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Roadmap Planner: can you link a bar to another Confluence Space instead of a page?
Asked by Mirkka Koivusalo:

Hi everyone,

We are just getting started with Confluence to organize some pretty large projects. I was going to create one Master Space that is like a space holder for all of our projects. In the RoadMap planner macro, you can link a bar in the timeline to a page, but can you link it to another Confluence Space?

Thank you,

Mirkka Koivusalo

MedEngine


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Mirkka,

You can only link to pages. I would recommend linking to the homepage of the space you want. This is the same view you'd get anyway if you were to link to a space.

Let me know if you have any questions about that.

Shannon

comments: author: Mirkka Koivusalo
body: Hi Shannon,

Thanks a lot for your reply, that was very helpful!


Tags: advanced-roadmaps
Descriptions for fields in macro plugin
Asked by Dave Bosman:

Hi all,

We have a few user macro"s and we want to put them in a plugin for versioning reasons.

So i followed the tutorial <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf210/confluence-development-hub/confluence-plugin-guide/writing-confluence-plugins/confluence-plugin-module-types/user-macro-plugins>

I also managed to get fields for configuration in there with the parameter tag (although this is poorly documented) and everything works as expected.

\<user-macro name='macro-name' key='this-is-my-key' hasBody='false' bodyType='raw' outputType='html'\>  
\<description\>My macro\</description\>  
\<category name="media"/\>  
\<parameters\>  
\<parameter name="Url" type="string" default="" required="true" label="test"/\>  
\<parameter name="Size" type="enum" default="" required="true"\>  
\<value name="Small"/\>  
\<value name="Medium"/\>  
\<value name="Large"/\>  
\<value name="Custom"/\>  
\</parameter\>  
\<parameter name="Width" type="int" default="" required="false"/\>

\</parameters\>  
\<template\>

\<!\[CDATA\[

And here the user macro......

\]\]\>

\</template\>

\</user-macro\>

However i am unable to add a description to these fields. All help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Dave


Answers:
author: Dave Bosman
body: I found the solution myself.

Add a resource type i18n to your plugin

\<resource type="i18n" name="i18n" location="location and name of your properties file"/\>

add a properties file with following values.

*groupid.artifactId.macro-name.* **param** .*param-name-from-macro* .**label**=the label above your field

*groupid.artifactId.macro-name.* **param** .*param-name-from-macro* .**desc**=the description for the field


Tags: app

atl-dev

confluence-development

development

user-macro
Problems with License changes
Asked by NovaStar:

Does the content of the License after each payment change?

And?Do I need to modify the configuration file again?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

Can you let us know what problem you're having exactly? It's not terribly clear from your message.

If you change payment on your account your license doesn't change, but if you renew, you get a new license key, and you can update that in your instance.

Are you having trouble doing so?

Shannon

comments: author: NovaStar
body: Hi Shannon,

Thank you for your reply!

Is such that,  
Each year's renewal results in a change of license key.

So every year I need to modify the license key inside the configuration file?

However, if we do not modify the configuration file, what kind of result will result?


author: Shannon S
body: Hi there,

To update your license key, you add it in the UI:

* [Managing your Confluence License](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/managing-your-confluence-license-313467774.html)

> **To update your Confluence license:**
>
> 1. Go to ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/747833194/747833195/2/1517274813281/cog.png) \> **General Configuration** \> **License Details**
> 2. Enter your new license in the **License** field.
> 3. Choose **Save**.
>
> ![](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/files/313467774/626557192/1/1404448690582/Admin_licence.png)

Let me know if you have any trouble.

Shannon


author: NovaStar
body: Hi, Shannon

Your reply has lifted my confusion.

Thank you


author: Shannon S
body: Glad I could help!

Take care and have a pleasant week.

Regards,

Shannon
Seeking version update service for Confluence spaces
Asked by David Stephensen:

I no longer have server access. I need to update my 3 exported Confluence spaces to v6 (or anywhere from v5.10 up) so I can transfer them to Cloud. How can I find someone who can do this for me (for a fee, of course)? They are currently in v5.9.7 XML export files.


