You may have noticed the re-design on GRINDSTONE MEDIA, I wanted to share a bit of information that may help you next time you decide to design a Wordpress theme for your blog.

The Wordpress theme checklist on wpdesigner.com played and instrumental part in the whole project. I literally found myself frequently going back to that page to make sure there were no loose ends in my theme.

I also noticed that there was not much information about using images as your blog navigation so here’s an example of how I solved that problem:

< ?php if(is_paged() || is_front_page()) : ?>
	<div id="blogNavigation">
		< ?php previous_posts_link('<img id="rightNavigation" src="' . get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/next.gif" alt="Next" title="Next" />') ?>
		< ?php next_posts_link('<img id="leftNavigation" src="' . get_bloginfo('template_directory') . '/images/prev.gif" alt="Previous" title="Previous" />') ?>
	</div>
< ?php endif; ?>

And finally, remember to optimize your blog. Vladimir Prelovac had a great post listing a few techniques.