The document summarizes the June WordPress Melbourne meetup, thanking Inspire9 for hosting and discussing various WordPress news and updates, including the upcoming WordPress 3.4 release. It features a Q&A session addressing recommended plugins for backups, themes, SEO, and eCommerce, along with tips for theme development. The meetup also highlights resources for mobile optimization and encourages community engagement.

1. WordPress Melbourne
June meetup
#wpmelb check in

2. Thank you to Inspire9 for having us
Thank you to our sponsor

3. WordPress News
WordPress 3.4 will be available any day now
WordPress SEO v1.2
Official Facebook for WordPress
WordCamp NY & WordPress TV
WordCamp Sydney (21st & 22nd July)
Any other news ??

4. WordPress Jobs
Is anyone offering paid WordPress work ?
Is anyone available for paid WordPress work ?

5. WordPress 3.4
Embed Tweets with oEmbed
Theme Customiser
Touch Support
HTML in Captions
Page Template Handling
+ a bunch of other ‘under the hood’ improvements
3 min demo : http://vimeo.com/43566362

6. Up next:
WordPress Q&A Session

7. Q: Which plugins / tools should
I use to backup my WP site ?
A:
Backup Buddy (Premium Plugin)
Manage WP (more than backups)
WordPress Backup to Dropbox (Made in Melbourne)
VaultPress from Automattic (more than backups)

8. Q: Do you have any advice for
working with Premium
WordPress Themes ?
A:
Always use a child theme (and create a new stylesheet)
Research the author (support, comments, documentation, forums)
Make sure to thoroughly test out the demo versions
Use Firebug / Developer tools

9. Q: Do you work with any
Theme Frameworks or ‘Starter’
WordPress Themes ?
A:
Genesis
Thesis
Roots
HTML5 & Starkers
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Bones

10. Q: Which plugins / tools do you
use to style fonts ?
A:
Tiny MCE Advanced Plugin
Client Proof Visual Editor Plugin
Add the styles via editor-styles.css
Use Firebug / Developer tools

11. Q: Which SEO plugins / tools
do you recommend ?
A:
WordPress (Yoast) SEO Plugin
All in one SEO Pack Plugin
SEO Moz (Premium with browser extensions)
XML Sitemaps - standalone plugin & wordpress (yoast) SEO
Google Anlytics & Webmaster Tools are essential

12. Q: Do you have any tips for
someone starting out with
Theme Development ?
A:
Digging into WordPress (Book + Sample Code)
Setup a local development environment & use version control
Download themes from the WP Theme Directory & look at how
they are coded
Use the WordPress Codex to learn about WP theme functions
Subscribe to blogs like
wp.tutsplus.com wpbeginner.com digwp.com

13. Q: Does anyone have any
experience with membership
tools / plugins ?
A:
Look at Buddy Press
Look at Gravity Forms for user signup
Look at WP-Member
Look at Membership
Look at Restrict Content Pro

14. Q: What plugin / tool would you
use for a small eCommerce
site ?
A:
Consider WooCommerce
Consider Cart 66
Consider Gravity Forms for single products
Consider PayPal buy now buttons
Consider third party services

15. Q: Mobile ?
A:
Go responsive
Device theme switcher
dotMobi wordpress mobile pack
WP Touch
Obox Mobile

16. Thanks for coming
Thanks again to Inspire9 for having us
Thanks again to our sponsor