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How can you change your look and feel if you lost the original site? I went to documentatin style and I wasn to go back? How can I go back to the original site with the pages/child pages, changing site logo stuff?
Asked by Jessie de Jong:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Changing the Look and Feel of Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=771892709)*

How can you change your look and feel if you lost the original site? I went to documentatin style and I wasn to go back? How can I go back to the original site with the pages/child pages, changing site logo stuff?

[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/How-can-you-change-your-look-and-feel-if-you-lost-the-original/qaq-p/248324?attachment-id=9655){#link_119021cb81d00e}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/41977/1/confluence_page.png){#display_119021cb81d00e_0}


Answers:
author: David Skreiner
body: The same way that you chose the Documentation Style also applies to choosing another Style:

1 Choose the cog icon , then choose General Configuration under Confluence Administration  
2 Choose Themes in the left-hand panel, in the "Look and Feel" section.  
3 You will see a list of all installed themes. Activate the one you want.

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-themes-151522.html>

comments: author: Jessie de Jong
body: Part of the problem is that the Cog icon is not there. So, how do I get to it. I am Space Admin for the site, but I cannot find the Cog icon that you referred to.

confluence_page.png


Tags: confluence-administration

look-and-feel
Does @parent work in the page tree macro?
Asked by Pamela Clark:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Page Tree Macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=163414255)*

I'm trying to use the page tree macro and I can't get the @parent value to work for the root parameter.

Ideas? All that shows is the page with the page tree macro and others at the same level in the hierarchy.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Can you explain the desired output? That appears to be working exactly as intended.

image2016-9-9 15:2:35.png
* '@parent' --- will include all pages under the parent of the current page, including the current page.  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Does-parent-work-in-the-page-tree-macro/qaq-p/403050?attachment-id=9461){#link_118665dcaa5c57}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/175015/1/image2016-9-9%2015%3A2%3A35.png){#display_118665dcaa5c57_0}

comments: author: Pamela Clark
body: The way I read the docs, I expected that if I put a page-tree macro in the page (in your example) called "testing page-tree macro" and specify '@parent' as the root - that I would see the page "two reports" and all its child pages in the resulting list. The way it works it seems no different than using '@self'. So, how are self and parent different? I'm not getting it. But, this is my first time trying to use this macro.


author: Dan Bishop
body: I agree, Pamela.

* '@parent' --- ++**will include all pages under the parent of the current page, including the current page.**++

Using the description of "@parent" above, shouldn't we see "two reports" (parent of "testing page-tree macro") included in the page tree?

Ideally it would be great if this macro would allow you to specify the level of ascendants and descendants. That way on each page of the hierarchy the reader could navigate the page structure, of these specific pages, without having to rely on the sidebar.


Tags: page-tree
Can you remove the ability to see the View Space Permissions under Space Admin?
Asked by Lurae Criswell:

We would not like our users to be able to add individual users to a space. Is there a way to limit this or remove the ability to get to this section at all except for Confluence Administrators?


Answers:
author: Lurae Criswell
body: lol...Unfortunately we dont care that they admin their space, what does matter is access to these spaces. Our security department likes to control access based on LDAP groups and those have to be managed outside of the tool. So having the ability to add users inside the tool to spaces goes against their policy.


author: MattS
body: Surely just control who is a space admin?


author: Lurae Criswell
body: Thank you so much for the answer. Yeah seems a bit much...lol. Seems like something that should be out of the box...I will put in a suggestion! :smile:


author: Steven F Behnke
body: This is not possible out-of-the-box.

There is no way to customize this in Confluence Cloud.

On Confluence Server you can customize the product in a few different ways.

