Which version of WP do I have?

Login and at the bottom of the Dashboard it shows the version. Or look at wp-includes/version.php.

Is the dashboard the page that comes up when I go to forums and click on View Your Profile in the upper right hand corner? Because I don’t see the version at the bottom of that page.

And what is wp-includes/version.php ? Is that something that goes at the end of wordpress.com/ in the URL address? Because I show there is not such site as wordpress.com/wp-includes/version.php

Referring to this site? In your source: WordPress 2.2.2

Is the dashboard the page that comes up when I go to forums and click on View Your Profile in the upper right hand corner?

No. Log in to YOUR blog. Now, look at the bottom of every/any page.

My blog is the dashboard?

OK, another dumb question: How do I keep my blog from being visible. I just now applied a new theme, and haven’t started writing it yet. Is it visible on the web? How do I know?

You Dashboard is what you see after you login here:
https://autism-news-beat.com/wp-login.php

Yes your blog is visible, but so what. It looks good. Just Write a Post saying it is under construction.

Thanks. I’d really like to write a tagline under the header that says what the purpose of the blog is. And to edit the About text. I looked through the Word Press Lessons text and don’t see where it says how to do those things. Rather than keep coming back here, is there a better place that explains how to edit? I know how to add a blog entry.

You will want to add the Template Tag, bloginfo, to your theme. Look at the wp-content/themes/default/header.php for an example.

Additional resources:
Stepping into Template Tags
Stepping into Templates
Template Hierarchy

Thanks. I’ve made very minor changes to HTML in Blogger. I’m guessing the line of code that makes up a template tag is inserted into the code for my WP site. I’ll ask around and see if I can find how to do that.