Space Layout

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You can change the space layout on a global level and on individual spaces. If you change the global space layout then all spaces with the default settings will be affected.

Use wiki markup to change the space layout.

 

Changeable areas:
  • Right Column
  • Footer
  • Page Meta Data
  • Page Top
  • Page Bottom

Edit Space Layout

Global level
Go to: Confluence Admin > Global Space Layout

Individual space
Go to: Space Admin > Space Layout

Some Examples

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  1. Klaus Feldmann

    Hi Emil,

    I need a right column in the layout in addition, with the same functionality of the left column. How could this be achieved?

    I would use the left column as is and I like to add global space informations and special functions on the right hand.

    Meanwhile I use columns inside the content field to create it, but this is lot of work if you have thousands of pages.

    1. Emil Sjödin

      I see your problem.. This functionality is not included in our theme but I will add this function to our feature wish-list.

      1. Klaus Feldmann

        OK,

        Dont you have at least a clue of how to create this using the style sheet of a space, as a solution until you updated it as a general feature?

        1. Emil Sjödin

          This is quite hard to manage with only CSS code. So I can't give you a quick fix for your problem.

          Cheers,
          Emil

          1. Klaus Feldmann

            Hi Emil,

            I use following workaround meanwhile you do adopt some of the feature requests:

            1. get a multi-excerpt macro license for 50 bucks here > https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/wiki/display/CMEP/Confluence+Multi-Excerpt+Plugin and install it via plug in upload.

            2. create a page in a space and name it like "support-page"

            3. create a column containing all data you want display on several pages with an appropriate size'd column.

            4. embed this code into a multi-excerpt macro

            5. on pages of the space create a column that gets the content - with the section-macro at the top

            6. add with the multi-excerpt-include macro the content from the "support-page"

            7. at the bottom close it all with a final section macro.

            You should get two columns, one displaying the content of that page and the other column the overall-content.

            The disadvantage is, that you have to include the multi-excerpt-include macro on every page manually and if you use it for documents you need to switch it  of for e.g. PDF printout if you dont need or want this extra column content get printed. 

            The advantage of this hint is the ability to be able to create different layouts on demand and you can use it on every other space on demand.

            Cheers

            Klaus

  2. Klaus Feldmann

    Hi,

    I need on some spaces no pagename because it will be used inside the content, and to avoid displaying it twice I need to know how do I exclude the pagename from being displayed in pageview. Any advice?

    Cheers, Klaus

  3. Anonymous

    HI

    I am also trying to work out how to get rid of the page name being displayed.

    Thanks

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi,

      This problem is fixed in the next version of Original Theme. You will be able to remove the page name with CSS code.

      Cheers
      Emil

      1. Klaus Feldmann

        As a new version have been release meanwhile, is there any progress regarding page name?

        If so, what do I need to do, to customize the page name (itle of a page)?

        cheers

        1. Emil Sjödin

          You can use this CSS code:

          This works with the Original Theme 1.4.1 and later.

          1. Klaus Feldmann

            This code just switches the title off for all pages within a space, and yes I can apply CSS to manipulate the title within a page using style macro from Adaptavist..

            The demand is that the title could be manipulated through other macros working like it is in standard confluence. Using themes other than RefinedWiki, we can apply macros within a page that effect the style of the title.

            I did check the language plugin from bitvodoo. With this macro on a page named "Test" with

            The title should change from "Test" to "My new title" – it does so using standard theme but it does not using Refinedwiki.

            With other available macros or user macros I could change the appearance of titles using the macro-editor. Using Style Macro and CSS is not that convenient for users who have no knowledge of html coding.

            So our demand is just a "feature recover".

            Cheers

            1. Emil Sjödin

              We have no yet support for the language plugin from bitvoodoo. But I have added it to our feature wish-list.

              1. Klaus Feldmann

                Hi Emil,

                I just want to point out that I did not expect to get support on an 3rd party plugin like bitvodoo.

                I expect RefinedWiki Theme to support a standard feature from confluence that title of pages can be manipulated via macros on pages.

                Yes I can use CSS on" #rw_container h1.page_title", so I am able to style a title.

                But available macros do not know your RefinedWiki code so they dont act on rw_containers.

                Bitvodoo just use this standard Confluence feature which is gone with RefinedWIki Theme.

                So I kindly ask you to recover this feature.

