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Default Page View with Attachment tab
Asked by Lawrence Ho:

We have an old 2.2.8 Confluence that we just upgraded to 4.1.5 OnDemand. However, our old confluence has these nice tabs on top of every page where the number of attachments are clearly seen.

[https://ondaxinc.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/2752732/image2012-2-27+10%3A11%3A4.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1330366272304](https://ondaxinc.atlassian.net/wiki/download/attachments/2752732/image2012-2-27+10%253A11%253A4.png?version=1&modificationDate=1330366272304)

If the above can't be done, how can we make every page have a attachment list?


Answers:
author: Azwandi Mohd Aris
body: Since I can't access that image, I am not too sure what you are looking for. However, a Confluence page has an indicator showing the number of attachments attached to the current page. For example, look at this [page](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/AOD/Atlassian+OnDemand+release+summary) - just under the title of the page, there is a 'clip' icon showing the attachments count.

Other than that, you probably had to customise the page layout in your old instance. This method can be used to add/modify standard layout for every page in the space. However, this customisation is not allowed in OnDemand.


Tags: confluence-cloud

cloud
How to change Global Template to be Atlassian Documentation Template
Asked by Lawrence Ho:

I run thru all my spaces and manually change the template to be atlassian documentation template. It would be nice if the default could be changed away from the "Global Template".

I don't see this option....


Answers:
author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Lawrence,

Does this document help? - <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Applying+a+Theme+to+a+Site>

Login as an Administrator and select Browse -\> Confluence Admin -\> Look and Feel -\> Themes

Andrew.

comments: author: Lawrence Ho
body: Actually I was hoping to change the Global so that I don't have to go to the page you have linked. This is so that the default would be set appropriately.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Lawrence,

If you have access to Browse -\> Confluence Admin -\> Look and Feel -\> Themes and set the default to the Documentation theme that should set the default for all spaces so you don't have to change each new space individually.

I don't have access to a Confluence instance on OnDemand to check, but that's how you change it for the download version and the documentation I linked to for the OnDemand version lists the same steps as for the download version.

Do those instructions not work?

Andrew.


author: Lawrence Ho
body: No. Under Look and Feel there are no Themes for Confluence OnDemand.


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Weird. I just signed up for a trial OnDemand account and if I select Browse -\> Confluence Admin -\> Look and Feel I have an option for Themes and can choose to make the Documentation theme the default.

It might be worth contacting Atlassian Support to see if there's something not quite right with your Confluence instance as the only Look and Feel options that are restricted in OnDemand are Layouts, Custom CSS and Custom HTML.

Andrew.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
What is the largest single table a confluence page can practically support?
Asked by Mark_Booth:

I am trying to add new rows to a 5 column table which already has 1500 rows, but every time I click on add new row, the script becomes unresponsive and I have to cancel out of the operation.

What is the practical limit on how many rows/cells a single confluence table can support?


Answers:
author: JamieA
body: I don't think 1500 is that great a number. I'd double invert the question by asking what's the maximum number of rows a user can handle in Excel? 1500 doesn't seem like a lot.

It depends on your browser... if you've having problems you're probably using IE. Maybe you could use the excel to table macro... there are also a couple of nifty macros that let you do table auto-filtering and sorting.

comments: author: Mark_Booth
body: Nope, Firefox here. Both FF 10 and FF 11 have the same problem. IE 8 won't even let me try to add a row to the table. There's an unresponsive script warning as soon as you click Edit, you end up with a tiny scrollable pane for editing in and when you click inside a table, the table commands don't appear. On the plus side, Chrome does appear to work, but with a wide table, you end up with a horizontal scrolling edit window (yeuch!).


author: JamieA
body: Sounds like the js could do with some profiling. That being the case I'd take a look at the excel to table options, that way you don't need to edit the page at all.


author: David at David Simpson Apps
body: 1500 rows? Really? To what end? I'd invert the question and ask realistically, whether my users can manage a table with that many rows in it on a webpage.

