User Guide

The default is the grey “mystery man”, but you can change this to, for example,

Wavatar, which generates an avatar based on information on the user.

Gravatar (www.gravatar.com) is a free service growing in popularity that

allows members to set one avatar which is then accessed from

compatible software, WordPress included.

Media

Menu > Settings > Media

Change the global settings for media here, including:

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Size of image thumbnails generated

•

Where uploaded files are stored

Privacy

Menu > Settings > Privacy

Set whether you would like your site visible to search engines or not.

Permalinks

Menu > Settings > Permalinks

This was covered earlier in the chapter as it is a key decision to make after

installing WordPress.

WordPress 3 User Guide" Chapter 3: Using WordPress