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Viewtracker will likely suffer the same performance problems as the Confluence Usage Tracking plugin (which is disabled by default because it has known performance problems in large installations). If you have problems with one, you'll likely see problems with the other plugin too. The guys from BitVoodoo will likely know…

in viewtracker plugin - experiences Comment by David at David Simpson Apps December 2011

Where have you pointed your confluence.home property in [confluence-install]\confluence\WEB-INF\classes\confluence-init.properties? Try moving it under d: instead.

in Attachment Filesystem Path is on C:, Installation is on D Comment by David at David Simpson Apps September 2011

Have a look at the Confluence data model and create your own SQL statement. Blog about your results (or add them here as a comment) :) Related: Here's a bunch of SQL scripts that Betsy Walker wrote up.

in Group permissions in Confluence Comment by David at David Simpson Apps April 2012

This seems like a perfectly reasonable use of a custom plugin. I've developed similar functionality in the past. You'd likely want to configure an LDAP group as the internal users and set the comment visibility based on that group.

in how to have both public & private comments? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps October 2011

Thanks for reporting all these bugs. I've just been confused on how to get stuff done that seemed obvious before. Hopefully, missing functionality will be reapplied, but maybe the reduced featureset is intended. The inability to edit stuff after making errors in your posts is an annoyance. Oooh and the link modal in the…

in Atlassian Answers new design false start? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps April 2013

Really? You're saying that a new page with the same title as an existing page overwrites the content of the previous page?

in page name conflict Comment by David at David Simpson Apps May 2014

Edit the Custom HTML in the Confluence Admin section. In At the end of the HEAD add: <script> AJS.toInit(function(){ AJS.$('#splitter-button.collapsed').click(); });</script>

in How Do I get the Documentation Sidebar to not Default to Hidden? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps June 2012

I've noticed this too in the {multimedia} macro. WebKit based browsers worked fine, but Firefox doesn't like mp4 format.

in embedding multimedia content Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

You could use Google Chrome in full-screen mode. Et voilà!

in Confluence 4.1 - I can extend the screen (full screen) inside the editor? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps September 2012

Browse to Confluence Admin | Look & Feel | Custom HTML In At the end of the HEAD paste: <script> AJS.toInit(function(){ AJS.$('body.login').find('a[href$="language=en_GB"]').text('English (British)'); });</script>

in How to replace English (UK) with English (US)? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps January 2012

URL encode the "|" character to %7C to fix the URL "|" is not a valid character. Insomniacs can read this if they don't believe me. Updated :)

in Difference to put a link with "|" Comment by David at David Simpson Apps October 2011

Hi @Kent Schumann, AppFusions has just released Egnyte in Atlassian Confluence and also Egnyte in Atlassian JIRA. This is in addition to the existing sustained and supported Atlassian Document Management integrations (such as Dropbox, Box, Alfresco, Google Drive and more coming) that we offer. Each is plug and play and…

in More Storage Providers for Ink File Picker? Egnyte? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2014

Also, enabling nested groups for a user base of that size is likely not advisable.

in Confluence 3.5.1 Upgrade Issues - Embedded Crowd for large enterprises Comment by David at David Simpson Apps June 2011

@Colin Goudie is right here. I'd suggest browsing to Browse | Confluence Admin | Look & Feel | Custom HTML In At the end of the HEAD add: <script> AJS.toInit(function(){ AJS.$('#poweredby li:not(:first)').hide(); });</script> This would customisation would be retained on upgrade. Also, read Editing the Footer

in Can I remove / hide the "Report a Bug" and "Atlassian News" links in the Confluence footer? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps January 2012

In the example above, I was using the bundled {code} macro on a clean installation of Confluence 3.3.

in code snippets in wiki markup Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

-- now moved to yfrog. hope it doesn't close soon.

in code snippets in wiki markup Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

