Beginner tutorial for elgg

Question

Can any one suggest good tutorials for studying elgg, for elgg beginners

Answer 1

Have you tried here: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Tutorials/HelloWorld ?

Answer 2

I know its already late, but for the reference of any new comer:

There is some documentation at http://docs.elgg.org/ and the code reference at http://reference.elgg.org/ but the best way to learn is usually digging into the source code for Elgg itself, or for some of the better plugins out there.

If you have any doubts, register in the elgg community at http://community.elgg.org and ask there. The community members will help you.

There is also a book on Elgg 1.8 @ http://www.packtpub.com/elgg-18-social-networking/book

Answer 3

Starting with Elgg is quite easy, there are quite excelent tutorials on the network, you should always start with it Main Documentation Page if you are looking for answers register on their forums or better yet be part of their mailing developer group.

Still looking for specific topics? Then lots of blogs writes about elgg social framework, i regular visit

Spanish:

• Como Crear una Red social Con Elgg
• BlogBlog WhoIs(Mi Blog Personal)

English:

• Elgg Officials Blogs
• Elgg With Adsense
• JaneKnight Elgg blog(This a quite nice Blog)

Answer 4

Read this: http://docs.elgg.org/wiki/Tutorials/Blog

Answer 5

Try reading

1. Elgg 1.8 Social Networking by Cash Costello; or
2. Elgg Social Networking by Mayank Sharma

Answer 6

You can get the development docs at http://docs.elgg.org/.

If you want to develop your own mod for elgg, I advise you to understand the callback mechanism firstly, it will help you a lot in the process of developping your own mod.

Answer 7

You can see the full document of elgg at learn.elgg