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How do you make an embedded video loop
Asked by Jeff Tedeschi:

There is an option that allows a multimedia file to auto start, but not one to make it loop.


Answers:
author: Oles Grinchak
body: You can make the height and width of the video fill the confluence page by adding height="100%" width="100%" into the HTML code after video controls autoplay loop.  

If you want the video to be smaller than the full page you can adjust the percentages in height and width and the video will become smaller. You can also use a pixel number to adjust the size and you would do that by removing the percentage size and typing in the pixel sizes you wish.

```
<video controls autoplay loop height="100%" width="100%">
<source src="/download/attachments/000000/name-of-video.mp4" type="video/mp4"> 
</video>
```

The link in shannons comment will help you to get the HTML url for the video if you are using the Multimedia macro.  

Regards,  

Oles Grinchak


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Jeff,

It's not possible using the Multimedia macro, so I have made a feature request for this:

* [CONFSERVER-55263](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-55263)

I would recommend if you're on Confluence Server, you can [enable the HTML macro](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/html-macro-38273085.html) and use it to embed a video that way:

* [HTML video loop Attribute](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_video_loop.asp)

Here's my example:![Screen Shot 2018-03-27 at 11.27.20 AM.png](https://community.atlassian.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/18005iFF9FFD2241DDC3BA/image-size/large?v=v2&px=999 "Screen Shot 2018-03-27 at 11.27.20 AM.png")

If you only want it to loop but not autoplay you can remove the 'autoplay' bit in the HTML.

Note that this is not possible in Confluence Cloud.

Regards,

Shannon
Is it possible to run activity reports for all the pages within a space?
Asked by Heather Bettencourt:

I'd like to get a better sense of how many documents reside on each space, and be able to see activity stats at the page level, as well as when it was last updated. Is there a report I can run to do this?


Answers:
author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi Heather,

for activity tracking purposes, we use the tracking app from ServiceRocket:

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/net.customware.confluence.plugin.tracking/server/overview>

It is free and works well.

comments: author: Heather Bettencourt
body: Thanks!


author: Maria Redlin
body: Can you report comments as well?


Tags: jira-core
Disable mentioning mail notification by default
Asked by Matthias Flesch?tz:

Hi There

is there a way to disable mail notifications for mentionings by default for new users?  
I read that users can set this in their profile manually, but I want to have it OFF by default, so users have to active ist manually?

Best,

Matthias


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hello Matthias,

It's not possible to do in Confluence, but there is a feature request for this:

* [CONFSERVER-25479](https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-25479)

There may be some back-end way to do it, but I am not aware of that. I would keep an eye on the feature request above in the event that someone finds a way to work-around that.

Thank you for your understanding!

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: mention

notification
Can One Account with Two teams pay with two different credit cards?
Asked by Kim Howitt:

We are using Confluence and JIRA with one account but 2 different departments need to pay for this each with its own credit card. Is there a way to do this?


Answers:
author: Rey C
body: Hey Kim,

Thank you for your time and for using our Atlassian Community!

Currently, we are not able to separate a monthly renewal and pay with two different credit cards. Cloud instances are charged on one invoice and are viewed as one account even if they have multiple products and or are used by multiple teams.

You can have them possibly alternate the credit card each month or have them each pay 6 months to even the charge but we'd be happy to go over any other option you have if you give us a call at your earliest convenience. The Customer Advocate team can be reached at (512) 640-3000 option 1, Monday-Friday between 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Central Time.


Tags: billing

jira
How to receive notifications from blog post comments or changes
Asked by Sandy Pflugfelder:

It appears that Watching a Page does not cause you to get notifications of blog posts on that page. If you Watch the Space, you will get all blog notifications. However, we don't want most of our members watching the entire space as they'll potentially get far too many notifications about content changes they don't need to be concerned about.  

If you click on a blog post, then go to "Watching" you have options to "Watch blog post" (meaning that particular thread) and "Watch for new blog posts in this Space." This second option initially seems promising, however it doesn't seem include notifications for comments on those blog posts, or changes to them.  

The ability for a space owner/admin to manage blog watchers has been logged as a requested enhancement (<https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-30644>) for a number years. As of December Confluence commented that "This is something we'd like to implement in the future, but it's not currently on our 12 month roadmap."  

They further suggested looking into a plug-in that's available for purchase on the Atlassian Marketplace that allows enhanced blog management capabilities.  

<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arijea.plugins.betterblogs/server/overview>(<https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.arijea.plugins.betterblogs/server/overview>)  

Anyone have additional thoughts on how we could/should proceed? We need a way for users to get notifications when comments are posted or changes are made to blogs.


Answers:
author: Heth Siemer
body: I know it's not perfect, but there's a REALLY convoluted way using the Comala Workflow add-on.

