Using Anchors and copying pages

[Helen Griffith]

Hello... I think what I'd like to do is impossible, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

I want to add links to headings/anchors within a page. I know how to do that, BUT I have duplicate spaces in my Confluence instance - one for internal use and one for external use. I update the information in the internal space and when ready I copy (using the CLI tool) to the external space. To ensure that my links work when I copy the pages from internal to external, I use the 'Search' or 'Recently viewed' method to insert links. Copying the pages updates the link to the local (same space) page. Using the 'Advanced' method to insert links, I think, hardcodes the link and copying the page does not update the page's space.

Has anyone managed to work around this?

Thanks in advance!

[Helen Griffith · Accepted solution]

LOL, it looks like it DOES work. With anchors at least. However, the anchors appear about 2/3 of the way down the page. If I link to a heading from a TOC, the heading appears at the very top of the page. Maybe anchors are meant to open differently... Is this normal behaviour?

[Helen Griffith]

Yes, it does work, but, of course, the link text is hardcoded and doesn't update if the page title changes.