Using the WordPress admin panel

- When you log into your WordPress site for the first time,…you're met with a Dashboard,…which is the landing view for the WordPress Admin Panel.…This view provides you with a quick welcome message…at the top to get you started,…that you can dismiss if you don't want to see it,…followed by an overview of your own site…and some more or less useful external links.…If this is the first time you're logging in,…you'll see that, like my sites,…there really isn't much on this view yet.…As we move forward with the course,…you'll see more information up here…including Post and Page counts up here,…and Comment moderation and other things.…

The WordPress Admin Panel consists of three main components:…the WordPress toolbar that you can see at the top here,…which we'll talk about in the next movie,…the Admin menu, positioned to the left,…and the main Admin area,…which is where we'll do the majority of our work.…The Admin menu is separated into 3 main sections:…the Dashboard section,…where you access the Dashboard application updates,…