# First steps > What to do after you install Wovie, in order: your home page, your first titles, the featured carousel, the genres, your logo, your menus and your links. Source: https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/first-steps --- ## Overview You installed Wovie and activated its license. These steps take your site from an empty theme to a home page full of movies and TV shows. Follow them in order: each one fills a part of your site. Before you start, check that Dbmovies is active with its license and your TMDb API key. See [Add your TMDb API key](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/initial-settings#1-add-your-tmdb-api-key) in the Dbmovies documentation. ## Step 1: Your home page Go to **Settings › Reading** and leave **Your homepage displays** on **Your latest posts**, the WordPress default. Your home page then shows the Wovie content browser: the featured carousel, your genres and the rows of titles. If you prefer a static page as your home page, choose the **Browser** page that Dbmovies created: it shows the same content browser. Any other page shows its own content instead. ## Step 2: Import your first titles Import some movies and TV shows with the [Dbmovies importers](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/importers). Your home page fills on its own: - **Movies** and **TV Shows** show your latest titles. - **Latest episodes** shows the newest episodes, once your TV shows have them. - **Most viewed today** shows the titles your visitors open the most. A row with nothing to show does not appear. New titles can take up to 5 minutes to appear on your home page. ## Step 3: Feature your best titles The carousel at the top of your home page shows your featured titles, up to 10, the most recently featured first. Until you feature a title, the carousel does not appear. To feature a title, see [Featured content](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/featured-content) in the Dbmovies documentation. [SCREENSHOT_HERE: The home page of Wovie with the featured carousel showing two titles side by side, and the genres below] ## Step 4: Add your genres to the home page The row of genres under the carousel shows the genres you choose, each with an icon: 1. Go to **Appearance › Customize › Wovie / General › Genres list**. 2. Click **Add genre**. 3. Choose the **Genre**. 4. Optional: write a **Custom title**, such as *Action*. Without it, the name of the genre is used. 5. Write the **FA class icon**, the classes of a Font Awesome icon, such as `fa-solid fa-film`. 6. Repeat for each genre, drag them into the order you want, and click **Publish**. Until you add genres, the row does not appear. See [Theme options](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/appearance/theme-options) for every option. [SCREENSHOT_HERE: Appearance › Customize › Wovie / General › Genres list, with a few genres added, each with its genre, custom title and icon] ## Step 5: Your logo 1. Go to **Appearance › Customize › Wovie / Header › Logo**. 2. Upload your **Logo** and adjust the **Header logo height**. 3. For the footer, go to **Wovie / Footer › Brand**: upload the **Logo or Icon** and write the **Logo subtitle**. 4. Click **Publish**. Wovie uses a dark design, so choose a logo that reads well on a dark background. See [Theme options](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/appearance/theme-options). ## Step 6: Your menus Go to **Appearance › Menus**, create your menus and assign them to the locations of Wovie: - **Menu header**: the main menu, at the top of every page. Until you assign one, the header shows links to your movies, TV shows and collections. - **Footer columns**: the columns of links in the footer. - **Footer social links**: your social networks, with their icons added on their own. - **Footer bottom links**: the links next to the copyright, such as your terms and privacy policy. See [Menus](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/appearance/menus). ## Step 7: Add your links Your visitors watch and download through the links of each title. Add them by hand, import them from a spreadsheet, or generate them for every title with Auto-Embed. See [Link sources](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/link-sources) and [Auto-Embed](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/settings/auto-embed-support) in the Dbmovies documentation. ## Optional steps Turn on what your site needs. Each one is set up in Dbmovies, and Wovie shows it on its own: - **Memberships** with PayPal, and premium links for members: see [Subscriptions](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/modules/subscriptions). - **Sign in with Google**: see [Sign in with Google](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/integrations/sign-in-with-google). - **Protection against bots** in your forms: see [Cloudflare Turnstile](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/integrations/cloudflare-turnstile). - **The contact form**: see [Contact](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/pages/contact). - **Your own ads**: see [Ad positions](https://doothemes.com/docs/wovie/appearance/ad-positions). - **An installable app** for phones and computers: see [Web App](https://doothemes.com/docs/dbmovies/settings/web-app). ## Check that it works 1. Open your site in a private window, as a visitor would. 2. The home page shows the featured carousel, your genres and the rows of titles. 3. Open a movie and click **Watch**: its links appear. 4. Click **Sign up** and create a test account. You receive a 6-digit code by email to confirm it. If the sign-in page or the account shows a 404 page, go to **Settings › Permalinks** and click **Save Changes**.