Confluence 4.1 : Release Notes 1.4-DR2

Confluence 1.4-DR2 is the second development release in the cycle leading up to Confluence 1.4. Seeing as the DR2 development fortnight straddled Christmas it's not quite as feature-laden as some previous releases, but we thought we'd give you a few new toys to play with for the New Year.

Who should upgrade?

Development releases are snapshots of the ongoing Confluence development process. We make them available for customers who are willing to risk an unpolished release in order to have early access to new features.

If you want to be running the most stable and most reliable version of Confluence, you should stick with the official, numbered releases.

Upgrade Procedure

Upgrading Confluence should be pretty easy. If you are upgrading from Confluence 1.3 or higher, you can find instructions here. We strongly recommend that you backup your confluence.home directory and database before upgrading!

If you are upgrading from Confluence 1.2.3 or earlier, be sure to read the upgrade instructions in the Confluence 1.3 release notes.

Downloads

All development releases are available from Development Releases on the Atlassian website.

New Features in Confluence 1.4-DR2

Consult JIRA for the full list of issues resolved for 1.4-DR2

Export Page Hierarchy

When you export a page to PDF or HTML, you have the option to include its children in the export.

Popup Page Picker

We now have a popup that can be used to select pages for inserting links, or choosing a page's parent. The picker lets you choose from your recently visited pages, the list of pages that link to the current page, or you can perform a search within the picker itself.

New Macros

As part of the process of making Confluence more flexible, we have implemented the various functions of the Confluence dashboard and space summary pages as macros. These macros are currently disabled by default, but if you're interested in using them within regular pages, you can enable them from your global plugin configuration.

This currently has no effect on the dashboard itself - but will become useful in the future when the dashboard becomes customiseable. For example, the {spaces-list} macro will reproduce the list of spaces that appears on the dashboard:

Space: Application Links 1.x
Documentation for AppLinks version 1.x
Space: Application Links 2.0
Documentation for AppLinks 2.0
Space: Application Links 2.1
Documentation for AppLinks 2.1
Space: Application Links 3.0
Documentation for AppLinks 3.0
Space: Application Links 3.2
Documentation for AppLinks 3.2
Space: Application Links 3.3
Documentation for AppLinks 3.3
Space: Application Links 3.4
Documentation for AppLinks 3.4
Space: Application Links 3.5
Documentation for the latest version of AppLinks.
Space: Application Links 3.5 Archive
Documentation for AppLinks 3.5
Space: AtlasCamp 2010
Space: AtlasCamp 2011
Space: Atlassian Bonfire
Documentation for the latest version of Bonfire
Space: Atlassian Customer Resources
Space: Atlassian Developer Network
For the community of developers modifying and extending Atlassian products.
Space: Atlassian Development
Atlassian Developers. Because they're just too good to be kept hidden in an office in Sydney.
Space: Atlassian Documentation
Information about and links to the Atlassian product documentation, including downloadable documentation
Space: Atlassian Events
Space: Atlassian IDE Connectors
Documentation for the Atlassian Connectors for Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA
Space: Atlassian Integration Guide
The ways your Atlassian applications work together and how you can make it happen
Space: Atlassian KnowledgeBase
Space: Atlassian OnDemand
The current documentation for Atlassian OnDemand
Space: Atlassian OnDemand Test Space
Documentation for the current version of JIRA Studio.
Space: Atlassian Partner Wiki
Space: Atlassian Presentations
Space: Atlassian Training
Space: Atlassian Translations
Space: Atlassian t-shirt Competition
Space: Atlassian University
Space: Atlassian User Group
Space: Atlassian User Interface (AUI)
Space: Atlassian User Management 1.0
Documentation for version 1.0 of the Atlassian user management interface, as used in Confluence and JIRA.
Space: Atlassian User Management 2.0
Documentation for version 2.0 of the Atlassian user management interface, as used in Confluence and JIRA.
Space: Atlassian User Management 3.0
Documentation for the latest version of the Atlassian user management interface, as used in Confluence and JIRA.
Space: Atlassian Webinars
Space: Bamboo 1.0
Documentation for Bamboo 1.0
Space: Bamboo 1.1
Documentation for Bamboo 1.1
Space: Bamboo 1.2
Documentation for Bamboo 1.2
Space: Bamboo 2.0
Documentation for Bamboo 2.0
Space: Bamboo 2.1
Documentation for Bamboo 2.1
Space: Bamboo 2.2
Documentation for Bamboo 2.2
Space: Bamboo 2.3
Documentation for Bamboo 2.3
Space: Bamboo 2.4
Documentation for Bamboo 2.4
Space: Bamboo 2.5
Documentation for Bamboo 2.5
Space: Bamboo 2.6
Documentation for Bamboo 2.6
Space: Bamboo 2.7
Documentation for Bamboo 2.7
Space: Bamboo 2.7 Archive Backup
Archived Documentation for Bamboo 2.7 (supersedes BAMBOO027 space)
Space: Bamboo 3.0
Documentation for Bamboo 3.0
Space: Bamboo 3.1
Documentation for Bamboo 3.1
Space: Bamboo 3.2
Documentation for Bamboo 3.2
Space: Bamboo 3.3
Documentation for Bamboo 3.3
Space: Bamboo 3.4
Documentation for the latest version of Bamboo
Space: Bamboo 3.4 Archive
Archived documentation for the 3.4 version of Bamboo
Space: Bamboo Development
Space: Bamboo Extensions
Space: Bamboo Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Bamboo
Space: Bitbucket
Documentation for Atlassian Bitbucket
Space: Bitbucket Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Bitbucket
Space: Clover 2.0
Documentation for Clover 2.0
Space: Clover 2.1
Documentation for Clover 2.1
Space: Clover 2.3
Documentation for Clover 2.3
Space: Clover 2.4
Documentation for Clover 2.4
Space: Clover 2.5
Documentation for Clover 2.5
Space: Clover 2.6
Documentation for Clover 2.6
Space: Clover 3.0
Documentation for Clover 3.0
Space: Clover 3.1
Documentation for the latest version of Clover
Space: Clover Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Clover
Space: Codegeist
Atlassian's Codegeist! :)
Space: Confluence 1.4 User Guide
User Guide for Confluence 1.4
Space: Confluence 2.0
User Guide for Confluence version 2
Space: Confluence 2.10
Complete documentation for Confluence version 2.10
Space: Confluence 2.5
Complete documentation for Confluence versions 2.0 to 2.5.3.
Space: Confluence 2.5.6
Complete documentation for Confluence versions 2.5.4 to 2.5.8.
Space: Confluence 2.6
Complete documentation for Confluence version 2.6
Space: Confluence 2.7
Complete documentation for Confluence version 2.7
Space: Confluence 2.8
