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Confluence 'Watchers'
Asked by Lindsay Hopkins:

When I select a space, in Confluence, I am directed to the latest page posting. I then have to select 'Pages' on the left hand side of the page in order to view all recent page updates and to be able to view the 'Watch this Space' icon. Is there a way that this icon can be viewed when I first select a space instead of having to go back and select pages?

Also, as an admin, I have been able to add users to watch certain pages but there a way to add users to watch certain spaces without the user having to do so themselves? That way when users post or update pages the 'watchers' of the space are notified.

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Vera Henrichs
body: BTW, how about this idea?

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-40582>

Please vote!


author: Harry Chan
body: Hi[,](https://www.cloudshards.com/confluencehosting.php) what version of Confluence are you on? In the latest, if you go to a space and go to Tools-\>Manage Watchers you should be able to add/remove/edit watchers for the space[.](https://www.cloudshards.com)


Tags: watcher
Filters gadget - I'm unable to get results from multiple projects
Asked by Tomas Manning:

I just added a new dashboard with the filters gadget, but I'm unable to get results from multiple projects. Can someone tell me what I am missing, I'm unable to find it in the documentation.,

The filter is working successfully for another project. I'm not sure if its a permissions issue as I'm using the administrator for all tickets. One difference is that for project A, I'm using issue type "Bugs", for for project B, I'm using issue type "Story". Project B has the tickets that are not being returned. Project B also contains custom screens and fields, I'm not sure if that will have an influence.

Thanks again


Answers:
author: Jeison
body: Hi Tomas!

Is the filter you're using working? I believe this could be related to permissions, you might not have access to the projects you're looking for. Check whether the filter you're using on the gadget is working properly or not through issue navigator.

On a side note, isn't this question related to JIRA OnDemand instead of Confluence OnDemand?

Hope it helps!


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Time spent after a certain date
Asked by Dannyb:

I would like to create a chart of the time spent after a certain date. when I run this filter  
issueFunction in workLogged("after 2013/5/1") I get the issues that have time logged to them after that date. But the time spent column is an aggregation of all work logged to the issue.  

Is there any way to get the aggregation of time spent after a certian date  


Answers:
author: Vidic Florjan
body: Link to SQL query to get Workflow data for reporting:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRACOM/Example+SQL+queries+for+JIRA#ExampleSQLqueriesforJIRA-GetWorklogdataforreporting>


author: Vidic Florjan
body: I think that you have problem because source for your chart are issues (with all worklogs) not worklogs (with relating issuses).


Tags: time

time-spent

time-tracking
Display url as hyperlinks in excel macro
Asked by Zameer Minhas:

I want to display url links in an excel file as hyperlinks. Is this is a possibility? Currently all links appear as text untill the excel file is opened for editing.....


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: If you are talking about the [Excel Macro](https://bobswift.atlassian.net/wiki/display/XL/Excel+Macro) then yes, it will. If you are talking about the office connector macro, I don't know.
Configure Sidebar
Asked by Jason Turner:

Using Confluence OnDemand I would like to configure the hierarchy of the pages in the sidebar.

I know how to move pages in the hierarchy but the categories are limited by the page templates. For example. Currently my templates consists of "meeting notes", "files" and "product requirements". I create a fair number of pages uses the "blank page".

I can put the new page in either "meeting notes", "files" or "product requirements", however I would like to create my own tree branch (or category). Is the structure restricted by template type? If so that sucks. I have tried the space them "documentation" and it seems to have the same restrictions.

Please advise.


Answers:
author: Jason Turner
body: After some additional research I was able to better customize the sidebar and the corresponding page(s) in the main panel to the right of the sidebar. Perhaps I wasn't clear in my original question/post. I wanted to recreate the same sort of behavior as the "meeting notes", "files" and "product requirements" links. I was able to do this by creating starting with a blank page and using either the "Children Display" macro and the "Content by Label" macro. I then added the new page to the sidebar, thus recreating the same sort of behavior as the "meeting notes", "files" and "product requirements" links

I also found a bug in the Content by Label macro <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-29236>


author: JohnA
body: Hi Jason,

I'm sorry to say that OnDemand is comparatively limited in terms of the customisations you can make to the instance and therefore the only changes you can make to the Sidebar are outlined in this document: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Configuring+a+Sidebar>

All the best,  
John

comments: author: Jason Turner
body: Do you know if I can create my own Blueprint templates with On Demand version.


author: Hemant Kapila
body: A user can't even change the font size or basic features of a theme. That is not so user-friendly. Atlassian should work on supporting these features.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Confluence working with CAS - If you're having problems with authentication
Asked by William Zanchet [Atlassian]:

