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Not all of the users will like how the default configuration and look for their template is configured. Thus most probably you would like to change the way how the theme for your WordPress website looks and feels to you and to the users accessing your website.
In order to customize the theme you are using on your website you will need to login into the WordPress admin area for your website and then navigate to Appearance→Customize.
The customization page this tutorial will cover is for WordPress version 3.8.1, however customizing themes in order versions should be similar to the bellow described process.
As soon as you access the Customize page after clicking on that link you will be able to notice the theme you are currently using at the right part of the screen and also the vertical customization menu located at the left part of the page.
Of course this tutorial assumes that you are using one of the default themes provided with the initial installation of WordPress, however if you have any custom installed themes the editing options on that page might be more that the described in this tutorial.
The customizable elements for your theme contained in the left vertical menu are as it follows:
These changes will be applied directly to the website tittle in the right theme preview part of this page.
In order to preview the changes you have just made you should be able to notice that the tittle color has been changed in the right template preview part of this page.
This section will allow you to change the background image of your website. If you have not uploaded any images into your media library then you will be presented with the option to upload such in order to use it as background.
Once you select the image you will be provided with the background options you will also need to configure:
This section is used for defining the featured content you would like displayed on your web-site. The next couple of options will allow you to configure the featured content of your website
With all these settings configured properly you can achieve a great looking theme configuration which will make your website esthetically unique.
Congratulations! You can now fully customize the theme of your website!