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I would say it is split up into the following components. Based on how much each step takes, we'll do as much as we can from the below list.

1. Get CiviCRM to install/uninstall/upgrade as a wordpress  plugin, following as much as WP standards as possible

2. Integrate the permissioning systems

3. Integrate with WP's user registration system so contact is created/updated when user is created/updated

4. Add CiviCRM html to WP's theming / templating system

5. Respond to as many WP "hooks/events" as makes sense

6. Investigate integrating with other WP modules

lobo

I disagree with you on this one

If you see some of the advantages that civicrm installs get because of the tight integration with drupal, you might change your mind. In specific, the integration with views, rules, OG, permissions, webform (and the list keeps growing with every release) etc would have been a lot harder without the fairly tight integration

lobo

If you see some of the advantages that civicrm installs get because of the tight integration with drupal, you might change your mind. In specific, the integration with views, rules, OG, permissions, webform (and the list keeps growing with every release) etc would have been a lot harder without the fairly tight integration

Which always leads me to the opposite question of how much we lose (in terms of resources) by trying to integrate with more CMSystems. :-)

Duplicating the functionality that other CMS specific modules have already brought seems so wasteful sometimes. I am not really advocating against it, just commenting. :-)

I am currently stuck trying to get the CiviCRM user dashboard to display on the front-end of my Wordpress integration, for non-admin users.  I can get the dashboard to show up for the admin fine.  I have been reaching out for help on both the CiviCRM and Wordpress communities. 

I was given this code to enter into my wordpress theme functions.php file:

function hiv_civicrm_dashboard {
if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    show civicrm dashboard
} else {
    show a login link
}
}
add_shortcode('civicrm-dashboard', 'hiv_civicrm_dashboard');

However, this simply caused my home-page not to load. So I checked in with the guys at StudioPress and the response below is what I got.

What Bill is saying is that you would need to find out how to manually display the CivicRM dashboard, then include that in your code. You would need to either ask whomever wrote that program, or check the documentation.

For example, let's say CivicRM put in their documentation that you could display their dashboard using a php function named 'show_civicrm', then Bill's code would look like this:

function hiv_civicrm_dashboard {
  if ( is_user_logged_in() ) {
    show_civicrm();
  } else {
    //show a login link (http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_register)
    wp_register();
  }
}
add_shortcode('civicrm-dashboard', 'hiv_civicrm_dashboard');

The question now is, what is the php function for displaying a dashboard?