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi David,

To be honest, it only requires the following:

* Install Evaluation instance of Confluence 5.9.7.
* Import spaces.
* Upgrade instance to 6.\*.
* Export spaces to XML.
* Import to Cloud.

If you prefer to hire someone, have a look at our [Atlassian Partners](https://www.atlassian.com/partners/search?page=1&products=Confluence&expertise=Installation&locations=Australia) that could help you with that task.

Regards,

Shannon

comments: author: David Stephensen
body: Hi Shannon.. Thanks! I read up on the instructions and it seems easy. Last time I installed a trial version on my computer was a LONG time ago (maybe 10 years) and it ended up being a pain in the neck. I'll give it a go. It makes me think that maybe I could also license the server version instance long term on my computer and keep the updated server version of my work on life support. Do you think that is possible?

Cheers


author: Shannon S
body: David,

Great! Let us know if you get stuck along the way.

For your proposition, do you mean keeping a live copy of your Cloud data on the server instance? You could definitely keep a copy of Confluence on your computer but you would have to export from Cloud and import regularly if you want them to match.

Regards,

Shannon


author: David Stephensen
body: Hi Shannon

Thanks for your offer of support. I really appreciate your help!

My product was originally in Server and I had invented some some things not available in Cloud. I converted the main part of my product to Cloud while you could still import 5.9.7 and had to let go of some of those things.

Since then more features have become available in Cloud, and I'm not sure if the old Server version is worth preserving for potential larger corporate clients. I'll take a good look when I see it again and make a decision. If there is no real value in preserving it then I'll only need the trial version for the transfer.

Cheers

David


author: Shannon S
body: Alright, David! Thank you for letting me know that. Cloud has changed a lot since then so please do feel free to take the time to review it and let us know if you have any concerns!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud

service

upgrade

version
In confluence cloud, for a anonymous space, can I hide the "Space Settings" for anonymous access?
Asked by faiyeah:

Please find the screenshot below:

![Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 11.46.34 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19505iB6F2F3E7D24779C7/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 11.46.34 AM.png")

This is too insecure to let anonymous user to access "Space settings", in which it makes more sense to me if this is only visible to login user.


Answers:
author: Nazri Muhi
body: Hi Fai Chan, The sidebar in Confluence Confluence has a limited set of configurable options and due to this you will not able to remove the "Space Settings" link. There's a way in Confluence Server though <https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-the-space-tools-menu-for-anonymous-users-in-confluence-816877024.html> but since you are using the Cloud version this will not work for you. Though, you may want to take comfort in knowing the if you only set Anonymous to view they would not be able to perform any "administrative" function as they can only see the details of the Space.

comments: author: faiyeah
body: Yes, I know public user won't be able to perform administrative function. But it simply does not make sense that I cannot control the level of details of what to allow public user to view.

Anyway, thanks for letting me know this is mission impossible at this moment.


author: Mary Beth Little
body: Seriously? Why would this not be configurable in the Cloud version?! I don't want public users to have access to this. I am liking confluence and jira less and less the more I try to use it.


author: faiyeah
body: It is not joking, though it's a joke for me.


author: Nik Pharo
body: How can we put in a request to get this changed? Its silly that I have to allow public users to see who it was created by or who administrators are of it


author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Nik,

I started to open a request to add the ability to hide the "settings" option from anonymous users, but happened upon this existing suggestion ticket on our public issue tracker: [Ability to hide sidebar from anonymous users](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58921)

I encourage you to vote and comment on the issue to communicate directly with the development team. For more details about how we choose what to fix, please see [Bug Fixing Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/bug-fixing-policy-206865207.html).

Thanks,

Ann


author: Richard Scrivener
body: This is truly, TRULY awful. Come on Atlassian. Lift your game!

I am using confluence as the public documentation platform for my open source projects and anyone on the internet can click on Space Settings and end up lost in a rabbit's warren of meaningless pages.

I note that there is an open CONFCLOUD ticket for this problem: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-65274>

It was opened in 2018.

SERIOUSLY???!!!!

THREE years and you haven't fixed this.

