'How do I...' and 'How to...' guide to Confluence
A list of common customizations and other procedural changes that have been created for Confluence.
- How to update Confluence shortcut links when a base URL has changed
- How to change navigation option in sidebar globally for all spaces
- How do I change space layouts in custom themes?
- How to disable automatic mail polling
- How do I change the default polling time for email in Confluence?
- How to disable attachment downloads
- How to edit files in Confluence JAR files
- How to disable hiding (ellipsing) of breadcrumbs
- How to display different appearance for different users using Confluence layouts
- How do I change the keys for keyboard shortcuts?
- How to fix out of memory errors by increasing available memory
- How to change the server ID of Confluence
- How to copy or rename a space in Confluence
- How to customize Confluence icons
- How to disable users from changing their password
- How to disable profile editing by users
- How to disable theme selection
- How to adjust the session timeout for Confluence
- How do I check which spaces have email accounts?
- How do I find my license from the file system?
- How do I get more statistics from Confluence?
- How to identify inactive users in Confluence
- How to change the number of users synchronized from LDAP to Confluence
- How to prevent personal spaces from being shown on the Dashboard
- How to suppress cluster warning messages in the Confluence log files
- How to clear Confluence plugins cache
- How to disable space mail archiving
- How to display a banner like the Confluence Documentation Theme
- How to force links to open in a new window
- How to migrate from JIRA Issues and JIRA portlets to gadgets
- How do I configure Confluence to use Gmail as the mail server?
- How to configure an automatic refresh of the recently updated list
- How to disable profile pictures from appearing on the recently updated dashboard
- How to add a site-wide banner
- How to add time stamp after the date on last updated information
- How to edit the footer in Confluence
- How to add extra height to a custom footer
- How do I modify the frequency of content indexing?
- How to configure the 'Remember Me' feature in Confluence
- How to convert a datasource to a direct JDBC connection
- How to bind Confluence to a particular network interface
- How do I obtain content that has not been modified in a certain period of time?
- How to make Confluence open a new tab when clicking on the attachments link
- How to setup Confluence with IIS
- How to customize MS Word exports
- How to edit bundled or system plugins
- How to allow Confluence Mobile to render a macro
- How do I import my delegated LDAP users from Confluence into Crowd
- How do I remove a user directory from Confluence via the database?
- How to use JavaScript in Confluence
- How to hide elements in Confluence using CSS or JavaScript
- How to use NGINX to proxy requests for Confluence
- How to change table appearance using CSS
- How to customize Confluence editor's color palette
- How to add Team Calendars for Confluence with anonymous access in the Dashboard
- How to uncheck 'Notify watchers' check box on Confluence editor by default
- How to force unwrap Code Macro
- How to change bullet style in a Confluence page
- How to generate a Directory Configuration Summary
- How do I remove a user who has content created
- How to change the version of a space backup
- How to turn on debugging for indexing
- How to separate the home and install directories in Confluence
- How do I prevent anonymous users from using page history?
- How do I change the default time zone for users in Confluence?
- How to use PHP inside Confluence pages
- How to direct the 'Space Admin' link to go to 'Space Permissions' instead of 'Space Details'
- How to delete all internal Confluence users except the local administrator
- How to relocate the Confluence home directory
- How to relocate the attachments storage directory
- How to customize the sign up page
- How do I manually change the base URL
- How do I allow other users to access my localhost evaluation instance of Confluence?
- How do I remove the side bar in Confluence?
- How do I update my Demonstration Space?
- How to view a list of all space creators and administrators for all spaces
- How do I list all attachments in Confluence with their location and file sizes?
- How to Run Confluence on Two Different Ports
- How to determine your version of Tomcat and Java
- How to Upgrade The Tomcat Container for Confluence
- How Do I Add Links to Confluence 5.x's Top Global Header/Navigation Bar?
- How to remove the 'Add Space and the Add Blogpost' buttons from the top of the Dashboard
- How Do I Block A Certain IP From Accessing Confluence?
- How to Remove a Page Manually in the Database Using SQL Commands
- How Do I Determine the Availability of a Plugin Source Code?
