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Important Builder Updates
By Chris JeanBuilder 2.4.15 was released yesterday. In addition, the following plugins were updated: Builder Style Manager (version 0.1.7), Builder SEO (version 0.0.12), and Tabber Widget (version 1.0.3). The updates didn’t add any new features, but they did add an important change to the code contained in each one. The full story on that is technical and [...]
WordPress 3.0 Released
By Chris JeanThe greatly anticipated WordPress 3.0 launch has finally come. We highly recommend that you read the official release announcement on WordPress blog. The announcement post contains a couple of great videos about the release. The first video is a quick walkthrough of what is new in 3.0. The second video is Matt Mullenweg’s State of [...]
Builder SEO Plugin Beta Overview Video
By Chris JeanSince many people are excited about this new feature, I thought a video overview would be helpful to show what options are offered. This plugin is available as a beta to our Builder customers. Once the code is well-tested and the features are finalized, these SEO features will be bundled directly into the theme.
iThemes Builder Reviewed by Technosailor
By Chris JeanI love it when people critique my work as it gives me a great sense of accomplishment when I improve on my weak areas. So, when I heard that Technosailor (Aaron Brazell) wanted to do a review of WordPress theme frameworks and that Builder would be included, I got really excited. Aaron just published the [...]
iThemes Doesn’t Recommend GoDaddy Hosting, Here’s Why
By Chris JeanPeople who know us or watch our iThemes.tv broadcasts know that we are very anti-GoDaddy hosting. Typically, we keep our commentary about their terrible hosting limited to forum topics, broadcasts, or in-person discussions, but I’ve had enough. I want to call out GoDaddy hosting for their terrible service and support, and I’d very much like [...]
Easy::Apache Configuration for PHP & WordPress on WHM
By Chris JeanA customer recently asked about a recommended configuration for WHM’s Easy::Apache. He needed to reconfigure his Apache/PHP setup since it was lacking GD and PHP cURL and wanted to know if there were any other recommended changes. While every hosting need is different, I thought I could at least provide what one of our servers [...]
WordPress 3.0 Menus Demo Video on iThemes Builder
By Chris JeanWordPress 3.0, scheduled for release in May, will add an exciting new menu feature to WordPress. This new feature allows for the quick and easy creation of multiple sets of menu navigation. In addition, each menu set can have a combination of page, category, and custom links. This is a great enhancement to WordPress and [...]
Produce Better Designs with Sample Content
By Chris JeanThis week’s tip will help you produce themes/designs that stand up to real-world use. The problem is all too common. You develop a design, and it looks great. Then you ship it off to a client, and it starts to look horrible. The reason? The client is putting in different content than you did. The [...]
Learning CSS 101: The Box Model
By Chris JeanIf you want to design awesome web sites or just make little tweaks to your site’s CSS, you should first learn some fundamentals. One of the most important things to learn know about CSS is how the box model works. Everything on a webpage is a box. The site you are looking at right now [...]
Simple wp-config changes to increase security and aid code debugging
By Chris JeanBoth my intermediate and advanced tips this week are simple changes you can make to your site’s wp-config.php file. One change will enhance your site’s security while the other will greatly help you as you make code changes. Set up custom security keys There are four security keys in your site’s wp-config.php file: AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, [...]
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