Page Banner

When a page is classified, a visual banner can appear at the very top of the page. It is the most visible signal of a page’s sensitivity — page readers see it before any content.

The banner is controlled by the classification level, so what it looks like depends on how your space admin configured that level’s page header style.

A Confluence page after a classification banner is applied.

The three page header styles

Each classification level uses one of three page header styles:

Style	What page readers see
Image	A full-width background image (a themed header) with the level name and description drawn on top.
Colour	A solid colour band using the level’s colour. No image.
None	No banner at all. The byline dot still shows the level.

Your space administrator chooses the style per level in Space Settings.

Banner size

The banner’s height is a space-wide setting: small, medium, or large (the default is medium). All image and colour banners in the space use the same size. Space admins set this in Space Settings → Header image size.

Where the banner appears

• On regular pages and blog posts that have been classified.
• It does not appear on Confluence space-settings or admin pages, even though those technically have a page context. This is intentional, to avoid showing the banner where it does not belong.

I classified a page but do not see a banner

Check these in order:

1. Did you refresh? The banner appears on page reload after classifying.
2. What style is the level? If the level is set to None, there is no banner by design — only the byline dot.
3. Is the level set to Image but missing an image? If no image was uploaded, it falls back to no banner. Ask your space admin to add a header image or switch the level to Colour.

See FAQ for more.

Related

• Classifying a Page — how to apply a level.
• Space Settings — where banner style, image, and size are configured.