1. You could add CSS or Javascript to your Confluence instance which could 'hide' (READ: Hide, not disable) the functionality. This should remain functional unless Atlassian dramatically changes the Space Permissions page. This has the potential to be 'user sensitive' so that Confluence Administrators could see it. (Javascript and Velocity can determine if the user is an admin, I think :smile: )
   1. This could be added via a simple plugin that provides the web-sources. \<-Best
   2. This could be added via the Custom HTML or Stylesheet.
   3. This could be added via Customize Layouts, I think.
   4. This could be added by customizing the source files. \<-You'd need to re-customize during each upgrade.
2. You could override the spacepermissions.action with velocity to check their permission level.
   1. This could be via adding a plugin.
   2. This could be via customizing the spacepermissions.action file.

Sorry, but nothing simple. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


Tags: confluence-administration
What is the http address for a Confluence .txt page?
Asked by Jeffrey Foster:

When I want to access an attachment file through Javascript I can use a URL like:

.....com:1890/download/attachments/xxxxxxx/file.js

How can I do the same for the Confluence page file, meaning the myPage.txt file that creates the page?

I have access to the myPage.txt file in the Confluence file system that I access using Webdav, but the file address in that case is a local file system address, like .../myPage/myPage.txt and that's not what I need.


Answers:
author: Jeffrey Foster
body: I figured this out, if I just leave off the .txt extension it works.

e.g. http: \<path\>.com:1890/display/spaceName/pageName

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: Neat! Thanks for sharing!
Link to attachment location in Confluence
Asked by JONATHAN BOHLMANN:

We normally send links via email to others on the team or clients who have access to our system. The issue is the link is for downloading the file, which is fine in most cases, except when the user needs to upload changes to the file. The link does not give an indication on where to save the file back, nor does it allow one to edit the flie and save back to the same location. Our example is we do SOW/change orders in Confluence and once the draft is done we send a link for it to be reviewed and changed. The next manager in line can download the file but can't upload his changes unless he happens to know the location where the original came from.

How do others manage this?


Answers:
author: James Dellow
body: Rather than sending them a link to the actual file, why not send them a link to the (pre)view instead?


author: Milo Test
body: One thing we've done is to add a comment to the file and include an @\[reviewer\]. That way, the reviewer gets an email link to the page with direction to the attachment.
Error: Failed to resolve plugin dependencies within OBR
Asked by Akros Informatik:

Im trying to install the ARC42 Plugin (smartics-projectdoc-confluence-arc42-4.1.0-obr) and getting the following error in the atlassian-confluence.log:

\[UpmAsynchronousTaskManager:thread-4\] \[upm.core.install.DefaultPluginInstallationService\] execute Plugin installation failed: Failed to resolve plugin dependencies within OBR \[plugin.8300653566922567550.smartics-projectdoc-confluence-arc42-4.1.0.obr\]. Please see the logs for more detailed information.

I'm using the latest Confluence Version.

Kind regards,

Ray


Answers:
author: Robert Reiner _smartics_
body: Hi Ray,

have you installed the [projectdoc Toolbox](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/1212629) and the recommended free doctype add-ons?

If not, here is information on the requirements:

* [Blueprints for arc42 (Atlassian Marketplace)](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/de.smartics.atlassian.confluence.smartics-projectdoc-confluence-arc42/server/overview)
* [projectdoc Add-on for arc42](https://www.smartics.eu/confluence/x/wwAkAQ) (there is a section Prerequisites)

If you have installed the add-ons and the error still persists, I'd like to ask you for the versions so that I can try to reproduce the problem.


Tags: confluence-administration
Change header with a picture
Asked by ???????? ??????:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [The Editor](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=792498700)*

Could you help me with editing a header of a page in Knowledge Base, space Epam RD Training Center.

1) I would like to add a picture (something like this below), so how can I do this, where can it be saved?

Header.PNG

2) Also we need to use an Oswald font in text.

3) How can we change a logo in a left top corner? (picture below)

Logo in header.PNG

Thanks for help!

