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Livesearch Macro Not Showing Correct Results
Asked by Hannah Richardson:

Hi - I added a Livesearch Macro to a page I created (the page is a 3rd level child page). I restricted the search to 2 different labels (shown below). When I begin to type in the search bar, the automatic results menu that opens below the search bar shows pages that match the 2 labels. But when I click "enter" the search page returns results that do not match the 2 labels. This search page needs to be reliably accurate. Is this a bug? Can someone please help?

Screen Shot 2015-03-26 at 11.09.20 AM.png  
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Answers:
author: Davin Studer
body: When you hit enter it does not pass "labelText:peoria OR labelText:indian_school" to the search results page along with your search string ... which is why you see more results than just the live search. There is a [JIRA ticket](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-31697) for it. Feel free to add your voice to the ticket.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

live-search
Is it possible to align text in table cells?
Asked by Alex Davidson:

User wants to align text in table cells in same why as Excel (top, bottom, center). Any ideas?


Answers:
author: Vladimir Bjelakovic
body: funny enough 3+ years old....


author: takobruinsma
body: It ain't pretty, but you could add a a 'style' macro with the following content (at least on Atlassian Cloud):

```
td {vertical-align:middle !important;}
```

That will set it for all table cells though.

comments: author: K Langford
body: Ain't pretty? It's beautiful.

For anyone on server version that wants to create their own user macro using TB's code snippet, here it is.

## Macro title: Center All Table Cells (Vertical)  
## Macro has a body: N  
## Body processing: no body  
## Output: Changes cell text to vertical alignment in table cells,  
##  
## Developed by: YOUR NAME  
## Date created: 05/8/2020  
## Installed by: YOUR NAME

## @noparams  
\<style\>  
.wiki-content td {vertical-align:middle !important;}  
\</style\>


author: Enric Martinez
body: Oh, I just found another option:

Just use plain old HTML. A bit more work, but it does the job.

What, on the other hand, makes me wonder why in Hell's bloody name they can's just add something to the CSS or write two g\*\*damn lines f code to do that. It's not like they have to write an x86_64 assembler from scratch.


author: Mallmann
body: Hello Alex,

Current there's no support for vertical alignment of table cell contents in Confluence. There's an existing *New Feature* request, though: <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-24453>

I hope it helps.

Eduardo

comments: author: Enric Martinez
body: Hi, I'm from the future, 2020.

It is still not possible, at least not without paying extra for a plugin.  

Any Wiki can do that without much fuzz thoug.


author: Patricia Nieto
body: I can't find how to center vertically the text within a section macro either :(


author: Kirill Timofeev
body: Hi everyone!

I wrote a simple app for this - <https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1222494/vertical-align-for-confluence>.

Welcome. :)

comments: author: Anastasia Rumyantseva
body: Is it possible to have the cloud version?


author: Pablo De Luca
body: Hi there,

Thanks a lot for writing this app. Would it work for Data Center versions too?


author: Jessica Bean
body: Would love it if you could write a Cloud version! This is needed desperately! :)


author: ?kos Botos
body: Thank you mate!


author: Alex Davidson
body: Thanks Eduardo!
unmigrated-wiki-markup with Scaffolding plugin
Asked by Bret Gillan:

I've upgraded Confluence from 4.1.9 to 5.7. I'm getting the "unmigrated-wiki-markup" message in my templates. The only macros that are getting used on in the template are from the Scaffolding plugin, which is up to date and licensed. Is there anything else I should be checking?


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Bret,

We have a documentation that covers this issue: <https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migration+from+Wiki+Markup+to+XHTML-Based+Storage+Format>

There's force upgrade task that you can perform:
> To manually re-run migration:
>
> 1. Open this URL in your browser: `<Confluence Address>/admin/force-upgrade.action`
> 2. Select **wikiToXhtmlMigrationUpgradeTask** in the **Upgrade task to run** dropdown list.
> 3. Choose **Force Upgrade**.

I hope it helps!

Eduardo

comments: author: Bret Gillan
body: Hi Eduardo, unfortunately that did not work and neither did any of the instructions in the documentation. According to the unmigrated page we have over 7600 unmigrated pages which I'm guessing is every page in our instance of Confluence.


Tags: confluence-administration
Is there a way for print to display on each page in Confluence?
Asked by Casey Headden:

I want people to just be able to hover or have an option to print on the page. I want a Print option available. If you click the 3 dots in the top-right there are only export options.

I am using the cloud based Confluence.


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

Indeed we don't have a print button/option in Confluence. So I decided to create a feature request on it as you can see here:  

<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-37049>

I would strongly suggest that you vote on this issue to increase its popularity and add it to your watchlist for future updates. I also suggest you to comment in the bug, that way our Bugmaster can see how this problem is impacting your business.

