniel Call
body: Hey Daniel,

I have some more info on this which I posted on this separate thread if you're interested:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Tomcat-Manager-in-Confluence/qaq-p/1033023>?


Tags: confluence-server

server
Glossary. Unable to create domains. Unable to import terms from an external source
Asked by VINUKUMAR MOHAN RAJKUMAR DEVANGA:

I am a new user to the Confluence system. My task includes creating glossary terms for my space. This would require me to add new domains into the system. However I am unable to create them as I can't see the Glossary management button on the right top corner of the screen. Also my task includes handling of large number of terms. I need to import these terms from an excel sheet. But I can't find the option for importing the terms.


Answers:
author: W Knowledge
body: Hi VINUKUMAR,

thanks for using [Glossary - Terminology Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1219513)app for Confluence.

The issue is resolved.

Please update to the latest version and do not hesitate to contact us at support@wknowledge.com

Best regards,

Jennifer


author: Kevin Daniels
body: Hi [@VINUKUMAR MOHAN RAJKUMAR DEVANGA](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2853213) , could you please specify if you are using a specific app to manage your enterprise Glossary ?

comments: author: VINUKUMAR MOHAN RAJKUMAR DEVANGA
body: Hi Kevin,

No, I am not using an app here. I guess, I am accessing the webpage through a self hosted connection.


author: Kevin Daniels
body: Well if you would like to enrich your native Confluence capabilities to manage terms and enterprise Glossary, I recommend you to use [Smart Terms](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219677/smart-terms-for-confluence-glossary?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) for Confluence.

Cheers


author: VINUKUMAR MOHAN RAJKUMAR DEVANGA
body: ![1.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48389iC579F1AF1D7508A1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "1.PNG")![2.PNG](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48388iB5FB257AC60EF750/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "2.PNG")

Thanks for the suggestion. I have been going through the learning material. But this problem is specific to my case here as you can see from the pictures above.


author: VINUKUMAR MOHAN RAJKUMAR DEVANGA
body: Also the question is related to "Glossary Terminology manager" here, as we are not using SMART TERMS.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Accessibility improvements for Confluence and Jira
Asked by Floyd Goodell:

Hello all,

Does anyone know where to find a list of any handicap accessibility improvements (if any) have been made to the following versions of Confluence or Jira?

* Jira Service Desk - 3.16.1
* Jira Software - 7.13.1
* Jira Core - 7.13.1
* Confluence 6.13.2


Answers:
author: Alexey Matveev
body: Hello,

You can find this info in release notes for these products:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftware/jira-software-release-notes-776821069.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/servicedesk/jira-service-desk-release-notes-780083086.html>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-release-notes-327.html>

comments: author: Floyd Goodell
body: Thank you I appreciate your answer. I wasn't sure if there was anything more specific than searching through the release notes. We are jumping several versions so I was hoping there was some type of aggregation on the topic somewhere.

Thank you again


Tags: jira
Collation Postgres Confluence
Asked by Johannes Rehmann:

Hi all,

after upgrading our Confluence to 6.14.2 (from 6.5.2) Confluence won't start anymore.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48366i3788D5C4E41AE713/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

I found the article to setup a new database for confluence and i'm working through this.  
Unfortunately i'm unable to choose "UTF8" as collation.

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48367iAFE1B395CC21C40A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "image.png")

What can I do ?

Regards,

Johannes


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Johannes,

German_Germany.1252 *is* UTF-8. This error is part of this bug ticket that I raised:

* [CONFSERVER-57749](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-57749) *Correct encoding requirements for Windows users on installation with PostgreSQL*

It's safe to ignore the error, and generally it shouldn't cause issues starting Confluence.

Can you show me exactly what the Confluence server logs say when it won't start up? It's likely caused by another issue.

Regards,

Shannon
How do I fix my markup
Asked by Rulqu:

I cannot insert markup texts to confluence pages after first try. It gives following error to chrome console when trying to press INSERT -\> MARKUP button but the dialog doesn't appear.

![Selection_038.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48365i020C0EEA079EEBE4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Selection_038.png")


Answers:
author: Stan Ry
body: Hi Jari, this clearly indicates an invalid JSON that is returned by plugin. Could it be that you are using some other plugins that interfere with markup?

Also, I have [found this answer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/syntaxerror-unexpected-token-in-json-at-position-0-8/):

"We discovered that what was causing it was WP Fastest Cache with Cloudflare integration. (We haven't tested yet if the Cloudflare integration is the culprit, but disabling WP Fastest Cache solved the problem".

Since you are using Cloudflare, this might come helpful.

Also, please look at this Jira issue [Cannot add more than one Markup Macro in TinyMCE Editor Pages](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65663) for Confluence Cloud. This may indicate an attemt to apply markup twice due to concurrent use of several macros.

comments: author: Rulqu
body: I tested with firefox also and from friend's computer. Seems like it's a bit wider problem. Will wait for fix.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence Installation Trial Version
Asked by Firas AlTamimi:

I install confluence trial version in server 2016 but i cant see the name of the service due to which confluence is not been setup.Even i manually started the services in the confluence folder.

Same version i tried in my windows 10 pc ,i can see the services all ok.Please can you advise on this


Answers:
author: Firas AlTamimi
body: please suggest


Tags: confluence-server

server
Created Page in the space, Not showing up in Space sidebar
Asked by Madhu Mullangi:

Created a page in Confluence space.

It is not showing up in the side bar of that page. Did I missed something, Please let me know.

Thanks in Advance.


Answers:
author: Sireesha Dugginapeddi [Appfire]
body: Hi [@Madhu Mullangi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2846519)

Please check if your page was created under a different parent page (which you were not intending to) or moved it to different space accidentally.

If you are not able to find the page, then:

1. Navigate to your avatar/profile on the top right corner of the screen.
2. Select the *Recently worked on*option. This will display all the pages you have recently worked on.
3. Go the the page you intend to.
4. Click the ellipsis (...) on the top right corner of the page.
5. Select *Page Information.*In this page, you should be able to see all the details, including the parent page.

In case, the page accidentally got moved to a different space or you forgot saving the page or in any other scenario - you should be able to find the page or draft by looking at your 'Recently worked on' pages.

Hope this helps!

Thanks

Sireesha


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to delete inserted image from confluence page
Asked by Madhu Mullangi:

Inserted image in confluence page. I am admin.

Not completely able to delete it from the page.

Deleted image from attachments, still it is showing up as Unknown Attachment.

Thanks in Advance.


Answers:
author: Madhu Mullangi
body: Simply backspacing on the image worked. Thanks


author: Madhu Mullangi
body: Thanks [@Christos Moysiadis](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1530187)

Followed the process as mentioned.

went to attachments and deleted the Image. Still it is showing as unknown Attachment, but not completely deleted.

How to delete the image completely without any marks left in the page.

Thanks in Advance.


author: Christos Moysiadis
body: Hello [@Madhu Mullangi](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2846519) ,

i would like to redirect you to this link: [Manage Files Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/manage-files-139415.html?_ga=2.223649883.1346074914.1552288434-1805027049.1547553772)

Best regards

CM


Tags: confluence-server

jira-software

server
can't create new space anymore
Asked by kedar.roy@amlogic.com:

I can't create space anymore for some unknown reason, when I click "Create Space", page shows "An unknown server error has occurred"..

do you know why?


Answers:
author: Gerald MURIEL
body: Hello Edwin, I am on the same boat and still waiting for support to reply. I migrated last week from 6.10.0 to 6.13.0.


author: Edwin Kyalangalilwa
body: Hi [kedar.roy@amlogic.com](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1677282) ,

This is due to corrupted data. Please follow the steps.

[Creating new page or space loads forever](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/creating-new-page-or-space-loads-forever-744329880.html)

comments: author: kedar.roy@amlogic.com
body: get errors when I try the commands, I am using postgresql.

confluence=\> DROP TABLE AO_54C900_SPACE_BLUEPRINT_AO;  
ERROR: table "ao_54c900_space_blueprint_ao" does not exist  
confluence=\> DROP TABLE AO_54C900_C_TEMPLATE_REF;  
ERROR: table "ao_54c900_c_template_ref" does not exist  
confluence=\> DROP TABLE AO_54C900_CONTENT_BLUEPRINT_AO;  
ERROR: table "ao_54c900_content_blueprint_ao" does not exist


author: David Bond
body: You likely have a later version of Postgres that is case sensitive.

Try:

DROP TABLE "AO_54C900_SPACE_BLUEPRINT_AO";  
DROP TABLE "AO_54C900_C_TEMPLATE_REF";  
DROP TABLE "AO_54C900_CONTENT_BLUEPRINT_AO";
Can I change an uploaded emoji?
Asked by Lynne Wilton:

I have uploaded an emoji but need to upgrade the image used. Can I change the image associated with the emoji name to save changing each use of the emoji in each page?


Answers:
author: Mihai Schwarz
body: Hi [@Lynne Wilton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/748990)

A more simpler approach would be to go directly into the folder where the emoticons are stored and replace the image with the one you want (also rename the current emoji and add _old so you can have it in case someone is complaining about the change).

Also make sure they have the same size (resolution).

Location for Confluence installed on Windows is: %ROOT%\\Program Files\\Atlassian\\Confluence\\confluence\\images\\icons\\emoticons

The location should be the same on Linux.

comments: author: Lynne Wilton
body: unfortunately I do not have access to this file


author: Mihai Schwarz
body: [@Lynne Wilton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/748990)are you using Confluence Cloud or Self-Hosted?
Is there a 'find and replace' function in Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Lynne Wilton:

Recently migrated from Server to Cloud and cannot find this useful function when editing pages


Answers:
author: Jawann
body: I really wish the new editor had feature parity with the old editor before it was released.


author: Stavros_Rougas_EasyApps
body: We wanted to bulk find and replace across a space as well as on a page so we built [Space Content Manager](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1226657/easy-toolbox-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud).


author: Henry Snijders
body: Interest is gathered see: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66370?_ga=2.30532412.224306928.1570445508-1969625949.1569941000>

So is not available in the new editor..

comments: author: Giulio Faini
body: any idea when this will be there?


author: John Herndon
body: It's in their far off backlog. Which tells me it might be 4-5 years from now.


author: Jaime Drysdale
body: Another very simple piece of functionality that is used all the time, that is missing from an Atlassian product.

The list grows!


author: Jessie Wang_ScriptRunner_The Adaptavist Group
body: Hi everyone, if you have [ScriptRunner for Confluence Cloud](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) you can find and replace text across your entire space with one click.

There's a script you can copy and paste into the [Script Console](https://docs.adaptavist.com/sr4cc/latest/features/script-console) and run. It is available here: <https://library.adaptavist.com/entity/find-and-replace-text-across-space>

If you want to try ScriptRunner we offer a [30 day free trial](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1215215/scriptrunner-for-confluence?tab=overview&hosting=cloud) in the Marketplace.


author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Lynne Wilton](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/748990) ,

![qq.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/48352iFD093BEE0EF4ED33/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "qq.png")

comments: author: Lynne Wilton
body: That does not appear on fully migrated responsive pages. Only on pages that have migrated and not adopted the new editor (because of bug issues).


author: Gert Bresler
body: The new editor does not have this at all.
User permissions required to access a spaces stylesheet
Asked by Darren Smith:

What permissions does a user need to access a page/spaces stylesheet? User has Space Admin access but stylesheet is still not available when they go to Space Tools-\>Look and feel

I can access the stylesheet logged in as the 'admin' user, but not when logged in as a user with full access (including 'Admin') for that space?


Answers:
author: Rambabu Patina _Appfire_
body: Hi [@Darren Smith](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2850685) , Welcome to the community.

Basically, only system administrators (i.e. admin user) can edit the CSS for a space or for the site. For more details please see [styling-confluence-with-css](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/styling-confluence-with-css-166528400.html).

Thanks,  
Ram.
I am trying to upload an interactive .swf file from Captivate to Confluence. No luck. Any ideas?
Asked by Michele Kirkpatrick:

I am attempting to upload an interactive .swf file to Confluence for training purposes. Has anyone had luck doing this? Are they compatible?


Answers:
author: Dominic Lagger
body: Hi [@Michele Kirkpatrick](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/225393)

You can upload the .swf file as an attachement, but you can not use it then. It is just a file in the attachements.

If you want to run flash files, there is a [good plugin on the marketplace.](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/11769/flash-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview)


Tags: captivate
Emoticons not working (URL is directing to http instead of https)
Asked by krishna vaitla:

*Emoticons not working it is pointing to http instead of https*

*When i add emoticon and save it in logs i see it is directing to "http" while my base URL is https://xxxxxx:8443*

*http://xxxxxxx:8443/emoticons/star_red.svg*

CURRENT OUR CONFLUENCE VESRION :6.14.1

*vim server.xml:*

1. *Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"*   
   *SSLEnabled="true"*   
   *maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="48"*   
   *clientAuth="false"*   
   *scheme="https"*   
   *secure="true"*   
   *keystorePass="changeit"*   
   *keystoreFile="/test/server.pkcs12"*   
   *keystoreType="PKCS12"*   
   *protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio2Protocol"*   
   *enableLookups="false" sslProtocol="TLSv1.2"*   
   *sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1.2" disableUploadTimeout="true"*   

> **vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/server.xml**
>
> RewriteEngine On  
> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on  
> RewriteRule \^/?(.\*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 \[R,L\]
>
> \<VirtualHost \*:443\>  
> ProxyPreserveHost On  
> ProxyRequests Off  
> ServerName confluence.com  
> ServerAlias confluence.com  
> SSLEngine On  
> SSLCertificateFile /app/scm.pem  
> SSLCertificateKeyFile /app/scm.key  
> Redirect Permanent / https://xxxxxxx:8443/  
> Redirect Permanent /synchrony https://xxxxxx:8443/synchrony  
> \</VirtualHost\>


Answers:
author: krishna vaitla
body: server.xm land httpd config.

*vim server.xml:*

1. *Connector port="8443" maxHttpHeaderSize="8192"*   
   *SSLEnabled="true"*   
   *maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="48"*   
   *clientAuth="false"*   
   *scheme="https"*   
   *secure="true"*   
   *keystorePass="changeit"*   
   *keystoreFile="/test/server.pkcs12"*   
   *keystoreType="PKCS12"*   
   *protocol="org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Nio2Protocol"*   
   *enableLookups="false" sslProtocol="TLSv1.2"*   
   *sslEnabledProtocols="TLSv1.2" disableUploadTimeout="true"*   

> **vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/server.xml**
>
> RewriteEngine On  
> RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on  
> RewriteRule \^/?(.\*) https://%{SERVER_NAME}/$1 \[R,L\]
>
> \<VirtualHost \*:443\>  
> ProxyPreserveHost On  
> ProxyRequests Off  
> ServerName confluence.com  
> ServerAlias confluence.com  
> SSLEngine On  
> SSLCertificateFile /app/scm.pem  
> SSLCertificateKeyFile /app/scm.key  
> Redirect Permanent / https://xxxxxxx:8443/  
> Redirect Permanent /synchrony https://xxxxxx:8443/synchrony  
> \</VirtualHost\>
Email notification for Attendees in Meeting Minutes.
Asked by Naren:

Using Confluence in-built meeting minutes features, we have created multiple meeting minutes pages with it's own template. I'm aware that in the Action Items section of meeting minutes, when you assign a task to someone they will be notified via email about the task assignment. I am trying to find a similar way, where all the persons in Attendees section should receive email notification about their meeting participation that is scheduled.

Is there a way we can accomplish this ?


Answers:
author: Alex Koxaras _Relational_
body: Hi [@Naren](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1350706)

One way that I can think of is to create the page in the first place, and prior of the meeting and afterwards use the share button to share this with the participants.


Tags: email

meeting-notes