Using the following workflow, every time a page / blog post with the given label is updated, certain people get notifications (I have a dozen workflows notifying particular people). Basically the logic says "when this is updated, send email".

Content developers need to know to add the correct label to notify said group, and it doesn't include comments as far as I know, which is why I don't love this option but I haven't found another way without forcing people to watch entire spaces and trusting that my content developers know to uncheck the "Notify Watchers" option... so it's an alright bare minimum.

{workflow:name=\<name\>\|label=\<label\>}  
{workflowparameter:\<user/group param\>\|type=\<user or group\>}  
\<user alias or group alias\>  
{workflowparameter}  
{state:Active\|final=true}  
{state}  
{trigger: pageupdated\|state=Active}  
{send-email:user=\<user/group param\>\|subject=@page@ Has Been Updated}  
The page / blog @page@ has been updated. Please review.  
@pageactivity@@  
{send-email}  
{trigger}  
{workflow}

comments: author: Sandy Pflugfelder
body: Thank you so much for taking the time to reply! I'll try this out.


author: Sandy Pflugfelder
body: If it truly doesn't include comments, it doesn't sound like it will work for my client. If anyone else has a workaround that would include both updates and comments, please let me know! Thank you!
Confluence Administrator Icon missing
Asked by Jack Wang:

Hi,

I accidentally unchecked the LDAP authentication on one of the Admin pages, and it results the following message when I tried to access Server/admin page:

---------------------------------------------

**The following error(s) occurred:**

* **You do not have permission to access /admin/default.jsp. To access this page, please log in as a user with sufficient permissions.**

**You are currently logged in as MyLoginName.**

**++Click here++ for the dashboard. To log in as another user, you must first ++log out++.**

----------------------------------------------

I can no longer see the admin icon so now there is no admin on the Confluence server. Please help to suggest a way to reassign admin right, or reactivate the LDAP authentication. Thanks.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Jack,

It sounds like you disabled the LDAP user directory on Confluence Admin Console\>User Directories. You will probably want to enable the directory again once you get logged in. Please see [Managing Multiple Directories](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/managing-multiple-directories-229838494.html) for more details on User Directories.

To regain admin access on Confluence 6.5.1 or above you may use recovery mode as described in [Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-158390.html). If you are using an older version, please choose your version from the pulldown menu on the top right of the linked page to get to the instructions for the right version.

Thanks,

Ann
Granting permissions to create Spaces not working
Asked by Anthony Quepons:

I have given a user pretty much every permission we have setup to be able to setup Spaces, yet she doesn't have the option yet to create them. She has cleared cache, tried a different browser and still the option to create is not showing up. Any advice on what I am doing wrong? I am a super user aka admin and I am able to create. But we don't want our users to have Admin permissions like me.


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: She should only need the Create Space [global permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/global-permissions-overview-138709.html) to create spaces. Please let me know what happens when she tries to create a space. Is there an error or is the option not visible, etc?
Editor not working using remote computer, turned off Firewall, still not working
Asked by Pierre-Luc Morais:

The editor is working locally, it was working for the past week remotely (LAN \& VPN) as I had punched the firewall 8090. I cannot load the editor on anything else than localhost \& IP on the Confluence Server (running Win10 Ver 1709 Build 16299.309) \& Windows defender.

Was working, now it is not. I tried restarting the service and set a flag to false synchoronisity something using xml file on Application Data...


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Pierre,

It is interesting that the editor formerly worked from other computers but now only works when accessed on the server.

* Did anything change around the time the editor began to fail? For example, was a proxy or SSL added or anti-virus installed?
* Is it possibly an issue with an IIS proxy on the Windows server? I ask because you bypass the proxy and firewall when you use the browser on the local machine.
* Please see Confluence 6.0 specific notes on [Proxying Atlassian server applications with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)](https://confluence.atlassian.com/kb/proxying-atlassian-server-applications-with-microsoft-internet-information-services-iis-833931378.html#ProxyingAtlassianserverapplicationswithMicrosoftInternetInformationServices(IIS)-Confluence6.0specificnotes:)
* Does the editor work from a remote computer when Windows Defender is disabled?

I am not sure which flag you set in what file based on your description.

* Please link the documentation in which the Synchrony setting is recommended to help me understand.

Thanks,  
Ann
External Links in Roadmap Planner
Asked by Terri Berry:

I am trying to link a bar to an external web page and NOT a page that resides in my Confluence space. Is this possible? If so, I cannot get it to work


Answers:
author: Shawn Masters
body: 'link to a bar' - clarification needed

You should be able to include external links with no issues (depending on what your goal is)

comments: author: Terri Berry
body: In the Roadmap Planner, the clicking of a bar will only take you to a page within that Confluence space, unfortunately. So I created a page on the site and added HTML macro with redirect instructions to an external page but that unfortunately results in the page owner will not allow its content to be displayed in a frame. Somehow, Confluence will only display the external redirect data in a frame - which wont display properly
How to Add and exclude Stories based on Qurries
Asked by Yasir Masood:

Hi,

In confluence, we are managing stories list as per the release. We have to include the Stories list for each release. Based on the status, it is required to exclude those stories from the list if don't meet certain criteria e.g.

four stories: ABC-1101, ABC-1102, ABC-1103, ABC-1104 have include for next release. All these stories are in development stage. Want to exclude any of the above release after a certain date if not in a QA status.

