The document discusses updates to WordPress including new meetups in Australia, WordPress version 3.4 features like the theme customizer, and WordPress 3.5 beta 1 updates for both users and developers. The next WordPress Brisbane meetup will be on November 8th and include 5-10 minute talks about WordPress sites. WordPress 3.5 beta 1 updates for users include a media library overhaul, welcome screen, and retina display support, while updates for developers include library updates, TinyMCE API additions, and performance improvements.

1. WORDPRESS 3.4,
3.5 AND MORE!
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2. WORDPRESS NEWS
 New WordPress Meetups in Australia – Canberra, Bendigo, Wollongong
 WordPress User Groups Stats
http://jamesc.id.au/2012/10/wordpress-user-groups-australia/
 WPAustralia.org – Forums + Hangouts
http://www.wpaustralia.org/
 WordCamp San Francisco Videos
http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-san-francisco-2012/
 WordCamp Sydney Videos
http://wordpress.tv/event/wordcamp-sydney/
 6 Aussie contributors to WordPress 3.5 core! (Dion, Gary, Ryan, James, Japh,
Bronson)
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3. NEXT WORDPRESS BRISBANE MEETUP
 Every second Thursday of the month
 WordPress Show & Tell – November 8th 2012
 We want you to talk about your WordPress sites (5 – 10 mins talks)
 House Keeping
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4. WORDPRESS 3.4 RECAP
 Theme Customizer
 Theme Previewer
 HTML support in captions
 Add new comment from post edit screen
 Twitter oEmbed support
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4
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5. WORDPRESS 3.5 (BETA 1) - USERS
 Media Library Overhaul (very beta) – ImageMagick support
 Welcome Screen
 New colour picker
 Retina ALL THE THINGS!!!
 Accessibility – Keyboard navigation and screen reader
 Favourite plugins
 Mobile app improvements
 Link Manager removed for fresh installs
 More oEmbed providers
 Twenty Twelve
http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/news/wordpress-3-5-beta-1-wants-you/
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6. WORDPRESS 3.5 (BETA 1) - DEVS
 External library updates -TinyMCE 3.5.6, SimplePie 1.3, jQuery 1.8.2, jQuery UI 1.9
 New external libraries – Backbone 0.9.2 and Underscore 1.3.3
 TinyMCE – API support has been added for “views” which you can use to offer previews
and interaction of elements from the visual editor.
 switch_to_blog() performance improvements
 Posts and Comment API updates
 Soundcloud – Slideshare
 Twenty Twelve
http://kovshenin.com/2012/what-can-wordpress-theme-developers-learn-from-twenty-twelve/
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