When you first login to Wealthy Affiliate you will see your Activity Dashboard.

On the top bar, do you see the words "Need help (yourname)? Ask a question here..."? When you type in your question, it will bring up relevant answers and posts to help you with it. There's a high chance that your question has been answered before.

On the top bar, you will also see 7 icons.

1. Aeroplane - The number shows you the number of referrals you need for you to make it for the Las Vegas Super Affiliate Conference that WA holds every year. When you click on it, it will bring you to the page with all the WA affiliate program details.
2. People - The number shows you the number of people following you in WA. When someone follows you, they will get a notification if you have a new blog post or training. Clicking on it will show you a detailed list of people who are following you and vice versa.
3. Globe - The number shows you the number of notifications you have. If someone replies to your post/training/comment, you will get a notification.
4. Letter - If you are a premium member, the number shows you the number of unread private messages you have in your inbox. Clicking on it brings you to your private messages inbox.
5. Pen - Clicking on the pen and you will see a drop down menu where you can write a blog post, create a training, build a new website or ask a question.
6. Rank - The number shows your rank in WA. The smaller the number, the higher your rank.
7. Profile picture - Clicking on your picture, you will see 4 items. My profile, account settings, take a system tour and logout. I would advise you to click on 'Take a system tour' for a quick overview of WA.

Certification Courses

To start your Certification Courses in WA, click on 'Get Started Here' (green button on your left). Refer to the picture above with the red arrow. It will bring you through the process to start earning money online:

Step 1: Choose an Interest

Step 2: Build Your Website

Step 3: Get rankings in search engines (leads to traffic)

Step 4: Earn $$$ from your traffic

Affiliate Bootcamp

Do you want to promote Wealthy Affiliate? If you do, there is an entire affiliate bootcamp just to help you build a successful 'make money online' website.

The training in Affiliate Bootcamp is similar to the Certification Courses, just that it is targeted at helping you start a website that promotes Wealthy Affiliate.

Click on 'Affiliate Bootcamp' (black button on your left). Refer to the picture above with the red arrow. It will bring you to the lessons.

Those 2 buttons are the most important ones you will need in WA. It will automatically bring you to the location where you stopped your training.

Live Video Classes

Referring to the blue arrow in the screenshot, that is where you can access the 'Live Video Classes' that are recorded every Friday/Saturday by Jay (Magistudios).

Classrooms (under the training header)

I do not really use classrooms unless I need to ask questions. If you have a question for a specific topic, for example wordpress, you can ask your question in classrooms. Usually I will just use the live chat to ask for help.

Activity in WA (purple section)

In this section, you will be able to see the activity that is happening in WA. The posts and trainings that WA members are reading and interacting with. Clicking on Classrooms, Top 10 and My Notifications just under the question bar will change the display in this purple section.

Live Chat (orange section)

The members in Wealthy Affiliate are from all parts of the world. Usually, you will be able to get your answers the fastest by asking your questions in the live chat.

Since you have an overview of WA already, let's move on to some of the commonly asked questions.