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[confluence] How to set space icons to be used as favicon (browser tab icon)?
Asked by Colin Magne:

I would like to see the browser tab icon (a.k.a favicon) set to the logo of the space that is currently displayed on the webpage. (so each space would have a different favicon) that will greatly imrpove the navigability among all spaces opened in the same browser. Right now I have the uniform confluence logo for every tab and no distinction is possible.

Please add this feature if it's not yet supported.


Answers:
author: Wayne Wong
body: Hi Colin,

I am sorry that currently we don't have such function.

However, there is one similar feature request here :[](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-25630)<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-33245>

We recommend our users to comment and vote on the feature request, and customer's feedback is one of the things that the developers decide to work on next as mention in the [Implementation and new features policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy),do leave some comments if you have any suggestion for improvement.

As for the ticket closed as won't fix, it will be reopen if the demand(vote) of this feature is high.

Thank you  
Regards.  
Wayne Wong

comments: author: Malcolm Cook
body: [@Wayne Wong](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/502300) I find voting disabled. Has something changed about voting on issues closed as "wont fix"?
Search results when using anchor links
Asked by Alice:

On one of my pages I'm using anchor links so that the headings on my page will jump the user back up to the table of contents when they click on the heading.

I noticed that when I do a search for the headings on this page using the exact phrase, my page does not come up as a search result at all. I know of workarounds, but this seems like a potential bug to me.

Any knowledge on this?


Answers:
author: Alice
body: Thanks Guilherme. We just upgraded to Confluence 5.5.3 and this problem is now solved. Thanks!


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Alice, this used to be a [live bug](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24568) in Confluence versions prior to 5.5.2 a fix has been delivered in that iteration of the application. Please consider taking the application to any version after that step to fix that, in case you are already in a post 5.5.2 please post to this thread.

Hope it helps.


Tags: anchor

search

table-of-contents
Changing assignee in Tasklist macro
Asked by Natasha Pettit:

I might be missing something here, but I can't change the assigned user for a task using the Tasklist macro. When I try to change the user (either typing in a username or using the lookup button), I get a little (i) symbol next to the name, and there's no way to "save" or "update" that I can tell. I've tried editing the task, changing the name, and then clicking the checkmark to save, but that just updates the text of the task itself.

These assigned tasks are also not showing up in users' notification task lists...something is going on here, but I haven't found many people complaining about it, so it doesn't seem like an issue many others are facing. Seems like the whole assigning function isn't working. I can still easily assign a task to someone using the task list in the editor, but not using the macro -- which my folks like bc you can add/edit tasks without editing the page. Any help??

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Bruce Poropat
body: I think some of the things Confluence documentation says the Tasklist macro does are things that they planned for it to do but didn't implement. In my it doesn't record user or date the way the docs say---and can't be changed in view mode either.


Tags: task

tasklist
Scroll Office
Asked by Cheryl Schmelzer:

Will Scroll Office be available for OnDemand customers? We need this functionality to deliver professional looking documentation to our customers. We are unable to effectively customize .pdf files using the base "advanced" formatting options with pdf stylesheets.


Answers:
author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: Thank you. I will absolutely vote for the JIRA.


author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Cherly,

We don't have any official plans for adding that third party plugin into OnDemand, based on that I created the feature request [AOD-7254](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/AOD-7254) so you and any other user can that come to this post can vote up for the ticket and add it's thoughts to increase the relevance.  
Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\|Atlassian Support


author: Cheryl Schmelzer
body: And I encourage others who need to produce Word/pd files to vote for the issue also. Please.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Using Jira for workflow of Confluence documentation?
Asked by heather james:

I'm building technical documentation within Confluence for a client. It started out lightweight, but they want a workflow process for request \> draft \> approval \> publish \> revise \> publish. They requested I use Jira to track this.

I felt that this was far too much overhead and process. It also seemed backward or the "wrong way" of using Jira to integrate with Confluence. And there's no way I can see that Jira controls confluence actions such as to publish, etc.

I've stalled for a while, but I need to find a solution for documentation workflow.

I have seen Comalatech's Ad-hoc workflow solution. But I don't think this client will pay for the custom tool. I will broach the subject.

Though, if I had some examples of successes or failures in using 'Jira for Confluence workflow', it would be really helpful.

Has anyone seen examples of that? I'm finding it hard to locate what I need through the usual searches.


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Heather, you are correct on the assumption that the Ad Hoc Workflows would fit better for the tastk sought, nevertheless it is known that some people have used JIRA for tracking the writting process, as you can see in this [third-party blog](http://idratherbewriting.com/2012/01/18/using-jira-to-track-writing-assignments/).