We are doing it manually which is a hassle so keep track by using Excel.

So my questions:

1- Is it possible to automate the process using query? if yes then how?

2- Is it possible to synchronize Excel with Confluence page to have accurate list of queries in both environment?

Thanks

Yasir


Answers:
author: Fabio Racobaldo _Herzum_
body: Hi [@Yasir Masood](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1201951) ,

you can use clause issuekey nt in (ABC-1101, ABC-1102, ABC-1103, ABC-1104) in your jql.

Hope his helps,

Fabio
Detach Jira Calendar from Outlook
Asked by Anja Kienzler:

Hi all,

how can i detach a Jira Calendar from MS Outlook? The calendar has been added by a link and is not visible in the left column (overview calendars). The appointments in this calendar do not differ from appointments in my own calendar.

I googled this several times but I haven?t found a solution.

Thanks for your help.


Answers:
author: Anja Kienzler
body: Hi Shannon,

sure: Microsoft Outlook for Mac (Version 15.39)

Thanks,

anja

comments: author: Shannon S
body: Anja,

I have version 16.11 for Mac, but it doesn't appear to have a way to subscribe to an internet calendar within the app.

Per [Subscribe to Team Calendars from Outlook](https://confluence.atlassian.com/teamcal/subscribe-to-team-calendars-from-microsoft-outlook-251005307.html):
>
> Subscribe to a Team Calendar from Microsoft Outlook (Mac) {#toc-hId-1792618643}
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Outlook for Mac 2011/2016 Clients do not have the ability to subscribe to an internet calendar.
>
> If you have access to Outlook Web Access (OWA), you can [open an Internet Calendar](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Open-an-Internet-calendar-in-Outlook-Web-App-5de44446-aa16-4e8f-9ddd-84f170446226), and have it appear in your Outlook client.

Is it possible that it was added via OWA or on the server side? I would speak to your administrator and see if you're not able to find it in OWA.

Shannon


author: Anja Kienzler
body: Thanks for caring. The IT haven?t found anything on the server side :(


author: Shannon S
body: Anja,

Thank you for following-up.

Unfortunately then, in that case, you'll try to see if you can remember how it was added in the first place. Both our documentation and [this discussion on Microsoft's website](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_outlook-mso_mac-mso_mac2016/calendar-subscription-in-office-for-mac-2016/0bfd981b-80a1-49a0-bbe7-947e4d26385f) says it's not possible within Outlook for Mac.

You will need to discuss this further with your IT team as they are the ones that will be able to help you in the end.

We can help support you with the exact functionality within Team Calendars but Microsoft software is a bit out of the scope of this forum.

Regards,

Shannon


author: Anja Kienzler
body: Hi Shannon,

on one hand it?s great to achieve something that was impossible on the other hand it?s a lot of trubel :D

Thank you for taking care, ticket can be closed.

BG,  
anja


author: Shannon S
body: Hi Anja,

Can you let us know what version of Outlook you're using? I'm not too familiar with Outlook itself but I want to see if I can find out anything for you to help you remove your Confluence Team Calendars subscription.

Regards,

Shannon


Tags: team-calendars-for-confluence
Nothing happens when inserting a macro
Asked by Julian B?hmer:

When i try to insert a macro in a confluence page nothing happens.

I open the macro browser select e.g. the macro Children pages.

The preview looks good. The children pages are shown.

When i click on insert the macro browser closes but the macro will not be inserted in the page.

The buttons "update" and "cancel" (bottom of the page) are disabled after this. i can reload the page but the macro is still not inserted.

Have somebody any ideas?


Answers:
author: Shannon S
body: Hi Julian,

Can you let me know if this had worked in the past? What version of Confluence are you running?

In order to proceed, we will need to see what's happening in the logs.

Please [tail your Confluence Logs](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/working-with-confluence-logs-108364721.html) and attempt to insert again, and let us know what error occurs.

Regards,

Shannon
How to set up User Directory in Confluence Server not from WEB UI
Asked by Shivam Srivastava:

Hi,

I want to setup confluence server for AD configuration. And I want to do it by configuration using files not from confluence admin ui.

Can anyone tell how to do it?


Answers:
author: AnnWorley
body: Hi Shivam,

The User Directory configurations are stored in the Confluence database, so there is no way to integrate AD with Confluence using the file system. Please see [Connecting to an LDAP Directory](https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/connecting-to-an-ldap-directory-229838241.html) for steps to set it up.

