Lynda.com offers lots of the beginner WordPress classes that are free of charge. Their learning format breaks training into smaller, digestible chunks to allow you to learn everything at your own pace. (Alternatively, you can also skip what you know and pick up a few classes on subjects you want to learn more about.)
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Easiest WordPress Tip of the Month EVER
Is your WordPress database FAT?

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Is your WordPress database larger than it needs to be? Perhaps you’re moving to a new server and having trouble uploading the database because it’s too large?
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WordPress Table Shortcode Builder
If you’re like me, you’ve probably needed to create nice looking tables for your WordPress hosted site but haven’t found a good shortcode for it. Well, today’s your lucky day (and mine)!
That’s because I found this post by Kevin Chard. However, I encountered results that weren’t quite favorable:

As you can see, it wasn’t parsing the variables at all. So, I made a few minor adjustments to his code.
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Is your website sluggish? Here’s how you can help make it faster.
I’ve been contemplating what makes a great monthly tip – and consider some people are using WordPress.com for their website (and are unable to take advantage of any recommended plugins), I thought I’d make this month’s tip a more general tip that anyone with a website can take advantage of! Woo hoo! (Feel free to share this tip if you think others may benefit.)
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