Cheers,  
WZ


Tags: cloud

export

print
Restore space
Asked by Octavia Gear:

Accidentally Deleted a space how can I restore it?


Answers:
author: Suren Raj
body: Hi Octavia,  

To restore a page, you may find the wanted information in the [Restoring a Deleted Page](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Deleted+Page) documentation.

Unfortunately there is no easy way to [restore a space](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Space) - tell your Confluence Administrator to [restore the site's daily backup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Restoring+a+Site) and retrieve the deleted space from there.

To setup Confluence in a staging environment you may need to [use a Developer License](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF35/Getting+a+License+for+a+Staging+Environment).  

Cheers  
Suren


author: Septa Cahyadiputra
body: Hi Octavia,

Sorry to hear that. Confluence have a [daily backup enabled](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Backups)stored in your Confluence HOME directory under the backup folder. I would recommend you to [restore this backup](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Site+Backup+and+Restore) and generate [space export](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF43/Exporting+Confluence+Pages+and+Spaces+to+XML) from there.

Once your space export generated, you should be able to restore it back into your instance.

Hope it helps.

Cheers,  
Septa Cahyadiputra


Tags: confluence-administration
Where did I see the page describing the Confluence product Roadmap?
Asked by Mark Symons:

A few months ago I distinctly recall reading a page published by Atlassian that sketched out what we would be seeing in future versions of Confluence.

The page did talk about Confluence v5.7, which is now with us, but I am pretty sure there was also mention of stuff planned for v5.8 (or maybe for v6... I cannot recall). Specifically, the discussion focused on improvements to document management.

But where did I see the page? I cannot find it anywhere. I have looked on CAC, at blog postings, at all the newsletters from the last year.


Answers:
author: Rafael Pereira
body: Hi Mark,

Atlassian doesn't publish their roadmaps, as you can see at the [Implementation of New Features Policy](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DEV/Implementation+of+New+Features+Policy).

It is because: "these roadmaps are often pre-empted by changing customer demands"

At this answer you can see more details also about this: <https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/110373>

Kind regards

Rafael Pereira

comments: author: Mark Symons
body: I used the word roadmap in a more general sense. I know that there was? something that I read... no matter what it was called. The gist was that the "Files are first class citizens" that we have now seen rolled out in v5.7 is not the end of the work relating to files and their management. I recall a reference to planned functionality of being able to work with files that reside in the cloud.The reason why I want to find this page is that I am currently in a situation where Confluence has worked too well... and I am running out of diskspace. Because I am running on VMWare, it's going to be really expensive to add diskspace. Now, none of that would matter if, in future, files could be located elsewhere other that on Confluence itself.


Tags: roadmap
Document Database in Confluence
Asked by Michael Schlueter:

Our user like the ease of use for Confluence content. However, for a specific use case we have a large folder structure on a file server (folders from A to Z, with customer specific subfolder and so on). Inside the folder we store regular office documents. Our users would love to include these documents in Confluence but there are literally thousands of documents. I think, that this is a job for a full-blown document management system, but I would like to know what the limits of Confluence are in this scenario. Has anyone tried things like this?


Answers:
author: Mallmann
body: Hey Michael,

Considering your scenario, I guess the best alternative would be to link the file on Confluence instead of attaching it there. You might need to install an Add-on on your browser, depending on which browser you are using. A bit more of details you can find [here](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/Cannot+Link+to+Local+Files+from+Within+Confluence), on the Resolution part.

I hope it helps.

Eduardo


author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Michael,

I believe WebDav can help you on that. I've found [this post](https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/272378/importing-many-word-documents-into-confluence-at-a-time) on the forum that looks similar to your case.

In addition, please have a look into this documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF57/Configuring+a+WebDAV+client+for+Confluence>

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF57/Using+a+WebDAV+Client+to+Work+with+Pages>

Hope it helps.

Renato Rudnicki

comments: author: Michael Schlueter
body: Hi Renato,thank you for sharing these links. We do already use WebDav to handle attachments. However in this specific case, the existing structure would result in a Confluence page tree with several thousand pages each containing a bunch of attachments. I wonder if Confluence would be be able to handle this or if it would simply collapse.RegardsMichael
Update from 5.2.3 to 5.7.1
Asked by Bj?rn Eitmann:

Hi \*

I want to update confluence from 5.2.3 to 5.7.X.

