Editing Basic Site Information

Goal

Change basic site information such as Site name, Slogan, Default time zone.

Prerequisite knowledge

Concept: Administrative Overview

Steps

Configuring the basic site information

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Configuration > System > Basic site settings (admin/config/system/site-information) to change the Site name, Slogan, administrative Email address, or the Default front page path.

2. Fill in the available fields as appropriate for your site.

   Field name	Explanation	Example value
   Site details > Site name	Used to identify the site and displayed in browsers	Anytown Farmers Market
   Site details > Slogan	How this is used depends on your site's theme. Not displayed by default when using the Olivero theme.	Farm Fresh Food
   Site details > Email address	Used as _From_ address in automated email messages (registrations, password resets, etc)	info@example.com

   

3. After editing the fields, click Save configuration to see the changes applied to the site.

Configuring default Regional settings

1. In the Manage administrative menu, navigate to Configuration > Regional and language > Regional settings (admin/config/regional/settings).

2. Fill in the form as follows:

   Field name	Explanation	Example value
   Locale > Default country	The primary country for your site	United States
   Locale > First day of week	The day when the week starts on calendars	Sunday
   Time zones > Default time zone	The primary time zone for your site	America > Los Angeles
   Time zones > Users may set their own time zone	Whether logged-in users can choose a different time zone for display of dates and times on the site	Unchecked

   

3. After editing the fields, click Save configuration to see the changes applied to the site.

Videos

Editing Basic Site InformationYouTube

Additional resources

Drupal.org community documentation page "Getting started with Drupal administration"