Settings » General Settings
Blavatar, Calendar, Date, E-mail, Name, Picture, Time, Title
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The General Settings let you change many of the items that control how your blog is displayed, such as the title, tagline, timezone, and date/time formats. Click Settings and then General from the left hand menu in your Dashboard to access these settings.
The first setting you will see is Blog Title. The Blog Title is displayed in the title bar of a web browser and is displayed in the header for most themes.
The Blog Picture (or Blavatar as we like to call it) allows you to upload a picture to be used as your blog image across WordPress.com. This image will be used as the favicon you see to the left of the URL in the address bar and for any pingbacks or trackbacks sent out from your blog.
Tagline is next and is a short description or catchy phrase to describe what your blog is about. Some themes will display the tagline in the header or in the sidebar.
The Language option lets you select the language to use for some of the theme text shown to your blog visitors.
The Email Address is where all comment moderation emails are sent. This can be different than the email address used for your user account.
Timezone is set to Coordinated Universal Time, UTC by default, which is in London, UK. If you live in a different area of the world you will likely want to change this option. The current UTC time is listed to the right to make it easier to determine your timezone offset. As an example, when Daylight Savings Time is not going on, Boston, MA would be UTC-5. You can find the timezones of many cities here: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
The Date Format lets you select how you want dates will be displayed on your blog. Several popular choices are available as well as a custom option. If you use the custom option, make sure to check out the example listed to the right after you have saved.
Time Format is just like date format, but sets how times will be displayed on the blog. The same warning applies if you use the custom option.
The final setting, Week Starts On, is only used if you are using the calendar widget. This setting allows you to select what day is displayed in the first column of the calendar.
