Dashboard
The dashboard is the first screen you see when you login to the Wordpress administration area.
To get there from anywhere else in the admin area click Dashboard.
The first section titled “Welcome to Wordpress” gives a few basic first links to get you going. The Write a Post link will take you directly to the post writing page. The Update your profile or change your password takes you to the personal profile page where you can edit your personal information and add some as necessary. It is recommended that you change your password at this stage to something a little more difficult, but easier to remember. The Add a link to your blogroll link will give you options for adding links to the sidebar of your blog. Change your site’s look or theme will allow you to choose from the default themes or themes you’ve uploaded. You’ll also be able to adjust the options for the theme, if any.
The Latest Activity block outline some statistics about the site’s recent activity. Comments in moderation takes you to the comment moderation page where you’ll see all the comments that need to be approved or deleted. The link below take you to the specific comment, the post it was made on, or to the comment editing page. Posts lists the latest posts on the blog. Blog Stats gives information on how many posts, comments, categories and tags there are.
The Wordpress Development Blog section shows the latest three entries from the, you guessed it, Wordpress Development Blog. These are updates about the status of the Wordpress code and is used for announcing updates and necessary upgrades.
Other Wordpress News gives a summary of news from a few different Wordpress related resources. The “Read more>>” link will take you to the site where these links are aggregated.
