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Expiry date for confluence cloud
Asked by Kathrin:

Hey there,

I would like to add some kind of "quality assurance" in our Confluence Cloud. That means I would like to add an expiry date to each side sending an message or an alert when a page has to be checked (like twice a year).

Quite often I come along pages in our confluence which are not up to date anymore (and the author doesn't care about it). I'd like to remind him or her ;)

Do you know, is there a makro or a setting as solution for this? Otherwise I'd use the due date // date picker in combination with a workaround.

Thank you in advance for your answer. :)


Answers:
author: Aron Gombas _Midori_
body: You can set up a precise expiry date to each page:

![confluence-page-expiration-date.gif](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/258223i31040464EFBA3607/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "confluence-page-expiration-date.gif")

You can also do that for a complete tree of pages in one step (*very* handy in large Confluence spaces!) and even for a blog post.

Alternatively, if you don't want pages to expire on a precise date, but e.g. twice a year, you can set up a rule like "expire 6 months after its last edit".

Then you can send [automatic notification emails](https://midori-global.com/products/better-content-archiving-for-confluence/cloud/documentation/configure/notification-emails) to the selected users, groups, the last modifier or the owner of the pages. (Schedule and content of the mail can also be customized.)

You can set it up once with the [Better Content Archiving](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview) app and then forget about it. The app will silently do its job in the background.

[**Try it free**](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/123/better-content-archiving-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview)!

*(Discl. it is a paid and supported app developed by our team.)*


author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: One idea could be to use a task button and mention the author in that with a due date set to however long after the most recent edit was that you'd like them to update.

From this answer a few years ago:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Reminder-function-for-Confluence/qaq-p/146235>

Then if it was super important you could include it into a template to ensure all users remind themselves to update pages.


Tags: atl-adm

cloud

confluence-cloud

date

expiration
How can I include documents from other Confluence Server Instances or Cloud Accounts?
Asked by Casey Meijer:

The include page macro doesn't seem to work across accounts.

How do we do this, for example to reference the documentation from another organization?


Answers:
author: Fadoua
body: Hi Casey,

Did you add the other instances to your Application Link? Not sure though it will work between Server and Cloud instances.

comments: author: Casey Meijer
body: I think you misunderstand. I don't want to link an application (nor can I as it's external/ not our application). I just want to pull content from other confluence-based documentation for reference purposes.

Best I can do now (it seems) is export to PDF and upload as an attachment, but this would need to be repeated any time the external documentation changes :(


author: Fadoua
body: Hi Casey,

App Link suggestion is to make the apps talk to each other so that you can reference between instances but since it is external then it is not an option.

Will you be open to learn about a plugin that may help with your task(not advertising for any company ;) )?

Will it be ok?


author: Casey Meijer
body: Happy to hear it if there's a plugin available!

Seems to me it should really be core functionality, but maybe I just need to file a Bug report to get this prioritized.


author: Casey Meijer
body: Suggestion filed [here](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59710)


author: Fadoua
body: oh I see the ticket.

Here is the [Universal Plugin for confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.pandocconnect/cloud/overview) but i think your request is more to include some information from other instances


author: Casey Meijer
body: Oh cool; looks like a great plugin, but you're right, doesn't quite address my issue :) Thanks Fadoua!


author: Fadoua
body: My pleasure [@Casey Meijer](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1218910) I wish I could help more!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

confluence-server

server
Access on Labels from edited Site
Asked by Knorkenknuff:

I found this code snipet:

`<script>`  
`function disableWatchers() {`  
`setTimeout(disableWatchers, 1000);`  
`if ( $('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz" ) != 1) {`  
`setTimeout(function() {$('#notifyWatchers').removeAttr('checked');}, 1000);`  
`$('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz", 1);`  
`}`  
`}`  
`disableWatchers();`  
`</script>`

I have add this to the custom HTML options but i dont want the script on all sites just on them with a label like "unsubscribe" but i don't know where i find the current tags from the site in the edit frame.   

Is is there a simple way to read the tags in the java script?  

I want something like this:

`<script>`  
`function disableWatchers() {`  
`setTimeout(disableWatchers, 1000);`  
`if ( $('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz" ) != 1) {`  
`setTimeout(function() {`  
`//A simple check if the Label "unsubscribe" is set to this page`

`if(SiteLabels.indexOf("unsubscribe")){$('#notifyWatchers').removeAttr('checked');}`

`}, 1000);`  
`$('#notifyWatchers').attr( "mz", 1);`  
`}`  
`}`  
`disableWatchers();`  
`</script>`  

`Any ideas?`


Answers:
author: Knorkenknuff
body: \<script\>  
function disableWatchers() {  
if("12911684" == AJS.Confluence.getContentId())  
{  
$('#notifyWatchers').removeAttr('checked');  
}  
setTimeout(function(){disableWatchers();},1000);  
}  
disableWatchers();  
\</script\>  

ok this works great but i dont use labels i use the ContentId from the page.


