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Every community needs a good calendar

Consumed => “Building a WordPress Theme Around the Events Calendar Plugin” by Vladislav Davidzon on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Best practices of a community website

Answered => “When creating a community website, what features would u like to see? What r recommended WP plugins?” on Quora.

Shifting towards non-large screen friendly

Bookmarked => “25 jQuery Plugins to help with Responsive Layouts” by Paul Andrew on Specky Boy.

Primer: WordPress and working with images

FYI => One of the reasons I’m developing the WordPress theme AU_Community is to push my own envelope a bit. Often the most interesting and most challenging projects are the ones I give myself. Here is a synopsis on what I’ve absorbed in the last couple weeks with regards to WordPress and images.

Keep It SEO Stupid

Consumed => “WordPress SEO Theme Guidelines” by Joost de Valk on Yoast.

Look ma, WordPress Featured Image

FYI => Slowly I turn the AU_Community theme (for WordPress) screw. While I prefer a mostly text driven site, I’m having a growing appreciate for the art of the thumbnail. “Let’s add a post level image to AU_Community,” I said to myself.

Tips for developing WordPress themes

Consumed => “10 tips for creating high quality WordPress themes” by Jean-Baptiste Jung on Cats Who Code.

Still more best WordPress power hacks

Consumed => “New WordPress Power Tips For Template Developers And Consultants” by Jacob Goldman on Smashing Magazine.

20 WordPress hacks and snippets

Bookmarked => “20 Snippets and Hacks to Make WordPress User-Friendly for your Clients” by Paul Andrew on SpeckyBoy.

Bonus function for WP Ultimate Taxonomy Manager plugin

FYI => As part of my master plan to develop the AU_Community WordPress theme, aside from integrating the AU plugin family, I also want to add taxonomies to the mix. As the new & improved plan sits on my drawing board today…

Weekend cycles for the AU_Community theme

FYI => Yesterday and earlier today saw some cycles on the WordPress theme I’m customizing.

Let there be (WordPress theme) life

FYI => Last night began the kickoff the WordPress theme AU_Community. Rather than start from scratch every time, I going to develop a theme that specifically integrates with the AU plugin family.