Complete documentation for Confluence version 2.8
Space: Confluence 2.9
Complete documentation for Confluence version 2.9
Space: Confluence 3.0
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.0
Space: Confluence 3.1
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.1
Space: Confluence 3.2
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.2
Space: Confluence 3.3
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.3
Space: Confluence 3.4
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.4
Space: Confluence 3.5
Complete documentation for Confluence version 3.5
Space: Confluence 4.0
Documentation for the latest version of the Confluence wiki: Installation Guide, User Guide, Admin Guide and other techn…
Space: Confluence 4.1
Documentation for the latest version of the Confluence wiki: Installation Guide, User Guide, Admin Guide and other techn…
Space: Confluence Development
Space: Confluence Evaluator Resources
Space: Confluence Extensions
Space: Confluence Homepage Image
Space: Confluence Hosted Evaluator Resources
Space: Confluence Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Confluence
Space: Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.0
Documentation for version 1.0.x of the Confluence SharePoint Connector.
Space: Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.1
Documentation for version 1.1.x of the Confluence SharePoint Connector.
Space: Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.2
Documentation for the Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.2. This product integrates Confluence with Microsoft SharePoint.
Space: Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.3
Documentation for the Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.3. This product integrates Confluence with Microsoft SharePoint.
Space: Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.4
Documentation for the Confluence SharePoint Connector 1.4. This product integrates Confluence with Microsoft SharePoint.
Space: Confluence User Community
This space is for discussing ideas, new features and suggestions for Confluence.
Space: Crowd 1.0
Documentation for Crowd version 1.0.x
Space: Crowd 1.1
Documentation for Crowd version 1.1.x
Space: Crowd 1.2
Documentation for Crowd version 1.2.x
Space: Crowd 1.3
Documentation for Crowd version 1.3.x
Space: Crowd 1.4
Documentation for Crowd version 1.4.x
Space: Crowd 1.5
Documentation for Crowd version 1.5.x
Space: Crowd 1.6
Documentation for Crowd version 1.6.x
Space: Crowd 2.0
Documentation for Crowd version 2.0.x
Space: Crowd 2.1
Documentation for Crowd version 2.1.x
Space: Crowd 2.2
Documentation for Crowd version 2.2.x
Space: Crowd 2.3
Documentation for the latest version of Crowd single signon and identity management
Space: Crowd Development
Space: Crowd Extension
Space: Crowd Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Crowd
Space: Crucible 1.1
Documentation for Crucible 1.1
Space: Crucible 1.2
Documentation for Crucible 1.2
Space: Crucible 1.5
Documentation for Crucible 1.5
Space: Crucible 1.6
Documentation for Crucible 1.6
Space: Crucible 2.0
Documentation for Crucible 2.0
Space: Crucible 2.1
Documentation for Crucible 2.1
Space: Crucible 2.2
Documentation for Crucible 2.2
Space: Crucible 2.3
Documentation for Crucible 2.3
Space: Crucible 2.4
Documentation for Crucible 2.4
Space: Crucible 2.5
Documentation for Crucible 2.5
Space: Crucible 2.6
Documentation for Crucible 2.6
Space: Crucible 2.7
Latest documentation for Crucible: do your code reviews, your way
Space: Crucible Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Crucible
Space: Demonstration Space
A space which demonstrates Confluence functionality.
Space: Doc Sprint
Space: Enterprise Hosting
Documentation and resources for Enterprise Hosted versions of Confluence and JIRA
Space: Evaluator Resources
Space: FishEye 1.3
Documentation for FishEye 1.3
Space: FishEye 1.4
Documentation for FishEye 1.4
Space: FishEye 1.5
Documentation for FishEye 1.5
Space: FishEye 1.6
Documentation for FishEye 1.6
Space: FishEye 2.0
Documentation for FishEye 2.0
Space: FishEye 2.1
Documentation for FishEye 2.1
Space: FishEye 2.2
Documentation for FishEye 2.2
Space: FishEye 2.3
Documentation for FishEye 2.3
Space: FishEye 2.4
Documentation for FishEye 2.4
Space: FishEye 2.5
Documentation for FishEye 2.5
Space: FishEye 2.6
Documentation for FishEye 2.5
Space: FishEye 2.7
Latest documentation for FishEye, your view into your source code repository
Space: FishEye and Crucible Development
Tutorials and reference for enhancing and integrating FishEye and Crucible
Space: Fisheye Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Fisheye
Space: Gadget Development
Space: Gadgets and Dashboards 1.0
Documentation for version 1.0.x of Atlassian Gadgets and Dashboards
Space: Gadgets and Dashboards 2.0
Documentation for version 2.0.x of Atlassian Gadgets and Dashboards
Space: Gadgets and Dashboards 3.0
Documentation for the latest version of Atlassian Gadgets and Dashboards
Space: GreenHopper 3.8
Documentation archive for GreenHopper 3.8
Space: GreenHopper 4.0
Documentation for GreenHopper 4.0
Space: GreenHopper 4.1
Documentation for GreenHopper 4.1
Space: GreenHopper 4.2
Documentation for GreenHopper 4.2.
Space: GreenHopper 4.3
Documentation for GreenHopper 4.3
Space: GreenHopper 4.4
Documentation for GreenHopper 4.4
Space: GreenHopper 5.0
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.0
Space: GreenHopper 5.1
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.1
Space: GreenHopper 5.2
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.2
Space: GreenHopper 5.3
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.3
Space: GreenHopper 5.4
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.4
Space: GreenHopper 5.5
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.5
Space: GreenHopper 5.6
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.6.
Space: GreenHopper 5.7
Documentation for GreenHopper 5.7.
Space: GreenHopper 5.8
Documentation for the upcoming version of GreenHopper.
Space: GreenHopper Development
Space: GreenHopper Knowledge Base
Space: Integrating with JIRA
Documentation for the latest version of the JIRA integration interface
Space: JIRA 4.0
Documentation for JIRA 4.0
Space: JIRA 4.1
Documentation for JIRA 4.1
Space: JIRA 4.2
Documentation for JIRA 4.2
Space: JIRA 4.3
Documentation for JIRA 4.3
Space: JIRA 4.4
Documentation for JIRA 4.4
Space: JIRA 5.0 Beta and RCs
Documentation for JIRA 5.0 Beta and RCs
Space: JIRA Community Space
Space: JIRA Development
Space: JIRA Download Evaluator Resources
Space: JIRA Extensions
Space: JIRA Hosted Evaluator Resources
Space: JIRA Knowledge Base
Troubleshooting and support tips for Jira
Space: JIRA Mobile Connect
Space: JIRA OnDemand
Documentation for JIRA 4.4
Space: JIRA OnDemand 4.4.3
Documentation for JIRA 4.4
Space: JIRA Staging
Documentation for JIRA 4.4
Space: JIRA Staging
Documentation for JIRA 4.4
Space: JIRA Studio
Documentation for the current version of JIRA Studio.
Space: JIRA Studio Evaluator Resources
Space: Plugin Framework
Documentation for all versions of the Atlassian Plugin Framework
Space: REST APIs
Space: Security
Security documentation starting point
Space: Shared Access Layer
Documentation for the Atlassian Shared Access Layer (SAL)
Space: SourceTree Knowledge Base
Space: Summit 2011 Speaker Guidelines
Space: Summit 2011 Sponsorship
Learn about becoming a sponsor for Atlassian Summit 2011
Space: Support
Atlassian's legendary support team's projects and policy.
Browse the "Support" space You don't have permission to add pages to "Support"
Space: Team Calendars
Documentation for Team Calendars for Confluence, where people, projects and content meet.
Space: Test space
Space: Test Space
The old, discontinued test space
Space: The Confluence Test Space
This is a space dedicated to testing and playing around with Confluence features. Everyone is invited to experiment.
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.0
Documentation for the Universal Plugin Manager 1.0
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.2
Documentation for the Universal Plugin Manager 1.2
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.3
Documentation for the Universal Plugin Manager 1.3
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.4
Documentation for the Universal Plugin Manager 1.4
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.5
Documentation for the Universal Plugin Manager 1.5
Space: Universal Plugin Manager 1.6
Documentation for the latest version of the Universal Plugin Manager
Space: Universities
Space: User Group Sponsorship

Known Bugs

There is a known bug that occurs whenever you enable or disable a plugin in Confluence 1.4-DR2. The error will appear to be 'null', but the following will appear in the logfiles:

[ERROR]  Tue Jan 04 18:01:20 CST 2005  [com.atlassian.core.util.DateUtils]
java.util.MissingResourceException: Can't find resource for bundle
java.util.PropertyResourceBundle, key core.dateutils.minutes

This is issue CONF-2513 and will be fixed in the next DR.

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