How to copy page contents raw markup for temporarily backup?

[Thomas Fritz]

Since Confluence 4.0 there is no wiki markup any more. But sometimes it is neccessary to copy the raw contents of a page, for instance the home page of a space, and paste it in a text file so one can simply backup this file and use it at a later time to paste it again into a page. It is possible to copy paste directly from one page to another page. But i want to paste it in a file so i can temporarily backup the file.

Is that possible in any way? What is the preferred way of doing this?

Kind regards

[David Peterson · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

Server admins can access the 'Storage Format' of the page, which is the new XHTML-style format for page contents, via the 'View Storage Format' link in the 'Tools' menu. However, there isn't any built-in way to actualy paste the markup back into the page. But there is a plugin called 'Invisible Ink' that will let you do it. It's commercial, but free to small server instances, I believe. The current beta test seems to work ok. I'm not sure if there are any security restrictions on who is allowed to edit pages either - I've only tested it as site admin.

Regards,

David Peterson

[Thomas Fritz]

I have just tested it. Works great. But it is really bad that such functionality isn't anymore in Confluence core. Instead a commercial plugin is needed. really bad.

Thanks anyway.

[Matt]

We are currently working on an 'Advanced Editor' fopr Confluence 4.x that will allow you to edit the source of a page. You can find the spec here.

[Bob Swift]

Confluence Command Line Interface can be used to getPageSource and storePage (needs --noConvert on V4.x if it is in storage format as the default on store is wiki)