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[Solved] Forum not showing up on Dashboard/Can't access settings

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amcquain1

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Jun 14, 2017 7:55 pm

(@amcquain1)

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Joined: 9 years ago

Hello,

I just installed wpforo but I don't see it on the dashboard. When I try to access the settings I get the message:

What could be the issue?

Thank you,

Andrew

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amcquain1

Topic starter

Jun 14, 2017 7:56 pm

(@amcquain1)

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Joined: 9 years ago

Sorry. The message is below:

"Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page."

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Robert

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Jun 14, 2017 8:35 pm

(@robert)

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Joined: 10 years ago

Hi amcquain1,

Please make sure you're WordPress admin. If you have this message click on button to create your admin profile in forum:

Also please check WordPress database tables in Hosting Service cPanel > phpMyAdmin Database manager and make sure the installation was completed. You should see all this tables:

wp_wpforo_forums
wp_wpforo_languages
wp_wpforo_likes
wp_wpforo_phrases
wp_wpforo_posts
wp_wpforo_profiles
wp_wpforo_subscribes
wp_wpforo_topics
wp_wpforo_usergroups
wp_wpforo_views
wp_wpforo_visits
wp_wpforo_votes

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