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Save Failing when Editing a Page Name
Asked by Mick Davidson:

Hello,

We're running Confluence 5.4.3 download and every time I edit a page's title and press Ctrl+S, I get a Save As dialog box. This means Confluence is trying to save the page to my compute, not to our instance.

This happens every time. Is anyone else experiencing this and if so, have you been able to find a cure?

Cheers.


Answers:
author: Bruna Griebeler
body: Hi Mick,

We've created a bug for this behavior you're experiencing: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33439>

Thanks for reporting thisissue to us!

Kind Regards


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Mick,

I was unable to reproduce this behaviour, could you please tell me the browser you are using and the version?

Also what happens when you try this procedure in other browser and after enabling safe mode?

Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support

comments: author: Mick Davidson
body: Hello Deividi,

Sorry for not replying earlier, but I'm no longer receiving automated updates from Answers.

I'm using Firefox V22.0 I've also tried this in FF through Citrix (which we use to access the outside world) and it does the same thing.

I've just tried it in IE9 running it through Citrix. If I edit the page title and leave the cursor in the Title field, then pressing Ctrl+S doesn't work at all.

If I click on the page itself then it works as normal.

However, if I run IE9 normally (not through Citrix, so internally), then the same error occurs as with FF.

Cheers.


Tags: edit

page-title
Unable to bypass XSRF security check on confluence export space via curl
Asked by Sorin Sbarnea (Citrix):

It seem that this returns an error page with "Your request could not be processed because a required security token was not present in the request. You may need to re-submit the form or reload the page. "SPACE=ZZcurl --netrc -H "X-Atlassian-Token: nocheck" --data "syncronous=true\&exportType=TYPE_XML\&includeComments=true\&contentOption=all" -o download-$SPACE.html $URL/spaces/doexportspace.action?key=$SPACE As you can see the X-Atlassian-Token: nocheck" header is present, still Confluence is refusing to perform the action.


Answers:
author: Sorin Sbarnea (Citrix)
body: Here is a working code. Don't forget to put your JIRA credentials inside your \~/.netrc file.

```
#!/bin/bashURL=http://jira.example.comfor SPACE in AA BB CCdocurl --netrc -H "X-Atlassian-Token: no-check" --data "syncronous=true&amp;exportType=TYPE_XML&amp;includeComments=true&amp;contentOption=all" -o download-$SPACE.html $URL/spaces/doexportspace.action?key=$SPACEdone
```
Confluence access
Asked by meganwoods:

Hi,

I have added some more users to my account and while they have been given specific access and group access to confluence they are still unable to access the wiki.

It may complicate things that they are also bit bucket users for their own enterprise.

Cheers Megan


Answers:
author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Hiya mate,

You could be hitting into this user management [bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-6992). Feel free to raise an issue under the OnDemand project in [](https://support.atlassian.com.)<https://support.atlassian.com>. We will apply the fix for you.


author: meganwoods
body: No they still cannot access it. I am going to hange direction a little and manage the documentation differently.


author: meganwoods
body: Thanks..

I have added them at a global level and await their feedback.

Happy Easter..

Cheers Megan


author: Rodrigo Girardi Adami
body: Hi Megan,

It seems that you are currently using On demand confluence, am I correct? if the case, I suggest to review the global permissions in confluence and try to add the user manually to the global permissions and grant the "can use" permission to him. Also check if the user has access to some spaces. In case the same user still can't login, I recommend to reach the ondemand support team so they can check the application logs and verify what is happening.

Cheers,

Rodrigo


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Where do you store your presentation files
Asked by Naama Lev:

Hello everyone,

I am now bulding our conflunce solution in the company and I cannot figure out what will be the best way to store presentations and cutomer reports -

should i store it in google docs and add a link to confluence - or should i store it in confluence?

Can you please share your procedures with me?

Thanks

Naama


Answers:
author: Naama Lev
body: Thanks you Susan


author: Shree Lekha Ramanathan
body: Hi Namma,   

I'm from Zoho and we'd like to introduce our add-on **Zoho Show for Confluence Cloud** .  

With Zoho Show , you can now create, collaborate, and deliver presentations right within Confluence. You can manage all your presentations within Confluence , with no need to maintain multiple apps and user accounts.  

We have rich set of options to transform your numbers to beautiful charts and infographics.  

Install the add-on from [Atlassian Marketplace](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219866/zoho-show-for-confluence?hosting=cloud&tab=overview).  

Please visit our [page](https://www.zoho.com/show/features.html) to know more about our exciting features.  

Would be happy to hear more from you!  

Thanks,  
Lekha  
show-confluence@zohoshow.com  


author: SusanA
body: Hi Naama,

I think it's easiest to store that information in Confluence, as an attachment to a page. You can still restrict access if you like, but I find it makes accessing that content from within Confluence much more seamless.

