How To Learn Properly

First of all- you are awesome-thank you for taking the time to answer in this forum.

I wanted to ask you what the proper way was to learn and understand the guitar. It seems like simply memorizing different scales without the proper interjection of theory is almost pointless. Can you tell me what I need to know to play like you and in what order I need to know these things? You obviously know a lot of scales- notes on the fretboard- advanced chords over the fretboard-- what is the best order/way to learn these things?

Any books you recommend? I will check out Andrew's theory lessons as per your other posting recommendation. Thanks. I guess I just don't want to learn things in the wrong order.

How To Learn Guitar

I've been playing off and on for some time- never really learned music theory or any advanced chords besides messing around with the minor pentatonic scale and some open chords. I want to learn to shred like the best- and know my way inside and out of the guitar. I took several lessons but really am motivated to teach myself through the information portal that is the web. I'm tired of messing around learning little licks here and there but not having full comprehension of everything.

Are there any specific/books/methods/sites/order of learning I should follow?