How can I get my dashboard to look like the advertised 5.9 dashboard screenshot from Atlassian?
Asked by George Baier IV:

*This question is in reference to Atlassian Documentation: [Editing the Site Welcome Message](https://confluence.atlassian.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=138561)*

We upgraded from 5.8 to 5.9.7 and were really looking forward to the new Dashboard design. I reset the Welcome Message template to default, but the overall page still doesn't look anything like the image that Atlassian advertised with the 5.9 release notes:

Dashboard-820px_Annotated_RN.png

Instead, it looks like this:

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Answers:
author: Bertrand Pelletier
body: I have the same problem as George, and I didn't click any links to revert to the old dashboard. And no reference to simple.dashboard.disabled in my "Dark Features" page.

Upgraded from 5.6 -\> 5.7 -\> 5.8 -\> 5.9.

comments: author: George Baier IV
body: Exactly! I was never prompted to choose... and there is no dark feature enabled that can be turned off...


author: Rachel Robins
body: Hi George,

The first time you viewed the dashboard you would have been presented with an option to switch back to the old dashboard. There was also a link in the bottom of the new sidebar to switch back. Chances are you've clicked one of these links.

You can get the new dashboard back by removing a dark feature in your site. See the 'recommended solution' section of this KB article [How to reenable the new dashboard in Confluence 5.9](https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/CONFKB/How+to+reenable+the+new+dashboard+in+Confluence+5.9)

comments: author: George Baier IV
body: There is no dark feature enabled on my site. That's the confusing part. I was never prompted to choose a dashboard look/feel after the upgrade was completed.


author: Rachel Robins
body: Something very strange is going on in that case. I think the best thing to do will be to raise a support request so an engineer can troubleshoot what is going on in your site. There may be a third party add-on or theme that is conflicting perhaps?


author: George Baier IV
body: We don't have any Theme plugins or items that affect the dashboard. I've raised a ticket with our host (Clearvision). These are the plugins we run and everything says compatible up to 5.9.9

confluence_plugins.png


Tags: dashboard