Answers.Body: <p>Install civicrm 4.7, not 4.6...LTS</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for posting an answer.  Any idea why it works with CiviCRM 4.7 but not 4.6?
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Body: <p>after installing the CiviCRM plugin, I read:"CiviCRM is almost ready. You must configure CiviCRM for it to work."
  If I click the link to configure, or do the following:<br>
  "Then go to Settings > CiviCRM Installer: http:///wp-admin/options-general.php?page=civicrm-install You should see the CiviCRM Installer screen."</p>
  
  <p>then I see only the left and top menu, with 'Settings>CiviCRM Installer' highlit, and a reminder to update Wordpress, but nothing else. </p>
  
  <p>I'm installing CiviCRM 4.6.16 in Wordpress 4.5</p>
  
  <p>I looked for but didn't find .../civicrm.settings.php .</p>
  
  <p>Dec 2016 - I have now re-installed MySql, PHP &amp; wordpress and again activated CiviCRM, but face the same situation on trying to install CiviCRM: a grey blank center of the screen, with wordpress options on top and left edge.</p>
  
  <p>This LAMP stack is on Ubuntu server 16.0.1.</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-14T23:48:21.383Z
Comments.Text: Could you clarify your question with screenshots and more specifically describe the steps you have taken?
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-15T11:59:50.960Z
Comments.Text: Here's a screenshot: http://imgur.com/RFaiuCk
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-15T12:11:21.197Z
Comments.Text: Thanks for responding Coleman, 
  Here's a before-clicking-screenshot: http://imgur.com/caRu3zT
  Here's an after-clicking-one:
  http://imgur.com/RFaiuCk
  I'll try to be more specific, but my memory is so short I forget exactly what I did. I did try to reload the civiCRM plugin, this time by wget, which is why there are two civicrm plugins in the before screenshot. This didn't solve things.
  I also loosened permissions for some folders/directories.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-16T18:09:39.317Z
Comments.Text: Well, I'm now seeking professional help (for the CiviCRM installation) through GreenLeaf, in nearby Guilford CT.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-18T06:37:17.743Z
Comments.Text: I guess there's no one home at Greenleaf - I'm trying to get php error logging working, but there's no /var/www/php* , curiously enough.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-18T06:38:51.900Z
Comments.Text: /var/log/apache2 contains multiples of this:
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.Text: /var/log/apache2 contains multiples of this: 
  [date time] [:error] [pid 1323] [client 192.168.1.10:59033] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'clone' (T_CLONE), expecting identifier (t_STRING) or '(' in /home/GRP/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/packages/DB/DataObject.php(207) : eval()'d code on line 1, referer: http://192.168.1.254/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-17T22:05:29.723Z
Comments.Text: I have now re-installed wordpress and again activated CiviCRM, but face the same situation on trying to install CiviCRM: a grey blank center of the screen, with wordpress options on top and left edges.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-22T19:59:06.187Z
Comments.Text: You don't mention which Linux distribution you're using. It would be useful to know so we can direct you to the correct location of the logs.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Dan O'Brien
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-07-05T23:19:17.527Z
Comments.Text: I've reinstalled wordpress  parallel to the above installation, installed CiviCRM and activated it, and am attempting to configure the CiviCRM plugin. but again get this blank-center Wordpress screen: http://imgur.com/WoAcp3Y
  I see no php errors after turning on php error logging through index.php.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-07-05T23:31:44.827Z
Comments.Text: The WP installation's error log again reads ...PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'clone' (T_CLONE), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or '(' in home/boston/wp--content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/packages/DB/dataObject.php(207) : eval()'d code on line 1, referer: http://(website)/wp-admin/index.php
Comments.UserDisplayName: Brian Cady
Tags: <wordpress><configuration>
Title: CiviCRM installed, but configuration screen not as described
ThreadText: # CiviCRM installed, but configuration screen not as described
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-14)
  
  after installing the CiviCRM plugin, I read:"CiviCRM is almost ready. You must configure CiviCRM for it to work."
  If I click the link to configure, or do the following:  
  "Then go to Settings > CiviCRM Installer: http:///wp-admin/options-general.php?page=civicrm-install You should see the CiviCRM Installer screen."
  
  then I see only the left and top menu, with 'Settings>CiviCRM Installer' highlit, and a reminder to update Wordpress, but nothing else.
  
  I'm installing CiviCRM 4.6.16 in Wordpress 4.5
  
  I looked for but didn't find .../civicrm.settings.php .
  
  Dec 2016 - I have now re-installed MySql, PHP & wordpress and again activated CiviCRM, but face the same situation on trying to install CiviCRM: a grey blank center of the screen, with wordpress options on top and left edge.
  
  This LAMP stack is on Ubuntu server 16.0.1.
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, configuration
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Could you clarify your question with screenshots and more specifically describe the steps you have taken?  
  > **username_0**: Here's a screenshot: http://imgur.com/RFaiuCk  
  > **username_0**: Thanks for responding username_1,  Here's a before-clicking-screenshot: http://imgur.com/caRu3zT Here's an after-clicking-one: http://imgur.com/RFaiuCk I'll try to be more specific, but my memory is so short I forget exactly what I did. I did try to reload the civiCRM plugin, this time by wget, which is why there are two civicrm plugins in the before screenshot. This didn't solve things. I also loosened permissions for some folders/directories.  
  > **username_0**: Well, I'm now seeking professional help (for the CiviCRM installation) through GreenLeaf, in nearby Guilford CT.  
  > **username_0**: I guess there's no one home at Greenleaf - I'm trying to get php error logging working, but there's no /var/www/php* , curiously enough.  
  > **username_0**: /var/log/apache2 contains multiples of this:  
  > **username_0**: /var/log/apache2 contains multiples of this:  [date time] [:error] [pid 1323] [client 192.168.1.10:59033] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'clone' (T_CLONE), expecting identifier (t_STRING) or '(' in /home/GRP/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/packages/DB/DataObject.php(207) : eval()'d code on line 1, referer: http://192.168.1.254/wp-admin/plugins.php?plugin_status=all&paged=1&s  
  > **username_0**: I've reinstalled wordpress  parallel to the above installation, installed CiviCRM and activated it, and am attempting to configure the CiviCRM plugin. but again get this blank-center Wordpress screen: http://imgur.com/WoAcp3Y I see no php errors after turning on php error logging through index.php.  
  > **username_0**: The WP installation's error log again reads ...PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'clone' (T_CLONE), expecting identifier (T_STRING) or '(' in home/boston/wp--content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/packages/DB/dataObject.php(207) : eval()'d code on line 1, referer: http://(website)/wp-admin/index.php  
  > **username_0**: I have now re-installed wordpress and again activated CiviCRM, but face the same situation on trying to install CiviCRM: a grey blank center of the screen, with wordpress options on top and left edges.  
  > **username_2**: You don't mention which Linux distribution you're using. It would be useful to know so we can direct you to the correct location of the logs.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-05-30. Score: 1
  
  Install civicrm 4.7, not 4.6...LTS
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: Thanks for posting an answer.  Any idea why it works with CiviCRM 4.7 but not 4.6?  
  
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