Just to share.  
If you're configuring Confluence to talk with CAS, and you getting a stack-trace like this:

```
java.lang.ClassCastException: com.atlassian.confluence.user.SessionSafePrincipal cannot be cast to com.atlassian.user.Userat com.atlassian.confluence.user.AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.getUser(AuthenticatedUserThreadLocal.java:25)at com.atlassian.confluence.util.UserThreadLocalFilter.doFilter(UserThreadLocalFilter.java:36)at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.SecurityFilter.doFilter(SecurityFilter.java:211)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)at com.atlassian.confluence.web.filter.ThreadLocalCacheFilter.doFilter(ThreadLocalCacheFilter.java:22)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)at com.atlassian.security.auth.trustedapps.filter.TrustedApplicationsFilter.doFilter(TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98)at com.atlassian.confluence.util.AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.doFilter(AbstractBootstrapHotSwappingFilter.java:30)at com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:31)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)at com.atlassian.seraph.filter.BaseLoginFilter.doFilter(BaseLoginFilter.java:150)at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:235)
```


Answers:
author: William Zanchet [Atlassian]
body: Here is the path:
> --- java-cas-clients-orig/java-cas-client/cas-client-integration-atlassian/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/integration/atlassian/ConfluenceCasAuthenticator.java 2013-05-06 10:41:42.000000000 -0400  
> +++ java-cas-clients/java-cas-client/cas-client-integration-atlassian/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/integration/atlassian/ConfluenceCasAuthenticator.java 2013-05-06 10:53:42.000000000 -0400  
> @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@  
> // user already exists  
> if (session.getAttribute(LOGGED_IN_KEY) != null) { LOGGER.debug("Session found; user already logged in."); - return (Principal) session.getAttribute(LOGGED_IN_KEY); + return (Principal) getUserFromSession (request); }
>
> final Assertion assertion = (Assertion) session.getAttribute(AbstractCasFilter.CONST_CAS_ASSERTION);
How can I remove Profile box from Personal Space?
Asked by Barnett:

I am using a documentation theme in my Personal Space. On the right hand side is a light greenish profile box with my name, email, and recent activity. How can I hide this box? Is this box something only I see or will people I share my personal space with see a profile box as well?

Thanks in advance for your time.


Answers:
author: Mark Hrynczak
body: You are seeing the personal space activity sidebar, which shows users some details from the profile of the space owner. All users will see the sidebar (though they will only see activity of content they have permission to view).

You can collapse the sidebar by default, but this will only affect your view, not anyone else's.

If you really want to hide the sidebar for all users in your space, and you have access to [customise your space's CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS), then try this:

> ```
> #personal-info-sidebar {  display: none;}
> ```
>
If you don't have access, you'll need to ask an administrator to do it for you.

Confluence v5.0 had a visual refresh which included removing this personal space sidebar, so another option for you is to upgrade the instance :)


author: Daniel Borcherding
body: Hello Barnett,

Are you talking about the homepage for your personal space? If you make other pages in your personal space are these items duplicated?

The documentation theme add a gray box to the left hand side of the screen. This is likely not the cause of what yo uare seeing.

If you edit your home page are you able to remove these items that you don't want to see? If they are your homepage and your personal space is not private anyone that visits your space will be able to see these items.

Does this make things more clear?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
No link, when page title contains a special character
Asked by Thomas Zobel:

Pages that contains a special character (like ':' or '/') in the page title have no link (it is just the plain text) when they are send through an action in a workflow.   

Confluence Version 4.1.6, Ad Hoc Workflow Version 3.2.5.

If this is a bug is there a fix for a newer version?


Answers:
author: Ulrich Kuhnhardt [Comalatech]
body: Hi Thomas,

thanks for the screenshots. Would you mind adding the workflow markup? If you need a secure place please email to [support@comalatech.com](mailto:support@comalatech.com) and reference this page here on [answers.atlassian.com](http://answers.atlassian.com)

I would like to review the workflow {send-email} macros - and possibly reproduce.

comments: author: Thomas Zobel
body: Hi Ulrich,

I sent an email to [support@comalatech.com](mailto:support@comalatech.com)

Thomas


author: Ulrich Kuhnhardt [Comalatech]
body: Sorry, can't see images.

can you please provide your workflow and detailed steps how reproduce?

comments: author: Thomas Zobel
body: I added the screenshots


author: Thomas Zobel
body: Hi,

this is the title:

![](http://www.seibert-media.net/screenshots/title.png)

And here is the email:

![](http://www.seibert-media.net/screenshots/mail_text.png)

There is no link only the text.

Do you need more?

