Confluence Plugin - Copy Space Plugin
Last Updated on Sunday, 25 September 2011 22:00 Written by Pix Software Thursday, 04 March 2010 00:00
Plugins - for Atlassian Confluence
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Description/Features
The copyspace plugin allows a space administrator to copy a space, including the pages within the space, but excluding (so far)page history, blog posts and email.
Existing Features
- Only available to Space Administrators (and full admins)
- Makes a copy of a space, taking the new name and space key from the user
- Copies the space description
- Copies the space and team labels
- Copies labels on pages in space. Personal labels are optional.
- Copies the current versions of all pages, in their proper hierarchy
- Copies the space permissions
- Copies the page level restrictions on all pages
- Optionally Copies the attachments on all pages
- Copies the current theme, logo and colour scheme of the space
- Copies the page templates
- Copies custom layouts
- Optionally copies all comments on all pages, leaving their authors and dates intact.
- By default makes the current user the author of all non-comment content in the copy, and stamps them with now.
- Optionally uses the original dates and users instead. (Not thoroughly tested for all of the above yet)
- Provides a link from the copied space back to the orignal space
Current Limitations
- Doesn't copy Blogs
- Doesn't copy Mail
- Doesn't copy past versions of anything
- Doesn't copy information stored in pages via the [Scaffolding plugin].
- Doesn't give a progress bar (Long Running Task) for time consuming copying.
- Does everything in one transaction
- Probably doesn't work for some plugins, eg those that "attach" data to a space in bandana or properties to a page in OS_property.
- UI still ugly
- Virtually no unit tests
Installation
Once again, if I haven't got the repo working yet, don't worry. Just download the jar from above and install it the old fashioned way.
Please see the instructions on the [DOC:Installing Plugins and Macros] page.
Usage
To copy a space, go to Space Administration, click the "Copy Space" link, fill in the form and submit it.
Required Permissions
Obviously it would not be good if everybody could copy a space. In order to see and use the Copy Space link, a user must have two permissions:
- The global "Create Space" permission
- The Administer Space permission on the space to be copied
