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There are several constructs in WordPress. They are not complicated but understanding them will make things make more sense. The are Pages, Posts, Categories, Tags, Widgits, and Plugins

• Pages are the the main “permanent” content of the site. Most themes will automatically create buttons or tables for pages.
• Posts are usually shorter and less important content. Examples might be “Dance this Friday” or “$5 discount through Saturday”. One page is designated as the page where posts will show up. This could be the main site page or something else such as “News”, “Blog”, or “What’s new”. Part of a site’s Google Page Rank is based on how often the site is updated. I like to make posts appear on the front page and create them frequently to keep the site fresh, current, and interesting.
• Category is an attribute attached to a page or post. Depending on the theme, categories may automatically show up somewhere as a navigational aid – though most themes use Pages as the main navigational construct. Your site should have a relatively small number of Categories. Most themes key off of pages for navigation but a few key off of the category of the page or post – so navigation will quickly become unwieldy if you have too many categories. This link will show you all the posts on this site with the category “WordPress”
• Tags are similar to Categories but more specific and are an aid for searching. So what’s the difference between a Category and a Tag?. If you had a news site, the a category might be Local, or National, and a news story in National might have tags like Obama or Scott Brown or health care.
• Widgets are pre-canned thingies that might appear as a text sidebar, calendar, recent posts, archives, etc.
• Plugins are essentially small programs that you extend the functionality of WordPress. For instance, you might have a plugin that gives you a guestbook, or shopping cart. There are thousands of plugins.