Missing Media Menu button

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  gluiza11 · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 3:29 pm

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  Hello,

  I signed up for an account this morning – user name gluiza11. I want to upload some content but I do not see the Media menu on my screen. Did I do something wrong?

  Thanks.

  Gary
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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 3:33 pm

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  Please post an active link starting with http:// to the .wordpress.com blog in question. What kind of content are your aiming to upload please?
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/accepted-filetypes/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/uploading-documents/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/editors/media-icons/

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  gluiza11 · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 3:36 pm

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  Thank you for your quick reply!

  I need to upload a couple pdf’s and jpg’s/gif’s

  Not sure why I do not have a Media button on my dashboard page

  Gary

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  gluiza11 · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 3:43 pm

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  Am I missing the Media button because I did not start a blog??

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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 3:49 pm

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  Contributors cannot upload images. These are the user roles and what they can do > http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

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  gluiza11 · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 4:09 pm

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  Thank you! I started a blog and now I have the Media button!

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  timethief · Member · Aug 21, 2012 at 4:11 pm

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  You’re welcome. You will may this step by step tutorial to be useful http://learn.wordpress.com