Free WordPress.com site

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  christianadav1 · Member · Sep 17, 2018 at 12:24 pm

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  Hi! Does the interface/menu differ on the WordPress.com free site area than when you install the software on your server? I don’t see certain things like “appearance”.

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  torres126 · Member · Sep 17, 2018 at 12:52 pm

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  Hi, WordPress.com offers a different interface called Calypso, but the Dashboard which you’re familiar with can be seen by adding /wp-admin to the end of your blog URL.

  For example: http://testsite927443781.wordpress.com/wp-admin

  Let us know if you have any further questions or issues. :)

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  christianadav1 · Member · Sep 17, 2018 at 4:22 pm

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  Thank you so much! Just making sure that I can teach a beginner course using the free WordPress.com service and stay true to the software that my students will use later on.

  Thanks!

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  themagicrobot · Member · Sep 17, 2018 at 5:41 pm

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  You’ll need to make sure you decide what exactly you wish to teach your students. 1) How to use the free WordPress.org software to build a site.
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  2) How to build a site here at WordPress.com.
  Even using the /wp-admin dashboard rather than My Sites/Calypso here at WordPress.com you’ll find many differences between that and a WordPress.org dashboard. Not to mention the impending Gutenberg at both WordPresses.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org