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iThemes Builder Reviewed by Technosailor
I 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 review with the epic title of Battle of the Titans: Premium Theme Framework Smackdown. If [...]
iThemes Doesn’t Recommend GoDaddy Hosting, Here’s Why
People 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 to see one of two different outcomes result from this post: All our customers stop [...]
Easy::Apache Configuration for PHP & WordPress on WHM
A 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 is running as far as Easy::Apache configuration is concerned. I’d like to again preface this [...]
WordPress 3.0 Menus Demo Video on iThemes Builder
WordPress 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 will give people much more control over their navigation. I really wanted to try out [...]
Produce Better Designs with Sample Content
This 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 solution is simple, get the content from someone else and make sure that content is [...]
Learning CSS 101: The Box Model
If 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 is composed of hundreds of boxes. These boxes come from tags. Each time a tag [...]
Simple wp-config changes to increase security and aid code debugging
Both 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, LOGGED_IN_KEY, and NONCE_KEY. Each of these keys are a salt, which are used to make [...]
Improve WordPress Development with the Codex and Grep
My tips for this week will help you become a better WordPress developer and designer. The WordPress Codex is your first stop to learn more about WordPress functions. To dig deeper than what the Codex can offer, use Grep to locate functions inside WordPress so you can see exactly how they work. WordPress Codex If you are a WordPress developer, a WordPress site designer, or just want to get a [...]
A Better, Faster Way to Upgrade Themes
Update (2011-07-06): The plugin has been upgraded to handle upgrades from Builder 2.8 to Builder 3.0. It is also now available on WordPress Extend, the official WordPress plugin repository. You can find the page for the plugin here. If you already have the plugin installed, you may be prompted to automatically upgrade since it is now on the repository. Update (2010-01-14): Just as this plugin makes theme upgrades simple and [...]
Builder Theme Demo Webinar 12/17/09
As promised, here is the video of our Builder theme demo on 12/17.
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