Tags: atl-adm

developer
GDPR Cookie question
Asked by Anton Olin:

We are currently hosting Confluence 6.4.2 and we are using it as a tool for external documentation for our customers. There is no need to sign in or anything like that.

We have noticed that the website does not ask the user to accept the cookies used on the website, before actually using them. Is there a way to easily enable this prompt? Perhaps by upgrading to the latest confluence version? If no, how would you recommend we proceed with this issue?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Anton,

The latest Confluence, version 6.8.2, does not include a prompt asking for permission to use cookies. There is a GDPR compliance plugin for Confluence that looks worth a trial: [GDPR Compliance Assistant for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.devopscompliance.gdpr-for-confluence/server/overview)

A similar product has been written for Jira: [GDPR Compliance Assistant for Jira](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.devopscompliance.gdpr-for-jira/server/overview)

Thanks,

Ann


Tags: confluence-server

server
Search engine in the exported HTML
Asked by Laurent PYTEL:

Hi guys,

When I include a macro like livesearch in my space, and I export the space

the result contains a Search field that doesnt work... :(

Is it possible to get it work?

I would like to produce a HTML stand alone documentation including a Search feature to navigate into it

Do you have a solution ?

Thnaks for your help

Laurent


Answers:
author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: [@Laurent PYTEL](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1322911) This isn't really possible without custom development.

The trouble here is that you would need to create a client-side JavaScript search index for your HTML export and then point the **livesearch** macro to the client-side search index.

This *is* something that I've done previously for a large multinational, but not something that I've productised or made available for others.

comments: author: Laurent PYTEL
body: Thanks a lot for your answer, it confirms my feeling...

I will investigate a few more on the web if I can find something ready to generate a search index and a JS search engine based on it...

Regards

laurent


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: Also, if you have the need and the budget, it's very achievable.

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How can I create a calendar in a page?
Asked by IT Infrastructure:

I've searched the Atlassian documentation and found what looked like a way of adding a calendar to a page in Confluence (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/create-add-and-edit-calendars-654213559.html>) but unfortunatelly I don't seem to have the calendar option available in the create dialog box?

Anyone know how we can do this please?


Answers:
author: Ollie Guan
body: You need to install the plug-in

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars/server/overview>

comments: author: IT Infrastructure
body: Thank you very much for the reply, much appreciated.

Cheers

Alex


author: Jonathan Smith
body: [@IT Infrastructure](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1322157)After you install Confluence team calendars (add-on), check out this page for some ideas on how to display your content:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Can-i-roll-up-multiple-team-calendars-into-1/qaq-p/783903#M106049>

Regards,

Jonathan


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Markdown import - detection of code block
Asked by Robert Graf:

Why isn't it possible to use/import typical specified markdown code block syntax which starts with

1) 4 spaces

```
Normal paragraph    A Code-Block    which starts with    4 spaces
```

2) or with back-ticks

as described here <https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet#code>

Or do I something wrong?

We are using Confluence 6.5.1


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Robert,

[Confluence Wiki Markup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/confluence-wiki-markup-251003035.html) reviews what you can do with mark-up in Confluence. You can type wiki markup directly into the editor, and Confluence will convert it as you type.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Robert Graf
body: I know the link but there is no solution!

I have my complete program documentation as ReadMe.txt files with Markup-Syntax and parts of the documentation include command lines, e.g.

cd \~/test  
copy a to b

So how do I write the markup in my ReadMe files so that Confluence can auto-detect a "code block" during markup-insert?

I know I can write

{code:language=text}  
cd \~/test  
copy a to b  
{code}

but this is not a typical readable markdown in a ReadMe file as e.g.

\`\`\`  
cd \~/test  
copy a to b  
\`\`\`


Tags: code-block

markdown

markup

source
How do you make emoji appear on Confluence Cloud?
Asked by Sue Lim:

Hi,

I've been trying to insert Emojis to my pages but some of them appear normal, some of them don't. Is there a way to make all of them appear properly?

Example of its appearance:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-02 at 14.52.07.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21112i4773E8535722B926/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-02 at 14.52.07.png")

Example of an error:

![Screen Shot 2018-05-02 at 14.53.35.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21113i0300FCA6052DDBF5/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-05-02 at 14.53.35.png")

Appreciate your help.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: If I open this documentation from Confluence I get the same error that you get, so it must be a problem on their side, not yours

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-symbols-emojis-and-special-characters-724764854.html>

However it works properly on my cloud instance.

How long has this been happening for? Are you linked to Hipchat?

comments: author: Sue Lim
body: Hi Patrick,

Thanks for your response.

