Can I control what features an anonymous user sees when visiting a page.

Question

I would like to have certain pages and their children available as read-only for anonymous users (i.e. customers accessing public production documentation).

I've figured out how to do this in the settings by allowing anonymous users at the global Confluence instance level, as well as at the specific Space level.

However, when navigating to the public URL for the page as an anonymous user, I still see a bunch of "Confluence App" features like the sidebar, accessible edit history, button to login, space settings, content tools, activity, blog, switch apps icon, etc. are all public.

Is there a way to easily configure the Space/Page to be rendered for anonymous users without those graphical elements that suggest that it's actually a Confluence page?

njk42 · Answer

Thanks for your help Suren.

It's a bit surprising that a) something like this requires html or css coding, even if minimal, and b) that it apparently is not something that is supported in the Cloud-based version of Confluence.

I would assume that Atlassian makes more revenue when migrating users to the Cloud installation instead of local servers, but the features available in the Cloud version appear to be a bit more limited.

Is there anything you can tell me regarding whether this might be supported in the Cloud version soon?

Suren Raj · Answer

Hi, Nate.

We can suggest you check out the following documentation to see if it help's you:

* https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-do-i-remove-the-side-bar-in-confluence-330796984.html
* https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/how-to-hide-the-space-tools-menu-for-anonymous-users-in-confluence-816877024.html

Hope it helps.

Cheers