It is sensible to make note of a few important things before getting our hands dirty. Make it second nature to check how the changes made to the settings in Drupal affect the site. Quite often settings you modify, or features you add, will not do precisely as expected and without ensuring that you use a prudent approach to making changes, you can sometimes end up with a bit of a mess.
Some of you might be groaning at the prospect of having to plow through setting after setting in order to get everything just right. Of course, creating a flashy new theme would probably be more exciting, but taking the time to look through and play with all the available settings is an important step towards becoming a competent Drupal administrator.
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In fact, setting up a site's configuration is akin to laying the groundwork for creating a flashy theme, because it reduces the amount of work required later down the line.
Log into your site as the administrator, and navigate to Administer, and...