But i just want to set up a new system for 5.7.X

Is it possible to import the data from the 5.2.3 to the new system? And how to do that?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: rrudnicki
body: Hi Bjorn,

Basically, what you need to do is:

1 - Before jumping to the standard procedures from a upgrade, we suggest the users to \[check the plugin compatibility with the next versions\|<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/UPM/Checking+Add-on+Compatibility+with+Application+Updates>\] to avoid further issues. Having that in mind, we can start the upgrade process by following the standard procedures:

2 - Extract the zip/tar.gz file of the latest version of Confluence on the place you choose. ( I highly suggest that you create a folder call: Confluence 'new version') and inside of this folder extract the install folder.

3 - Into the extracted folder, open the file confluence-init.properties, which is located at Confluence install directory\\confluence\\web-inf\\classes and edit the line: confluence.home=/usr/local/confluence/home to point to the path where is your old home folder of your \*Confluence current version\*.

4 - Now start Confluence through your new installation folder

P.S1: Also bear in mind that content like external plugins installed would need to be re-installed, since this information is stored inside the database and other related content could be need to first be tracked inside the DB too.

P.S2: Always have a backup from your database and Confluence home before upgrade and try this first into a staging environment.

Also, have a look into this documentation:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Upgrading+Confluence>

Hope it helps.

Renato Rudnicki


author: Luciano Fagundes
body: Bjorn, yes it is. I suggest you to take a look on our [Migrating Confluence Between Servers](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Migrating+Confluence+Between+Servers)documentation in order to achieve that. Let us know in case you have any questions.

Cheers!

L.F


Tags: confluence-administration
Can we add our custom CSS file to a page in Confluence 5.7-OD-46-015 ?
Asked by Alex Benavides:

I searched in many sources but all the solutions given didn't work. I guess it might be because of the version.


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Use the css macro.

comments: author: Alex Benavides
body: I cannot believe it was that easy, I was not able to find this information in the manuals before. It worked. Thanks a lot


author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Easy is good ;). It is not in Confluence manuals as the macro is provided by a bundled add-on - Content Formatting.


author: Daniel Wester
body: Not on Confluence Cloud. CSS Styling is a restricted function:

<https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/Cloud/Restricted+Functions+in+Cloud+Applications>

|--------------------------------------|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Look and feel * Layouts * Custom CSS | NO | As Confluence uses a custom theme, it is not possible to [customise the layout](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+Site+and+Space+Layouts). It is also not possible to [style Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS). |


author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Alex,

Did you take a look on [Styling Confluence with CSS](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Styling+Confluence+with+CSS)?

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
After Confluence-Update to 5.6.6 @mention does not give any persons
Asked by Roman Joss:

After Update from Confluence 5.4.2 to Confluence 5.6.6 the @mention functionality does not give any Person.

Is there any Change?   
As an Administrator i get only administrator-persons in the personlist. So i guess there must be a change in this functionality.

Please help.  
Thanks, Roman


Answers:
author: Paula Silveira
body: Hi Roman,

Please try doing a [Content Index](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Content+Index+Administration), also please check if the users are being listed on People Directory.

Thanks and regards,  
Paula Silveira


author: Roman Joss
body: Hi Paula

That was great! The Reindexing solved the Problem. I was not sure, so i've tried this in the test-Environment to see if the Content is still available during the reindexing. It was and so i could run this in the production-Environment. And now all users are listet in the @mention function.

Thanks a lot!
Text in Microsoft Office documents is corrupted
Asked by Takashi Kagimoto:

hello,

My colleague has trouble with corruption of text in Microsoft Office documents uploaded onto the confluence. According to the message of

<https://shibosuke.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1114199>

(sorry in Japanese), you can fix the problem by installing a japanese font to an on-premise environment. But what we use is Atlassian-hosted services, thus cannot do the same thing.

Does anyone know how to take a direct look at japanese Microsoft Office documents on the confluence cloud service?

Best regards


Answers:
author: Guilherme Nedel [Atlassian]
body: Hello Mr. Takashi,

There is an open bug report for this subject, filed under <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-36698>. You mention that the issue is happening in a Cloud environment, currently our instances get updates to the latest version automatically, so there is a chance that this domain is being managed by a third party team.

Would it be possible to confirm that?

comments: author: Takashi Kagimoto
body: Hello Mr. Guilherme,Thank you for your kind answer. What I'd like to do is just to make sure a fact that multibyte characters like Japanese in Microsoft Office documents are not properly displayed on the Confluence cloud. I will pass your message to my colleague. Thanks a lot.


author: Nelson Pereira
body: Hi Mr Takashi,

You can try this add-on for office documents integration in Confluence:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/cloud-files-google-drive-docs-office-365-documents-dropbox-topdox-for-confluence/cloud/overview>


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Getting "You are not permitted to perform this operation." when editing and assigning a space to an already existing question
Asked by Christoffer Pettersson:

I am both a Confluence- and a site-admin.

