Title: Basic Help
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Basic Help

 *  [neoricen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoricen/)
 * (@neoricen)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-help/)
 * Hi,
    I’m really new to Word Press and am just in the process of setting up my
   site and would like to know a few things. By Default the front page is called
   Blog and in my current them there is a Tab at the top that says Blog to go to
   it, is there a way to change this so it says ‘News’ and also by default there
   were some menus along the side I dont want such as Blogroll, how do I get rid
   of these? and is there a way to make a page without creating a Tab at the top
   and just a link on the sidebar instead? Im pretty sure all these things can be
   done because I’ve seen wordpress sites where it has been done. Thanks in advance.
   PS: Can i also get rid of the XFN and WP links?

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-help/#post-231821)
 * Everything can be changed with some basic html knowledge.
    I am not familiar 
   with the theme you are using, but here is the general guide for newcomers (btw,
   welcome): [http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress)
   and see also: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout](http://codex.wordpress.org/Blog_Design_and_Layout)
   about the structure of themes see Section 3: Themes and Templates.
 * (another option: choose a theme that’s like you want)
    [http://themes.wordpress.net/theme-viewer.php](http://themes.wordpress.net/theme-viewer.php)
 *  Thread Starter [neoricen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoricen/)
 * (@neoricen)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-help/#post-231822)
 * Im using Pool as my theme, thanks for the help, very quick reply, will check 
   those sites out now.
 *  Thread Starter [neoricen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neoricen/)
 * (@neoricen)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-help/#post-231824)
 * Sorry another question which files do I edit to:
 * Rename the Blogroll menu and
    Rename the Blog Page “News”
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-help/#post-231827)
 * It would be good if you spend some time inside your admin panel (if necessary
   there is also a lot of info about the feature on the Codex). In admin panel you
   could find your Links management section – for Blogroll and other links.
    For
   New you should look into the header.php.

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