- How to Open The Drop Down Menu Using Mouse Over Instead of Mouse Click Event
- How to bypass a proxy to test network connectivity
- How to disable Show Changed Content to all users
- How do I change a username prior to Confluence 5.3
- How to force kill Confluence and Synchrony on a Windows Server
- How To Create An Underline For Heading 2
- HowTo: Add Issue Links to a JIRAIssue Macro
- How to raise the image size limit within Confluence to allow larger images in Word imports
- How to hide pages from showing on the left panel navigation tree in Confluence
- Restrict External Users/Groups to Certain Confluence Space(s)
- How to Change All Columns' Collation to utf8_bin in MySQL
- How to Generate a New confluence.cfg.xml
- How Do I Disable Share Button in Confluence
- How to List Favourites for a Specific User with SQL Queries
- How to search for users with home page set and make them use the Global home space instead
- How to Change Notification with English Translation When Using Non-English Language Pack
- How to put an iFrame into Confluence
- How To connect Confluence to a MSSQL server using SSO (Windows Only)
- How to switch from the bundled JRE to System Java when using Confluence as Windows Service
- How to disable the default language setting
- How to Remove Bundled or System Plugins
- How Do I Set All Spaces To Use The Default Global Look and Feel Theme
- How to Remove Spacing Under a Heading
- How to make a field visible in the Create JIRA Issue dialogue in Confluence
- How to disable SSLv3 to mitigate against POODLE exploit for Confluence 5.7.0 or below
- How to Use Confluence to Serve Static Content
- How to list the last login date for all users in Confluence
- How to Disable the Create JIRA Issue Functionality in Confluence
- How to Turn Off Confluence Logo Button Redirection to the Homepage
- How to Exclude Active Directory Default Domain Groups from Confluence
- How-to Assign a Space home page on Confluence
- How to Recover Page Content from the Database and Import Using Source Editor
- How to Query the Database to Find a Page with a Specific Label
- How to clear customizations from Confluence
- How to Make Confluence Read-Only
- How to expand content tree
- How to replace all hard-coded links in Confluence after the Base URL or AppLink URL is changed
- How Suggestion of Labels Work in Different Content Types
- How to Find the Total Amount of Space Used for a Single Space's Attachments
- How to fix the collation of a Microsoft SQL Server Confluence database
- How to get Confluence page ID
- How to Edit Office Document In a Page From Another Page
- How to remove the full history of a page using SQL
- How to embed multiple calendars in one calendar Macro
- How to Locate All Orphaned Pages in Confluence
- How Do I Change the Confluence Default icons?
- How to remove all restrictions from pages within a space
- How to download a Confluence plugin without generating an evaluation license
- How to Determine XML Backup Confluence Version
- How to migrate Confluence from an EAR or WAR Distribution to a Standalone version
- How To Use Wildcard as the First Character of a String on Confluence Search
- How to add a space-wide banner
- How to globally disable e-mail notifications with page content
- How to change the creator of a page
- How to change all Confluence internal users e-mail domain name in bulk
- How to list which spaces a group can access
- How to customize the Page Not Found (404) page
- How to replace old View File macros with the new File Preview macro
- How to enable Ancestor table rebuild progress logging
- Display Jira project name only in Confluence
- How to Change the Number of Threads Used for Attachment Reindexing
- How To Rename the User: "Unknown User" as the Content Creator Caused by User Deletion
- How to generate a SSL self-signed Certificate with a longer expiry date
- How to have nested number lists in Confluence
- How to stop sending health check reports
- How to rebuild the file preview cache from scratch in Confluence
- How do I create individual space exports of all spaces via the command line interface
- How to count the number of times a word appears in Confluence
- How to list watchers in space, pages, blogposts in Confluence
- How do I search from Active Directory's global catalog?
- How to uncheck "Watch this page" check box on comment editor by default
- How do I disable the 'Invite some teammates to make Confluence more fun!' emails
- How to list all of the restrictions configured in your Team Calendars
- How to list all of the calendars your Confluence users had subscribed to
- How to list the users favourite pages and spaces
- How to find the total size of all attachments in Confluence
- How to re-run the "welcome.action" in Confluence for existing users
- How to report on links in a Confluence instance
- How to find the total size of Attachments per space
- How to find the largest Confluence pages by storage size in the database
- How to Change Default Jira Columns to display in Jira issue macro
- How to disable incremental synchronization for an external directory through the database
- How to find specific user profile pictures from the Confluence attachments directory
- How to enable API access logging in Confluence
- How to override quick create page button in Confluence 5.9.x
- How to disable attachment uploads when Confluence is read-only
- How to Bulk Delete Archive Emails from Confluence Database
- How do I ensure excel file with wide columns does not get truncated in Confluence File Previews
- How to customize the "Not Permitted" page
- How to remove all restrictions from a specific page via the database
- How to change the account used to access the Marketplace within Confluence
- How to Disable Global Fixed Header in Confluence 5.9 and Above
- How to Bulk Delete Blogposts of a Confluence Space Manually from Confluence Database Using SQL Commands
- How to recover or identify a lost shared draft after disabling collaborative editing in Confluence
- How to reduce the size of Synchrony tables
- How to reset all Confluence plugins back to their default state through the database
- How to add Recently Updated Dashboard and Favourite Spaces tab in Confluence 5.9.x and above
- How to disable 'Ask a Question' button in search results in Confluence
- How do I hide "All Updates" or "Popular" from the Dashboard sidebar
- How do I add Google Drive image to Confluence
- How to Audit Personal User Email Settings Using the Database
- How to restore or preserve Site Statistics
- How to check permissions for a specific page via SQL queries
- How to show Page tree and hide other options in Sidebar by default for all Spaces
- How to allow or deny certain hosts to have access to Confluence
- How to hide elements in the Space Tools Menu
- How to get a list of Confluence users' last password change date
- How to retrieve the storage format from a specific Confluence page
- Connecting Confluence with IIS 5.1 or 6
- Connecting Confluence with IIS 7
- How do I bypass a reverse proxy for use in Application Links
- How do I change the font sizes in PDF export?
- How do I find a set of users that are not part of one group
- How do I hide referrer info to linked external sites
- How Do I Modify User's Profile page source
- How to add a "Summary" column manually in JIRA issue macro
- How to Add a Google Doc to the Widget Connector Macro
- How to add multiple attachments to a page at once
- How to allow only certain IP addresses to have access to Confluence
- How to bring JIRA and JIRA Agile Reports into Confluence
- How to Bypass SSL for an Application Link between Confluence and JIRA
- How to change logging and profiling settings to permanent setting
- How to change the Application Navigator name for an application
- How-To change the Confluence Dashboard through JIRA
- How to change the Forgot Password link in Confluence to redirect to an alternate page
- How to Change the PostgreSQL Administrator Password
- How to Change the User starting Confluence with start-confluence.sh script
- How to check for users who never logged into Confluence
- How to Check Permissions for a Space via SQL Queries
- How to connect to Team Calendars using Outlook for Mac 2011 or 2016
- How to convert a global space to a personal space type in Confluence
- How to Create .ttc Family Font File
- How to create database schema manually
- How to debug AppArmor
- How to debug SELinux
- How to find large pages in Confluence
- How to disable HipChat integration pop up dialog
- How To Disable Notifications For Attachments Action
- How to disable PDF Export for Pages or Spaces
- How to disable the content re-migration job on startup
- How to export PDF using OpenType .otf font file
- How to find Confluence's database connection parameters
- How to find content by space for a specific string in Confluence
- How to Find Pages with most Historic Versions in Confluence
- How to find the largest attachment files in your Confluence instance
- How to find the names and count the number of Calendars created (version Team Calendars for Confluence 4.2 or higher) in Confluence
- How to find the number of pages, blogposts, and attachments
- How to find total pages & blogposts in each space and public facing spaces (anonymous access)?
- How to Find Where the General Configuration is Stored in the Database
- How to get a Confluence Developer license
- How to grant permission to Manage Users
- How to Hide Confluence Child Pages With jQuery
- How to hide Download All links for attachments in Confluence
- How to hide Edit Document link from View File macro in PDF export
- How to hide labels in Confluence page using JavaScript in Specific Spaces
- How to hide the 'Delete' button in the Page History section
- How to hide the 'Edit in Word' button
- How to hide the "Forgot Password" Link in Confluence
- How to hide the People Directory from a Confluence group
- How to hide the Space Directory button for Anonymous users
- How to hide the Space Tools menu for certain users or groups in Confluence
- How to list all created team calendars for Confluence, their creators, and the creation date
- How to List Pages with Restrictions
- How to List Spaces In Which a User Has Administrator Privileges
- How to List Users That Have Space Administrator Privileges
- How to list which spaces a user can access
- How to manually edit a page title through the database with Synchrony enabled
- How to manually force a full garbage collection in Confluence
- How to manually remove malfunctioning add-ons
- How to manually reset UPM or manually upgrade UPM?
- How to obtain a list of all pages and spaces integrated with JIRA
- How to Prevent Users from Changing Profile Pictures in Confluence 5.5.x versions
- How to programmatically generate the tiny link of a Confluence page
- How to recreate the Confluence Internal User Directories
- How to Redirect Users to a Space Homepage Immediately After Login
- How to reduce the Confluence footer height
- How to reenable the new dashboard in Confluence 5.9 and 5.10
- How to Remove all Previous Versions of a Page Manually in the Database Using SQL Commands
- How to remove custom CSS from Confluence via the database
- How to remove or hide the last updated and created by text on a Confluence page
- How to remove users without 'Can Use' permission from Confluence People Directory
- How to reset All Likes in a page
- HowTo: Reset failed login count from Confluence database
- How to resolve missing attachments in Confluence
- How to restart the setup wizard after installing Confluence
- How to restore missing favorites after import from XML
- How to restore space shortcuts after import from XML
- How to restrict the ability to export a Space in Confluence
- How to Restrict Users from Accessing People Directory or Search Users from Quick Search
- How To Set the SMTP Timeout in Confluence
- How to skip the onboarding page (welcome.action) for new users in Confluence
- How to switch user association and permission to a different user
- How to Turn Off Autoconvert
- How to update an Application Link URL manually
- How to upgrade active objects columns from varchar to nvarchar in SQL Server
- How to use system Java instead of the bundled JRE
- How to view the edit history of a comment in Confluence
- Running Confluence with firewall on Linux
- How to hide Move and Copy menu for pages
- How to list the most used labels in Confluence
- How to query the database to find the size of all page drafts per space
- How to remove all shared drafts and start with a clean state using Collaborative Editing
- How to obtain a list of all pages, their authors, and related information from the Confluence database
- How to search specific attachment type in Confluence
- How to change the default Confluence icons
- How to bulk update Confluence content through the database to replace old macros with new ones
- How to customize Velocity Template to allow only a Confluence administrator to delete a Space
- Cannot enable or disable bundled system apps or modules
- How to hide content's author (Created by) for certain users or groups in Confluence
- Prevent Users from Changing Their E-mail Address
- How to determine Orphaned Personal and Global Spaces
- How to find various permissions on the Spaces which have anonymous access enabled with Database Queries.
- How to use SQL Queries to Track Page Modifications by Date in Confluence
- How to remotely set Space Status via XML-RPC
- How do I hide "All Updates" from Confluence dashboard for Anonymous users.
- How to Add a Google Doc to a Confluence page using the HTML include macro
- How to embed a Google Doc to a Confluence page using the HTML macro
- How to disable the Post Upgrade Landing Page
- How to get all Space Names, Keys and Homepage URLs from DB
- How to find pages with the most child pages
- How To add custom fonts to Confluence
- How to Hide Version Information on Confluence
- Automate plugin installation in Confluence
- How to set up triggers to get diagnostic information from a Java application
- How to add a Jira kanban board to a Confluence page
- How to hide Word export option from Page information section
- How to hide the Page Title and the related details(created by/modified by and timestamp) below the Page Title
Last modified on Jul 13, 2016
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