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By: Kristen Wright

May 1st, 2013

A few weeks ago, Chris Jean posted this in-depth blog post covering the recent WordPress security attacks. In his post, Chis outlined several ways to protect your site, so we created these 5 new tutorial videos covering everything from how to manually install WordPress to how to update your wp-config.php keys — all ways to [...]

By: Kristen Wright

March 11th, 2013

Today we’re pumped to release Noise, a new responsive-ready Builder child theme and a brand new plugin for iThemes Builder, Builder Audio Block. View the live demo Designed with musicians and bands in mind, Builder now makes it easy to create a WordPress band website with a “built-in” audio player, a way to display albums [...]

By: Kristen Wright

February 26th, 2013

Today we’re proud to announce the launch of the new iThemes Tutorials hub with 63 new WordPress video tutorials. Ranging from WordPress 101 (a total beginner’s introduction to WordPress) to advanced WordPress web developer training, to BackupBuddy and Builder basics and even a whole series on Builder CSS, we’ve created these WordPress tutorials as a free resource for [...]

By: Elise Alley

April 10th, 2012

Once a month over at iThemes.TV, Benjamin Bradley, “The Professor” at WebDesign.com, leads a class called WordPress 101 for those just starting out with WordPress. This particular session was a little different as Benjamin touched on some of the new features in the upcoming version of WordPress. A lot of the new features in WordPress 3.4 [...]

By: Nina East (Nina!)

January 11th, 2012

In this week’s free WordPress tutorial, Benjamin Bradley reviews 18 critical elements you need to know when setting up your WordPress site, including some insights into hidden areas of the dashboard and how to create an easier work flow. In addition to learning about privacy settings, filling out your profile – how and why you [...]

By: Justin Seeley

October 10th, 2011

Here at iThemes we understand the hurdles that users face when trying to build their first website. It’s not easy to jump in to web design without knowing the ins-and-outs of what actually makes up a functioning website. That’s why we’re announcing our new series of “Basics” webinars. These free webinars will be done on a regular, [...]

By: Justin Seeley

August 30th, 2011

Recently the iThemes team released a child theme called Kepler, and I have to say that it is, by far, my favorite child theme they’ve ever done! Kepler is the 44th child theme released for iThemes Builder. This theme is perfect for creatives of all types and gives you a unique way to showcase your [...]

By: Nina East (Nina!)

July 5th, 2011

Here is a quick video from WebDesign.com featuring the changes and upgrades included in WordPress 3.2 which was just released to the public on July 4th. (As always, before you upgrade, you should backup your entire site. The upgrade to WP 3.2 should go fine, but it’s better to be safe than sorry, right? BackupBuddy [...]

By: Justin Seeley

June 29th, 2011

In preparation for the WordPress 3.2 release (which includes some great new features and tweaked dashboard design), we’ve crafted a series of WordPress 101 tutorials to help users get up-to-speed on the WordPress platform and hopefully alleviate some of the frustration that may come with being a new user to WordPress. Here at iThemes we’ve [...]

By: Ryan Croft

January 21st, 2011

Ryan, from iThemes, shows you the basic function and management of WordPress widgets. Widgets are an essential part of organizing and arranging your site’s function and layout.