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Old Navigation came back
Asked by Constant Concepts:

I had the new navigation, then it disappeared for the old navigation. How do I get the new navigation back? Thanks for any help.


Answers:
author: Ste Wright
body: Hi [@Constant Concepts](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3200378)

I know you can turn off the new navigation from your user profile (accessed via your user icon).

I would suggest checking if you can turn it back on from there in the first instance!

Ste


Tags: cloud

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Upgrade Confluence 6.13 and Mysql 5.7 ?
Asked by Fr?d?ric Th?ry:

Dear community,

Having installed a confluence server instance recently for my own purposes, with a 10 user licence, I have just finished today the switch from H2 to a Mysql db.

Running Confluence Server 6.13.10, I had to use Mysql 5.7.

I must say it is all running smoothly and appears to fit my needs so far.

Since I've spent some time migrating, configuring, and setting up automated backups, and still have my hands under the hood, I'm wondering if it could be a good idea to upgrade to Confluence server 7+, and mysql 8+ while I'm at it.

(Specially since EOL end 2020).

Is there a specific documentation for this process ?

If I can take this direction, should I upgrade Confluence first, and mysql second ?

Or would that be a difficult road to take today ?

Best regards


Answers:
author: Victoria
body: Hi [@Fr?d?ric Th?ry](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3830236)

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

We recommend you to always check for new releases and keep your Confluence instance updated.

As per our documentation [Confluence Supported Platforms](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html), **MySQL 5.7 is still supported on our last version** . That way, you should be able to upgrade your Confluence instance without any problems. If you want to **update your database** to the latest version, you can do that **after upgrading Confluence**. Since MySQL 8 is not supported by Confluence 6.13, we can only upgrade the database after upgrading Confluence to 7.3.

Before you start to upgrade Confluence, please follow the instructions below about **backing up** and **testing the upgrade in a Test Environment**:

* [Preparing to Upgrade Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/preparing-to-upgrade-confluence-145096824.html)

Now that your preparation is done, you can perform the upgrade by following the steps provided in our documentation:

* [Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/upgrading-confluence-4578.html)

If you run into any trouble or have questions along the way, please create a ticket at [Confluence Server Support](https://support.atlassian.com/confluence-server/) telling us your issue and we'll be glad to help!  
Kind Regards,  
Victoria Stolf \| Atlassian Support

comments: author: Fr?d?ric Th?ry
body: Hi Victoria,

Thanks for your perfectly awesome, complete, and crystal clear answer.

Stay safe,

Kind regards,

ft
How to enter fixed values for cell drop down
Asked by spanda:

I have a table and for some of columns, I need to give fixed values. So user need not type to enter value corresponding to heir row, infact when they click on cell it should show drop down to select values (single/multiple) from list.

How to make this in confluence?


Answers:
author: Natalie Paramonova [Stiltsoft]
body: Hi,

You can try the [Handy Status](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/HMFC/How+to+use+Handy+Status+macro) macro bundled in the [Handy Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1214971/handy-macros-for-confluence?hosting=server&tab=overview) app. You can create as many lists of predefined values as you need on the global, space, or personal level. You can change these statuses both in the page view and edit modes.

This feature works in Server/Data Center version. Cloud version of this macro will be available soon.

![change status.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89395iC6AA8DF4C52F2006/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "change status.png")


author: spanda
body: Any other free macro to use with existing confluence?


Tags: atl-gruland
Insert an image file from the web?
Asked by Stefan Artmann:

I guess this is one dumb question but how do I insert a picture on my side from the web?   
I can only upload them or choose pictures from GIPHY, Dropbox or Google drive.   

Where and how can I insert them from a homepage?   


Answers:
author: Cameron Taylor
body: Do you mean via URL?

If you have the URL you can always right-click on a picture or go directly to the image URL and just download the picture and then upload it with the upload option you are referring to.

comments: author: Stefan Artmann
body: Yeah I mean via url.   
So I do have to download and upload it again in confluence and cannot just use the url from the picture itself?  

<br />

I found a method on: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/display-files-and-images-245827130.html#DisplayFilesandImages-Insertanimagefilefromtheweb> but it doesn't seem to work anymore?   

