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The hierarchy is only maintained if the immediate parent page exists.
Space home page
Space Home page - Comala Publishing does not include the option to publish and sync the home page.
If publishing and sync are required for all space content, it is recommended that the content in each of the homepages in the source space and the target space simply list the content for the space, for example using the Confluence children or page tree macro.
Changing the hierarchy in the source space
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