Kind regards  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Change-header-with-a-picture/qaq-p/342614?attachment-id=1){#link_1186663b7e1b80}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/57918/1/Header.PNG){#display_1186663b7e1b80_0}  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Change-header-with-a-picture/qaq-p/342614?attachment-id=2){#link_1186663b7e1b80_0}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/57918/2/Logo%20in%20header.PNG){#display_1186663b7e1b80_2}


Answers:
author: Milo Test
body: 1. This works pretty good for a header image:  
   <https://davidsimpson.me/2014/12/02/customising-atlassian-confluence-with-header-photos/>
2. Haven't tried it, but apparently you can put custom fonts in *\<confluence-install\>/confluence/font* then access it by pointing to https://\<confluence-url\>/font.
3. The "logo" you are referring to is the Space logo. It is easily changed this way:  
   <https://confluence.atlassian.com/conf56/changing-a-space-s-logo-658737061.html>(Unless you want to put a logo next to the page title, then I don't think that is possible.)


Tags: editor
Azure AD - SSO with Confluence ?
Asked by searching:

Hello Everyone,

Our organization uses Confluence heavily however we do not have a SSO setup with it.

We have a on premise ADFS server as well as Azure AD.

Could we use ADFS or Azure AD to integrate our login with Confluence so our users will be able to use their Active Directory credentials to login?

Please note that the version of Confluence that we have in the cloud version and it is NOT on premise.

Thanks!!!


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Cloud does not have any support for external directories (which are a prerequisite for SSO). You can use internal Atlassian-Cloud users or Google accounts. So, no, you can't do this with your Cloud service.


author: Julia B -Doc Queen
body: This is so old now it probably should be archived.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: We're waiting for SAML support for Cloud -- As Nic indicates, this is not possible right now.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/ID-80>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
do you support oracle 12
Asked by Robyn Penketh:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Database Setup for Oracle](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=173821)*

Ask your question here...


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: See <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/supported-platforms-207488198.html> for the latest version - there's a button at the top to select the version of Confluence you are interested in when you're on older versions


Tags: database

documentation

oracle
Where's the osx install??
Asked by Jason Leong:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Installing a Confluence trial](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=838416249)*

So I downloaded the Confluence server for OSX atlassian-confluence-5.10.5.tar.gz

and came her for instructions to install, but there are no instructions for OSX??

What gives?

Not a good experience for trialling software. ![sad](/html/@C495B4504065515364EB1894F812B34C/images/emoticons/sad.png "sad")


Answers:
author: Mihai Schwarz
body: Hello Jason,

Here you have the link for Confluence: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Installing+Confluence+Standalone+on+Mac+OS+X+from+Zip+File>

and Jira: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/installing-jira-on-mac-os-x-191501161.html>


Tags: install
Why is PlantUML not supported?
Asked by Gaspard Petit:

I'm curious what makes a plugin support or not supported, and why PlantUML is not supported.


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: The **vendor** has marked the add-on as not supported. That means they have indicated that they do not offer support for the add-on.

It's a simple checkbox while adding an add-on to the Atlassian Marketplace, nothing more.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way to use a Kanban board in confluence?
Asked by James Brown:

My users would like to create Kanban boards in a Confluence space so that colleagues can dynamically edit the boards columns and cards with out having to do heavy editing to the page. Is it even possible to add content to a Confluence page without going into edit mode?


Answers:
author: Jim
body: Try Trello. [www.trello.com](http://www.trello.com)

comments: author: MarcoVelasco
body: thanks for the suggestions, this approach works perfectly


author: James Dellow
body: Have you looked at Flow Board?

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.artemissoftware.confluence.flowboard.FlowBoard/server/overview>

A free add-on available for Confluence server only.

comments: author: Wilfried Rijsemus
body: How about Cloud?


author: Syauqi
body: I've created a feature request for Jira Cloud to enable dynamic update for board here: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFCLOUD-66125>.

Feel free to provide feedback/use case and watch on suggestion to be notified of any changes.

Cheers!


Tags: board

confluence-administration

confluence-development

kanban
Insert JIRA Issue/Filter Macro does not display multiple components
Asked by Dan Gibson:

Hello,  

I am inserting JIRA issues onto a Confluence page and it will only display component name for issues with one component.  

Any issues that have multiple components are left blank.  
[](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence)

This is for Confluence 5.8.13

Any help would be greatly appreciated.   

Dan  
[](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Insert-JIRA-Issue-Filter-Macro-does-not-display-multiple/qaq-p/20472?attachment-id=10439){#link_11866778d1a22e}  
[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/3395/1/image2016-9-9%2010%3A10%3A29.png){#display_11866778d1a22e_0}


Answers:
author: Martin Tengler
body: Hello, we have the same problem with Confluence 5.8.15. I can't find any ticket related to this issue, is anybody taking care of this, as it is apparently a bug? Thanks a lot.

comments: author: Steven F Behnke
body: This is a community forum. This isnt a support system.

The fix is in Confluence 5.9.x. Upgrade to fix the problem.


author: John K
body: Hello, have the same exact issue in Confluence 5.8.9

Any way to fix this? I can't upgrade my enterprise Confluence.


author: Dan Gibson
body: Hello,  

Unfortunately, I have verified that only one component is still listing for our Confluence 5.8.13 instance.  

While testing on Confluence 5.9.5 instance, I can see multiple components listed.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I tried this on my own space and I see the following -- Can you confirm that **this** doesn't work for you? (Note the multiple component/s at the end of the image)

image2016-9-9 10:10:29.png


Tags: component

jira
Confluence installation error Windows Server 2012
Asked by Tony Mohr:

After installing JIRA S/W on Window 2012 server (no issues), after downloading the Confluence installation executable, with no errors in the process, at end I'm getting redirected to a error page: <http://localhost:8090/bootstrap/selectsetupstep.action>, excerpts of content below:

<br />

The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved from the container. Therefore very limited information is available in this error report.   
The SystemInformationService could not be retrieved due to the following error: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set

### Cause {#toc-hId-1450871137}

com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference$InitializationException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.util.concurrent.LazyReference.getInterruptibly(LazyReference.java:149)

caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Spring Application context has not been set  
at com.atlassian.spring.container.SpringContainerContext.getComponent(SpringContainerContext.java:48)


Answers:
author: Lorenzo Bueno
body: Hi Tony,

This is probably happening due to lack of permissions to write on the Confluence Home-Directory.

Please refer to [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Confluence+does+not+start+due+to+Spring+Application+context+has+not+been+set) for instructions on how to set write permissions for the home folder on both Linux and Windows. This should to the trick. :smile:

If the permissions are not related to the case, it would be worth to check the database connection parameters with Confluence, in the confluence.cfg.xml file, from the Home folder.

I hope this helps.

Best Regards.


Tags: confluence-administration
How can I use the excerpt feature in confluence 5?
Asked by Calvin Taylor:


Answers:
author: Anne EQS
body: For the excerpt macro see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html>

To reuse the content see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-include-macro-148067.html>
> The Excerpt Include macro is used to display 'excerpted' (that is, a segment of) content from one page in another.
>
> Before you can use this macro, the excerpt must have been defined using the [Excerpt macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/excerpt-macro-148062.html). Note that you can have more than one Excerpt Include macro on a page (although you can have only one Excerpt macro on a page).

...and for including a full page see <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/include-page-macro-139514.html>
What happens when your Confluence license is bigger than your Plugin license?
Asked by Paul Furness:

We have a 250 user confluence license and also 250 user licenses for several plugins (Gliffy, LaTEX Math etc). We want to add more users to confluence, but we don't necessarily want to give the new users licenses for the plugins.

What happens when the number of users is within the confluence license but exceeds the plugin license? Does the plugin stop working for everyone? Or does everything stop working? Is there a mechanism to control which users have access to a given plugin in write mode, but allowing everyone to read content that involves that plugin?


Answers:
author: Benjamin Weinheimer-Erben _mgm-tp_
body: Hi Paul,

all plugin licenses have to match the license of the base system. So it is not possible to upgrade your Confluence license without upgrading all of your plugin licenses.

If you try this, the plugins will stop working. There are some exceptions as e.g. Balsamiq-Mockup where you can have other user tiers than in your base system, but most plugins will stop working.

For more information, follow this link: <https://www.atlassian.com/licensing/marketplace#licensingandpricing-1>

greetings  
Benjamin

comments: author: Paul Furness
body: Perfect information. Thanks. :smile:_


Tags: confluence-administration
Attachments of jira issues on confluence
Asked by Getoar Sojeva:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Working with JIRA Agile in Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=658737078)*

I can not attach a file on jira issue by creating on confluence? Why?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Sorry, I cannot understand -- Can you explain further or add screenshots to help?


Tags: attachment

confluence-administration

documentation

jira
Re-Installed Apache. Jira Still Works. Confluence Doesn't.
Asked by Jeremy Swenson:

I inherited a server. (ugh....) The httpd install was a total mess so my boss and I decided that it would be best to uninstall and reinstall Apache.

The process went as expected. I moved the proxy conf files for JIRA and Confluence to the newly installed httpd directory. Restarted httpd service and JIRA came back up no problem, but Confluence didn't. I've restarted JIRA and Confluence.

What else can I check?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: When you say "Confluence didn't", did you check Confluence directly?

Can you try checking the internal url Confluence is on without the proxy to see if it's actually running? If it's running, then we need to look at the Apache settings. If it's not running, or running with errors, then we need to fix that, and a good starting point is the Confluence logs.


author: Mihai Schwarz
body: Make sure both Atlassian services (tomcat) are running for Confluence and Jira.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: I think it would be best to investigate Confluence's Tomcat -- If you inspect the `server.xml` file, you should be able to locate the URL and port that points to Confluence. This should confirm for you that you can access Confluence as normal. After that, it should be a matter of ensuring the typical proxy is set up.

Nothing sounds wrong with your approach so I'm sure we need more information...


Tags: confluence-administration
Lost macro changes?
Asked by Noah Dater:

A colleague was working in Conflunece for a considerable time, editing a macro. They successfully edited the macro, and clicked insert, closing the edit macro dialog box. Unfortunately when they had edited the macro in the page, they selected the whole macro. They typed a letter "R", (not that it matters), replacing the macro with the letter, and then hit save.

Are all the changes made to the macro lost, because the page wasn't saved?


Answers:
author: Steven F Behnke
body: Unfortunately yes. If they had not pressed save, CTRL+Z or CMD+Z would have worked within the editor.

If they haven't closed the browser, they *may* be able to press the \< Back button in their browser, and then press CTRL+Z or CMD+Z -- The browser *should* save the form state (I would think, this is **definitely** browser dependent and not a 'feature' of confluence).

comments: author: Noah Dater
body: Thanks - I was worried this was a case. I'm surprised that the macros are so fragile with saving changes.


author: Steven F Behnke
body: Honestly I'm surprised I've never heard a customer complain about this -- I know I have lost work due to similar mishaps. I don't think a specific feature request exists today to 'fix' this behavior.

I think this is less of a problem with the new **Collaborative Editing** mode -- Everyone is committing to a shared-draft. It asks you to confirm the 'publish' action (instead of 'save') giving you another out in case you realize there's a problem.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can't find - confluence login.vm - need to edit login page
Asked by Weekseee:

Hi

Re <https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/customizing-the-login-page-163938553.html>

I don't have a confluence server - all hosted by Atlassian, but still need to edit the login page.

Can someone help? Thanks guys.


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You can't make code changes to a Cloud installation.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud