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hello there ~

I just installed WordPress and then CiviCRM.  I'm at step #9 on the installation guide,  Test-drive CiviCRM.  It says, "There should now be a CiviCRM link in your WordPress menu. Click that link and the CiviCRM Menu, Shortcuts, Search and New Individual Blocks should appear."  However, no such things appear.  When I go to edit the Dashboard, I can show Activities, and that is all.  Ideas on how to get the dashlets to show?

Thanks!

sorry that none of your posts were answered

however with the info u've given, its really hard for anyone to even take a wild guess as to what the issue can be.

My only recommendation would be to try the install on a clean WP install with 4.1.2 on the same host. If that does not work, maybe on a different machine

lobo

You might want to check our demo server: http://wordpress.demo.civicrm.org/ to see how civi works with WP. You primarily navigate civicrm from the menu (or at least many of us do!)

seems like it is some system specific stuff on your hosting end that raises this issue. Not sure what info will help anyone figure it out either.

lobo

No I am not.  Just installed WP & CiviCRM with default themes.

Thanks Hershel & lobo ~ you get the honor of bestowing the GREAT DORK    award on me for the week.  What I did not realize was that the CiviCRM navigation comes across the top in black.  I think what threw me was the language in the installation guide about what dashlets one is supposed to see, and when none showed up, that distracted me from noticing the CiviCRM navigation at the top.  That might be something for the developers to consider changing in the guide, as it's confusing... Or making it so that the dashlets do indeed show up ~ even better.