Do your users a favour, if there is a way of breaking the table down into smaller usable chunks, do it. Just think what the rendering time of such a table would be on a mobile device.

comments: author: Mark_Booth
body: The table was **perfectly usable** with the old wiki markup editor, it's only the fact that the new wysiwyg editor gets it's knickers in a twist that it's become a problem. Sure such a large table *is* difficult to manage, but managing that amount of information is difficult *however you do it*! As to why I don't want to break it down into multiple tables - it's because I want the columns to all line up!


Tags: table
Wiki markup in Confluence 4.0
Asked by Tim Milner:

Hi. I am considering upgrading from Confluence 3.5.7 to 4.x.x. However, my main concern is the disappearance of the wiki markup tabs for copying page formatting. How have Confluence 4.x.x users gotten around the disappearance of this most useful feature? Has it been replaced with something similar, or are there sufficient workarounds?

Would appreciate any views and experience. Is it worth the upgrade?

Thanks,

Tim


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You will find a lot about it in this [thread](/questions/12073/wiki-markup-in-confluence-4-again). Also be aware that a new editor is under [development](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Specification+-+Confluence+Advanced+Editor).

comments: author: Tim Milner
body: Thanks Jobin.


author: hsuhailah
body: The following will be an interesting read regarding this:

<http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+4.0+Editor+-+Customer+Feedback>


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Tim,

Specifically on copy and paste the new editor is not too bad. When viewing a page you can select Tools -\> View Source and CTRL-A, CTRL-C, CTRL-V to select all, copy and then paste into a new page. When sharing layouts the bit that I've missed is being able to just copy and paste wiki markup into an email or a blog post, etc. as you have to be in Confluence for the View Source copy and paste to work.

Overall though I do like the new editor, it takes a bit of getting used to, but once you start to getting to grips with autocomplete, autoconvert, keyboard shortcuts, etc. it's really nice.

Before upgrading my advice would be to set up a test instance with Confluence 4.x (or use <http://sandbox.onconfluence.com/>) and spend some time recreating your more complex content and running through your most frequent editing tasks to see how it compares to 3.5.7. If after running through those tasks you decide that you do want to upgrade I would strongly advise giving your users fair warning (at least 2-4 weeks) that you will be upgrading and give them a sandbox to play in (you could use <http://sandbox.onconfluence.com/> if you are unable to run your own sandbox) as if your users are heavy wiki markup users they will find it a shock. Most people get used to the new editor after a couple of weeks and do like it, but it's the usual shock to the system that you get whenever you change anything (new email system, new Word Processor, new billing system, etc.) that is familiar to people - they panic and take instant dislike.

Hope that helps?

Andrew.


author: Graham Hannington
body: You might be interested in this [Wiki markup toolbar button](https://wikitechcomm.onconfluence.com/x/zYM0).


Tags: markup
Confluence Insert JIRA Issue macro problem when JIRA project key contains a number
Asked by Dave Donnelly _Sensata_:

Confluence 3.5.1 and JIRA 4.3.4

I seem to be running into a problem when trying to use the Confluence "Insert JIRA Issue" macro. Everything works fine unless the JIRA project key contains a number (I have modified JIRA to allow this as per the [JIRA 4.3.x documentation](http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA043/Changing+the+Issue+Key+format)). Instead of neatly displaying the issue along with its status it produces the same portlet type thing for displaying a list of JIRA issue (from the XML of a JQL search). The following error is contained within instead of a list of JIRA issues: ![](../../upfiles/jira_error_Capture.JPG)

To clarify: I am attempting to insert a link to a single JIRA issue into the text of a Confluence page. I can get around this by inserting the actual hyperlink to the issue on the JIRA server however a more streamlined solution using a macro is obviously more desireable.

Any ideas?