Get real!
Anyone having PDF export issues with Safari?
Asked by Deborah Cross:

I've got people on Safari 11.1 (13605.1.33.1.2) - all reporting that they cannot export PDFs from Confluence. The timer just keeps spinning and no file is ever produced.

I haven't had any luck finding out if this is a known bug.

Anyone else have the issue?


Answers:
author: ManuR
body: Hello Deborah,

The behaviour you are encountering is a newly discovered bug in Confluence Cloud affecting all export downloads when using Safari 11.1 and High Sierra:

\* <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-59433>

You should be able to download the resulting files from a different browser if possible for you :)

Cheers,  
Manu  


Tags: confluence-cloud
For anonymous access to confluence cloud site, how to remove "Activity" and "Space" from side menu?
Asked by faiyeah:

Screenshot attached as below:

![Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 11.46.18 AM.png](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19504i56C6B3C0FD4A4B69/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-04-13 at 11.46.18 AM.png")

I don't really want my public users access and navigate through the "Activity" and "Space" link in the left side menu.

Please help!


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Fai!

If the anonymous users have any access to Confluence spaces, then they will be able to see those options.

I've created a feature request in the past to improve the view for anonymous users. Have a look below:

* [CONFCLOUD-58930](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-58930)

Please vote on it if you would also like to see that, and comment there with your use case.

Take care, and kind regards,

Shannon


Tags: confluence-cloud
When using the Content by Label macro, how do I avoid self-referencing this page?
Asked by Tom Scheller:

For example, when using the HowTo template, it has a Content by Label filter showing "related pages". But it always references the current page, which seems a little dumb. Is there a way to prevent showing the current page in this filter?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Tom,

We have a current feature request for that:

* [CONFSERVER-5245](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-5245)

Please comment there with your feedback and watch/vote as well.

Let us know if you have any questions!

Regards

Shannon

comments: author: Tom Scheller
body: Hi Shannon,

Thanks for the heads up. I did go there and vote. It seems that this problem/request has been out there for more than a decade, without any progress. Any sense whether it will be resolved in an upcoming release?

Thanks,

Tom


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Tom,

None that I can tell yet, but I wouldn't give up hope! I've definitely seen features released that had been waiting for some time.

If you watch the case you'll be updated whenever a comment is added, such as from a product manager or developer.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: content-by-label
Team member profiles/pics not showing in Space Home page
Asked by Michael Thompson:

The only team member and picture/profile that shows is mine. Yes I'm the administrator but there are 4 other members that have permissions on this space. I've tried adding the macro for Profile Detail but nothing happens.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Michael,

Space permissions control access to the space but do not automatically add the team members pics to the home page

Rather than plagiarize, I would like to link you to this other answer: [How to add members to existing team spaces?](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-to-add-members-to-existing-team-spaces/qaq-p/382413)

If there is anything that needs clarification or that I can help with, just update this thread.

Thanks,

Ann

comments: author: Michael Thompson
body: Appreciate it. I was able to use a variation of this and got it to work.


Tags: profile
Can you send an invitation from MS Outlook Calendar to Confluence Team Calendar?
Asked by Oleg Zakharov:

Is that possible to send new meeting invitation from MS Outlook Calendar to Confluence Team Calendar, so that invite will appear as a team calendar event?


Answers:
author: Igor M.
body: Hello,

It is not natively possible to send calendar invitation to Team Calendar. There is a feature request for that logged under

[CONFSERVER-49160](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-49160)

Please vote and feel free to put a comment.

Regards,

Igor

comments: author: Oleg Zakharov
body: Thank you Igor!


author: Joseph Garcia
body: Hi Mark,

What is the status of this enhancement request? This ticket has been open since 2014 and I have not seen any updates or status changes.

[@Igor M_](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1169056)


Tags: jira

jira-service-desk
Creating your own theme
Asked by Cam Campbell:

Just wondering is it possible to create your own custom theme? And if it is, how does one do this? Where do Look, instructions, lessons etc...


Answers:
author: Meg Holbrook
body: Welcome to the Community!

If you're on cloud, your options for customization are very limited.

If you're on Server, here is a link to the theme creation documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/creating-a-theme-147624.html>
Convert blank page to product requirements page
Asked by Rachel Neal:

I purposefully created an undefined link on a product requirements page to another set of requirements I need to build. It auto-created a blank page. Can I change the auto-created blank page from the undefined link to a product requirements page? That way I don't have to relink?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Once a page is created, a template cannot be applied to it afterward. To avoid re-linking, please consider deleting the blank page and creating a new page using the product requirements template, giving it the same name and location as the previously blank page.

Another option would be to create your product requirements page using the template, and then copy/paste the contents to the blank page.

comments: author: Rachel Neal
body: Thanks. To be clear then, the link is to location so as long as I put it in the same location (same name) then the links will remain?


author: AnnWorley
body: Yes, I just tested to make sure:

1. Published a page called "link to blank page" containing a link to a non existent page, "Desired page title"
2. Clicked the link, published a blank page titled "Desired page title"
3. Deleted the page titled "Desired page title"
4. Created a new page called "Desired page title" in the same location
5. Clicked the link on the page called "link to blank page"
6. It led me to my new "Desired page title" page.


author: Rachel Neal
body: Thank you. Worked like a champ


Tags: link
Videos in Confluence 5.9.4
Asked by Jim Francis:

I have tried different video types, but always get THIS VIDEO FORMAT IS NOT SUPPORTED when trying to view a video on a page.

.mov

.wmv

.mp4

.avi


Answers:
author: Jim Francis
body: I was actually using the HTML macro.  
Discovered this is only an issue in an older version of Firefox we use... works fine in Chrome.

So I think there is more to do on our end.

thank you for the reply, will repost if still an issue

comments: author: Meg Holbrook
body: Glad you figured it out!


author: Meg Holbrook
body: Hi Jim, welcome to the community!

Can you confirm that you are using the multimedia macro?
How to create content in confluence mobile app
Asked by Nadja Agreiter:

Hey everyone,

we were very happy to that the confluence mobile app was finally released in March. Our testsystem has already the required Version 6.8. All in all the app looks pretty nice. Unfortunately we can't figure out how to create a new page using the app.

I add some pictures to visualize, were the problem is:

![App-Test1.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19427i75B293C748AE1720/image-dimensions/231x303?v=v2 "App-Test1.PNG")![App-Test2.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19428iD3209B193317C6E3/image-dimensions/225x398?v=v2 "App-Test2.PNG")![App-Test3.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19426i482F64B24BE7D70E/image-dimensions/226x355?v=v2 "App-Test3.PNG")![App-Test4.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19425i7BEB6E1472BFE2B5/image-dimensions/231x357?v=v2 "App-Test4.PNG")![App-Test5.PNG](/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/19429i4A1971AC26BCACB9/image-dimensions/256x238?v=v2 "App-Test5.PNG")

Thanks for any advices!


Answers:
author: kennyngkk
body: From the look of it, it looks like you are using the wrong application. Are you using Confluence Server or Confluence Cloud? You should be using Confluence Server application instate.

comments: author: Nadja Agreiter
body: Hi Kenny, I double checked it: I'm using the confluence server app.


author: kennyngkk
body: Hi Nadja, You may want to try to re-login to see if it working. If it still not, can you shake your phone(just make sure you do not throw it :) ) while in the Confluence application? This will create a snapshot of the page and directly communicate with the relevant support team.


Tags: app

mobile
Hide sidebar to specific user (confluence 6.6)
Asked by SDB Admin:

Hello

I created this user macro to completely hide sidebar (I don't want the sidebar to be seen in any way) in Confluence 6.6.1

```
## Macro Name: hide-sidebar
<script>
$(window).load(function() {
 $('body#com-atlassian-confluence.theme-default.aui-layout.aui-theme-default div#page div#full-height-container div.ia-splitter div.ia-fixed-sidebar').hide();
 $('body#com-atlassian-confluence.theme-default.aui-layout.aui-theme-default div#page div#full-height-container div.ia-splitter div#main.aui-page-panel').css('margin-left', '0');
});
</script>
```

This is applied to a single Space in *"Look \& Feel" -\> "Sidebar, header \& footer"* area, using wiki markup.

