This tutorial goes over the basics of how to log in and out of a wordpress Website and an overview of the backend user interface known as the Dashboard. At dmuirdesigns.com we build wordpress websites under a /wp folder. This allows us to work on and test a new website without disturbing an existing website. This way there is no down time if there is an existing website. To make the site active we copy the “index.php” file in the “/wp” folder to the main website folder then modify this copied “index.php” file to look to the “/wp” folder for the website files. We then rename the old “index.htm” file to “index-old.htm” so that the new site becomes active. Using this process allows us to never have any down time for the website and also creates a backdoor should we need to revert to the old website temporarily.