Thanks a million,

Dave


Answers:
author: Mark Hrynczak
body: This is a known bug that was fixed in Confluence v4.1.3. See <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-22183> for details.

comments: author: Dave Donnelly _Sensata_
body: Good man Mark :) Thanks a million,

Dave


author: Dave Donnelly _Sensata_
body: Yes I have the required permissions. This only seems to be a problem for those issue that come from projects that have numbers in their project keys.


Tags: jira
Space within a space
Asked by Sourish Ghosh:

Hi,

I am using confluence 3.4.2. Is it possible to keep a space within another space in this version/higher versions of confluence??


Answers:
author: Matt
body: You might also want to check out [RefinedWiki's Original Theme](http://www.refinedwiki.com/). It makes it incredibly easy to manage and organize you spaces, including creating nested spaces.


author: Sandro Herrmann [Communardo]
body: Or you can use the subspace plugin. With this plugin you are able to create hierachcal space structures in a very fast way. Furthermore you have a nice navigationbar which you can display on each page.

<https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/194>


author: Andrew Frayling
body: Hi Sourish,

Unfortunately nested spaces is still one of the oldest and most requested features that has not yet been implemented. There's a discussion asking for requirements at <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DISC/Nested+Spaces> and the feature request is being tracked at <https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-1095>

So there's nothing natively in Confluence that supports this, but you might want to have a look at the Meta Data plugin - <https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/5295> - as this allows you to define hiearchical spaces using meta-data.

Hope that's of some help?

Andrew.
Problem with Blog Post Macro, Confluence 4.1
Asked by Cornelius Engelhardt:

Hello!

Since today, all blog posts in the Blog Post macro are fully displayed, even when choosing the "titles only" display option.

Any idea how to fix this?

Thanks,

Cornelius


Answers:
author: Matt
body: This was a bug that was fixed in Confluence 4.1.2. See https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONF-23273

comments: author: hsuhailah
body: I agreed with Matt.


author: Cornelius Engelhardt
body: Well upgrade to the latest version. WIll let you know if that fixes the issue. Thanks a lot!


author: Cornelius Engelhardt
body: We've applied the update and the issue has been fixed. Many thanks!  

Regards,  

Cornelius


author: Remo Siegwart
body: This seems like a bug in version 2.0.34 of the [Advanced Macros Plugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/145).

A workaround could be: **Edit Page** =\> **Insert** =\> **Wiki Markup**

Then insert the following markup:

```
{blog-posts:content=titles}
```

Hope this helps

comments: author: Cornelius Engelhardt
body: Thanks Remo, that works. The issue is that once I edit the macro the content=titles command just disappears. So I have to re-enter the whole macro whenever i want to make a change.


author: Remo Siegwart
body: Yeah, I know it's annoying. This can't be the solution. You should report this issue to Atlassian.


author: Cornelius Engelhardt
body: Already done. Hanis is working on the ticket. :)


author: hsuhailah
body: This is not reproducible in my local Confluence 4.1 though. What are the contents inside the affected page besides blog post macro? You can try to create a new space and a new page under the space and insert only blog post macro into the page and then check if the same issue is reproducible. This will isolate if other macros embedded in the same page might have contributed to this.

comments: author: Cornelius Engelhardt
body: Thanks for the quick reply. I did as you suggested and created a completely new space. There are no macros on that page except the blog-post macro but the issue still occurs.


Tags: blog

macro
Failed Login to Confluence
Asked by Anni R:

Hi!

What could be the problem that 1 user can't log to Confluece. System ask username and psw and if its inserted nothing will happen?

About month ago she could log in, but suddenly she cant. She has all the rights to log Confluence. I check from Confluence administrator she's accounta and this sie seems to be ok.


