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iThemes Builder Bootcamp April 23-24

By Cory Miller

Over the past two years, we’ve be honored to provide quality WordPress themes to thousands of customers around the globe. But the one thing our customers have consistently asked for is training to help them build their own WordPress websites or blogs.
So in January, we hosted our first ever iThemes Bootcamp in Dallas (see the [...]

Get WordPress Plugins from PluginBuddy

By Cory Miller

We’re pleased to launch today our latest venture called PluginBuddy!
We’re answering questions live right now …. so be sure to stop by and also check out our first official plugin called BackupBuddy!

Save the Date: iThemes Bootcamp April 23-24 in Oklahoma City

By Cory Miller

This is a quick announcement just to ask you to Save the Date for the next iThemes Bootcamp tentatively scheduled for April 23-24 in Oklahoma City.
We are working on details right now, but in the meantime, we wanted to give you some dates to prepare for.
We’ve decided to host the next iThemes Bootcamp in Oklahoma [...]

PluginBuddy Launches March 4

By Cory Miller

We’ll be launching our latest venture – PluginBuddy – Thursday, March 4 (yes, that’s tomorrow!). I did this quick video overview to talk about the launch in preparation ….

Many people have asked about our business and what our three core brands do ….

At iThemes, our main business, we produce WordPress themes (this was the brand [...]

Why We Love Meeting Our Customers In Person

By Cory Miller

One of the most fun aspects of our work is meeting our great customers in person.
We’ve had that chance on several occasions as we’ve traveled whether that is at WordCamps in various cities (I’ve personally been to 6 now) or at one of our live event like the recent iThemes Bootcamp in Dallas. But [...]

Basic Builder Demo Webinar March 3

By Cory Miller

Matt Danner and I will be giving a Basic Builder Demo Webinar to a local Builder User Group started in Las Vegas by one of our great community members, Rick Knox, on Wednesday, March 3 from 8-9 p.m. Central Standard Time.
We’ll be taking direct questions from the Las Vegas group live on the webinar but [...]

Use the Right Tools for the Job: Video

By Cory Miller

Part 2 of Matt Danner and I’s conversations from our recent Nashville trip that spilled over into a video post … in part 1 we talk about the difference between free and premium products.
This one talks about using the right tool for the right job.

The Difference Between Free and Premium: Video

By Cory Miller

In this video, Matt and I discuss what is the real difference between free and premium apps (or anything for that matter) is.
This was a conversation we had during our recent trip to Nashville for a client. We started it out by talking about the iPhone app store. There’s your backstory!
Please make a comment [...]

New Builder Child Theme: Astro Released

By Cory Miller

Matt and Brad from the iThemes team have been hard at work creating a new (and free) child theme for iThemes Builder … it’s called Astro.
This is the fifth free bonus child theme offered for Builder customers and is now available in your member’s area.
It includes:

Cool social icon tabs – a new Builder hook [...]

Our Jazzy New Overview Video for iThemes Builder

By Cory Miller

We think Builder is our great new Kool-Aid … so we asked one of our friends to build a great overview video that highlighted some of its specialness … here it is:

Go take a look at more iThemes Builder details here!

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