iThemes

iThemes Annual Planning Retreat Feb. 14-15; Expect Slow Support Response Times

Cory Miller — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:25:10 +0000

The iThemes team will be holding our annual planning retreat next week — specifically on Feb. 14-15 — and will have the entire team (except one remote team member) in from around the world, including these traveling support moderators Ronald van Weerd, Sridhar Katakam, and Bes Zain. These guys in particular are here for an extended period of time (staying at hotels and dealing with jet lag so go easy on them please!).

As such our forum support response times may be slow during these days — Feb. 14-15 — while we plan and talk about goals and objectives for the upcoming year as a team in Oklahoma City.

Please be patient, kind, understanding with us during this time … and be a community — be helpful to each other as much as you can in the forums. In other words, just be who you are — the most gracious, awesome people in the world!

Our awesome support and dev teams will do our best to keep up during this time, but if you are planning a big project, or in need of help, please seek help head of time on the support forum.

By the way, we’re super excited for 2012 as we’re looking to Make Waves.

This is an enormous event for our company as we get together to improve what we’re doing, plot what we’re going to be shooting for … and dream big.

You, our customer community, will see great results from this time in the coming months and I hope you’re as excited as we are about it for what we’re going to do for you this year!

Here’s to an epic 2012 together!

Introducing Vow, a Wedding Child Theme for Builder

Kristen Wright — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:17:21 +0000

Vow, the 60th child theme for iThemes Builder, has just been released! Perfect for wedding websites, Vow features a bright, clean-lined design with a ribbon menu, framing wedding details in classic style:

Chronicle wedding plans with Vow’s blog styling, add wedding details like ceremony location or registry information, or add a photo gallery with engagement photos:

Vow's Blog Styling

Wedding Details: Location and Registry Info

Engagement Photos

Paired with Builder’s powerful layout engine, Vow is the perfect partner to a beautiful WordPress wedding website.

Get Vow (and Builder) today!

Have You Met the FlexxTheme? [video]

Nina East (Nina!) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:35:31 +0000

FlexxTheme was the first premium mega theme developed by iThemes for people who want more versatility out of their blogs and websites. One of the favorite features is the ability to modify page layouts without having to know any code or edit theme files, not to mention the built-in SEO features plus easy to ways to plug in graphics and backgrounds .

In this brand new WordPress training video you’ll learn all about the easy flexibility of FlexxTheme, as well as the new versatility you might not have heard about.

Now you can get all 18+ themes for only $97 to build your blog the right way.

Maximizing the FlexxTheme

Download the Flexx webinar handout.

You may also want to check out this post by one of our own members about how to choose between iThemes Builder and the FlexxTheme for different projects.

Get FlexxTheme now.

The Faces of Friends of iThemes

Kristen Wright — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:32:30 +0000

A few weeks ago, we launched the Friends of iThemes. The idea was simple: we wanted to display photos of our customers around our office to remind us of who we’re working to help every day. Being a web-based company has a ton of advantages, but it’s easy to miss the “human element” of interacting with our customers.

The response has been incredible, and we feel really amazed to have so many friends from all across the globe.

A ladder, a level, and some double-sided tape later, we now have the newly-installed Friends of iThemes wall:

We all gathered around, noting the names that now finally had faces, the unique personalities of each photo (some made us laugh pretty hard), and we all felt pretty inspired. So, thanks to all of you, our Friends. You make it possible for us to do what we love.

Don’t see your face here yet?

Upload your photo for our wall and join the Friends of iThemes club.

And don’t forget to join us for the State of iThemes webinar in two weeks. We’ll be sharing more of our strategic plan and initiatives, vision, and core values with our customer community, including our annual theme for 2012 “Make Waves”.

See you there!

Go Far Together [New iThemes Office Mural]

Kristen Wright — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:00 +0000

We recently wrapped up a mural project at the iThemes office. We just finished up a remodel to accommodate for new work areas as we’ve expanded, so we gained a nice bare wall that needed some personality.

We have several iThemes mottos, and one of them is an ancient African proverb:

In the fast-paced world of web development and design, it’s good to be reminded that we do greater work together than we could ever do alone.

Brad, our designer, sketched up a few amazing designs and we went to work enlarging it by 1000% for its new home on the wall. Over the span of 3 days, it took around nine hours to complete:

Here’s a time lapse of us painting it (enjoy!):

Join us for the State of iThemes webinar on February 22 at 6pm CST. We’ll be sharing more of our strategic plan and initiatives, vision, and core values (like this one) with our customer community, including our annual theme for 2012 “Make Waves” (which is awesome).