I am sure there might be cases where you don't want to do this, but over time it is easier to have your content all stored in one location. And I say this not only as a current Atlassian employee, but a former Confluence Admin for many years.

Good luck!

Susan


Tags: file
Very slow page saving
Asked by Samuel Titka:

Hello there,

here's the problem.

We have a page that is updated every day. This page contains macros:

* few **Sections** with **Columns** macros
* **Color** macros
* **Link page** macros
* **Expand** macros
* **Excerpt include** macros

There are 7 excerpt include macros. When one of them is changed to point to another page and I click on the save button, **the page saving takes up to 30! minutes.** Even whole Confluence is inaccessible for few minutes (sometimes).

This also occures when "*bigger change*" is applied on page - adding few new lines, adding new macro.

However, when "*small change*" is applied - adding empty lines, removing empty lines - the page is saved in normal time - immediately.

Some additional info:

* Page history has approximately 900 items (Maybe this is issue?)
* Page has 15 attachement - not more than 5MB in total
* Reindexing did not help (even reindexing from scratch)
* Occures in Confluence version 5.4.3 (Occured even before upgrade in version 4.3.5)

Do you have any ideas or suggestions what might be wrong?

Thanks!

Samuel


Answers:
author: Samuel Titka
body: It was probably caused by unlucky combination of macros "Section", "Column" and "Excerpt Include". I have modified and reorganized page structure, removed unnecessary macros and now the page is saving normally.


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: I don't have an answer for 30min delays, but for those who have 2-3 minutes response times, I usually advise to check:

* How many page watchers do you have?
* How many people watch the space?

Transforming the XML of the page to HTML takes a bit of time. One email is compiled for each watcher, and in total it's quite a lot of work (bug [CONF-21846](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21846)).

For 30 minutes, though, it has to be something more than watchers. As a side note, emails are put in a mail queue so the speed of your SMTP server doesn't impact your performance.

comments: author: Samuel Titka
body: Hi Adrien,

I have checked watchers, there are 3 page watchers and none space watchers. So I think this is not the case. However, I will remove those three watchers and see if it helps somehow.

Do you think, that RSS feeds from this space can cause this problem?

Thanks.


author: Adrien Ragot 2
body: I don't think RSS feeds could be a problem since I think they're built when you request them, not when you save the page.

I cannot advise further as this is clearly not my area. Just in case I would look whether there are pending queries at the database level during those 30 minutes, otherwise let's wait and see if some other people can provide more suggestions ;)


author: Sergey Svishchev
body: Turn on profiler (<https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/GxED>) and see what shows up in the profiling trace.

And vote for [CONF-21846](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-21846) (which is about watchers slowing down page saves) :-)


Tags: confluence-administration

performance
Restrict Access to a blog page
Asked by Randal Taira:

I have blog page that I would like to restrict only to group members. How do I set view and edit restrictions for it?


Answers:
author: SusanA
body: Hi Randal,

Currently, there is no way to restrict a blog post in the same way that you can restrict a page in Confluence. However, there is a feature request for this that you can vote on and watch: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3305)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-3305>

And there is also another feature request about being able to save a draft and continue editing, something I personally would love to see implemented: [](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1632)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1632>

Cheers,

Susan

comments: author: Randal Taira
body: Thank you Susan. It really is a needed feature so smaller groups can have internal conversations.

Thanks again,

Randal


author: FelipeA
body: Hi Randal,

You just need to set the group you want to restrict to on Tools-\>Restrictions. All the steps are documented here: [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Page+Restrictions>

Best regards,

Felipe Alencastro

comments: author: Randal Taira
body: Thank you Felipe. I tried to do that but on my blog page, there is no 'restrictions' option in the 'tools' menu. I've used it for regular pages. I'm just not seeing the option on the blog page.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence - cannot access space via space directory
Asked by Jason Moerbe:

We've recently installed Confluence and are testing setup and permissions, so this is basically a clean install. I've created several test spaces. in each case, I can access the space from the "Spaces" dropdown menu and from the "Site Spaces" list on the left when viewing the main Confluence page. However, attempts to access any space via the Space Directory results in a "cannot connect to server" error.

This is happening 100% of the time and is happening in both Firefox and Chrome. Have not tried other browsers.


Answers:
author: NotTheRealStephenSifersNOPENOPENOPENOPE
body: You need to ensure your gerenal configurtion is setup correctly. You should have your internal or external site listed along with ports.

Take a look at the following:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Server+Base+URL)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+the+Server+Base+URL>

It may need to be set to " <http://yourserverurl.com:8090>"

comments: author: Jason Moerbe
body: Thanks. Passing this info along to our system admin.


