Beginner tutorial for elgg

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

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)

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