Learning new applications is a pain! You just want to get on with it, right?

With WordPress, we’ve shown that you can jump in and be productive immediately, by editing or creating new materials (pages and posts) in the editing window.

But here we’ll introduce you to some of the power behind the curtain: How to change settings, expand your website and how to rapidly get a grasp on what you can really do.

The buttons at the top left of your screen are where most of your controls are. Each button expands to show the full range of controls…

Put your mouse over the right side of any control, and a light gray down arrow appears.

Click to open (or close) the full list.

Minimize these controls when you’re comfortable to save some screen space.

See you next time!