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This page gives an overview of the administration functions available in site and personal spaces. You need to be a space administrator to perform space administration functions.
Space administrators can also add and remove links in the space sidebar. See Configuring a Sidebar.
Administering a space
To view the space tools page:
- Go to the space you wish to manage.
- Go to the space and choose Space tools on the sidebar.
Note: The 'Space tools' option appears only if you are a space administrator for the space or you are a super user (a member of theconfluence-administrators
group). - The 'Space Permissions' page displays.
The administration options are divided into the following categories. Some options may not be applicable for personal spaces or Confluence OnDemand.
- Overview
- Space Details - see Editing Space Details.
- Space Labels - see Using Labels to Categorise Spaces.
- Remove Space - see Deleting a Space.
- Permissions
- Permissions - see Assigning Space Permissions.
- Restricted Pages - see Viewing Restricted Pages.
- Content Tools
- Templates - see Working with Templates.
- Orphaned Pages - see Managing Orphaned Pages
- Undefined Pages - see Managing Undefined Pages
- Attachments - see Viewing Attachment Details
- Trash - see Purging Deleted Pages and Restoring a Deleted Page.
- Export - see Exporting Confluence Pages and Spaces to Other Formats
- Import - see Importing Pages from Disk. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand. Not available for personal spaces.
- RSS Feeds - see Using pre-specified RSS feeds
- Look and Feel
- Themes – see Applying a Theme to a Space.
- Colour Scheme – see Editing a Space's Colour Scheme.
- Layout - see Customising Space Layouts
- Stylesheet - see Styling Confluence with CSS
- PDF Layout – see Customising Exports to PDF.
- PDF Stylesheet – see Customising Exports to PDF.
- Integrations
- Application Links – see Configuring Application Links. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand.
- Mail Accounts – see Working with Mail Archives. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand. Not available for personal spaces.
- Mailbox Import – see Importing Mail. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand. Not available for personal spaces.
- Mail – see Working with Mail Archives. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand. Not available for personal spaces.
You can also customise the sidebar, including changing the space logo and adding shortcuts to other spaces - see Configuring a Sidebar for more information.
Administering 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:
- Go to the space you wish to manage.
- Choose Browse > Space Admin at the top of the screen.
Note: The 'Space Admin' option appears only if you are a space administrator for the space or you are a super user (a member of theconfluence-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 Editing Space Details.
- Space Labels – see Using Labels to Categorise Spaces.
- Templates – see Working with Templates.
- Remove Space – see Deleting a Space.
- Trash – see Purging Deleted Pages and Restoring a Deleted Page.
- Security
- Permissions – see Assigning Space Permissions.
- Restricted Pages – see Viewing Restricted Pages.
- Application Links – see Configuring Application Links. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand.
- Mail
- Mail Accounts – see Working with Mail Archives. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand.
- Mailbox Import – see Importing Mail. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand.
- Look and Feel
- Themes – see Applying a Theme to a Space.
- Colour Scheme – see Editing a Space's Colour Scheme.
- PDF Layout – see Customising Exports to PDF.
- PDF Stylesheet – see Customising Exports to PDF.
- Change Space Logo – see Changing a Space's Logo.
- Import
- Import Pages from Disk – see Importing Pages from Disk. Not applicable to Confluence OnDemand.