I can without any problems edit a text of an already existing Confluence Question that was asked by another user.

But when I try and assign the space for the question, I get:

not permitted.png

This seems like a bug. Why give me the option to edit the space field, to then give me an error its not permitted.

What permissions do I need to do this?

Any feedback would be appreciated!  
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[](/tnckb94959/attachments/tnckb94959/confluence-questions/67631/1/not%20permitted.png){#display_1188aff57a8ae2_0}


Answers:
author: Elisa [Atlassian]
body: Hi Christoffer,

By any chance is this space using Documentation Theme? Confluence Questions is not integrated with this theme yet (to know more, please read [this article](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/2012/12/17/Advance+warning+of+plans+to+merge+Documentation+theme+with+the+default+theme)).

Also, are you able to view and access the space you're trying to link?

Cheers!

comments: author: Christoffer Pettersson
body: Nope, its using "Global Look and Feel"


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud

questions-for-confluence
New user groups in confluence cloud, how long to become available?
Asked by derek:

I'm new to Confluence Cloud, but this little thing is driving me nuts.

I created a new user group and added users to it.

That user group is not showing up for use in page or space permissions. Confluence doesn't know it exists.

How long do I have to wait for this data to Sync over to confluence from the user DB?


Answers:
author: Mauro Badii
body: It should take a couple of seconds, almost immediate. I suggest creating a support request at <https://support.atlassian.com> so we can take a closer look and see if there is something strange with the instance itself.

When doing so, let us know what specific group and how you are trying to use it.

Cheers.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Can inline comments plugin be installed confluence 5.5.2
Asked by Sriman:

Is inline comments plugin available for confluence 5.5.2 version. If yes, Are there any notable issues installing the plugin on 5.5.2 version or is it recommended to upgrade to 5.7.1. We have license for 500 users (confluence + questions) , Do we need to purchase if we use inline comments plugin as I believe confluence 5.71 ships with inline comments plugin by default.Thanks in advance


Answers:
author: Kate (izi)
body: Hi Sriman and Nic,

Nic has answered the question. I'd just like to point out some unique useful features of Talk, which are not available in Confluence native inline comments. Among them:

* viewing, managing and replying to Talk comments in 'Edit' mode;
* collapsing of long comments and discussions;
* setting default Space comments viewing permissions;
* setting permissions for specific comments;
* viewing all inline comments of the page at the same time on the right-hand sidebar;
* updating discussions in real time;
* figures in Talk icons indicate the number of comments in discussions, and more.

You may take a look at the [comparison](https://docs.stiltsoft.com/display/public/Talk/Comparison%3A+Talk+add-on+and+Confluence+5.7+native+inline+comments) our team's worked out and read our [blog post](http://stiltsoft.com/blog/2015/01/comparison-talk-and-confluence-inline-comments/) on this subject. You can vote for new features or post your own feature requests for Talk [here.](https://feedback.stiltsoft.com/)[](https://feedback.stiltsoft.com/)


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: There's a bit of potential confusion here.

There is an addon that does inline comments for Confluence 5.1 and above. It's called "Talk", but there may be others you could be talking about, but that's the only one I've seen. If it is that one, then it's valid for all versions of Confluence from 5.1 upwards, as it says on the Marketplace page for it.

However, Confluence 5.7 implements in-line comments as part of the system. It's not the Talk addon, it is internal, part of the core tool.

So, if you want inline comments in 5.5, you will need to buy Talk. If you are happy to upgrade to 5.7, then you do NOT need to buy Talk (unless it offers you features you need that the native inline comments do not)

comments: author: Stephen Kairys
body: Nic, thanks for this info. One of my client's spaces (in which I'm working for the first time) is still at 5.5.x and I was wondering why I can't do inline comments, which are crucial to our workflow.


Tags: confluence-administration
Create daily request page and send out notification
Asked by Doug Strick:

We have a process where users send emails requesting a deployment to a specific environment. These requests come from multiple groups for the same window. I'd like to utilize confluence to create a daily page where the users can enter their information and have it send out the notification email stating this is what's been requested for the daily deployment window. I'd also like to have it keep a history of these requests on a daily basis for record keeping purposes. Is something like this possible in confluence 5.4.3?


Answers:
author: Deividi Luvison
body: Hey Doug,

By your description I believe that can be achieved by using the [product requirement blueprint](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONF54/Product+Requirements+Blueprint) (built in on Confluence 5.4 version):

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2vY6FKeXbs>

Just ask your end users to create pages using that blueprint and you will have a task like list of each user request. Also if your user is added as one of the stake holders you will be notified and since that is a page you will have the history of changes.  
Hope it helps.  
Thanks and Regards,  
David\| The Engineer that like Windows for realsies.