                Cheers

                1. Emil Sjödin

                  Hi Klaus,

                  We have today released a maintenance release(2.0.1) and your issue has been solved.

                  Cheers

                  1. Klaus Feldmann

                    Hi Emil,

                    just tested it and it works wonderful. Thanks for that, now users can apply several special styles for forms  etc. using macros which is much easier.

                    Now I need to get rid of all my special coding too - but thats ok.

                    Cheers.

                  2. Klaus Feldmann

                    Please check template layouts. If I customize I can only select original.

                    Cheers.

                    1. Emil Sjödin

                      Hi Klaus, it was a bug thats now fixed. Just download the latest version again.

                      Cheers

                      1. Klaus Feldmann

                        Hi Emil – thank’s it works. As it does use same release version, it must be installed manually and not through Plugin Repository as it will be not recognize as an update. (Just mentioned here if some run into this to)

                        Cheers

  4. Fred P

    Hi,

    Talking about the space layout, it appears that, rightafter applying Refined Wiki to my Confluence 3.3, the link on General Logo :

    * send me to the dashboard when i'm on General or Category Dashboard

    * send me to the space homepage as soon as I enter a Space.

    ANd so, even if I've set the Site Homepage' to be the 'dashboard' on the General configuration screen... Is there any way to force that click to send me back to the Global Dashboard in every cases ?

    Thanks

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi Fred,

      This is a function we haven't change (Standard confluence behavior). But I have added you suggestion to our feature wish-list.

      Cheers

      1. Fred P

        OK, thanks for your answer (and also for the work done ;) ).

        I'm gonna try to find a solution in Confluence forum.

  5. Klaus Feldmann

    Hi,

    I use simple clean theme and I dont want to display the line at the bottom that gives the functions to show/hide childrens, sort children, create new children etc.

    What CSS code do I have to add to the style to make this line disappear as it is on this page you currently view?

    Cheers.

    1. Emil Sjödin

      To remove the child page section use this CSS code:

      1. Klaus Feldmann

        Hi,

        thanks, instead of  a  (.) it works with (#).

        But is is strange that if applied on global stylesheet it does not be recognized by spaces in 3.4. I had to apply it manually on every space.
        Cheers.

      2. ruchita

        Hi Emil,

        I tried adding this to the "Page Bottom" but I get an error of undefined macro for display. Please help.

        Thanks,

        Ruchita

        1. Klaus Feldmann

          this CSS style needs to go inside the body of a style macro if placed inside a wiki page like

          Without style macro it is meant to be applied to global-space or space stylesheet.

          1. ruchita

            that's exactly where I applied it:

            Administration-> Edit Global Space Layout

            I added the ".children-section" in the box for "Page Bottom".

            I also tried adding it to the global stylesheet, but that didnt work out either.

            Thanks,

            Ruchita

          2. ruchita

            I just tried using Confluence's children macro :

            {children:all=false}

            I put this macro in the Page Bottom of my Global Space Layout.. and that seems to have done the trick!

            1. Klaus Feldmann

              global space stylesheet and global space layout are different.

              A stylesheet requires CSS applied and a space layout is related to wikimarkup. You see wikimarkup in your screenshot. camel cases are used for macros and display:none is not a macro its CSS.

              You need to use style macro to apply css inside a global space layout or page.

              You just swap it and it will work.

  6. Martin Cleaver

    It appears that Footer and Page Bottom are not used by Blog Post, only by Wiki pages. Any chances of fixing that?

    Thanks, M.

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi Martin,

      I've added this feature to our feature wish-list.

      Cheers

      1. Martin Cleaver

        Thanks, this is now implemented!

  7. Joe Ayre

    Hi Emil,

    Is there a way to save a space layout? I have a space layout that has certain things in the page bottom section and I would like to be able to apply this layout to a space once the space is created.

    Currently, I have to go into the space admin and edit the space layout manually.

    Thanks,

    Joe

  8. Joe Ayre

    Hi Emil,

    Is there a way to save a space layout? I have a space layout that has certain things in the page bottom section and I would like to be able to apply this layout to a space once the space is created.

    Currently, I have to go into the space admin and edit the space layout manually.

    Thanks,

    Joe

    1. Klaus Feldmann

      Create a template called maybe "space-default" and make sure that scaffold is installed. In confluence admin place live-template:space-default into "Edit Global Space Layout" into "Footer" or "Page Bottom".

