I signed up with wordpress to make a blog yesterday and it is very frustrating and seems to be something only people who are blog experienced. I want to my dashboard and set up my profile with no problem but There seems to be no placed to get to the area were I pick out a template or begin making pages. Unless I am really missing something it is much less user friendly that Blogger which I have some experience with. How do I get started. The getting started area gives some information but there is still no place to build. Wordpress has a good reputation so I want to do it but if it is brain surgery please recommend something else with feeds, automatic pinging and so on. I am really this is free or I world feel ripped off. Any help that would make this a positive experience would be appreciated or recommend something else. This really makes me appreciate SBI more.
Click on "Write" then you either write a post or write a page. To pick a template click on "Presentation". There you go.
Yep, exactly what webwriter said. If you're looking to create a page rather than a post, go to 'Manage' --> 'Pages' ---> 'Create New Page'.
It should not be a problem if you are on a self-hosted Wordpress blog. Your phrase "Sign Up" made me wonder that are you on wordpress.com? Well, wordpress.com only allows you to choose a few themes and don't allow monetization. The GOOD reputation that you might be hearing are by those self-hosted Wordpress users.
i agree with wayne. if you host your wordpress blog on your own hosting, it will be easier and will not facing many problems. btw wordpress is really easy to use. you just need to take more time to familiar with it. once you get good grasp, you will say that wordpress is better than blogspot. -cypher.