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Free eBook: I Want To Hire You But Your Resume Sucks
What’s the first impression you give to prospective employers? Hint: It’s a piece of paper. Another hint: It probably sucks. The newest addition to the iThemes eBook library has just arrived — right on time to help rescue your resume. In “I Want To Hire You But Your Resume Sucks,” Cory shares 30+ tips for how to start doing the things that will make you an attractive free agent to prospective employers. Your resume [...]
Friends of iThemes: James Frazier
Earlier this year we launched the Friends of iThemes to our customer community as a way to connect our customers with the “inside scoop” about everything going on at iThemes. The Friends of iThemes graciously gave us their photos to help decorate our office walls (you may have already seen the installation of the “Friends of iThemes” wall on the blog) and we thought it would also be cool to celebrate some of their [...]
Just Released: Builder Events Block
We’re really proud to announce the official release of the new Builder Events Block — the new event management plugin for iThemes Builder! Features Earlier this month we previewed some of the Builder Events Block features that will make adding events to your WordPress site quick and easy. After some internal testing, we updated a few details that provide optimal customization. Here’s a quick Builder Events Block feature recap: 1. Add events straight from the WordPress [...]
Announcing iThemes Education Pricing Discounts For Your Classroom
Last year we announced that we were giving away over $100K away in WordPress themes, plugins and training to qualified educators as part of our iThemes Education program. And we haven’t stopped there. Each week we continue to add more and more educators to this program that gives educators access and support to our entire WordPress inventory — our WordPress Web Designer’s Toolkit — for free. (By the way, if [...]
Due Next Week: New Child Theme Arrival
Update 05/03/2012: Builder child theme Arrival and Arrival Blue have been released! Make sure to check out each of the demo sites for Arrival – in pink and blue. We’re expecting our first “iThemes baby” this summer (congrats Cody and Callie!), so it was only fitting to add a “baby announcement” child theme to celebrate. Here’s a sneak peek of next week’s the Builder child theme Arrival – in pink and blue: [...]
Lockdown WordPress: Security Tips from the Pros – Webinar Replay
Yesterday’s LockDown WordPress: Security Tips from Sucuri was an incredibly eye-opening time with Sucuri CEO and Co-Founder Dre Armeda and his awesome team. The reasons WHY you need to do this should be pretty obvious (you don’t want people thinking you sell Viagra, do you?). It is, however, important to know HOW hackers manage to attack your site. Malware (short for “malicious software”) is a major security issues for website [...]
Making Use of the Projects Feature in Covell
One of the most popular portfolio Builder child themes (and one of my personal favorites) is Covell, which has several content-specific features, including the Projects Custom Post Type. Covell’s Projects are great for showing off content images (like portfolio items), since the Projects page has been designed to only show featured images from Projects posts (like this): Once Covell is activated, the Projects section appears in the dashboard below Posts: 1. [...]
Got the Tax Blues? Save 30% on WordPress Awesomeness
Since today is the deadline to file taxes in the United States, we thought we’d extend some savings for your (hopefully very large) rebate. Save 30% on everything at iThemes with coupon code REBATE30 — from now until midnight CDT, April 30, 2012. This deal includes (just to name a few): The Builder Developer Pack (reg. $197) — Includes Builder Theme Core + 64 child themes (and counting!) + the soon-to-be-released Builder Events Block [...]
Free eBook: Getting Started with Builder
We’ve been busy adding new resources to our iThemes eBook library (now 10 eBooks and counting!) and one of our latest additions is Getting Started with Builder, a handbook for Builder beginners. This guide presents an introduction to basic Builder concepts and terms, as well as a beginner’s overview on using Builder for the first time. We’ll walk step-by-step through installing and activating the Builder theme, as well as creating your first [...]
Get WordPress Security Tips from the Sucuri Pros: Free Webinar
As part of our Make Waves campaign for 2012, we believe every WordPress site should be safe and secure. That means having a backup strategy, but also making sure your site is clean of malware and security holes. In the last couple of months, we’ve seen an increase in hacked sites in our customer community and we asked our good friend and security expert Dre Armeda, CEO and co-founder at [...]
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