Tags: confluence-administration
No previews available in Shared Links
Asked by Mick Brady:

"*No link preview available. Please open the link for details."* Is shown for all links that we share using the blueprint. Could there be something preventing these from showing? Has anyone else seen this and managed to fix? Seems to happen no matter where the link points to. Running 5.4.2 on premise. Clicking on the link works fine.


Answers:
author: Kathy Hart
body: Still no resolution on this. Why offer a link preview if it never works?


author: Alan Williams
body: Is no one solving this? 4 years and counting.....


author: Carsten Sch?fer
body: Same problem in version 6.0.2.

Instance is connected to Web.


author: Blake Masri
body: Same issue here in 5.7. Anyone figure this one out, yet?


author: Gehan Dias
body: We have the same problem too


author: A
body: has anyone heard more on this? my UPM can connect to [marketplace.atlassian.com](http://marketplace.atlassian.com)just fine, but I am not seeing link previews. (I have defined proxy variables in setenv.sh)


author: Adolfo Casari
body: I have the same problem. Version 5.4

EDIT: I think the problem is that the confluence server can't establish connection thru internet. To be confirmed.


Tags: confluence-administration

share
Is there a plugin for automated translation?
Asked by Daniel Wilson:

We have a multi-national team. One designer wants to enter his comments in Polish and the rest of us want to read them in English. And he wants to read our comments in Polish.

We're using the Polish language pack that translates the buttons, menu items, etc.

But is there a plugin to give us a Babblefish / Google Translate type of automated translation of text within the page bodies / comments?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: Google Translate has a JS snippet that you can put on your page that will auto translate it. You could add this to the global custom html and get the translate feature on every page. It should work.

comments: author: Daniel Wilson
body: Thanks, Davin. I'll try that ... or a Chrome plugin I've played with a little.


author: Kiranped
body: Hi Davin,

I trying to develop a plugin which can translate the confluence page securely using Microsoft Translator : <https://api.cognitive.microsofttranslator.com/translate?api-version=3.0>".

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks \& regards,

Kiran
Approve, or restrict, a space permission - how?
Asked by Sergey Svishchev:

At least three space permissions can be dangerous under certain circumstances ([Export Space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/RQgzDQ), [Restrict](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/YoX2Cw) and [View Anonymously](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28946)). Even if they are revoked once and removed from default set of space permissions, space admins can still grant them.

What if some permissions could be set only by Confluence admin, or would have to be approved by them?

There's apparently no Confluence feature or a plugin that can do this, or is there?


Answers:
author: John Paz
body: I would suggest creating a new user group that will be just like the confluence-admin group, but do not grant them the ability to administer a space.

To do this, fist create a new group called "confluence-space-admin."

1. Go to Space Permissions (Confluence Admin \> Space Permissions)
2. Click Edit Permissions, add the new group to the list and click Add.
3. Uncheck the following boxes:
4. Under Pages:Restrict
5. Under Space:Export, Admin
6. Add the appropriate users to the new user group
7. Be sure to remove those same users from the original confluence-admin group.

Here is some background information you might find useful:

* [Confluence - Global Permissions Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF51/Global+Permissions+Overview)
* [Confluence - Space Administrators and their Permissions](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF51/Space+Administrators+and+their+Permissions)
* [Confluence - Global Groups Overview](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF51/Global+Groups+Overview)

comments: author: Sergey Svishchev
body: The point is not to remove space admin permission entirely but to restrict it. I'm not sure how this solves the problem.


Tags: confluence-administration
How to localize RedefinedWiki Original Theme
Asked by Max Pavlov:

Hi. We are using Confluence in Russian. When we've installed redefinedWiki original theme, confluence started to appear as semi-localized.

Is there a way to localize to Russian (or any other language) a RedefinedWiki?

Thanks in advance.


Answers:
author: Emil Sj?din _Refined_
body: Hi Max,

We don't have any official russian translation, but you can create one yourself. Please create an issue here: <https://refinedwiki.atlassian.net/browse/RWOT>and we will instruct you how to proceed.

Best Regards,

Emil


Tags: confluence-administration

refined-wiki
Import of simple HTML pages as Confluence pages
Asked by DRM:

Hi,

I'm trying to find an efficient way to migrate 100+ HTML pages into a Confluence 5.x (latest release).

I've tried to use UWC (using testxml.properties as baseline) but was unable to manage importing any markup (only plain/text is visible in Confluence).

Is there an simplier tool / solution to import HTML pages (with some attachments) into Confluence ? IMHO, it seems a more useful feature than Word document import but YMMV.

