10 of the Best Tutorials to Get You Up to Speed With WordPress 3.0

Perhaps you haven’t had time to jump head first into WordPress 3.0. Maybe you haven’t even upgraded your site. There are so many new features that it may be a little overwhelming. Don’t worry. You’re not behind, especially if you’re using BuddyPress. BP version 1.2.5 came out today with numerous bug fixes for WordPress 3.0.  Now is a good time to look at upgrading.

We’ve gathered some of the most high quality tutorials available in the WordPress community to help you learn how to harness the new features of this release. Consider this a crash course on how to use and customize everything new and exciting in WordPress 3.0.  Add these to your reading list and you’ll be up to speed in no time. 
 

Custom Post Types

Rock Solid WordPress 3.0 Themes Using Custom Post Types

How to Use Custom Post Types in WordPress 3.0 (video)

Extending Custom Post Types: 3.0: Permalinks, Metaboxes, Querying

Taxonomies

The Essential Guide to WordPress 3.0 Custom Taxonomies

Template Tags

WordPress 3.0 Theme Tip: The Comment Form

Template Changes/Tags for WordPress 3.0

Shortlinks

Shortlinks With WordPress 3.0

Menus

Goodbye. headaches. Hello, menus!

Domain Mapping

WordPress 3.0 Multisite Domain Mapping Tutorial

Custom Backgrounds

WordPress 3.0 Custom Background Support

Featured Plugin - WordPress Pop-Up Chat Plugin

No javascript required, no third part chat engine, just fully featured chat right in your own database on your own WP sites - couldn't be easier.
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Wiki Plugin

To get a wiki up and running you used to need to install Mediawiki and toil away for days configuring it... not any more! This plugin gives you *all* the functionality you want from a wiki, in WordPress!!!
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Infinite SEO Plugin

Fully integrated with the SEOMoz API, complete with automatic links, sitemaps and SEO optimization of your WordPress setup - this is the only plugin you need to help you rank your site number 1 on Google - nothing else compares.
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Membership Site Plugin

If you're thinking about starting a paid, or just private, membership site then this is truly the plugin you've been looking for. Easy to use, massively configurable and ready to go out of the box!
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Facebook Plugin

Would you like to add Facebook comments, registration, 'Like' buttons and autoposting to your WP site? Well, The Ultimate Facebook plugin has got that all covered!
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Google Maps Plugin

Simply insert google maps into posts, sidebars and pages - show directions, streetview, provide image overlays and do it all from a simple button and comprehensive widget.
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Ecommerce Shopping Cart Plugin

Out of all the WordPress ecommerce plugins available, MarketPress has got to be the winner - easy to configure, powerful functionality, multiple gateways and more. A simply brilliant plugin!
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Q&A Site Plugin

It's now incredibly easy to start your own Q&A site using nothing more than WordPress - The Q&A plugin simply and brilliantly transforms any site, or page, into a perfect support or Q&A environment.
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Featured Plugin - WordPress Appointments Plugin

Take, set and manage appointments and client bookings without having to leave WordPress. Appointments+ makes it easy.
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