Once you’ve logged in, the
WordPress Dashboard appears. This is your main administration homepage. At the
very top of your Dashboard (and across every page) you will see the name of
your site in the header area. In the example screenshot below (and throughout
this documentation) the site name is Your WordPress Site. This is also
hyperlinked to your site's homepage. You will also see the name of the person who is currently logged in (e.g. Joe
Blogg). Move your cursor over your name to reveal the Log Out link as well as a link to edit your Profile.
When new or updated features
are introduced into WordPress, you’ll be shown a New Feature Pointer. This is simply to bring to your attention some
feature within the Dashboard that’s
been added or updated. In the following Dashboard image, the New Feature
Pointer is highlighting the updated Toolbar. Click Dismiss to hide the pointer.
On most pages, just below your Username there
are a couple of small inverted tabs. One called Screen Options and another called Help. Clicking either of these links will cause a panel to slide
down from the top of the page. The Help link, not surprisingly, displays some help information. The Screen Options link will display various
options that allow you to configure what is displayed on the current page.
The details in this panel
change depending on what page you’re currently viewing. As an example, on your
main Dashboard page the Screen Options allow you to set which panels you’d like
displayed on the page.