3-1: WordPress Dashboard Video Lecture | WordPress for Beginners - Software Development

hello and welcome to chapter three a of
the wordpress for beginners 2015
tutorial series in this video we'll be
going over the wordpress dashboard in
order to access the dashboard go to your
website and click on the login link on
the bottom left alternatively you can
access the dashboard by adding in slash
WP dash admin after your website URL for
example if my domain is traveler blogger
com I'll enter WWE traveler blogger com
slash WP dash admin enter your user name
and password and then login when you log
in the dashboard is the first screen
you'll see the web press interface
contains three sections the main
navigation bar on the left the quick
access toolbar at the top and the main
work area the main navigation bar on the
left is the command center of your
website all of the content creation and
administrative tasks will be performed
from this navigation bar hovering over
these items will reveal additional sub
panels specific to the item you are
hovering over at the bottom of the
navigation menu you can opt for more
screen estate by collapsing the menu
the quick access toolbar contains Quick
Links to the most common tasks hovering
over the WordPress icon will give you
additional options a link to the
official WordPress website documentation
support forms and provide feedback
hovering over the name of your website
will bring up the option to view the
front-end of your website
depending on your WordPress installation
you may have plugins that need updating
clicking this circular arrow icon will
take you to the update page hovering
over the Commons icon will give you the
option to view approve or delete new
comments hovering over the new button
will give you options to create a new
post upload media create a new page or
add a new user when you hover over your
username on the right-hand side you're
given the links to edit your profile or
log out if you are logged in this quick
access toolbar will always be at the top
whether you're at the back end or front
end of your website this can be turned
off in your user profile settings the
options available on the toolbar will
change depending on which section of the
website you're on let's visit the
front-end of our website by hovering
over the site name and then click on
visit site
notice how when you are at the front and
if you hover over your site name again
you have a new set of options available
to you if you are viewing a post notice
you have a new quick link in the top
toolbar letting you edit the post you
are currently viewing to go back to the
dashboard hover over your site name and
click dashboard
just below the quick access toolbar
there are two tabs screen options and
help screen options allow you to
customize your workspace in relation to
which page or section you are currently
viewing we are currently viewing the
dashboard
therefore screen options will let you
customize which modules are visible
check and uncheck these boxes as desired
the help tab offers you guidance and a
summary of what each module does the
content of this tab will also change
depending on which section of the
website you are viewing the work area is
where you'll create content and perform
and refine other administrative tasks
when you first log into WordPress you'll
be greeted by a welcome message at the
top providing quick links for you to get
started you can customize your site
create content view your website manage
widgets or menus manage comments or
learn more you can close this module by
clicking dismiss the boxes on the
dashboard are movable simply hover your
mouse over the title bar of the panel
click and drag to rearrange you can also
collapse and expand these panels by
clicking on the arrow on the right
in the dashboard our four panels
at-a-glance will display a summary of
your site's content number of posts
pages and comments you're also able to
see what version of WordPress and theme
you are currently using WordPress news
is a panel containing links to the
latest news and articles from popular
WordPress sites at the bottom there is a
link to a featured WordPress plugin the
activity panel displayed the most recent
posts and comments on your website you
can moderate comments from this panel by
hovering over and clicking you can
approve or unapprove the comments you
can reply to the comments edit the
comment market as spam or delete the
comment
quick draft enables you to quickly
create a post very useful for noting
down any ideas you may have and saving
it as a draft to make a quick draft into
a title add some content and click save
draft
to access any recent drafts you have
created simply click the link at the
bottom of the panel now that you're
familiar with the wordpress dashboard
let's talk about the differences between
posts and pages
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