No, I'm not linked to Hipchat, and it's been happening ever since I opened my space in March. I had never seen the emoji appear apart from a couple that seems "accidentally" appeared...


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Accessibility observations
Asked by Brian Hill:

Good job on putting up your Accessibility conformance notes at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ACCESSIBILITY/Accessibility> but had a couple of brief observations:

1. <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/ACCESSIBILITY/Shin+Yanagisawa> probably is an orphan page, shouldn't be there;

2. WCAG2.1 is latest iteration of WCAG, you've mapped to WCAG1 but not updated since. Be good to see you bring that up to date, as we get asked about it for product conformance requirements in government client settings.


Answers:
author: Jaclyn Mazzarella
body: Hi there! Addteq's app for Jira and Confluence is a great option for visually impaired users! It allows your Jira \& Confluence instances to be compliant and offers your users ease of use. Hope this helps anyone in need!

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/search?query=unstoppable>


Tags: accessibility

feedback
Why can I create a Jira issue by highlighting text on a Confluence page?
Asked by Richard Petley:

Hi,

We are using Confluence cloud, and have recently started a trial of Jira Software (cloud version), and my users want to be able to create a jira issue by highlighting text in Confluence and creating an issue.

This is something that should be available according to this page (Create issue by highlighting text on a Confluence page and automatically link issues to an epic):

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/confcloud/use-jira-applications-and-confluence-together-724765436.html>

This seems to be the same problem as previously reported here:

<https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Create-JIRA-issue-from-confluence-disappeared/qaq-p/671210>

I have checked everything I can find on the help pages, and we can't adjust the application links as they are set and can't be edited.

Can anyone advise whether we have got a setting incorrect or what needs to be done to allow this feature. From what i read it should be allowed by default.

Thanks

Richard


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Richard,

My comment on that thread mentioned it could have been resolved with Support flushing the cache.

Have you been in touch with Support so they can try that on your instance? If not, I would recommend doing so.

If that doesn't resolve then they can look at your logs directly and help fix the issue.

Shannon

comments: author: Richard Petley
body: Hi Shannon,

I have logged a support ticket, and will let you know whether they flush the cache and if it works.

Thanks for responding to my post.

Regards

Richard


author: Shannon S
body: No problem, Richard! Looking forward to hear how it's resolved for you.

Regards,

Shannon


author: thais
body: Hi, Richard,

Let me step in: we cleared the cache of your instance and everything sounded fine on our tests. Can you please verify and let us know?

Thanks!


author: Richard Petley
body: Thais,

I can confirm that the issue has now been resolved, and we are able to creat jira issues again from confluence.

Thanks for getting that fixed.

Regards

Richard


author: thais
body: Richard,

Thanks for letting us know! :)


Tags: atlassian-support

confluence-cloud

jira

jira-cloud
how can I give access to users only view specific spaces, no all update and spaces categories
Asked by tiendungitd:

Base on the [link](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Give-user-permission-to-view-only-one-space-on-our-Wiki/qaq-p/164778) , I restricted users on specific spaces, but they still get some information (all updates in dashboard) that are not allowed to see. Within the link "Spaces" it's possible to get some information (index) that are not allowed too.

![allupdate.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21107iD7194A4557D08C2C/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "allupdate.png")![space categories.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21106i877B5838D562FD5A/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "space categories.png")

Is there any possibility to remove these information for this group of users?


Answers:
author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: Hi [@tiendungitd](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/662901),

Regarding your first question on the dashboard, there was a feature request for this in the past but Atlassian decided not to implement it

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-27241>

Hopefully the users without permission, once clicking on the link in the "all updates" tab can't see the actual page.

The same should go for the index of space categories. If they don't have permission to view the space, then seeing anything past the space name should be impossible.

Remember permissions are additive so if you have someone who is in two groups, the most liberal permissions will apply.

Hope this helps.

Ng?y l? vui ve

comments: author: tiendungitd
body: Hi [@Patrick Cartier \[Candylio\]](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/335730),

Thanks for your info. so I can not hide spaces categories, right ?

Regards

Dung.


author: Patrick Cartier [Candylio]
body: Correct, there's a ticket for that too

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-43563>


Tags: confluence-server

server
How to JIRA to Confluence connection issue?
Asked by Enkhtaivan Ganbat:

Greetings,

I've installed Confluence on our Atlassian cloud instance after migrating JIRA from server to cloud. I followed this article to link JIRA with Confluence <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/blog/2017/03/linking-confluence-spaces-to-jira-software-projects>

But I still get the same error whenever I browse an issue, below image is a screenshot of the error.

![JIRA - Confluence link error.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/21103i42892B14A64657D1/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "JIRA - Confluence link error.png")


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Enkhtaivan,

We'll need to look at the Cloud instance itself to see what the issue is, and likely need access to it on the server to correct the problem.