The obvious choice is the {code} macro. A quick test on Confluence 3.3 seems to show it working nicely in both Confluence and a PDF rendition of the page. Here's a link to the full image: http://yfrog.com/z/kkghlp

in code snippets in wiki markup Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

The Google Docs in Confluence plugin (from AppFusions) provides the ability to embed Google Forms into Confluence.

in how to create on-line survey forms and response collection? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps September 2012

If applicable, make sure you have done this... Configure Web Proxy Support for Confluence

in Confluence error: java.net.ConnectException: Connection timed out: connect Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

In confluence/decorators/page.vmd, try copying this: #applyDecorator("root") #decoratorParam("sitemeshPage" $sitemeshPage) #decoratorParam("page" $page) #decoratorParam("context" "comments") #end below here: ## EDIT || PREVIEW-EDIT #elseif ($mode == "edit" || $mode == "edit-preview") $body You'll likely have to repeat this…

in Show comments in the edit page mode? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2011

You can do it with client side Javascript, if that's good enough. In Confluence Admin | Look & Feel | Custom HTML add in At the end of the HEAD: <script> AJS.toInit(function () { if (AJS.params.remoteUser == '') { AJS.$('a[href*="spacetools.action"]').parent().hide(); } });</script>

in confluence 5 - hide 'space tools' from anonymous user -how Comment by David at David Simpson Apps July 2013

120 seconds+? Your users must be very patient :)Could you optimise the query better? Have better indexing on the database side?Could you trigger a Confluence job that runs and caches the query in the background for faster delivery of the content.

in How can I change Confluence XHTML content timout of 120 seconds? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps May 2012

Edit the PDF stylesheet as documented here: http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Customising+Exports+to+PDF#CustomisingExportstoPDF-CustomisingthePDFStylesheet For <div class="codeContent panelContent">...</div> Use the selector div.codeContent.panelContent { font-size: 8px; /* or similar */} You may need to specify…

in PDF Export question: How to modify font in a {code} block? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps May 2012

I think this should be good for IE7+ Attribute selectors in CSS have been around for some time now. If youre using Confluence 5, then you'll need a reasonably modern browser: IE8+ or the latest version of the other browsers. If you like it, mark it as correct ;)

in Display icon for external links? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps April 2013

In Confluence Admin | Custom HTML | Add the end of the HEAD, paste: <style>a[href^="http://"], a[href^="https://"] { background: url(http://bits.wikimedia.org/static-1.22wmf1/skins/vector/images/external-link-ltr-icon.png) center right no-repeat; padding-right: 13px;}</style> That should do the trick. Maybe get your own…

in Display icon for external links? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps April 2013

Awesome. Thanks.

in How do you favourite questions in Answers? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps June 2013

Hmm. Not quite. Favouriting is something that you do manually. Following appears to be something that automatic happens based on any question that you've ever touched. I seem to be following hundreds of questions, but I've only favourited about 10. Is there any way of finding the questions that were favourited before the…

in How do you favourite questions in Answers? Comment by David at David Simpson Apps May 2013

Some things... You don't seem to be using jQuery at all, so why both with the {jquery} macro. Also, this is being displayed in the page, so don't add the head or body tags. Try this: {html}<script> function displayMessage(){ alert('Hello World!'); }</script><form><input id="clickMeInput" type="button" value="Click me!"…

in jquery macro and confluence Comment by David at David Simpson Apps September 2011

Carol, without admin rights, you're likely in trouble. Perhaps you could ask an administrator?

in Box to Copy Code / Embed HTML or JavaScript in Confluence Comment by David at David Simpson Apps October 2011

If this is something you'd like to do quickly, attach the JavaScript and SWF files to a publically accessible Confluence page and create a user macro... Something like this (untested) seems reasonable: ## Macro title: copy-textarea## Macro has a body: Y## Body processing: Unrendered## Output: Selected output option####…

in Box to Copy Code / Embed HTML or JavaScript in Confluence Comment by David at David Simpson Apps October 2011

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