Basics of post and page editing
While they perform two different functions, the post and page editors look and act in a very similar way. As described in Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring WordPress, creating a new post or page is as simple as choosing the Add New option, typing some text, and clicking on the Publish button. Fortunately, WordPress provides a great deal of flexibility when it comes to the content and formatting of a post or page.
When writing or editing posts/pages, we are given the choice of using either the Visual editor or HTML editor. By default we are presented with the Visual editor, which acts similarly to a word processor. Clicking on the HTML tab will switch to the HTML editor, allowing those who know HTML the ability to directly edit the markup of a post or page.
When in Visual editor mode, there is a row of buttons between the Title and Post Editing area that allow us to control the formatting of our text. The first several buttons perform basic text formatting...
