It is still in 'beta' meaning its not a fully finished platform yet. This link should help you get started. I searched a lot of tutorials when I first started, there is a blog on how to do everything on steemit. I've been on for about a month now and I pretty much got my head around it now. It's not straight forward like facebook yet, the changes are coming. Hang in there, its still very early days.
RE: This site is not very user friendly!