Space Administrators can use powerful features not available to other users. Before becoming a space administrator you must be able to do the tasks explained on this page.
To perform the functions of a space administrator:

1. Click the Browse Space link.
2. Click the Space Admin tab or the Advanced tab (to create a template).
3. Find the link on the left side for the function you want to perform.

1. Click the link and complete the dialog.

Avoid deleting the space

• Note that if you click the Remove Space link on the Space Admin tab you can inadvertently delete the space.
• Note the look of the warning that you are about to delete the space shown in the screen shot below.
• Develop the habit of hovering over Cancel while reading warnings about deleting.

View and purge pages from the Trash

• Navigate to the list of pages in the Trash (Browse Space > Trash).
• * Click the link next to a Page Title to Restore or Purge a page if desired.
• Hover over Cancel while reading the confirm purge message shown in the screen shot below.
• Click OK if you want to permanently delete the page.

View and manage restricted pages

• View a list of the pages that are restricted for viewing and editing that shows to whom these pages are restricted (Browse Space > Space Admin > Restricted Pages).
• Remove page restrictions if needed to make or a correction or in response to a request (Click the padlock icon).

Modify the permissions for the space

• Avoid assigning permissions other than View Assign only the View permission to Anonymous (the user who is not logged in) (Browse Space > Space Admin > Permissions > Edit Permissions for Anonymous).
• Avoid assigning Assign permissions only to individual users who are not in an LDAP group associated with the space .Avoid assigning permissions to individual users unless and only when you are making someone the individual a space administrator (by checking the Space Admin tab).Avoid checking the Space Admin tab for a user who has not after the individual has learned to perform the tasks on this page) (Browse Space > Space Admin > Permissions > Edit Permissions for Individual Users).
• Associate an LDAP group with the space and assign the appropriate permissions following the steps in the tip [on setting permissions in a space|https://wiki.nci.nih.gov/x/u4B8.(Browse Space > Space Admin > Permissions > Edit Permissions for Groups).

Add a space template

• Navigate to Add New Space Template (Browse Space > Advanced > Templates > Add New Space Template).
• Identify Note the three fields in which information is entered to create a new template (Name, Description, and the editing box where you enter the wiki markup for the template).
• Navigate to the links to create a new page with and to remove the template (Browse Space > Advanced > List All Space Templates) and be prepared to use those links in testing and managing templates.

Identify and edit the space details

• View the space details (Browse Space > Advanced > Space Details).
• Note that the Space Key cannot be changed.
• Note that changing the space Name so it varies from the Space Key can cause confusion.
• Note you can enter a space description that briefly describes the content of the space.
• Note that you can set any page in the space to be the space Home Page. If you select a new space home page, be sure to select a high level page.

Add and modify space labels

• Add a label to the entire space provided your team agrees you should do that (Browse Space > Space Admin > Edit Space Labels > Select or type the label > Click Add).
• Add a team label to the space so it will show up on pull down list on the Team tab (left side of the Dashboard for logged in users).
• Click the link to remove a label after it has been added.

Modify the look and feel within guidelines

• Change the Theme to Confluence Classic for ease of reading (Browse Space > Space Admin > Themes > Click the button next to Confluence Classic > Click Confirm).
• Change the space logo (if the team wishes to change it) to one approved by NCI for the team (Browse Space > Space Admin > Change Space Logo).
• If using the Custom Colour Scheme with a picker for each element, select colors according to an established NCI color scheme; otherwise use the defaults (Browse Space > Space Admin > Colour Scheme).

Avoid using the features not supported for NCI

• Mail Accounts
• Mailbox Import
• Import Pages from Disk