The most comprehensive resource is the WordPress codex at wordpress.org, but it can be difficult to get into. Depending on the level you're at, you could try the wpbeginner blog or look at Thord Daniel Hedengren's books, which go into more depth. Smashing magazine also has a WordPress section with lots of helpful & clear tutorials.
You've gotten a lot of really decent answers with some of the best sites out there. I can't really top their answers. However, I have several hundred (migrating from Delicious still) bookmarked recources in my Pearltrees account.Categorized by sub category like tutorials, templates, plugins, coding, etc... (Like I said, I am still migrating over from Delciious and I am constantly adding more resources).
The best way to learn is simply to mess with it. Set up a Wordpress as a sandbox. Get down there into the code. Make mistakes. The links others have posted are great, and good to keep open in another browser window as you work, but there's no substitute for getting in there and doing it. Use your browser's inspect element feature often. If you understand html and have good graphic skills you'll get it in no time.
It all depends on your learning style. The digwp.com stuff was very helpful for me when starting out (Go ahead and buy the pdf of the book. It will definitely be worth it). The biggest help for me was the WordPress codex. It is tough to get into at first, but once you do there won't be anything you can't quickly figure out from the codex.
Most likely your best resource is going to be the Wordpress Codex followed closely by trial and error. Also make sure to Google any crazy problem you're having. No matter how ridiculous there's better than a 50% chance someone else has encountered it and written up their solution!
However, I'm going to shamelessly throw my own site into the mix (since it's not ad supported or anything I can do this without any guilt!) - We try to keep an ongoing list of information we've found useful in modifying Wordpress sites for ourselves and customers. We've categorized posts by user experience level so that will make for some good background reading to get more familiar.
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You've gotten a lot of really decent answers with some of the best sites out there. I can't really top their answers. However, I have several hundred (migrating from Delicious still) bookmarked recources in my Pearltrees account.Categorized by sub category like tutorials, templates, plugins, coding, etc... (Like I said, I am still migrating over from Delciious and I am constantly adding more resources).
The best way to learn is simply to mess with it. Set up a Wordpress as a sandbox. Get down there into the code. Make mistakes. The links others have posted are great, and good to keep open in another browser window as you work, but there's no substitute for getting in there and doing it. Use your browser's inspect element feature often. If you understand html and have good graphic skills you'll get it in no time.
It all depends on your learning style. The digwp.com stuff was very helpful for me when starting out (Go ahead and buy the pdf of the book. It will definitely be worth it). The biggest help for me was the WordPress codex. It is tough to get into at first, but once you do there won't be anything you can't quickly figure out from the codex.
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Finally, I like the smashing magazine WordPress section as well as helpful tutorials on tutsplus (wp.tutsplus.com) and other blogs. However these shouldn't be used for understanding WordPress. They should only be used for giving you ideas on different things and approaches that can be used with WordPress.However, I'm going to shamelessly throw my own site into the mix (since it's not ad supported or anything I can do this without any guilt!) - We try to keep an ongoing list of information we've found useful in modifying Wordpress sites for ourselves and customers. We've categorized posts by user experience level so that will make for some good background reading to get more familiar.
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