Thanks,  
Ann
Top items that confluence desperately needs
Asked by Logan Jaynes:

.

1. A group directory. List out groups and its members for non-admins. (c'mon guys really?)
2. Special permission for certain users to manage groups and users without being all-rights admins
3. Windows Service stop and restart. Our server instance crashes constantly and we are forced to reboot the windows server it runs on, this forces us to run a dedicated server for confluence. It would be nice if you could stop and restart the service instead of rebooting.
4. Archive pages. Yes, I know you can archive a space, but its a workaround and serves no purpose. Archiving pages should preserve the child/parent relationship and also be only allowed in searches upon selection(much akin to MS outlook)
5. Exclusion based access vs permission based access. (sometimes its easier to deny access to 1 person than grant access to 5 groups and 9 people, especially when you have to go through 12 checkboxes for each entry)

Thanks,

Logan


Answers:
author: Logan Jaynes
body: Thanks for the interest/input Nic.

1 - I'll take a look at some more if I can. Currently on trial with Custom Space User Management add-on, gets about half way there but is quite costly.

3 - It seems add-on updates crash us more than anything. Hard to plan for/prevent if an add-on is a potential grenade

Yea I'm sure they won't implement most things but just had to put my thoughts out there.


author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: 2 and 5 won't happen. If you want 2, then use an external directory which allows for delegation, and 5 is felt to be complex and confusing. It might sometimes to appear to be easier to lock people out than let them in, but when you have both in play, it's not only hard to code for, but people really don't get it and rapidly end up in a mess.

1 - is probably a low priority for Atlassian, as you can do it with user macros.

3 - you should fix whatever is crashing it, not pretend it's not a problem by restarting

4 - Totally with you on that. Needs a proper archive. It's been a while, but I'm told this is creeping up the list.
Confluence Cloud watched page update notifications not working
Asked by Samantha Bragg:

Hi,

what should I check to work out why notifications are not working for watched spaces and pages please?

No emails, and no notifications under the bell symbol in the left hand navigation bar.


Answers:
author: Lisa DellaPorta
body: I have the same problem, only we DO get emails, but no red notification on the bell to let readers know that something has been changed. The desire from the team is to not have emails, but rely on the bell.

It's happening when someone comments on a page that others are most definitely watching. We've tested this with multiple users across multiple pages and spaces.


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi, Samantha.  

<br />

We would like to clarify the following for you:

1. We would like to know which notification are you referring to?
2. Does everybody face the same issue?
3. When is the last time you receive confluence notification? Can we know what notification you received?

comments: author: Samantha Bragg
body: Hi [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277),

thank you for looking in to this.

1. If I watch a Confluence page or space and something is changed or edited, I would like to be notified. I assumed that I should get an email in the same way as I do when a JIRA issue I'm watching is updated, but in the left hand navigation bar of Confluence, there is a bell icon which when clicked shows me notifications but these only refer to JIRA and there are non for Confluence in my list.

2. Yes

3. Apologies, I don't remember as it was only when another (newer) user mentioned that they had never received any that I noticed it!


author: Suren Raj
body: Hi [@Samantha Bragg](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/655674),

<br />

I have created a support ticket behalf of you, you will receive an email regarding it. We can continue the troubleshooting on the support ticket instead.

I have posted a question for you, I will be waiting for your reply. :)


author: Samantha Bragg
body: Many thanks [@Suren Raj](/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/510277)

Sam


Tags: confluence-cloud
Set up group to recieve notifications/alerts (v4.2)
Asked by matthew.scarratt@radiusww.com:

Hi - Can anyone recommend the easiest way to set up a group (potentially 500 individuals) to receive notifications when changes are made to a space.

I can see you can manage watchers in the space admin area but do you have to add the names individually ? also I have admin access but do not have permissions to modify watchers for a space.


Answers:
author: Mirek
body: Not sure if forcing users to watch a content is a good idea. Overall every should watch what they really want to watch to reduce notifications. Your role might only end by sharing the link to the page and add a quick note. Maybe you can also think about RSS Subscription. Adding 500 subscribes and making changes to a page might reduce Confluence performance if a lot of emails would be in the queue.
Default restrictions in a space
Asked by Fernando Koch:

How do I set 'default restrictions' (per user / group) to be automatically applied to every page being created in a space?


Answers:
author: Vasiliy Zverev
body: View permissions are inherited from parent to child. It means that restrictions are determined not only page itself, but also where it is placed into space,

So, you could create some parent pages with restrictions and all child ones will inherit it.

comments: author: Fernando Koch
body: Thanks! This solves my problem then.

Note: it could be more explicit, tho. children pages could show their 'actual' restrictions considering the inherent parents' ones instead of showing their 'local' restriction which defaults to no-restriction.