- moved wp-content folder outside of "core" so it can be stored in our svn
- moved wp-config.php out of the "core" folder so it can also be stored in our svn
- created .htaccess doc that points to the index.php file within the "core" directory
- pulled database access information out of wp-config and created a new db-config.sample.php file. please make a copy of this with the db credentials for your local machine, and save the file as db-config.php 
* important: make sure db-config.php is left out of svn by using the following command:
svn propset svn:ignore "db-config.php"

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renaming db-config.sample.php to db-config-sample.php (Luke)
testing post-commit hook (Luke)
testing post-commit hook again (Luke)
testing post-commit hook again again (Luke)
testing post-commit hook again again AGAIN (Luke)
testing post-commit hook: attempt #5 (Luke)
testing post-commit hook: 1 (Luke)
fixing some parse errors in the db-config-sample.php file (Luke)
** if you already used the sample file to set up your db-config, be sure to do it again using this version so you don't get database errors on your local machine
1. config changes
2. an index file to make wordpress find the files in the "core" directory
3. updating to latest version of wordpress (3.4.1)

Note: please use the new db-config-sample file to configure or reconfigure your local copy.

(Luke)
testing WP 3.4.1 again, this time by removing the items in the Themes directory so that they don't conflict with the core themes
(Luke)
adding skeleton theme & skeleton child theme
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updating skeleton & skeleton child theme to be compatible with WP 3.4.1
 (Luke)
rolling back to WP 3.3.3 to be compatible with Skeleton theme (which hasn't been updated for 3.4 yet)
(Luke)
Reverting Skeleton & Skeleton Child themes back to their original settings for WP 3.3.3. Will need to update again when Skeleton becomes compatible with WP 3.4

(Luke)
adjusting comments in db-config-sample.php file for further clarity.
testing post-commit hook.

(luke)
New WP-Config or something.
New WP-Config or something. Again.
New WP-Config or something. Should be ignored.
1. deleting db-config and only using wp-config.php moving forward
2. created wp-config-sample as a template. this will need to be saved as wp-config.php on each server and local installation
3. removed all ignore rules temporarily
4. small tweaks to .htaccess

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