Your first look at WordPress

• WordPress is free software for building websites. WordPress.com hosts it for you and handles updates, security and backups. Self-hosted WordPress (the software from WordPress.org) runs on a web host you pick, so those jobs fall to you and your host.
• You run the site from the admin area, often called wp-admin. Add /wp-admin to the site's address to sign in.
• The left menu holds everything: Dashboard, Posts, Media, Pages, Comments, Appearance, Plugins, Users, Tools and Settings.
• Posts are dated entries like blog articles and news, filed under categories and tags. Pages hold timeless content like About or Contact.
• Each person gets a role. An Administrator can do everything on the site. A Contributor can write posts but can't publish them.