The configuration of the workflows may be the biggest task in this usage scenario, once you have the process setup you can use JIRA to track the doc writting progress.


Tags: documentation

jira

workflow
Copying between On-Demand and downloaded instances of Confluence
Asked by Andrew Drury:

How do I copy a page and child pages from Confluence On-Demand (5.5-OD-24-014) to a downloaded version (Confluence 5.1.2)? Thx


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: [Confluence Command Line Interface (CLI)](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP) has the [copyPage](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-copyPage) action. Use with the [descendents](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-descendents), [targetServer](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/CSOAP/Documentation#Documentation-targetServer), and similar parameters.


author: Martin Cleaver
body: Have you considered upgrading your self-hosted copy before moving the pages across? It's a lot simpler as you can just import the space export from OD.


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi Andrew,

you can create a new page and try to copy the editor contents from one instance to the other.

Or

you can create a xml export and modify the buildnumber in the export file, so it will import on your second instance in a (hopefully) new space and then move the page to your desired destination.

Problems:

* You need the same plugins installed on both instances as long as you use it in the page to copy
* Copying fomr different versions can work but it can cause some problems, depending on the funcionality you are using.


author: BillA
body: You can export your OnDemand page to Word and then import from Word into your downloaded instance. However, you won't be able to include child pages. You'd need to do them one at a time.


Tags: confluence-cloud

copy

download

page
Display Dot Net web application without using IFrame
Asked by Paul Dokken:

We would like to display web application forms that have been developed in C# in confluence pages. We can do it using IFrames but we are limited in what functionality we use. Are there any plugins that would allow us to do this?


Answers:
author: Paul Dokken
body: Hi David,

I am not familiar with JSONP. Do you have an example of this?

Thanks,

Paul

comments: author: Davin Studer
body: JSONP is used for getting around the same origin policy with xml http requests. It's built into jQuery, whic is included with Confluence. Basically, jquery will generate a callback function on-the-fly and pass the function name in a querystring parameter called callback. Your webservice just needs to take what is passed in callback and wrap your JSON with it. So, if callback in the querystring was foo. Then your JSON returned by the webservice should look like this ...

foo(JSON);

jQuery will then be able to execute the callback function. Inessence JSONP doesn't actually do xml-http reqwuests. What it realy does is create script elements on the fly and then the data in the script element gets executed immediatly.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP>


author: Davin Studer
body: You could use AJAX to communicate with a C# .NET web app. Confluence has jQuery included, so it's pretty easy to use JSONP with it. I've done this is a number of places with our install.


Tags: html

iframe
dropdownlist function application question
Asked by Hsu Yao Chang:

Hello partner,

How can we use dropdownlist(combox) funtion by using confluence? Is there the function in the confluence?And the dropdownlist(combox) content is getted from some excel or database file.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Hsu Yao Chang
body: Thanks a lot, but how can I add a button to save the result which user choice?


author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Hsu Yao Chang, you can use Confluences template functionality to add a dropdown list to Confluence, the variables will be insert, you can see under Variable Types, type "List" in [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Adding+a+Template#AddingaTemplate-Theresultingformwhenthetemplatecontainsvariables).

Hope this helps!
Translate page titles
Asked by Felipe Gaudio:

I'm using Confluence 5.5.2 and plugin translation to Portuguese I downloaded has some translations.   
I saw in the manual that can do translations in file 'ConfluenceActionSupport.properties', but the titles of the screen I want to translate are not in this file.   

Someone let me know in which file do I change these screen titles attached (marked in yellow)?   

Thank you!

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


Answers:
author: Don Willis
body: The easiest way to find the keys is to add ?i18ntranslate=on to the end of the URL you are translating. (or \&i18ntranslate=on if the URL already contains a ?)

This process is described at <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/TRANS/How+to+fix+incorrect+JIRA+or+Confluence+translation>


author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Boa tarde Felipe,  

I can see in our translation website, that[Confluence 5.5.2 is only 53% translated](https://translations.atlassian.com/dashboard/download?lang=pt_BR#/Confluence/4.1.9), which means that it's not fully translated yet. We rely on our community to have it translated. You can open the JAR file to see the code and change the translation there. After it, you need compile it back and install back to Confluence.  

Valeu!  
WZ.


Tags: confluence-administration
confluence xml export
Asked by David Henry:

I am unable to complete an export. I have the latest copy of Confluence and my xml exports always fail. The percentage is different each time. I need help.


Answers:
author: David Henry
body: I found an article on memory issues on your web site . I doubled the memory allocated in the 2 areas available in the registry and my export problems went away. In fact I have not had any further issues with exporting. Thank all of you for your responses.


author: Giuliano C.
body: Heya David,

To better understand what's avoiding the export to be completed, can you provide us more details of the information tracked in the atlassian-confluence.log file which is inside \<Confluence Home/logs\> directory, so we can give you a better direction?

PS: To help you in the meantime, you can take a look at [this KB article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/XML+Backups+and+Space+Exports+Troubleshooting) which will guide you with directions according to the issue found. :)

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Giuliano


author: Pedro Souza
body: Hi David,

Do you see any error in the UI or in the atlassian-confluence.log?

See if you can find more clues in your logs, so we can try to better assist you.

I will suggest you to create a support ticket at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com), so you can attach your complete logs and we can provide you a more assertive answer.

Cheers.


Tags: confluence-administration
Dynamic update of confluence page content with custom script that will read a webpage
Asked by surya sanagavarapu:

Hi,

I have a confluence page that I update with several production versions that are available in different environments. Our application has a page where the version of the production is available.

Now, I would like to have this confluence page automatically update the versions table by querying ( I can do a custom script ) our application version page (a url) during page load. Is this possible? if so, can you please give pointers to achieve this?

Thanks a bunch in advance!


Answers:
author: Mirko Skramusky
body: Hi,

you can create a user macro (or plugin) which includes some Javascript making an AJAX call to your application versions page and parse the response. If you use a plugin, of cause you can make the request on server-side.

Hope this helps.


Tags: dynamic

update
Is confluence.atlassian.com related to a locally installed confluence?
Asked by GP:

Hi,

Yesterday there was a major outage of [confluence.atlassian.com](http://confluence.atlassian.com). Today my team is unable to log-in on our locally installed Confluence.

Is there any relation in between [confluence.atlassian.com](http://confluence.atlassian.com) and a locally installed Confluence?

What can be the reason none of us can log-in on our local Confluence?

It shows up the error:

```
The following error(s) occurred:Sorry, an error occurred trying to log you in. Please try again.
```

Thanks for answers in advance.

G


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: Not unless you have configured something.

A local Confluence does not look at any other remote systems. You can do some integration, but your local Confluence will never depend on the other end of any integration.

I think you'll need to read your logs to find out what's going on...
Duplicate notifications mails are sent from confluence
Asked by David Garcia:

Hi.

Duplicate notification mail are sent from confluence 5.5.2 to an only user. The other users only receive one mail.

Does anyone have any idea what is happening?

Thanks!

Regards.


Answers:
author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Can you try the plugin safe mode as described in -\> [](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Disabling+and+enabling+add-ons)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Disabling+and+enabling+add-ons>  
Then try to force a notification.

Are there still that much notifications?

If yes -\> go to [](http://support.atlassian.com)<http://support.atlassian.com>

If no -\> then you have to find out wich plugin causes this phenomenon


author: David Garcia
body: Hi Steve.

There is only 1 user.


author: Steve Gerstner [bridgingIT]
body: Hi David, can you check, that this user has only ONE entry in the people directory?


author: David Garcia
body: Hi.

Yhank you for the answers. The email address only appears in that user.

He receives more than 20 notificactions for the same change. I cant't find the reason.

Thanks.

Regards.


author: Don Willis
body: Are there two accounts with the same email address? Maybe that user has an admin account or something?


author: Timothy
body: As a starter, you can check the email headers of both emails to get a hand of who sent the notifications.


Tags: confluence-administration

notification
How do I limit permitted users to certain security group(s) in Active Directory?
Asked by Neil:

I feel like I am missing something here...   

<br />

I have read through all the documentation more than once. I have configured and tested LDAP connectors to my domain. But for the life of me I can't figure out: How do I limit which Active Directory users can log into Confluence and which cannot? It seems I can only limit the users via a OU, not a security group.

<br />

There are 1000s of users on the network but I only have 100 licenses, so how do I keep the wrong people from sigining in and gobling up my license seats?


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Neil, you can accomplish that a predefined group of users is the only one to sync with Confluence, or set rules for which will be read into the application and repercute into the license count. A good start is following the steps in [this documentation](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/How+to+write+LDAP+search+filters) and craft a filter that fits your needs.

Hope this helps.

comments: author: Tiago Comasseto
body: Hi Nell, to complement Guilherme's answer, here is an example of filter that returns only the users that are members of the group confluence_users (including nested members):

```
(&amp;(objectCategory=Person)(sAMAccountName=*)(memberOf:1.2.840.113556.1.4.1941:=CN=confluence_users,OU=atlassian,DC=company,DC=local))
```

You can see more details of how to restrict the LDAP scope [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CROWD/Restricting+LDAP+Scope+for+User+and+Group+Search).

I hope it helps.

Cheers


Tags: active-directory

confluence-administration

group

ldap

user-directory

user-management
Linking to a tab on another page using Zen Foundation
Asked by J:

Hi,

I am trying to link to a specific tab on a different page.

[](http://www.brikit.com/display/help/Section+Tabs#Linking)<http://www.brikit.com/display/help/Section+Tabs#Linking>(This one is for if the section exists on the same page).

I do not want to use the link as if the name of the page is changed or the page is moved, then the link will break.

Is there a way around this?

Thanks.


Answers:
author: Robbie Lee
body: We'll combine those two in an upcoming release. Thanks for the suggestion!


author: Robbie Lee
body: I'm not sure why we have a name and title. Let me get back to you on that. (Also, we have a product that's replacing Zen called Theme Press. Take a look if you have some time.)


author: J
body: Thanks Robbie. By the way, is there a reason why the Name in the Section Designer doesn't automatically pick up the Section Title? I think this will make it easier to link instead of having to add a Section Name. Users can change the Section Name if they want but would be good if by default it picks up the Section Title.  

For the Zen users, please note that you need to add a name in the Section Designer as follows:

<http://www.brikit.com/display/help/Section+Tabs#Linking>


author: Robbie Lee
body: If the page is in the same space, your link will look like:

* \<*page_title* \>#\<*section_name*\>

If the page is in a different space, your link will look like:

* \<*space_key* \>:\<*page_title* \>#\<*section_name*\>

When linking to a tab on the current page, your link looks like:

* #\<*section_name*\>

The markup is pretty much the same as here:

[](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Links)<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Working+with+Links>


Tags: addon-com.zenfoundation
Designate Confluence/System Admin
Asked by PJ Tabit:

No user on my Confluence OnDemand site currently has confluence-admin or system-admin rights. How do I give myself those rights if there is no one to give them to me?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: You won't get system-admin rights - that's restricted to Atlassian support.

To get confluence-admin granted in the case where your existing admins have left without granting it to you, contact OnDemand support at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com)

comments: author: PJ Tabit
body: Thanks, Nic!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
How to distinguish external gadget on confluence macro menu?
Asked by hirok:

Hi all,

I set two different URLs for a Confluence macro of the 'GreenHopper Classic Agile Gadget' into 'Gadget Specification URL' setting on the External Gadget menu because we have two different JIRA servers.

When I put the macro from the 'Select Macro' dialog, there are two items of the gadget appeared on the list. Both items look same except internal Gadget URL which can be shown from pop-up menu.

Our users get confused which one should be picked.

Is there any good way to put a clear distinction between them?  
Regards,  
hiro


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Hiro san, you may change the icon and the text for one of the Macros editing the respective *xml file* as noted in our [macro development documentation](https://developer.atlassian.com/display/CONFDEV/Including+Information+in+your+Macro+for+the+Macro+Browser). Look for the respective Macro components using the names from the feature within Confluence, and into the package in the filesystem, you should find the atlassian-plugin.xml with its Macro Descriptor Attributes, among them its icon attritube.

Hope this can put you in the right way.

comments: author: hirok
body: Hi Guilherme san,  
Thank you very much for your reply.

I think the macro consists of only one module but it is listed more in the Select Macro menu by an increment of URLs which I registered.

So, I'm not sure but if I change the name and icon in the atlassian-plugin.xml, all the list on the menu will be changed accordingly? Am I misunderstanding?

Regards,  
hiro

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


Tags: confluence-administration
Unable to receive confluence notifications
Asked by Shreena Patel:

Hi there,

We have realised internal staff are getting email notifications for modifications made to a space.

We have one user which we created (this uses a google group email address ID) however the notifications are not being sent to this inbox, even though this user is watching the space.

How can I get notifications working for them?

Please let me know asap.

Cheers,

Shreena


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Hi Shreena,  

From the label that you added to page, I can see that you're an OnDemand customer. I'd encourage you to open a support case with them: [](https://support.atlassian.com)<https://support.atlassian.com>as this problem may rely on other function.  

Cheers,  
WZ


author: Shreena Patel
body: Thanks, will do!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud