why does the not display properly?
Asked by David Peter:

I do't get a dashboard, only a vertical list of the contents of what would be in the dashboard menus. like below

* [Skip to content](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey#title-heading)
* [Skip to breadcrumbs](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey#breadcrumbs)
* [Skip to header menu](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey#header-menu-bar)
* [Skip to action menu](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey#navigation)
* [Skip to quick search](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey#quick-search-query)

[Confluence](http://192.168.10.50:8090/) {#toc-hId--1442047919}
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* [Spaces](http://192.168.10.50:8090/spacedirectory/view.action "Spaces")
* [People](http://192.168.10.50:8090/browsepeople.action "People")
* [Calendars](http://192.168.10.50:8090/calendar/mycalendar.action "Calendars")
* [Create](http://192.168.10.50:8090/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=projectkey&fromPageId=65591&src=quick-create "Create blank page") [Create](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "Create from template")

<!-- -->

* Hit enter to search
* [Help](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "Help")
  * [Online Help](https://docs.atlassian.com/confluence/docs-615/ "Visit the Confluence documentation home")
  * [Keyboard Shortcuts](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "View available keyboard shortcuts")
  * [Feed Builder](http://192.168.10.50:8090/dashboard/configurerssfeed.action "Create your custom RSS feed.")
  * [What's new](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence+6.15+Release+Notes?a=true "")
  * [Available Gadgets](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "Browse gadgets provided by Confluence")
  * [About Confluence](http://192.168.10.50:8090/aboutconfluencepage.action "Get more information about Confluence")
* [Administration](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "Administration")**Confluence administration**
  * [General configuration](http://192.168.10.50:8090/admin/viewgeneralconfig.action "Manage and maintain Confluence")
  * [User management](http://192.168.10.50:8090/admin/users/browseusers.action "Add or invite users, and manage existing ones")
  * [Manage apps](http://192.168.10.50:8090/plugins/servlet/upm "Find and install apps, and manage existing ones")
* [](http://192.168.10.50:8090/display/projectkey# "David Peter")
  * [Add personal space...](http://192.168.10.50:8090/spaces/createpersonalspace.action "")


Answers:
author: Diego
body: Hi David!

What we see here looks like plain HTML from your instance. This could be caused by a proxy between your instance and the Client machine, your computer.

Are you able to give me a little insight to your current status:
> 1. Are you on Confluence Cloud or Confluence Server?
> 2. Is this happening regardless of Browser being used?
> 3. Have you tried clearing your browser cache?
> 4. When did you first notice this?
> 5. Have you recently installed any Browser Plugins?
> 6. Was there any change applied to your firewall?

If you are on Confluence Server, you will want to take a look here:

**[Layout Issues After Upgrading Confluence](https://confluence.atlassian.com/confkb/layout-issues-after-upgrading-confluence-891127989.html)**

Looking forward to your reply!

comments: author: David Peter
body: Hi all..

The problem was solved and easily.. After the post I saw a another post talking about improper Dashboard rendering. After checking the the Java version "java -version". It became clear that Java was not installed. Once Java was installed ( sudo apt install ...) the problem was not present. Not sure why Java was not installed but that is for another day. Thanks all for responding and having old postings to review.

;-)