This is where you will begin building your site, and it allows you to control all of the behind-the-scene details of managing your site.
Clicking on your site name in the Admin Bar will toggle back and forth between the Dashboard and viewing your site.
You can also hover your cursor over your site name in the black Admin Bar and click on Dashboard in the drop-down list.
Most of the items in your Dashboard will open up to a new list when you click on it.
Throughout this document when you see something like this:
Dashboard | Appearance | Theme Options
It means that you’re to go to your Dashboard, click on Appearance and then, in the list that opens up, click on Theme Options.