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After Drupal is installed, you can reach its administration at the URL where you have installed drupal. Before doing anything, check your error log for any warnings (administer->logs).

1. How to change the default Drupal theme?
The default Drupal installation comes with 4 themes, which can be changed from your administration area. Click on (administer -> site building -> themes) and choose which theme you want to use for your website.

2. How to install additional/custom themes?
Drupal keeps its skins in the 'themes’ subfolder. To install additional themes, you need to get the archived theme from http://drupal.org/project/Themes and unzip the files to the 'themes' subfolder. Download the theme to your PC the selected theme. Extract it into the themes folder and that’s it, You should now be able to see the theme from your Drupal Administration Area (administer -> site building -> themes).