These links below are for free tutorials and resources created by the team at iThemes and PluginBuddy for the WordPress community:

NEW WP 3.0 VIDEOS

• Quick Steps to Getting Started with Your WordPress Theme
• How to Backup WordPress Easily
• WordPress 3.0 - Overview
• How to Use the New Custom Menus
• How to login to WP Dashboard
• How to Activate Your Theme
• How to write a Post
• How to write a Page
• How to Add New Users
• How to Moderate Comments
• How to use WP Widgets
• Watch ALL WordPress 3.0 Tutorial videos here

MORE WP TUTORIALS

• How to Become a WordPress Developer

FIREFOX BROWSER TUTORIALS

• Get the FireFox Browser Here
• FireFox Add-on Video: ColorZilla
• FireFox Add-on Video: FireBug

7 STEPS TO OPTIMIZING WORDPRESS

1. Change your permalinks structure
2. Install these plugins
3. Include your main keywords in your title bar
4. Put in your meta tags
5. Paste your email newsletter form code here
6. Write good headlines for search engines
7. Study your traffic stats to refine your strategy

FREE WP STUFF

• ServerBuddy - check your WordPress security & hosting quality
• Easy Theme/Plugin Updater
• ThemeManager
• Tabber Widget Plugin
• Free WordPress Themes

FREE GRAPHICS

• Social Media Icons Set 1
• Social Media Icons Set 2
• Social Media Icons Set 3: Slate / Chalkboard

RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS
General Software

• WordPress Hosting: HostGator
• Screen Recording Software:Camtasia (Mac or PC)
• Email Newsletters: Aweber
• Personal or Business Email: Gmail
• Webinar/Conference Software: GoToWebinar

WordPress Plugins

• Backup, Restore & Migrate WP Sites: BackupBuddy
• Online Forms: Gravitys Forms
• Membership Sites:WishList Member
• Google Sitemap Generator

• Professional WordPress
• WordPress Bible
• BuddyPress For Dummies - by our good friend Lisa Sabin-Wilson
• Digging Into WordPress

These links below are for product-related tutorials and resources for iThemes (WordPress themes) and PluginBuddy (WordPress plugins):

GENERAL THEME TUTORIALS

• How to use the iThemes Support Forum
• First Steps - Installing WP and activating your theme
• How to change Featured Images (Rotating photos feature)
• How to adding/removing Page items to your menu navigation (Menu Builder)
• How to set Contact Form Page Template (if applicable)
• How/where to include your Google Analytics or statistics tracking code
• Basic Search Engine Optimization tips
• How to use Billboard ad plugin

BUILDER TUTORIALS

• Builder Support Forum
• Builder Tutorials
• Setting a Static Page as Front Page and Adding a Blog
• Builder Webinar - March 3, 2010
• Creating an RSS Page
• Upgrading Builder
• Advanced CSS Webinar
• Why and How to Use Child Themes
• Adding Color to Child Themes with Adobe's Kuler
• WordPress 3.0 Menus Videos with Builder

FLEXX THEME

• FlexxTheme Menu Builder
• FlexxTheme Header Height Field
• FlexxTheme Header Image Fade Options
• FlexxTheme Layout Selection
• File Permission Errors
• Remove Default Widget Text
• Background Image and Color Manager
• FlexxTheme Using a Landing Page

ADDINGTON THEME (Theme Demo)

• Introduction
• Click-able Featured Images
• More Tag Text
• Widgets & Icons
• Support Link

JENKS THEME (Theme Demo)

• Introduction
• Using Page Templates
• How to use the "Support" icon
• Changing the Tabbed sections and Home Feature areas

iCOMPANY THEME (Theme demo)

• Overview
• Using the new Featured Images
• Setting the Tabs
• Using Page Templates
• Setting up the Home Page
• Changing the header image
• Setting up the blog

ECOMMERCE THEME (Theme demo)

• Overview of the theme
• How to change the logo
• How to add thumbnails
• How to change Featured Product section
• How to set number of images on home page
• How to take out the customer reviews or comments section

ESSENCE THEME (Theme demo)

• Essence Introduction
• How to use the new Theme Options page
• How to use the Featured Images script
• How to change from text header to graphical header
• How to change the default photos
• How to select different inside Page Templates
• How to edit the sidebars using Widgets and the Theme Editor