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The built-in Text Editor also lets you put HTML code into it to enhance your formatting options. You can cut-n-paste the code right into the Text Editor or use the HTML tab and put your code in there if you are so inclined. (Note that the Text Editor can be fickle so your code better be good or it may well bungle it.)

Besides the bold, italics and list options that are built into the Text Editor, there are a few other options that you can use:

• Paragraph breaks are done by simply hitting the Return key on your keyboard.
• Line breaks are done by holding down the Shift key and then hitting Return.
• Heading tags are also built into the CSS code of your website that you can used to make text of varying sizes and usually of the main colour of your website. (eg. <h3>use for big, coloured text</h3> or <h4>use for slightly bigger, coloured text</h4> or <h5>use for normal size, coloured text</h5>)

Please contact Reliably Online if you require more help editing and formatting the content of your website.

Unfortunately the built in Text Editor in WordPress can be a little fickle and your editings could result in some wonkiness in the content.

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Sometimes it likes to add this code when you have edited around text that was bold. If you click on the HTML tab in the Text Editor’s Toolbar and delete all instances of <strong /> then that should take care of everything underneath that being made bold. (Please note that you do not want to delete </strong> as that is a proper closing tag for bold.)

-> The Basics of Administering WordPPress according to WordPress.

Your website is composed of Pages, Posts, Links, Categories and Comments which you can manage through the Dashboard once you are logged in — www.yourdomainname.com/wp-login.php

Pages
Most of your website’s content will be on Pages. Go to Manage > Pages and click Edit in the list of pages. From there you can edit the text using the built-in Text Editor. (Note: Text Editor’s Toolbar does not yet work in Safari.) You can also preview the Page before clicking Save. For most Clients it will not be necessary to touch the options in the right column as these will have been preset by Reliably Online.

Images
Images can be uploaded (without FTP) and inserted into the content using the built-in Upload Form. Once your images is uploaded you can click on the image icon and Send To Editor as well as choose to Use Original or Use Thumbnail among other options. You can also browse through all your uploaded images.

Posts
Some of your content will be managed through Posts. Posts are more for blogging type websites but they can be good useful for pages in which you want content to accumulate and be archivable. (eg. Blogs, FAQs or News). The content of each Post is managed in a similar mannner to that of Pages. However, in the right column you will want to choose the appropriate Category for your Post.

Links
Links are also organized into categories but they are used for creating lists, especially lists of Links. These lists can be displayed according to user-defined specifications and they are often displayed in the side columns but they can also be integrated into content of specifically designed pages (eg. Links & Resources).

Categories
Your Posts are organized into Categories and you can add, change or delete Categories accordingly. Posts can also go in multiple Categories and Categories are hierarchical (as can Pages be).

Comments
Notification of Comments will be emailed to you and then Moderate them accordingly.

Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. The core of WordPress is designed to be lean, to maximize flexibility and minimize code bloat. Plugins offer custom functions and features so that each user can tailor their site to their specific needs.

-> Learn more about Plugins for WordPress from the WP Plugins Codex.