To override the default jQuery version called by WordPress from 1.3.2 to 1.4.2:

In your theme’s function.php file, Paste this code:

if( !is_admin()){
   wp_deregister_script('jquery');
   wp_register_script('jquery', ("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"), false, '1.4.2');
   wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}

Wherever you see ’1.4.2′, you can replace that with whatever wordpress version you are using.

This has been tested in WordPress 2.9.2

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1. Improve your performance with YSlow

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/

Yslow grades the performance of your site based on 3 rulesets. The criteria includes http requests, gzip compression, javascript placement at bottom, css expressions, dns lookups, minifying css and javascript, url redirects, 404 errors and more.
With Yslow you can figure out what is holding up the page from loading up fast. I typically check under components to see if there are any 404s for files called.

2. Compress Images with Smushit

http://developer.yahoo.com/yslow/smushit/

Compress images even further than saving for web in photoshop with Smushit.

3. Place Javascript at the bottom of your html document

Javascript calls at the bottom allow the page to load without having to wait until the javascript is loaded.

4. Compress CSS and JS Files

http://www.cssoptimiser.com/

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http://javascriptcompressor.com/

5. Use CSS Sprites

The concept of css sprites is to combine multiple images into one and using background-position in your css to display only certain images.

See How to use CSS Sprites: http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/

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Quick tip:

In order to wrap a <span> around an <a> tag for example:

<ul>
<li>item 1</li>
<li>item 2</li>
</ul>

to:

<ul>
<li><span>item 1</span></li>
<li><span>item 2</span></li>
</ul>

Apply this jquery call:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
    $("li a").each(function() {
        $(this).wrap('<span/>');
    });
});
</script>

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jQuery Hosted on Google:

Here’s the code to link to Google’s jQuery repository. It grabs the latest jQuery version.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>

If you want to target a particular version of jquery:

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Google link to jQuery:

You can go here http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/list for the download list and right-click copy-link location.

Jquery CDNs

Go to http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery for a list of CDNs

Updated: 6/14/11 12:22pm

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