### *Insert an image file from the web* {#toc-hId-1142531890}

*You can display an image from a remote web page on your Confluence page, without needing to attach it to your page. You need to know the URL for the image, not for the web page it appears on. This is only available for image files, not other types of files (like documents).*

***To display an image from a web page:***

1. *While editing the page, position the cursor where you want to place the image.*
2. *Choose **Insert** \> **Files** and choose **Images from the web**.*
3. *Enter a URL for the image. (example: <http://atlassian.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/AtlassianBushRegeneration-12January2012-083-trunc.jpg>*
4. *Choose **Preview** to check that the URL and image are correct.*
5. *Choose **Insert**.*


author: Cameron Taylor
body: It does not appear to be available with the new editor.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/display-files-and-images-724765104.html#Displayfilesandimages-neweditor>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Jiraroadmap Gadget broken on new inserts and updates
Asked by Mike Liu:

I have a confluence page that pulls a few different roadmaps together. I tried to add a new one and it seems to be fine when editing the settings. I can input my url, select a project and see a preview of the roadmap as expected. When I save the settings, the gadget is gray and does not update.

This happens if I edit one of the existing ones, even if I don't save the edits to the gadget settings.


Answers:
author: Gisli Olafsson
body: Having the same issues - the problem seems to be that the settings for the gadgets don't save when you press Insert or Save. They revert back to the defaults for the gadget. I have had this happen with the JIRA roadmap gadget as well as other out of the box JIRA gadgets.

comments: author: Mike Liu
body: Found a hint... when you try to save the gadget, it's trying to hit a placeholder API. I suspect someone at Atlassian accidentally deployed a test version to prod...


author: Mike Liu
body: Almost 1 month and no response from Atlassian...

[@Dilani Kahawala](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3501172) Noticed you had a post in another thread, and I'm desperate for some updates on this feature as it helps me generate executive dashboards. Could you please help, or help put me in touch with an Atlassian contact who can? Thanks!


author: Mike Liu
body: bump.


Tags: cloud
Initial setup of the look and feel
Asked by Martin_Azmanov:

Hello

Something happened with my initial setup. Now my Confluence looks like this:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89265i9E6AC0DEC304AF4A/image-dimensions/531x259?v=v2 "image.png")

And I want it to look like this:

![image.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89264i3A5A8C808B3A5C81/image-dimensions/559x272?v=v2 "image.png")

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Martin


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Atlassian has been rolling out this update to the navigation, based on user feedback.

For background see <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-articles/New-navigation-and-Home-are-coming-to-Confluence-Cloud/ba-p/1211418>

This explains how the new navigation works <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/new-confluence-navigation-978220550.html>


Tags: cloud
How to include Jira Version Report in confluence
Asked by saikalyanakunuri:

I am trying to show jira version report and sprint burn down report into confluence. I am unable to do so. The only macros I see in confluence are Jira and Jira Charts. None of them have a way showing the version report. Even dashboards are not supported.

Any thoughts on whether is it possible


Answers:
author: Hazwan Ariffin
body: It may be possible with [eazyBI Reports and Charts for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219504/eazybi-reports-and-charts-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) as it allows JIRA Dashboard to be added to a page

![You can embed both Confluence reports and dashboards, as well as reports and dashboards created in your eazyBI for Jira app.](https://marketplace-cdn.atlassian.com/files/images/c5c6d7e1-79c6-4aa0-b58b-8e8041135a76.png)

Give it a try and see if this works for you


Tags: confluence-cloud
How can I disable Mobile Web Plugin WITHOUT disabling Workbox Host Plugin?
Asked by Kurt Rosivatz:

We have disabled the Mobile Web Plugin of Confluence on our site because on an incompatible app (Scroll Translations) that can not display translated pages correctly in mobile view. Disabling the Mobile Web Plugin disables the Workbox Host Plugin (without notice!) so I discovered this effect after getting lots of error messages in the logs. When I re-actived the Workbox Host Plugin it re-activates the Mobile Web Plugin to (again without notice).

I guess that at least one of the 66 modules of the Workbox Host Plugin are the reason and disabling the correct ones would allow me to disable Mobile Web Plugin and still keeping Workbox Host active.