Regards,


Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: You could try the WebDAV plugin for confluence. It maps the page heirarchy structure to a file system and allows you to work with it as if it were files and folders. Each page is represented by a folder and in that folder is a .txt file with the same name as the folder. This .txt file is the page content. Any other files in that folder are attachments to the page. So, you could create folders for you html pages with the folder name as the page name ... avoid special characters ... only use letters, numbers, and spaces if you can. The create a .txt file in the folder with the same name as the folder. The .txt file will have your html content minus the html, head, and body elements. Only put in the .txt file what would be inside the body element of the page. Then simply drag and drop the folder to the WebDAV folder that you have mapped to Confluence.


author: DRM
body: Hi Davin,

Thanks for your answer. I've started working an a simple tool which allow me to copy/transform/import raw HTML data + binary attachments into a Confluence WebDAV directory.

[](https://github.com/drazzib/confluence-importer "https://github.com/drazzib/confluence-importer")<https://github.com/drazzib/confluence-importer>

comments: author: Anthony Delaney
body: Hi Damien,Can I ask if this tool will allow me to convert a HTML5 page into a Confluence page? The HTML page I want to import has a number of headings, images, lists, and tables. I would like to maintain these as part of the import and see confluence detect the headings to build a TOC, and save the images to the space so I can insert them in the appropriate places.I am not sure how comprehensive your tool is. If you could give an explanation it would be appreciated.Thanks,Anthony


Tags: confluence-administration

universal-wiki-converter
Searching Groups Information
Asked by Ian Mason:

Is it possible to query the confluence database to find out when a group was created and by whom?


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi Ian,

in order to retrieve when group has been created you can just perform the following query :

```
select * from cwd_group where group_name = 'YOUR_GROUP_NAME';
```

you can see when the related group has been created/updated into created_date/updated_date columns.

Hope this helps.

Fabio

comments: author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: I didn't find any information stored on the db for that.

Regards,

Fabio


author: Ian Mason
body: Are there any parameters for searching who created a group?


author: Ian Mason
body: Thanks Fabio!


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Ian,

You could employ increased logging levels in tandem with the SQL query mentioned above. To have more information on group addition actions:

1. Edit \<install-dir\>/confluence/WEB-INF/classes/log4j.properties
2. Search for 'Embedded Crowd logging'
3. Change this line to DEBUG level logging (default set at INFO initially)

|----------------------------------------------------------|
| `log4j.logger.com.atlassian.confluence.user.crowd=DEBUG` |

The article for such configuration can be [reviewed here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Logging+Level+to+Capture+confluence-administrator+Group+Changes+in+Confluence+Admin).

comments: author: Ian Mason
body: If we increased the embedded crowd logging, it will return a field that gives us a user that created the group? Thanks! - Ian


Tags: confluence-administration
How to edit Space Details in RedefinedWiki Original Theme default interface
Asked by Max Pavlov:

Hi. We are evaluating a RedefinedWiki Orignal Theme. I can't seem to find a way to edit space details (like Space name, for instance) in the space interface or anywhere else.

How can it be done with RedefinedWiki Original Theme?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Andreas L?fgren
body: Hi Max,

If you look at the screenshot I attached you can see where this menu is located. It's called "Space Tools" and from there you can edit various space details. (For example, to change the name first go into the space tools menu and then click on the "Overview" tab where these settings are found.

![](../../upfiles/space_tools.png)

<br />

Let me know if this works for you.

Best Regards,

Andreas

comments: author: Max Pavlov
body: Andreas, thank you! I couldn't find this menu after installing the theme but now we seem to be up to speed.


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Max, not sure if you have seen their [documentation page](http://demo.refinedwiki.com/display/rwot/RefinedWiki+Original+Theme), they do have a default Configuration and information about its usage within it. It appears that on the right side of the page of a logged user there is a **cog** icon, where one can access settings.

Hope that helps.


Tags: refined-wiki
How do I include an external web page in Confluence
Asked by Peter Francis:

I'd like to include the content from external web pages in a Confluence page .

Is there a macro anyone can recommend ?


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: You can use [Adaptavists Content Formatting Macros](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.adaptavist.confluence.contentFormattingMacros). Don't be afraid, it's free ;) Ignore the "Paid by Atlassian"

There you find a iframe macro!

But as Marco said, its a question of security.

My recommendation would be, to write a own (user) macro, if the number of pages you wanna embed is small.

comments: author: Richard Cross
body: This is unfortunately no longer free.


author: Terri Yeago
body: [@Richard Cross](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/664850), do you know if there is a plugin to embed websites to a Confluence page for the Cloud instance?


author: Marco Mancuso
body: Hello Peter,

this is feasible but recommended for security reason. The plugin is disabled by default.

Please take a look at [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Enabling+the+html-include+Macro)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Enabling+the+html-include+Macro>

Hope this helps

Marco


Tags: confluence-administration