Answers:
author: Ivar
body: What are you using for auth? AD? If so, did she change her AD password recently?


author: Abdoulaye Kindy Diallo
body: This issue might be due to one of the following:

1. Authentication issue

2. Authorization related matter

3. Application Access related (eg: OnDemand environment)

4. Existing bug in the Confluence version used

However, to further troubleshoot such case, error message and Confluence version are key starting points.

comments: author: Anni R
body: Thanks! I will look those suggestions.. Psw was changed lot of time ago.
Confluence 4.0 management of stale content
Asked by Khanh Nguyen:

I'm sure this has been asked before. . . can't seem to find a good solid answer however. . .

What's the best way (out--of-the-box and/or with additional plug-ins) to alert space admins and/or content authors that a page has not been accessed in a 12 months?

Is there a way to set a reminder to review and refresh content that have not been updated after 6 months?

Thanks!


Answers:
author: Remo Siegwart
body: You might want to take a look at the [Confluence Archiving Plugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/123).

Hope this helps

comments: author: Khanh Nguyen
body: Does that work with Confluence 4.0?


author: Midori
body: Yes, Confluence Archiving Plugin 2.0.0 **is compatible with the Confluence 4.x** line!


author: Thomas Schlegel
body: Hi,

I do not know any automatism for that in confluence. We are managing this problem with labels. Pages that should be reviewed and refreshed get a label with the next review-date. You have to look at the labels manually. This is not very comfortable, but it works.

There is an archiving plugin (<https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/123>), but it is archiving every page which last update is older than a specific time period. The plugin removes the page from the original space and puts it into an archive space. But some pages don't have to be updated for a long time and are still up-to-date... So it's not the real solution for us.

There is also an interesting article here: <http://www.kikamaca.com/2011/08/managing-content-in-confluence-archiving-and-retention-policies/>

Best regards

Thomas

comments: author: Thomas Schlegel
body: This is discussed here: <https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/CARCH/Confluence+Archiving+Plugin>

(at the end of the comments)


author: Khanh Nguyen
body: The Midori Confluence Archiving Plugin isn't supported in Confluence 4.0. Does it work with 4.0?


author: Midori
body: Confluence Archiving Plugin 2.0.0 **is compatible with the Confluence 4.x** line!
Copy Space plugin - problem adding blog posts
Asked by Jamie Muir:

We use Confluence as the base for a customer facing knowledgebase. In order to carry out changes, I proposed using the Copy Space plugin to copy the original space, make changes, delete the original and re-name the copy to match the original.

So:

Copy Space A and name Space B \> Make changes on Space B \> Delete Space A \> Copy Space B to Space A

This process works fine, but when I try to add blog posts to the new space I receive an error. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Jamie


Answers:
author: Cyrille Martin
body: Hi Jamie,

No idea on your problem but your process is quite rough.

Don't you think that your process of publication should be much more easier with the plugin "[Publishing Plugin](https://plugins.atlassian.com/plugin/details/143)" ?

Soory to have any clue

Regards


Tags: app

blog

copy

space
Error occuring when using the sql plugin in confluence 3.5
Asked by Tor Hval:

Hi!

I've been using the sql plugin in our confluence instance for a while.

However, when the page which uses the sql plugin hasn't been used for a while, is accessed again for the "first time" I get an errormessage that says:

*"com.ibm.db2.jcc.c.DisconnectException: [ibm](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=ibm&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421)[db2](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=db2&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421)[jcc](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=jcc&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421)[t4](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=t4&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421)[2030](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=2030&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421)[11211](http://confluence.vps.no/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=VPSTJENESTEREGISTER&title=11211&linkCreation=true&fromPageId=9404421) A communication error has been detected. Communication protocol being used: TCP/IP.*

*Communication API being used: SOCKETS. Location where the error was detected: T4Agent.sendRequest().*   
*Communication function detecting the error: OutputStream.flush(). Protocol specific error codes Broken pipe, \*, 0. Message: Broken pipe"*

Actually the last part of the error message seems to vay a bit, but the first bit about being a communication error is constant, seems to be some sort of error from the database driver, but why it is occuring?

If I reload the page, the errormessage disappears and the plugin behaves as it is supposed to.

