If you are looking for an overview of the Dashboard and it’s features, the WordPress Codex is the best place to start (as with all things WordPress).
They feature a screenshot of a standard Dashboard there. Does that look similar to yours? If not, can you describe it more or take a screen shot and post it here?
]]>homemadejam, no all that’s available on my dashboard are the “Collapse” window and “Profile”.
]]>Do you mean, deleting this account or is something else involved?
*sorry, newbie in a professional world* lol
]]>Something just does not sound right to me. This is what is throwinng me off:
option to update my account…
As far as I know, there is no update my account
setting or text within the Dashboard other than in the profile page, which is not what is first seen when you initially log into a WordPress site.
Would you mind expanding a little bit more on the steps you took?
]]>Hey Jose,
So far, I’m only able to access my dashboard when I select the Developers link at the bottom of this site but I only see update profile settings and the collapse menu…nothing else is showing. But when selecting the Developers link, it take me to a page that says, “Thank you for updating to WordPress 4.9” but I haven’t done that.
Mikkel
]]>I’m a bit confused on what you are trying to achieve exactly. So let’s clear the topic a bit so we can help you out.
First of all there is no ‘4.9’ version the latest stable is 4.8 [ maybe that was a type mistake ].
You say you downloaded WordPress and set up an account. You mean you downloaded the zip and installed WordPress in a localhost environment server ( like xampp ) or somewhere online?
Having an account here on www.ads-software.com has nothing to do with a WordPress Installation.
To access ‘your’ installation as an admin you have to go to for example ‘yourdomain.com/wp-admin/’ ( yourdomain.com is the address of the server you actually installed your WordPress on ) and login with the information that you entered during WordPress setup.
This website here is a different story and you won’t find any ‘admin dashboard’ as we are all simple users reading a forum let’s say.
I think you got confused somewhere or I understood something wrong from your post.
Best regards,
Konstantinos
So far, I’m only able to access my dashboard when I select the Developers link at the bottom of this site
I think you’re logging into www.ads-software.com (i.e., these forums). That’s not your website. Follow Konstantinos’ advice!
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