Roots Theme homepage | Documentation table of contents
Theme activation is handled by lib/activation.php.
After you activate Roots from the WordPress admin you'll be redirected to an activation options page where you can choose to:
Create a page called Home and set it to be the static front page. This is normally handled from the Reading settings.
Change permalink structure to /%postname%/. This is normally handled from the Permalinks settings.
Change uploads folder to /assets/ instead of /wp-content/uploads/. This is normally handled from the Media settings.
Create the Primary Navigation menu and set the location. This is normally handled from the Menus section under Appearance.
Add all published pages to the Primary Navigation. On a fresh install, this will add the new Home page and existing Sample Page to the navigation.