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The first issue of the iThemes Tips newsletter is out
Yesterday, May 10, the first issue of iTips, our Tips and Tricks newsletter was published. Based on the stats, and the rumours, it was well received. The iTips newsletter offers weekly Tips and Tricks, and News related to iThemes, PluginBuddy and WebDesign.com products and events. Find out how to style ContactBuddy, how to change background colors in Builder, what the settings in BackupBuddy mean and do, when the next event [...]
Automatically add content to your WordPress posts and pages
On many sites these days, you will find a standard text at the bottom of all WordPress posts. This is a great place to remind your readers about something you want them to do, a special promotion you are running, etc. For example, on all the iThemes posts, we have an email subscription box. There are several ways to add content to your post, without having to do so manually. [...]
More Flex in Flexx, configurable (Landing) Pages
Inspired by the number of support requests for a Landing Page in Flexx, aka Squeeze or Sales Page, I decided to revisit the tutorial I wrote, and create a fully configurable landing page for Flexx by harnessing the power of Child themes. By using a Child theme, no modification to the core Flexx code is required, so that updates to the parent theme will not result in loss of functionality. [...]
iThemes and Child Themes – a quick tutorial #1
This is the second post on Child Themes. In the previous post I explained a bit on the background, now it’s time to start using a child theme, and see some of the things that can be achieved using a child theme. When modifying theme template files, you do need a working knowledge of CSS, PHP, HTML and the specific WordPress template tags and program logic. Of course, this all [...]
iThemes and Child Themes – introduction
Child themes, an introduction In WordPress 2.7, Child themes have been introduced in WordPress. Using Child themes, you can modify (override) all aspects of a Parent theme (e.g. the stylesheet, page templates, functions) without risking loosing all your modifications when upgrading the parent theme. In the following chapters a short theoretical introduction, that you may wish to skip and get started using your own first Child theme for iThemes. How [...]
How to create a landing page for Flexx
Update Nov. 24, 2010: there is an easier and better way to create landing pages for Flexx, which includes full configuration options for pages. Go to article By popular request, here are step-by-step instructions to create a landing page, or sales page that will contain no navigation links, and no widgets, for the popular and versatile Flexx theme. Before you continue, two words of warning Since all themes are constantly [...]
Upgrading WordPress on Multiple Sites, Good Practice
With the recent scare regarding a serious security vulnerability in pre-WP 2.8.4 , and the response from WordPress I found myself facing upgrading multiple sites that I own, or sites that I manage for others. In some cases, this was not an upgrade from 2.8.2 to 2.8.4 since I had neglected some sites for a while, or haven’t been able to upgrade yet, others were almost up to date. If, [...]
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