The document provides instructions for creating a sub-theme of the Zen base theme in Drupal. It explains that any modifications should be made in a sub-theme folder rather than the base Zen folder. It then outlines 8 steps to set up and configure a sub-theme: 1) Create a sub-theme folder, 2) Set up the theme .info file, 3) Choose a layout, 4) Edit template and settings files, 5) Set the sub-theme as default, 6) Override Zen templates, 7) Override search form template, and 8) Further extend the sub-theme.