Changing site information
Chances are, your first couple of questions are:
- How do I change the banner?
- How do I change the front page?
- How do I change the name of the site (as shown in the top left-hand corner of your browser)?
- How do I change the footer
- How do I change the e-mail address that the site sends out e-mails from?
- How do I change what is shown in the side columns?
Using the links above you can find more detailed information on those questions.
There are several bits of information that can be changed on the Site Information page: Configuration » System » Site Information
Included in that are:
- Site Name (that's what shows at the top left-hand corner of your browser)
- Main e-mail address (any e-mails that go out from the site, such as log-in information, will show this address)
- Slogan
- Default front page
- Error pages
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The main pieces on this page you're going to use are the Site Name, E-mail address, and Default front page.
For those who have used older versions of Drupal, you'll notice that Mission and Footer are no longer on this page. You'll control those via blocks now instead of doing it on the site configuration page.
Site Name
This is what shows up in the left hand corner of your web browser. It is the text to the right of the |. The text to the left of the | is the name of the page you're on.
Page Title | Site Name
So if you're on the Site Information page at the Drupal 101 site, the text in the left-hand corner will say
Site Information | Drupal 101
You can control what this says by changing the Site Name and the title of each page, event, etc.
E-mail address
Whenever an e-mail goes out from the site, such as that with log-in information for a site user, the e-mail address attached to that message can be set on this page.
Be sure it's an e-mail address that actually exists, because you may occasionally get responses or e-mails to that address.
Slogan
Depending on the settings for your theme, this may show up somewhere in the banner area of your site, often times below or very near to the logo and site name.
Default front page
More information on the front page options can be found here.