After the initial test launch (and subsequent google indexation) I finally settled on a theme by Theme Lab called Purple Swirl and started poking around under the hood. It looks nice and the php scripts are clean and well formed (aside from the oddly double-spaced lines of code).
While implementing some essential WordPress optimization, I installed the following plugins:
Google XML Sitemaps — Sitemaps are a key element of SEO, and this plugin makes updating and maintaining a sitemap easier than eating …
