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Removing/editing the 'All updates' section from default dashboard in Confluence Server

Jon Bornstein

Hello,

Have any of you edited the middle section of the default dashboard, so that anonymous (anyone not logged in) users don't see the All updates section of your site?

I know this is possible via paid plugins, but I was hoping someone could share what they've done to edit the dashboard.

At the least we'd like to hide the entire all updates section and maybe just insert our logo plus a few lines of text.

Thank you!

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Shannon S

Jon,

You might already be aware, but users only see updates for pages that they have access to see, so they won't see any updates that they're not supposed to.

A workaround could be to set a different homepage than Dashboard. You can then design the page to appear how you want it to for your users (both anonymous and licensed)

It's not currently possible to set a separate homepage for your anonymous users, but I created a feature request for this a while back if it's something you're interested in:

CONFSERVER-54457 Option to set a different Site Homepage for Anonymous Users

There may be a way to hide it using javascript, but unfortunately I don't have much experience with this and have been unsuccessful in my attempts. Our Community has been quite successful in the past with modifications using Javascript, so perhaps someone will be able to hop in and give you their advice.

Regards,

Shannon

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Shannon S

Jon,

You might already be aware, but users only see updates for pages that they have access to see, so they won't see any updates that they're not supposed to.

A workaround could be to set a different homepage than Dashboard. You can then design the page to appear how you want it to for your users (both anonymous and licensed)

It's not currently possible to set a separate homepage for your anonymous users, but I created a feature request for this a while back if it's something you're interested in:

CONFSERVER-54457 Option to set a different Site Homepage for Anonymous Users

Regards,

Shannon

Stephen Sifers

Hello Jon,

To add to Shannon’s response in regards to the Javascript mention, we have a solution which will work for removing the All Updates from displaying for anonymous users. You will need to apply the following to your Custom HTML within Confluence.

 <script type="text/javascript">
AJS.toInit(function(){
 if (AJS.params.remoteUser == ''){
 AJS.$('section.aui-page-panel-content.content-body').hide();
 }
});
</script>

It should look as follows:

Here are examples of what the Dashboard will now show for anonymous users:

And the example for a logged in user:

I hope this helps in removing updates for anonymous users.

Regards,
Stephen Sifers

Jon Bornstein

Stephen, this is great! Exactly what I was looking for - thanks a ton!

Shannon S

Jon,

In the event you also want to remove it from the sidebar:

How do I hide "All Updates" or "Popular" from the Dashboard sidebar

Take care!

Shannon

Andreas Bauer_4l4d15

As of 2022 the above JS snippet no longer works due to deprecated AJS calls. I found the following changes will give the desired result again:

<script type="text/javascript">
  AJS.toInit(function(){
    if (AJS.Meta.get("remote-user") == '') {
      AJS.$('.aui-page-panel-content').hide();
    }
  });
</script>

Tested with Confluence 7.19.3.

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