This is an example page. It’s different from a blog post because it will stay in one place and will show up in your site navigation (in most themes). Most people start with an About page that introduces them to potential site visitors. It might say something like this:
Hi there! I’m a bike messenger by day, aspiring actor by night, and this is my blog. I live in Los Angeles, have a great dog named Jack, and I like piña coladas. (And gettin’ caught in the rain.)
…or something like this:
The XYZ Doohickey Company was founded in 1971, and has been providing quality doohickies to the public ever since. Located in Gotham City, XYZ employs over 2,000 people and does all kinds of awesome things for the Gotham community.
As a new WordPress user, you should go to your dashboard to delete this page and create new pages for your content. Have fun!
The preceding sample page was supplied with the initial default WordPress 3.4.2 configuration. I’m keeping it as a basic illustration the concept of a “page”, in WordPress parlance, meaning an article that is not a blog posting. This sample page was based on the Default Template of the Twenty Eleven theme.
Related references:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Page
http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Template
http://codex.wordpress.org/Glossary#Twenty_Eleven_theme
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages_Screen
http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages_Add_New_Screen
http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy