Two New Web 2.0 Free WordPress Themes
January 28, 2008
iThemes loves WordPress. That’s obvious. But now we’re putting our mouth where our time/money/energy is too.
Today, we’re releasing two new Web 2.0 free WordPress themes to the WP community.
These are blog themes and include the following features:
- Widget ready sidebars
- Web 2.0 look and feel
Download and demo these free themes here
Free WordPress Video Tutorials from iThemes.com
January 24, 2008
Through our Tutorials page, we’re offering a number of free video tutorials for using WordPress.
Below are some video tutorials that cover general issues related to using WordPress and specific ones relating to how to tweak and use our individual theme series.
WORDPRESS BASICS
- WordPress Overview - How it works
- How WordPress Themes work
- How to install WordPress via Godaddy
- How to install WordPress via cPanel using Fantastico
- How to login to WP Dashboard
- How to upload and activate Themes and Plugins
- How to customize a Theme (overview)
- How to select different inside Page Templates
- How widgets work
- How to setup a blog feed via Feedburner
- The difference between a Page and Post
- How to create a new Page or Post
- How to edit Pages/Posts
- How to set up new Users
- How to install Google Analytics stats
- How to put photos in a Post or Page
ESSENCE THEME
- Essence Introduction
- 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
Please note: All videos are copyrighted material. Please don’t steal. But we encourage you to link to them!
3 Ways to Use WordPress Pages More Effectively
January 6, 2008
One of the often overlooked features of WordPress is its Pages.
If you’ve used WordPress for very long, you probably know that Pages are different than Posts. Pages are for more static content and outside the typical chronological display of Posts.
[To Write a Page … go to the WP Dashboard, click on Write, then Write Page.]
I thought I’d mention some ideas for using WordPress Pages effectively and also how I’ve used them …
Here are three ways you can leverage WordPress Pages effectively: Read more
Welcome to the iThemes Blog
January 6, 2008
Well, you found it — the iThemes official company blog — where we’ll post tips and tutorials for using WordPress and our premium WordPress themes and of course items about iThemes the Company and Brand.
Stay tuned as we start releasing free content here and news about our upcoming product offerings.
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