Dashboard

Users
This screen lists all the existing users for your site. Depending on your Role, you
can also add new users as well as manage their Roles.
Tools
This section gives you access to various convenient tools. You can also Import data
to your WordPress site or Export all your WordPress data to a file.
Settings
This is where your site is configured. Among other things, it allows you to
configure your site name and URL , where your Posts appear, whether people can
leave Post Comments or not and numerous other settings. Most times, once your
site is setup, there's no need to change any of the settings within this section.
At the bottom of the menu you'll see a link called Collapse menu. Clicking this will
hide the menu and simply display their icons instead. Click the small arrow icon
again to expand the menu.
Occasionally when you install a Plugin, they will have their own configuration or
setup pages. The location of these will be entirely dependent on the individual
Plugin but most times these pages will either appear within the Tools section, the
Settings section or in a completely new menu section at the bottom of the menu.
Toolbar
The WordPress Toolbar is a way of easily accessing some of the most common
WordPress features. When you are logged into your WordPress dashboard and
you visit your website, you will see the Toolbar running across the top of your site.
This bar only appears if you are currently logged into your WordPress site, which
means that it won’t be visible to your everyday site visitors. If you are not logged
in, the Toolbar won’t be displayed.

The Toolbar allows you to quickly access the following commonly used features.

• Visit the WordPress.org website, Codex or Support forums

• Display your site Dashboard and other commonly used menu options that

allow you to update your site Themes, Widgets, Menus and depending on

your theme, Background and Header

• View or Edit your blog comments

• Add a new Post, Media, Link, Page or User

• Perform a site Search

• View or Edit your Profile and logout from the WordPress Dashboard

Hiding the Toolbar

You can stop the Toolbar from displaying by modifying the preferences associated

with your Profile. Simply click on the Users link in the left hand navigation to

display the list of Users. From this list of Users, click your user name or click on the Edit link that appears beneath the user name when hovering your cursor over

each row. Alternatively, click on the Your Profile link underneath the Users menu

option in the left hand navigation or within the fly-out menu.

When editing your Profile there is a Toolbar option as shown in the screen above.

• Show Toolbar when viewing site – Checking this box will display the

Toolbar at the very top of your website (only for the person who is currently

logged in)

In WordPress 3.3 the header area was merged with the Toolbar and there is no

longer an option to hide the Toolbar in the Dashboard as there was previously.