Administer a Space

If you're a space admin, for either a site or personal space, there are various things you can change about that space. For example, you can change the space's name, description, look and feel, and permissions. You can even create templates to speed up page creation in the space.

The space's sidebar is another area you can customise to suit your needs, by adding shortcut links or changing the space logo.

Administer a space

To view the space tools page:

1. Go to the space and choose Space tools > Permissions from the bottom of the sidebar

2. The 'Space Permissions' page displays.

The administration options are divided into the following categories.  Some options may not be applicable for personal spaces. 

• Overview
  • Space Details - see Edit Space Details
  • Space Categories -  see Use Labels to Categorise Spaces
  • Delete Space - see Delete a Space
• Permissions
  • Permissions - see Assign Space Permissions
  • Restricted Pages - see Page Restrictions
• Content Tools
  • Templates - see Page Templates
  • Orphaned Pages - see Orphaned Pages
  • Undefined Pages - see Undefined Page Links
  • Attachments - see Manage Files
  • Trash - see Delete or Restore a Page.
  • Export - see Export Content to Word, PDF, HTML and XML
  • RSS Feeds - see Subscribe to pre-specified RSS feeds

  •  Import - see Import a Text File. Not available for personal spaces.

• Look and Feel
  • Themes – see Apply a Theme to a Space
  • Colour Scheme – see Edit a Space's Colour Scheme

  • Layout - see Customise Space Layouts

  • Stylesheet - see Styling Confluence with CSS 

  • PDF Layout – see Customise Exports to PDF
  • PDF Stylesheet – see Customise Exports to PDF

• Integrations
  
  • Application Links – see Linking to Another Application
  • Mail Accounts – see Mail Archives. Not available for personal spaces.
  • Mailbox Import – see Import Mail from an mbox. Not available for personal spaces.
  • Mail – see Mail Archives. Not available for personal spaces.

You can also customise the sidebar, including changing the space logo and adding shortcuts to other spaces - see Configure the Sidebar for more information.

Administer a space that uses the Documentation theme

In this theme, the standard Confluence sidebar is replaced by a page navigation sidebar.  As a result, the layout of the space administration options are slightly different.

To view the space admin page:

1. Go to the space you wish to manage

2. Choose Browse > Space Admin from the header

   Note: The Space Admin option appears only if you have space admin permissions, or if you're part of the 'confluence-administrators' group.

The 'Space Details' page displays. For spaces using the Documentation theme, the administration options are divided into the following categories:

• General
  • Space Details – see Edit Space Details.
  • Space Categories – see Use Labels to Categorise Spaces.
  • Templates – see Page Templates.
  • Delete Space – see Delete a Space.
  • Trash – see Delete or Restore a Page.
• Security
  • Permissions – see Assign Space Permissions.
  • Restricted Pages – see Page Restrictions.

  • Application Links – see Linking to Another Application. 

•  Mail
  • Mail Accounts – see Mail Archives
  • Mailbox Import – see Import Mail from an mbox

• Look and Feel
  
  • Themes – see Apply a Theme to a Space.
  • Colour Scheme – see Edit a Space's Colour Scheme.
  • PDF Layout – see Customise Exports to PDF.
  • PDF Stylesheet – see Customise Exports to PDF.
  • Change Space Logo – see Change the Space Logo.

Import

• Import Pages from Disk – see Import a Text File.