Documentation for Confluence 5.9 Confluence 5.9 Documentation 2 Contents Confluence Administrator's Guide . 6 Getting Started as Confluence Administrator . 7 Manage Users . 9 Add and Invite Users . 10 Delete or Disable Users . 15 Restore Passwords To Recover Admin User Rights . 16 Edit User Details . 19 Change a Username . 21 Managing Site-Wide Permissions and Groups . 22 Confluence Groups for Administrators . 22 Adding or Removing Users in Groups . 26 Global Permissions Overview . 28 Setting Up Public Access . 32 Configuring User Directories . 33 Configuring the Internal Directory . 34 Connecting to an LDAP Directory . 35 Configuring the LDAP Connection Pool . 43 Configuring an SSL Connection to Active Directory . 44 Connecting to an Internal Directory with LDAP Authentication . 54 Connecting to Crowd or JIRA for User Management . 60 Reverting from Crowd or JIRA applications to Internal User Management . 68 Managing Multiple Directories . 71 Managing Nested Groups . 75 Synchronising Data from External Directories . 78 Diagrams of Possible Configurations for User Management . 80 User Management Limitations and Recommendations . 86 Requesting Support for External User Management . 90 Disabling the Built-In User Management . 92 Managing Add-ons or Plugins . 92 Writing User Macros . 93 User Macro Template Syntax . 101 Customising your Confluence Site . 106 Changing the Look and Feel of Confluence . 106 Customising the Confluence Dashboard . 107 Changing the Site Logo . 108 Customising Colour Schemes . 110 Styling Confluence with CSS . 112 Basic Styling Tutorial . 114 Styling Fonts in Confluence . 116 Working with Themes . 116 Applying a Theme to a Site . 117 Creating a Theme . 118 Customising Site and Space Layouts . 118 Upgrading Customised Site and Space Layouts . 120 Working With Decorator Macros . 122 Custom Decorator Templates . 123 Customising a Specific Page . 124 Customising the Login Page . 124 Modify Confluence Interface Text . 125 Customising the eMail Templates . 126 Changing the Default Behaviour and Content in Confluence . 127 Administering Site Templates . 127 Importing Templates . 127 Changing the Site Title . 129 Choosing a Default Language . 130 Configuring the Administrator Contact Page . 131 Created in 2015 by Atlassian. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License. Confluence 5.9 Documentation 3 Configuring the Site Home Page . 132 Customising Default Space Content . 133 Editing the Site Welcome Message . 134 Integrating Confluence with Other Applications . 136 Linking to Another Application . 136 Configuring Workbox Notifications . 136 Integrating JIRA and Confluence . 141 Registering External Gadgets . 142 Configuring the Office Connector . 145 Managing your Confluence License . 148 Managing Confluence Data . 150 Database Configuration . ..