Thomas Zobel


author: Ulrich Kuhnhardt [Comalatech]
body: Hi,

can you please provide your workflow and detailed steps how reproduce? Also attach a screenshot where you expect a page link. Thanks.


author: Thomas Zobel
body: If this is a bug is there a fix for a newer version?


Tags: addon-com.comalatech.workflow
Team Calendar breaks editing in iPad
Asked by WSST:

On Confluence 4.3.3

I recently upgraded from Team Calendar 3.0.1 to 3.1.5. Since the upgrade, tapping the editor window on the iPad causes the editor to blink grey and no cursor/keyboard appears.

If I temporarily disable Team Calendar, typing works as normal on iPad. I am guessing some kind of JS/AJAX issue.

1. Can anyone else confirm this behaviour
2. Does anyone know how to rollback to a previous version of Team Calendar?
3. Does anyone have success using Team Calendar 3.1.5 in any way and a working editor on the iPad? If I can't downgrade, I'd like to configure or upgrade Confluence in some way that the iPad can start working again.


Answers:
author: fsim
body: Hey there,

You can still roll back by first uninstalling Team Calendars 3.1.5 in Confluence Admin \>\> Plugins , then download the 3.0.1 jar from here: <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.confluence.extra.team-calendars/versions#b1710>

Upload the jar through Confluence Admin \>\> Plugins \>\> Upload Plugin

I can't confirm this behavior, don't have an iPad at the moment.

<br />

Foogie


author: John Bowen
body: I didn't find one, so I created an issue for this: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/TEAMCAL-1382>


author: John Bowen
body: I can confirm that WSST's report is accurate for us as well. With Team Calendar 3.1.4 enabled, we can't edit properly with iPad. With Calendar disabled, editing is fine. I tried upgrading Team Calendar to version 3.2.0, but that didn't help. Uninstalling and then uploading the jar for 3.0.1 as Foogie Sim recommends worked. Thanks guys.


Tags: confluence-administration

ios

team-calendars-for-confluence
Sharepoint Connector Plugin - Free Trial Issue
Asked by Anthony Galati:

I am trying to setup a Trial version of Sharepoint prod. I install the plugin with no issue but when I click "Free Trial" under the setup I receive the following error:

Generate Evalulation License

We are unable to generate an evaluation license. The plugin key is invalid. Please [contact us](http://www.atlassian.com/company/contact) if the problem persists.


Answers:
author: LuizA
body: Hello Anthony,

I've performed a test in my local instance and installing the Sharepoint connector now and I've received the same error, so in this I would suggest you to await some time and then try again, in this meantime you can try to configure the plugin in the instance (other parameters), because this message that you're receiving it seems an error at our [myatlassian.com](http://myatlassian.com) website.

Kind regards,

LJ.


Tags: confluence-administration
OnDemand Confluence Export PDF Font
Asked by Trevor Sumner:

Hi,

I need the ability to use a specific font in our PDF exports. I've had a look at this: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Advanced+PDF+Export+Customisations>

And it shows that it should be possible to use font-face to allow the use of a different font:

```
@font-face {    src: url(file:///usr/share/fonts/Consolas.ttf);    -fs-pdf-font-embed: embed;  }    .code pre, .preformatted pre, tt, kbd, code, samp {    font-family: Consolas, monospace;    font-size: 9pt;  }
```

I've changed the url to point to a hosted server I can publicly access but unfortunately no luck so far. It seems to fall back to the standard font.

Is this functionality available in OnDemand?

Thanks for your help!


Answers:
author: Abdulrazaq Mohammed Ali Omar
body: That's currently not possible in OnDemand, we have a feature request to address it:

- <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-28348>

Please vote for it and leave your feedback. In the meantime, you can log a ticket at [support.atlassian.com](http://support.atlassian.com) and upload the font file, and a support engineer will upload it into your Confluence and you should be able to export to PDF normaly after that.

All the best.

comments: author: Daniel Sadjadian
body: NOOOOOO. You mean you can't use custom fonts for PDF generation in Confluence?


author: Justin Alex Paramanandan
body: @Daniel Sadjadian, you can use custom fonts for PDF exports. It's just that you would need to convert them to a \[TTC font format\|<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+create+ttc+family+font+file>\] first, and then request Atlassian Support to perform the upload for you. :)


author: Thomas Henrion
body: This is not the case anymore. Confluence cloud can now handle custom fonts for pdf Export. See this question / answer : <https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Changing-font-family-in-PDF-export-OnDemand/qaq-p/433055>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Delete or deactivate a user
Asked by Ido Aviv:

How do I delete users which are authores and owners of some documents?

If I deactivate a user - does it still counts as a user license?


Answers:
author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Ido, I believe this documentation covers this concern: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Deleting+or+Deactivating+Users>


author: BernardoA
body: You can completely remove such users, but we recommend to just disable or remove such user from "can-use" group as mentioned here, please check this documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Removing+or+Deactivating+a+User>


author: Ido Aviv
body: problem solved. thank you all!


author: Ramiro Pointis
body: Hi Ido, any user who is not part of the confluence-users group does not count on the license. So just erase the user from all groups.


author: Mizan
body: Deactivating a user wont count in the user license . AFAIK deleting is not an option if user has added any data in confluence eg: comments , posts , pages , etc


Tags: author

confluence-administration

delete
problems loading comment editor in low bandwidth situations?
Asked by Mark Davies:

We seem to have identified a problem in low bandwidth scenarios... (browsing from Kenya and Ghana) that users can easily load pages, but it hangs when they click to add a comment. Atlassian seem to be out of ideas, wondering if others are facing similar issues. We are hosting our confluence in london and accessing it at remote locations... thanks...


Answers:
author: Ryan Goodwin
body: Hi Mark,

I had a hell-of-a-time getting to the bottom of this one in a support case. Please refer to this bug in our issue tracker which has a few attached, patched jars for increasing the editor/comment editor timeout for those instances where there are slow load times.

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-27023>

Hope this helps!


Tags: comment

confluence-administration

performance
Which version is Confluence OnDemand currently running?
Asked by IT support:

Looks like I have to assist soon in a Confluence on-site --\> Confluence OnDemand export/import.

I'm totally new to Confluence, but so far I did get that it's important that the on-site installation gets updated to the OnDemand version before export/import is done.

The [download-page](http://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence/download) seems to suggest OnDemand is running version 5.1.2. Is this correct?

Regards,

Evert


Answers:
author: OmarA
body: Hi Evert.

JIRA is running JIRA 6.0-OD11.

Conf is running Confluence 5.1-OD6

I suggest if you can watch this page for OnDemand updated versions: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Application+Versions>

Cheers,

Omar


author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Current OnDemand applications version can be found here: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+Application+Versions>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Wiki markup syntax to specify link text
Asked by Sylvain:

Hello,

I recently switched from Dokuwiki to Confluence. I am looking for the equivalent of the syntax:

\[\[https://www.google.com\|Google\]\]

I understand link can be added using markup \[...\] but how to add at the same time the link text value (if required) without going to the graphical interface.

Regards.

Sylvain


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: \[Google\|https://www.google.com\]

comments: author: Andy McLaughlin
body: This doesn't work if I copy and paste the text in. It does work if I manually type the whole thing. Any way to get Copy/Paste to work?
Create a forum in Confluence
Asked by Jason Turner:

I am a new confluence/jira admin and would like to create a forum in Confluence but the capability isn't jumping out at me and I don't see it in the documentation. Does Confluence (on-demand) support the create of forums? If so please point me in the right direction


Answers:
author: Mick Davidson
body: Jason,

I'm not sure about on-demand gives you, but the only forum I know about comes as a plugin made by, I think, Adaptavist. I believe it is free and if you have some technical aptitude, you should be able to set it up. If not, I found the people at Adaptavist to be very helpful.

You can create a kind of forum by using the blogging feature, that is space-specific, as opposed to being something you can hide within a space. So if everyone who has access to the space are also ok to access the blog, you could try that too.

Cheers


author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: Jason,

You can refer to this documentation on using Confluence as a forum: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Confluence+as+a+Forum>. However, as Mick highlighted it's a 3rd party plugin which is not bundled in OnDemand as far as I know. Hence it's an option for Standalone.

You may wanna also have a look at this content: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=157232>

comments: author: Roger Chambers
body: Jason,The first reference you provided above outlines an option to use the Community Bubbles plugin to create a forum. The description there emphasizes the plugin as being free. However, when clicking through to the plugin itself on the Adaptavist site, I'm provided with a pricing structure for the plugin. Do you know if this plugin is truly free to use? If it is not, are you aware of any other functionality to create forums on a Confluence space that might have become available since the time of your initial post several years ago?


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
greenhopper issue detail view tab not displaying
Asked by David:

We're running Greenhopper 6.1. I'm trying to configure the Issue Details View, but this tab don't not show up under the board configuration.


Answers:
author: Theinvisibleman
body: Hi David,

It seems that to be able to edit the Issue Details view, you have to either be the owner of the board, or have the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission.

For more details regarding this, you can check [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/GH/Configuring+the+Issue+Detail+View)


author: David
body: The issue had to do with our version of Greenhopper not being up to date. Once we updated, all was good.


Tags: confluence-administration

jira-software