Any idea how a can achieve this?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Your assumption is correct - the workbox relies on some of the functions that the mobile web app provides.

Disabling parts of the mobile app won't work, the workbox is relying looking for the main classes it provides and if any of them are disabled, it will fail.

I can only recommend that you re-enable the core plugin and live with the Scroll translations problem until it gets fixed.
Align center in table doesn't work
Asked by Parvaneh Zand:

Hi everyone,

In the table, the text is just aligning to Left or Righ! Center alignment doesn't work. I'm changing it for each cell individually.

How can I fix it? (v.6.5.1)

![align.jpg](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89249i7900B995F88FCBA1/image-dimensions/690x324?v=v2 "align.jpg")


Answers:
author: jeremyaturner
body: I'm having the same problem. I'm using Chrome 83.0.4103.61  

Centering text works for some cells, but not for others.


author: Michael Taylor
body: I have also had this issue. While I cannot speak to why it is happening or how to really fix it, my work-around is to...

1. Create a new table above or below the one misbehaving with as many columns and rows as you will need.
2. Copy and paste the content from the original table to the new table.

It seems that the issue primarily comes up when you add a row to an existing table, so migrating the content to a new table resolves whatever is going on.

It's important that your replacement table has all of the columns and rows you will need. If you have to add rows, you're likely to have the issue come up again, and have to create yet another replacement table.

Is it elegant? No. Does it work? Yes.


author: Brant Schroeder
body: You should be able to highlight the cells that you would like center and then click the center button. If this is not working you might try a different browser.

comments: author: Parvaneh Zand
body: Thank you  
Still doesn't work ...


author: Amir
body: It was great if we could install another editor plugin for confluence....


Tags: confluence-server

server
Multiple Tomcat Container - Confluence and Jira on same Server?
Asked by Robert Parys:

Hello everybody,

I'd like to run Confluence and Jira on a powerful server. However, the documentation says that it is not recommended to run both in a single Tomcat container.

How do I separate both applications from each other? Unfortunately I didn't find anything for this.

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: JimmyVanAU
body: Hi Robert,

To run Confluence and Jira on a single server, you can install them using the default settings, and they will be installed separately, ie distinct Tomcat containers.

Consider installing a reverse proxy, such as nginx, so that end users can access http\[s\]://jira.yourcompany.com and http\[s\]://confluence.yourcompany.com, instead of

<http://10.10.1.146:8080/> and [http://10.10.1.146:8090/](http://10.10.1.146:8090/?)

The warning in the documentation is to avoid Tomcat experts performing any wizardry to reduce maintenance.

comments: author: Robert Parys
body: Hi Jimmy,

thank you very much for your detailed answer :)  
Then I simply misunderstood the warning.

Best regards  
Robert


Tags: confluence-server

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"Failed to get macro details" -error when trying to insert macro on any page
Asked by G:

While editing a new or existing page I am *sometimes* unable to insert macros.

I type "{" to open the "search macro popup", but it fails:![Screenshot 2020-04-03 23.35.28.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89245i3271C15A178E0D60/image-dimensions/398x248?v=v2 "Screenshot 2020-04-03 23.35.28.png")

Sometimes it works if I wait a few minutes and try again.

**Web browser console output**

```
Synchrony connected.
batch.js?frontend.editor.v4=true&gatekeeper-ui-v2=true&healthcheck-resources=true&hostenabled=true&locale=en-GB&onboarding-in-progress=true&user-logged-in=true&whisper-enabled=true:2351 

Autocompleter.Control - init : suggestionHtml = 
batch.js?frontend.editor.v4=true&gatekeeper-ui-v2=true&healthcheck-resources=true&hostenabled=true&locale=en-GB&onboarding-in-progress=true&user-logged-in=true&whisper-enabled=true:2994 

DEBUG: 23:38:50 Stoping entity synchronization confluence.autocomplete-plugin Object
batch.js?frontend.editor.v4=true&gatekeeper-ui-v2=true&healthcheck-resources=true&hostenabled=true&locale=en-GB&onboarding-in-progress=true&user-logged-in=true&whisper-enabled=true:2994 

DEBUG: 23:39:20 Auto recovery has been triggered confluence.autocomplete-plugin
batch.js?locale=en-GB:1980 

Error requesting macro browser metadata:
batch.js?locale=en-GB:1980 

[object Object]
```