      Now on each creation of a space this macro will be included. This also makes it easy to change all spaces that include this macro to change just by editing one template. On spaces that you dont want to apply that template you just need to go to space admin and exchange or delete that macro.

      Use it with honor of the long time it took me to figure it out.

      By the end complicated things end up simple.

      1. Joe Ayre

        Thanks Klaus. The way our confluence instance works is that we are creating spaces regularly - some which require one space layout and some which require another. Ideally on creation of a space, we should be able to select which space layout to use. This would be a perfect solution but I do not think it is possible.

        Joe

        1. Klaus Feldmann

          You are right – not easy to achieve.

          You could create a number of default spaces and use copy space plugin to create new ones.

          Disadvantage is that you still need to do some editing as it does not copy style sheet settings.

  9. Martin Moser

    Hello,

    just saw that it is possible now (?) to hide / collapse the navigation in the left column with the button at the top of the page (or with the "[" key). How can I enable this? Just updated to version 2.2.1. 

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi Martin, this instance is running a early release of the version 2.2.2 of the theme. It will be released in a week or so. I will keep you posted.

      1. Martin Moser

        Hi Emil,

        thanks for the information, that explains it :-)

        Looking forward to the next release!

  10. Eckhard Kämmer

    Hi Emil,

    Is it possible to hide the list of child pages (including the header "X Child Pages - Reorder Pages - Add Child Page") at the bottom of the page using the Original Theme?

    It clutters up the page and seems unnecessary given that all child pages are already listed in the page treeview.

    Thanks, Eckhard

    1. Klaus Feldmann

      add this to your global space layout:

      If you have custom space layouts in use you have to add this to those too.

      Use Firebug helps on finding out what to change

  11. Mike Rogers

    Is it possible to resize the column on the left of the space?

    My Pagetree is a little too wide for my liking and I would like the content area to be wider.

    1. Emil Sjödin

      You can add this CSS code:

      to Browse > Space Admin > Stylesheet . (Space level)

      or

      Browse > Confluence Admin > Look and Feel > Stylesheet (Global level)

      Note: The hide left column feature will not adjust to your new column width.

      1. Mike Rogers

        Thank you, that code worked like a charm!

  12. Mike Rogers

    I just updated my companies RefinedWiki yesterday.

    The attachment section of the page seems to have moved to below the name of the page. Now when I don't have an attachment on the page, the title seems to be very far from the content.

    Is there a way to move the attachment line back above the title?

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi Mike,

      Could you please create an issue here: https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/RWOT Include which version of confluence and RefinedWiki Original Theme you are using. 

      Thanks

      1. Mike Rogers

        Created: https://studio.plugins.atlassian.com/browse/RWOT-167

  13. michael regelin

    Hello,

    I need to put a tracker on every pages of Confluence. This is already done with the common Confuence theme, as I modify the page.vmd to like this:

    How do I apply this to REfined wiki theme globally ?

    Is there a page.vmd file that I can modify in your plugin ?

    thanks for help.

    sincerly,

    Michael

    1. Emil Sjödin

      Hi,

      I recommend you to use the custom HTML feature of Confluence. Please go to Confluence admin > Look and feel > Custom HTML  and insert your code in one of the fields.

       

      1. michael regelin

        Hi Emil,

        thanks for your tip.

        as i'm not a developper or nor web-designer and my guess is that page layout is velocity langage, how do i put this code in html format ?

        I read the forum from viewtracker and it seems that it is not possible until now (wink) to put this in html

        • how to use the {viewtracker} on all pages via Custom HTML?

        • As of today, we don't know of any way to include a macro in the custom HTML section. But if you want to add the macro to every page, just insert the macro in the page layout.

        thanks.

        Michael

        1. Emil Sjödin

          OK, use the space layout feature. Add the macro at the global space layout page: Confluence admin > RefinedWiki Original Theme > Global space layout. 

          If you have changed the space layout on specific spaces, you need to add the macro there as well. 

          1. michael regelin

            Yeap, that's what I found also. thanks for the tip.(wink)

             

            MIchael

  14. michael regelin

    Hi Emil,

    Not sure what the field metadata is usefull for ?

    is this associated with the metadata plugin and thus, can be reuse with reporting:

    thanks for your help.

    Sincerly,

    Michael

    1. Emil Sjödin

      It's just a place holder where you can ad wiki markup. It has nothing to do with the metadata plugin.

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