Any ideas on how to get rid of the errormessage??

Thanks in advance

Tor

<br />


Answers:
author: Bob Swift (personal)
body: Look at your db2 datasource configuration in server.xml. Maybe adding a validationQuery would help.

comments: author: Tor Hval
body: Thanks!

That did the trick :)
How to retrieve user statistics for attachments?
Asked by Kavita Parab:

I would like to see which user is downloading which attachment and how many times? For eg

User A Book.xls 52 views

User B Answer.pdf 1 view


Answers:
author: Adam Myatt
body: Haven't really seen a way to do this. Only thing I can think of is if you have access logs enabled at your server, grep the access log for the pattern /MY-CONF-URL/download/attachments/5611781/Adams-attachments-test.docx

where 5611781 is the pageID of the page the attachment is on.

comments: author: Kavita Parab
body: We are able to retrieve total views for attachments but i need to check who's downloading what and how many times
Is it possible to update the Confluence Plugin Key?
Asked by James Star:

Hello,

Is it possible to update the Confluence Plugin Key?

Thank you.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: You will have to export it to XML, replace the key and import it back.

See <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Copy+Or+Rename+A+Space>

comments: author: James Star
body: Thanks Jobin.
Calendar plugin not working anymore
Asked by Nariman Riahi:

Confluence 3.5.3

Calendar plugin:Plugin key:confluence.extra.calendar. Developer:Atlassian. Plugin version: 2.7.2.1

I had to uninstall adn reinstall the plugin since it was not advancing months in calendar. Now after I reinstalled it there is no calendar rendered at all. I have a blank page.

Anyone has any ideas?


Answers:
author: Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
body: What does your log say?

comments: author: Nariman Riahi
body: ERROR \[http-8090-21\] \[renderer.v2.components.MacroRendererComponent\] processMacro Unexpected error formatting macro: calendar-events


author: Nariman Riahi
body: Also clicking on Calendar administration gives me System Error.

org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/templates/extra/calendar/administration.vm'  
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.loadResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:400)

```
org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/templates/extra/calendar/administration.vm'	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.loadResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:400)	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.getResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:304)
```

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Where is this adminstration.vm file supposed to be? I can not even find template directory.
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author: Nariman Riahi
body: Also clicking on Calendar administration gives me System Error.

org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/templates/extra/calendar/administration.vm'  
at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.loadResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:400)

```
org.apache.velocity.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Unable to find resource '/templates/extra/calendar/administration.vm'	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.loadResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:400)	at com.atlassian.confluence.util.velocity.ConfigurableResourceManager.getResource(ConfigurableResourceManager.java:304)
```

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Where is this adminstration.vm file supposed to be? I can not even find template directory.
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How can I delete a Global Space?
Asked by Thomas Shelford:

I creaetd a global space for testing purposes. I have now completed my test and simply want to DELETE this Global Space. There seems to be no option for doing so. There is only an option for deleting the Home Page of the Space.


Answers:
author: Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]
body: If you are a Space Administrator ot member of confluence-administrators group, you can click on Space Admin and remove ths space.

See <http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Deleting+a+Space>

comments: author: Thomas Shelford
body: Thanks, the confusion arose because I was logged in as my regular user account, not as an admin user and therefore the option was not available.


Tags: cloud

confluence-cloud
Enable automatic redirect in Confluence or automatically append TLD to URL?
Asked by Jay Barra:

Is it possible to automatically append a TLD to any page in Confluence? I am running a standalone network and am finding that if I visit <http://network:8090> and <http://network.my_tld:8090> it still brings me to Confluence but my browser thinks I am in two different sessions. One other thing I am noticing is that if I go to the version that does not have my TLD appended, Gliffy and file icons do not load properly. In Confluence and JIRA I have the server base url to to include the .my_tld for the network.


Answers:
author: Jay Barra
body: Configuring an apache proxy server solved most of the problems.


Tags: jira

tomcat

url