**Server logs**

This seems relevant:

```
confluence_1 | 03-Apr-2020 21:40:02.110 WARNING [Catalina-utility-1] org.apache.catalina.valves.StuckThreadDetectionValve.notifyStuckThreadDetected Thread [http-nio-8090-exec-27] (id=[257]) has been active for [68,800] milliseconds (since [4/3/20 9:38 PM]) to serve the same request for [https://xxx-redacted-xxx/plugins/macrobrowser/browse-macros.action?detailed=false&macroMetadataClientCacheKey=1584284690678] and may be stuck (configured threshold for this StuckThreadDetectionValve is [60] seconds). There is/are [7] thread(s) in total that are monitored by this Valve and may be stuck.
```

**Server setup**

I'm using the official docker image *atlassian/confluence-server*running behind a Traefik proxy (SSL termination). Environment settings:

```
 - 'CATALINA_OPTS= -Xms256m -Xmx2g'
 - 'ATL_PROXY_NAME=my-redacted-domain.com'
 - 'ATL_PROXY_PORT=443'
 - 'ATL_TOMCAT_SCHEME=https'
 - 'ATL_TOMCAT_SECURE=true'
 - 'ATL_TOMCAT_MAXTHREADS=20'
 - 'ATL_JDBC_URL=jdbc:postgresql://xxxx:5432/my-db-user'
 - 'ATL_JDBC_USER=my-db-user'
 - 'ATL_JDBC_PASSWORD=xxx'
 - 'ATL_DB_TYPE=postgresql'
 - 'JVM_MAXIMUM_MEMORY=2048m'
```

Confluence Version 7.3.2 (although this problem has stayed with me through several upgrades since initial installation last November).


Answers:
author: Patricia Dugan
body: Hi G. If we may be of any help over at the Community Forum for Traefik, please join us there. Be well. -- Patricia, @traefik. <http://community.containo.us/>
Copied a page, but I don't want all the attachments from the original page.
Asked by Mark Schlaudraff:

I'm using a page created to create a new page, as it has the layout we want, however that attachment Macro keeps pulling in all the attachments, which the new page should not have. Is there a way to stop this from happening, if not can I delete all the attachments from the new page without going into each attachment?

Going to into each attachment each time takes over an hour because the design of confluence does not allow us a refresh of the attachment section, it has to refresh the whole page ( there is ways to code that would not do this ), but this is what we have.

HELP\>


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: Hi [@Mark Schlaudraff](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3705310) ,

More than 40 people have followed this feature, you can vote for this ticket.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-19389>

BTW: The following plugin should meet your needs.

[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221024/copy-pages-for-confluence?hosting=cloud\&tab=overview](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1221024/copy-pages-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)


Tags: cloud
How can I create a proper FAQ page in my confluence space?
Asked by Iffat Jabin:

I want to create a FAQ page with questions and answer counts it it. I looked for Question Macro but couldn't find anything. Something like the image here.

![QuestionListMacro.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89241i24B45981C2BB35E1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "QuestionListMacro.png")


Answers:
author: Parvaneh Zand
body: Hi [@Iffat Jabin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3845508) ,

There are plugins such as [Questions for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211644/questions-for-confluence), or [FAQ](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1211855/faq).

All confluece users can add questions and answers there, something like this community over your confluence instance.

I think creating a page could be useful as long as limited questions are being asked. For a FAQ with countless questions, you'll need to have a separate space.


Tags: faq
Rendering CustomFieldType in Jira Macro
Asked by Pascal Perreault _Okapya_:

Hi,

On Jira Server, we've created a Checklist CustomFieldType which uses custom velocity templates for rendering in the Issue screens.

We're trying to have it render properly in the Jira Macro in Confluence.

* The macro uses JQL to obtain the issues to display
* The issues are displayed as a table in the Display Options
* The custom field was added to the list of columns to display.