Grab your State of iThemes seat now!

FlexxTheme Gets New Price

Cory Miller — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:19:17 +0000

FlexxTheme was created for people who want more versatility out of their blogs and websites. It gives you the edge with built-in SEO features, easy to ways to plug in graphics and backgrounds, and other features that will save you time or from having to learning code.

FlexxTheme is the ultimate WordPress blog theme that gives you the greatest potential for one sweet price!

Now you can get all 18+ themes for only $97 to build your blog the right way.

Also, we’re holding a free training webinar on How to Maximize the FlexxTheme Feb. 7 so be sure to signup below:

Maximizing the FlexxTheme
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/642453658

Free Webinar: Maximizing The FlexxTheme Feb. 7

Cory Miller — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:22:04 +0000

Flexx is the ultimate WordPress blog theme that gives you the greatest potential …. learn more about this powerful blog theme in a free webinar below by WebDesign.com Prof Benjamin Bradley.

Maximizing the FlexxTheme
Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/642453658

Just Released: Market, an eCommerce Child Theme for Builder

Kristen Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:46:56 +0000

Introducing Market, the latest eCommerce child theme for iThemes Builder. With simple lines, cool colors, and bold contrast styling for widget areas, Market is the perfect store-front for your WordPress eCommerce site:

Market, the Latest Child Theme for Builder

Like Depot (another eCommerce Builder child theme), Market features integration with three different WordPress eCommerce plugins: Shopp, Cart66 and WP-Ecommerce. Simply visit the Market demo home page to select your preferred plugin to view the specific Market styling for each.

Check out Market’s cool shop and product page:

The Market Shop

Keep customers up to date with your news, featured by Market’s blog design:

Market's blog styling

Market is available for immediate download, included with nearly 60 other child themes, in the iThemes Developer Pack, the All Access Theme Pass, or the 3-in-1 Web Designer’s Toolkit. Get Market stand-alone (bundled with Builder Theme Core), too.

Get Market now.

2012 State of iThemes Feb. 22

Cory Miller — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:45:03 +0000

As we’ve grown and expanded, I’ve found it essential to begin sharing our strategic plan and initiatives, vision, and core values with our customer community each year. (We do this annual and quarterly with our team as well – which will happen Feb. 14-15).

I do this because we want to be a transparent and personable company … we also want you to know where we are heading so you can join with us. (You can see last year’s State of iThemes webinar replay here and my 2011 Year in Review post here.)

We don’t want to just be a company that has a transactional relationship with you. We want to be more. We want to be a partner and friend to you. That’s why we say you are part of our “customer community” not simply just customers. And why we also launched our Friends of iThemes customer ambassador club (to let those of you who want an even closer relationship with our team and business to have the opportunity to do so).

This year, our annual theme is “Make Waves.” We have several campaign initiatives around this and I’m super excited to unpack them for you at the 2012 State of iThemes webinar on Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. Central Standard Time. (I hope this time is the best time for the most attendance.)

I hope you’ll join me for this special time as I point the way our ship is heading this year … and enlist you on the journey!

2012 State of iThemes Webinar
Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
6 p.m. Central Standard Time

Signup for the 2012 State of iThemes Webinar here:

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/222585554

Introducing Kepler Light

Kristen Wright — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:43:31 +0000

Introducing the latest Builder child theme: Kepler Light, the “lighter” version of the original Kepler. Kepler Light features the same great photography-focused styling, great for showcasing your creative work:

Kepler Light includes several specific post styles to focus on featured images, all with a unique custom date stamp to add interest to your blog:

A Beautiful Feature Image Post

Featured Image Less Than 960px Wide

Featured Image Greater Than 960px

To see all of Kepler Light’s portfolio-related features, check out this free Kepler overview webinar from WebDesign.com. You’ll walk through all of the theme features, plus a step-by-step tutorial on how to use Kepler Light to showcase images and other visual web type elements. You’ll also learn how to use Builder’s layout engine and image grid extension with Kepler.

With Kepler Light and Builder, you’ll have the perfect foundation for creating awesome WordPress photography sites. Kepler Light also partners perfectly with DisplayBuddy, a collection of plugins designed to showcase images, video, and text uniquely and easily.

Get Kepler Light stand-alone, bundled with over 50 other child themes in the Builder Developer Pack, or in our All Access Theme Pass.