The recommended size for your home page photo is 180 pixels wide by 240 pixels tall.

Follow the steps below to add your photo to the home page:

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard click “Media > Add New”

STEP 2: Click the “Select Files” button.

STEP 3: Browse to the correct file and click the “Select” button.

STEP 4: Highlight the “File URL” and copy the URL (press Ctrl + C to copy)

STEP 5: From the WordPress Dashboard, click the “Stardust Theme Settings” link.

STEP 6: Paste the URL that you copied in step 4 into the “Home Page Photo” box.

STEP 7: Click the “Save Options” button.

Once you have customized and saved your background image, follow the steps below to add the custom background to your site:

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Stardust Theme > Custom Image Header”.

STEP 2: Click the “Browse” button and locate the image you want to use as the background and then click the “Open” button to select the file.

STEP 3: Click the “Upload” button.

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard, click the “Stardust Theme Settings” link.

STEP 2: Enter the corresponding URL for each of your social profile links. (If you don’t have an account for a listed profile, simply leave that field blank.)

STEP 3: Click the “Save Options” button.

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Pages > Add New …”

STEP 2: Give your new page a title and enter the contents of the page in the page editor.

STEP 3: In the “Attributes” section (in the right-hand column), click the Template drop-down menu and select the “Static Home Page” template.

STEP 4: Click the “Publish” button.

STEP 5: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Pages > Add New…”

STEP 6: Title the new page “Blog” and leave the content area blank.

STEP 7: Click the “Publish” button.

STEP 8: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Settings > Reading …”

STEP 9: Select the radio button next to “A static page” and select the Front page you created in step 2 and the Blog page you created in step 5  in the drop-down menus.

STEP 10: Click the “Save Changes” button.

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Appearance > Widgets …”

STEP 2: Click the arrow to expand the “Home Page Stickies” sidebar panel.

STEP 3: In the “Available Widgets” section, drag and drop the Text widget into the “Home Page Stickies” sidebar panel.

STEP 4: Give your sticky note a title and type the contents of your note in the text area.

*To link your sticky note to a specific URL, use the HTML code below:

<a href="http://www.YourLinkGoesHere.com">This text is linked.</a>

STEP 5: Click the “Save” button.

STEP 6: Repeat steps 3 – 5 to add up to four text widgets to the “Home Page Stickies” sidebar panel.

STEP 1: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Settings > Permalinks …”

STEP 2: Select the option next to “Custom Structure” and enter the following in the input area: /%postname%/

STEP 3: Click the “Save Changes” button.

STEP 1: Install and activate the pageMash plugin.

Click here to learn how to install a plugin.

STEP 2: From the WordPress Dashboard, click “Pages > pageMash …”

STEP 3: Roll your mouse over the arrow next to a page title and click the “Hide” link to make a page invisible.

STEP 4: Drag the pages up or down to change the page order, or left and right to create drop-down pages.

STEP 5: Click the “Update” button.

STEP 2: Type the name of a plugin in the search box and click the “Search Plugins” button.

STEP 3: Click the “Install” link to install the plugin.

STEP 4: Click the “Install Now” button.

STEP 5: Click the “Activate Plugin” link.

STEP 2: For the title of the page, type the word Home
NOTE: Your home page must be titled “Home” or it will not display on the home page of your site.

STEP 3: In the Post Editor type the text you want to appear on the home page.

STEP 4: Click the “Publish” button.

You can now visit the home page of your site and see your featured area directly below the navigation menu.

STEP 1: Login to the WordPress Dashboard.
You can access the login screen at http://yourdomainhere.com/wp-admin/

STEP 2: Click “Appearance > Add New Themes …”

STEP 3: Click the “Upload” link.

STEP 4: Click the “Browse” button and locate the stardust.zip file.

STEP 5: Select the stardust.zip file and click “Open”

STEP 6: Once the file has been selected, click the “Install Now” button.

STEP 7: Once the theme has been successfully uploaded, click the “Activate” link.