Title: Cannot get started
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Cannot get started

 *  Resolved [fastjay4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fastjay4/)
 * (@fastjay4)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/)
 * I am new to WP and already have a website that exists and is online. I do not
   need the blogging part of WP but was advised that WP is still a very powerful
   tool to make great websites. Now, I have added pages and slides (I bought a special
   theme that uses slides) to my WP site’s Admin Dashboard but I cannot get them
   to appear anywhere … when I click on my website’s name (top left next to the 
   WP logo) my old website appears (nothing to do with WP). I am clearly missing
   something …. can anyone help ?
    I would also like to know if it’s possible to
   design the whole website in WP but not have it published online until it is 100%
   ready – is there a master ‘Publish’ button somewhere ? I have designed a couple
   of sites before using other methods and I must say that WP is not user friendly(
   I am reasonably computer literate ….) Thanks !

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 *  [Amado.Miami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amadomiami/)
 * (@amadomiami)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/#post-3346271)
 * I use “Private Wp” plugin while working on the site to not have it be public.
   Create user accounts for your teams if required.
 * You will need to check when you did the install of WP where it actaully is. It
   my have installed into a sub-directry if you did not do it right.
 * Even if you add pages, you will need to check your “Appearances / Menu Manager”
   to ensure how you want your menus set up.
 * WP is very user friendly, it just takes to time to get used to working in a CMS
   dashboard versus straight up html or whatever else you were using. Hang in there
   it will be with the effort 🙂
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/#post-3346284)
 * This should give you lots of basic info on using WP:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress)
 * For theme-specific information or help, you’ll need to contact the vendor/developer
   of your theme — as [commercial themes](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#Commercial_Products)
   are not supported here.
 *  Thread Starter [fastjay4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fastjay4/)
 * (@fastjay4)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/#post-3346426)
 * Thanks Amado.Miami and WPyogi. It seems my problem is with my hosting company
   because the template theme vendor informed me that my original site in the root
   of the server is overriding WordPress ….. I’ve asked them for assistance on this
   and hopefully it will help and then I’ll be all set with WP !
 *  Thread Starter [fastjay4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fastjay4/)
 * (@fastjay4)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/#post-3346498)
 * It was a problem on the mySQL server that my hosting company solved. I got the
   site up and running quite quickly so didn’t need to hide it from public view.
   
   You are right Amado.Miami, WP is great once you get the knack !

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-get-started/#post-3346498)
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