Therefore, I created a support ticket for you. You should be receiving those details in your email shortly.

Could you please reply on the ticket when you receive it and let us know there the SEN for your Cloud instance or the URL?

Thank you for your help!

Shannon

comments: author: Enkhtaivan Ganbat
body: Hi Shannon,

Thank you for the reply, but I resolved this problem myself. Our JIRA cloud instance was still pointing to our old Confluence (on server) which no longer exists, thus trying to connect.


author: Shannon S
body: Thank you for confirming that, Enkhtaivan!

I'll go ahead and close the ticket.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Create an email group
Asked by Bill Legge:

I have a group of reviewers who do not necessarily know when I have created a new page or content and I want to be able to notify the group rather than having to select individual members each time I want to send an update


Answers:
author: Bill Legge
body: Hi [@Bill Legge](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/940116),

You could always create a user group with the necessary individuals included and use the page sharing feature.

[https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/introducing-group-sharing-get-everyone-in-one-fell-swoop](https://www.atlassian.com/blog/archives/introducing-group-sharing-get-everyone-in-one-fell-swoop?)

Hope this helps

comments: author: Bill Legge
body: Thank you @\[deleted\] I'll give that a try


author: Ollie Guan
body: 1. Create a new Confluence user, such as abc@xxx.com.  

2. This group of users share an email.  

3. Use the ABC account to login to confluence and focus on space.

comments: author: Bill Legge
body: Thank You [@Ollie Guan](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/853638)
How to export a list of pages (and if possible their space), the date created and the author?
Asked by Catherine Huf:

I'm a pretty new user of Confluence, the company I work for is currently using Confluence 5.0.3. I'm wanting to retrieve a list, (preferably in csv/xl) of the pages/blogs that exist (if possible their space), the date they were created and the creator. If it is also possible to extract the last date they were updated and the name of the person who updated it within the same export, that would also be extremely useful.


Answers:
author: Maxim Leizerovich
body: Hey,

You can try using the CQL endpoint, here is the documentation for it:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/server/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/>

Something like this (relative to confluence url) might be a good start:

[/rest/api/search?cql=type%20in%20(%22page%22)\&start=0\&limit=20\&includeArchivedSpaces=false](/rest/api/search?cql=type%20in%20(%22page%22)&start=0&limit=20&includeArchivedSpaces=false)

comments: author: Jodi Shegrud
body: [@Maxim Leizerovich](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/2774981) Is there a way to get a list of these pages if my company is using Confluence Cloud (not Confluence server)?


author: Maxim Leizerovich
body: Hey,

Please follow this page for instructions on how to do similar search for Confluence Cloud:

<https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/advanced-searching-using-cql/>


Tags: confluence-server

server
Activity: Anonymous created user space yesterday...that's existed for years.
Asked by Roy Crisman:

Wondering why I'm seeing a user "Anonymous" has "Created yesterday at 8:49 PM" the personal space for an employee who left in 2014, and the page history says hasn't been edited since then.


Answers:
author: Roy Crisman
body: Shawn Cranford25/May/18 8:07 PM  
Hello Roy,

Apologies for the confusion in the Activity Stream for one of your inactive user. We are tracking an issue where the Confluence System is generating noise on the Personal Spaces of Deactivated Users; Bug tracked here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59421>. This is in part due to upcoming changes where the Personal Space Key will be updated from the User's username to an ID.

Please rest assured that the Anonymous access is the Confluence system itself and not an intrusion. If you have any other questions or issues, please let us know.

Regards,

SHAWN CRANFORD  
Cloud Support


author: Dchosen
body: Hi Thais \& Roy,

What was the solutions? Since one of my author is being listed as "anonymous" and other authors are being listed.

Thanks,

RG

comments: author: Roy Crisman
body: Here's the response I received at the time:

Shawn Cranford25/May/18 8:07 PM  
Hello Roy,

Apologies for the confusion in the Activity Stream for one of your inactive user. We are tracking an issue where the Confluence System is generating noise on the Personal Spaces of Deactivated Users; Bug tracked here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59421>. This is in part due to upcoming changes where the Personal Space Key will be updated from the User's username to an ID.

Please rest assured that the Anonymous access is the Confluence system itself and not an intrusion. If you have any other questions or issues, please let us know.

Regards,

SHAWN CRANFORD  
Cloud Support


author: Roy Crisman
body: Done: [#JST-393024](https://getsupport.atlassian.com/servicedesk/customer/portal/23/JST-393024?sda_source=notification-email) Thanks.


author: thais
body: Hi, Roy,

As we would need some further information in order to troubleshoot what have happened, I'll kindly ask you to raise a ticket with us at Support at <https://support.atlassian.com/contact>.

Best regards,  
Thais


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud