WordPress+102

//We are actually a little ahead of where we need to be given the agenda for the entire semester – so that said, exercises today will be quite light as the turnaround on the Damage Control Assignment is quite tight (2 weeks). Please spend 60-90 minutes before next week working on the following.//

Last week's exercise briefly touched on media handling within WordPress – to revisit that topic note the following sections in //WordPress 3 Complete://
 * Handling Media In WordPress**
 * Ch3. p51-57 (more comprehensive treatment of images in WordPress that from the exercise last week)
 * Ch4. p93-99 (widgets & links – provides some context to related material in last exercise)
 * Ch4. 100-116 (media library & image gallery—**important**—for overview of how media is handled in WordPress and how that relates to 'galleries')

Spend some time searching through the WordPress themes, look through the specs and features of themes that:
 * Themes**
 * are optimized for mobile display and/or employ media queries.
 * Have a HTML5 Boilerplate built in.
 * Are fluid and fixed with.
 * are 'starter' themes that are meant to be built up (e.g. [|Starkers])

Spend some time searching through the available plugins, investigate the following options: We'll be doing some exercises with jQuery plugins in the coming weeks – but familiarizing yourself with what is out there will be helpful.
 * Plugins**
 * Check out options for jQuery functionality within WordPress (image sliders, carousels and accordion menus – etc.)
 * See what options are available that are tagged with photos. If you are feeling adventurous install a photo gallery option and try to get it working (//hint: find something with a high rating and many active users//)
 * Within the plugin search, click on the 'popular' tab and check out the functionality of the most popular WordPress plugins.

//If you put time into this general research – it will be a feather in your cap for when you are planning the final assignment (which will be issued in 2-3 weeks).//