So, you now have a working WordPress theme, but your job isn't done yet. For the theme to support a fully functioning site, it'll need a few more things added to it.

In this chapter you'll learn how to add more to your theme so you (or anyone else who downloads the theme) can use it to set up a great website. We'll look at using site settings to give our site a name and description, configuring the Reading settings and permalinks, adding featured images, and setting up widget areas.

So let's get started!

Site settings

Now that you have your theme installed and powering the Open Source Magazine site, you need to make a few changes to the theme settings. You access these via Settings | General.