SC jQuery Plugin

This plugin is used to load jQuery javascript library, and set "no conflict" mode to allow usage with mootools, and other libraries. No conflict mode removes the "$" operator from jQuery, allowing other libraries to use that operator.

More usage details for jQuery no conflict mode are available at http://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries

This plugin does the following

- installs minified jQuery library file, version 1.3
- executes the noConflict() method after jQuery has loaded
- provides instructions on how to use jQuery safely with mootools
- jQuery UI integration + many UI templates
- a place to add custom code into the plugin
- the use of a application variable to flag if jQuery has been loaded (so that other extensions would be able to check)

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byelectioneering on September 25, 2009
This extension is excellent! I had a problem using the Wibiya bar and YooAccordion and this plugin fixed the problem right after install it.

Thank you very much for this!
I love the freedom offered by the GPL to enable us to take Joomla! and do with it that which we wish. Unfortunately, cashing that freedom in to check out other JS frameworks can be tricky. We can also create problems for users if we don't consider the big picture beyond "our extensions."

I'm recommending SC jQuery to others who don't want to sort through the document header array, reload Mootools after jQuery, or unload Mootools, etc., and figure out how to get the no conflict going. This plugin does it - and in doing so, safely opens up a whole world of possibilities for cool UX action on Joomla! sites.

Thanks Phil!
After a lot of reading to try and get JQuery running nicely with Joomla ( and mootools.. ho hum) just to get slimbox 2 working, I came across this. I have not tested extensively, or looked to hard at all the implications, but after trawling the forums and finding a lot of stuff I didn't really understand how to implement manually (Im a JS hack at best) this got me up and running in 5 min.

Install, add the slimbox JS to my template and I was away.

Will test it with other JQuery stuff I have on non-joomla sites, but so far so good.

Thanks for saving me having to become a JS coder ( for now :)