The macro seems to be only using the velocity template (which is defined in our atlassian-plugin.xml) whose name is \`xml\` which doesn't give a good value output in confluence.

* Has anyone ever managed to created a custom renderer for CustomFieldTypes for the Jira Macro in Confluence?
* Is another Velocity Template resource name to be defined in the atlassian-plugin.xml?
* In case there isn't, can macros share information between them in the Confluence pages? (IE we could create a custom macro and pull the JQL and shown columns from the Jira Macro to then replace the rendered value in the columns)

Thank you


Answers:
author: Pascal Perreault _Okapya_
body: Should have posted in the Developer community.


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to create a confluence and hide the link on the navigation map
Asked by Darryl Kenebrew:

How do I create a confluence page and hide link or dont include the link on the left navigation bar tree on the website?


Answers:
author: Heth Siemer
body: Reorder the page so that it is at the same level as your home page. This is what is referred to as an "orphaned page". These pages can be linked to and viewed, however, they do not show up in the same page tree as other pages. Caveat: when you're on the orphaned page, you will not see the primary page tree.   

If you have a use case where it's more like you just want to show select pages in your page tree, you can go to space tools \> look and feel \> sidebar, header, and footer. You can use wikimarkup to build your menu. In this case, you can then hide your page tree and only have your selected menu appear.

Restricting a page will also remove the page from the sidebar for those who are not listed in the restrictions. However, then this page cannot be viewed by those people even when linked directly to it, if that's your goal.


Tags: confluence-server

server
Unable to create and access Confluence articles
Asked by Anuj Gupta:

Dear Team,

Our administrator has added me to the groups of developers, jira-servicedesk-users, jira-users and users as shown in first snapshot.

In the Space settings, I have been granted permissions in Confluence-users for adding , view pages, blogs, comments and attachments. (2nd snapshot).

When I try to open the confluence article page with this link **<https://rydelog.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HIHS/pages/592674817/How-to+articles>**, it denies me the access. (3rd snapshot)

Kindly check this problem and revert. I should be able to access the confluence page.

Thanks

![Snapshot1.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89208iFFDE40FD01BA1D77/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snapshot1.png")

![Snapshot2.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89211iB74E71E64AB507F1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snapshot2.png")

![Snapshot3.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/89213i6CC9EDC334CB6CB4/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Snapshot3.png")


Answers:
author: Steve Eckhart
body: Start with the obvious: is the page you are trying to access in the HIHS space?

Did someone set specific permissions on the page you are trying to access?


Tags: cloud
Confluence "new editor" PDF export renders unusable output
Asked by Bill Heiser:

As a program manager supporting a Fortune 20 customer, I create status reports \& send them to the customer in PDF form. In trying to use the "new editor" I discovered that upon export, all of the colors (font, cell color, etc) in the page are removed. Additionally, all of my "status" macros completely disappear. These are only the issues I've discovered so far, and they render the "new editor" unusable for me. The "old" editor has its share of issues, but works well enough to get by, so I'm not going further with the new editor.

I use the "full page width" mode if that matters. Neither I nor my customer works primarily from a smartphone, so the default narrow mode doesn't make sense for this use case.

As it seems we'll need to migrate to the new editor at some point, are there any reasonable known workarounds for these issues? I don't consider reverting to monochrome reports without status indicators to be reasonable workarounds. My immediate workaround (to avoid getting trapped if the old editor stops working) is to migrate to Smartsheet.


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hello [@Bill Heiser](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/270185) !

As I understand, the current output of the PDF conversion is not usable in your environment. The Legacy Editor (tinyMCE) is still a better option for your use case than the New Editor (Fabric)

What I can tell you ++*with certainty is that the Legacy Editor is not going anywhere. You should still be able to use it and if not, you should be able to activate it.*++

You can check more information about this topic here:

> * ++**[\[Atlassian Community\] Change to your content is in your hands](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-Cloud-articles/Change-to-your-content-is-in-your-hands/ba-p/1324476)**++

I understand that this is not a solution for the issue itself (problematic PDF exports in Fabric), but I hope that this clears up the situation behind the total migration to the New Editor, which will not be forced.

Let us know your thoughts on this!


Tags: cloud

jira-cloud