How can I change this user macro in order to apply it **only to a specific** user? I mean something like this

```
if (user-info:username =="Charlie")?then
```

Thank you in advance


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Stefano,

this should do it:

```
## @noparams
 
#set( $username = "$req.getRemoteUser()" )
#if($username.equals("Charlie"))
<script>
$(window).load(function() {
 $('body#com-atlassian-confluence.theme-default.aui-layout.aui-theme-default div#page div#full-height-container div.ia-splitter div.ia-fixed-sidebar').hide();
 $('body#com-atlassian-confluence.theme-default.aui-layout.aui-theme-default div#page div#full-height-container div.ia-splitter div#main.aui-page-panel').css('margin-left', '0');
});
</script>
#else
do-nothing
#end
```

comments: author: SDB Admin
body: It works perfectly!

I only deleted the " #else *do-nothing*" rows because text "do-nothing" can be written into the page.

Thank you very much Thomas! :)


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: You're welcome, [@SDB Admin](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1200342)


Tags: hide

side-bar

user

user-macro
Is it possible to watch a space but ignore certain pages?
Asked by Sam Williams:

I'm watching an entire space for important updates to a project, but there are a few pages that are not relevant to me and that also get updated frequently (e.g. a calendar page for another team), effectively resulting in me being spammed with useless e-mail notifications and being unable to filter out what is really important.

I can stop watching the entire space, but then I have to go back to subscribe to 99% of the pages that I actually want to watch.

Is it possible to continue watching the entire space, but just stop receiving notifications for individual pages?


Answers:
author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hello Sam,

You have two options to stop watching individual pages:

* You can click on your **avatar** \> **Profile** \> **Watches** and click on **Stop watching** on each page you want to. I guess it's the easiest way if you have a lot of pages you need to stop watching.
* Or you can go to each page you want to stop watching and click on the Eye icon to unwatch.

- Manon

comments: author: Sam Williams
body: Hi Manon,

Thanks for the suggestions, but I already tried those and that's exactly what I can't do.

I'm not watching lots of individual pages that I want to unsubscribe from - I am watching the entire space.

In order to unsubscribe from a single page, I have to unsubscribe from the whole space and then re-subscribe to all of the other individual pages that I do want to watch.

I'm looking for a simple way to unsubscribe from a single page in a space.

Thanks,

Sam


author: Manon Soubies-Camy
body: Hi Sam,

Indeed sorry, it was working on my Confluence but I'm an administrator and it looks like I don't have the same result as regular users. Looking at [this suggestion](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-33158), it seems that there isn't any solution to your issue - interested to see what others will suggest to bypass this!
How can I extract the page version into my PDF Export?
Asked by Caroline Busse:

Is this possible without any chargeable add-ons?

Thank you!


Answers:
author: kennyngkk
body: This looks like it has been replied to an older post. You can do this for by inserting a user macro

* <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/PDF-export-Include-page-version-number-history-and-date-of-print/qaq-p/125980>


Tags: atl-adm
Problem Connecting Confluence with Jira User-Service
Asked by Christopher Goltz:

I have a problem installing a Confluence Server.

When i want to connect the user-service of confluence with my main jira server, i get an System error:  

### Cause {#toc-hId-1597739770}

```
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Application with server ID [...] is already configured
????at com.atlassian.applinks.core.DefaultApplicationLinkService.addApplicationLink(DefaultApplicationLinkService.java:269)
```

#### Stack Trace:\[hide\] {#toc-hId--1150930696}

```
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Application with server ID [...] is already configured	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.DefaultApplicationLinkService.addApplicationLink(DefaultApplicationLinkService.java:269)	at com.atlassian.applinks.core.DefaultApplicationLinkService.createApplicationLink(DefaultApplicationLinkService.java:655)	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
...
```

but when i go to the jira user service under administator-Tab, no connected software is listed


Answers:
author: Christopher Goltz
body: Problem solved - Jira-Service restart solved it


Tags: jira