Chapter 2
Writing Your First Post
IN THIS CHAPTER
Navigating the Edit Post screen
Refining your post options
Publishing your post
Editing your post
It’s finally time to write your first post on your new WordPress site! The topic you choose to write about and the writing techniques you use to get your message across are all on you; I have my hands full writing this book! I can tell you, however, how to write the wonderful passages that can bring you blog fame. Ready?
Composing a post is a lot like typing an email: You give it a title, you write the message, and you click a button to send your words into the world. By using the different options that WordPress provides — content blocks, discussion options, categories, and tags, for example — you can configure each post the way you like. This section covers the minimal steps you take to compose and publish a post on your site.
Composing Your Post
When you’re writing (or editing) a blog post, the editor window adopts the visual look and feel of the WordPress theme you’re using — this is what WordPress refers to as full site editing ...
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