Thanks for the suggestion regarding the “back to top” link. I’m experimenting with a plugin that lets me do something about it. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just do it manually.

just one suggestion, after reading such a long post, if I want to navigate to any other link in header, I have to scroll up at least 10 to 15 times to reach header. So it is better if you add a “Back to top” link at the end of post and comments.

There was a jQuery 1.3.3, however I don’t know why but it was not publicly released, and the version number jumped right to v1.4 . The information in the article is still relevant though, as WordPress 2.9.2 is still using jQuery 1.3.2.

Perhaps it was only a developmental version, and because there were too many changes they decided to make it 1.4 instead. Anyone knows the details about this?

Anyways, in the Roadmap, they do mention 1.3.3: http://docs.jquery.com/JQuery_1.4_Roadmap

Just take a look for yourself at the “past version” download corner @ jquery.com: http://docs.jquery.com/Downloading_jQuery#Past_Releases

cu, w0lf.

I remember having to search and read numerous articles, forum postings and digging into the codes to do AJAX in plugins.

Thanks for sharing this post.

First, thanks a lot for these very helpfull tips.

I tried to use admin-ajax.php to handle my ajax requests … but it’s very slow. I tried to use Firebug to trace the time spent and it takes approx 7 seconds to retrieve 4 records in a database (just a select * + json in my ajax hook) on my Synology NAS.

I think it’s not due to the hook because if I replace my code by a simple echo, it takes approx the same time.

I suspect admin-ajax to consume time. Any tips to increase speed ?

it looks like my suggestion on wp-ajax.php and wp_ajaxurl() is no longer valid. The feature was removed again from core, due to security concerns (see Ticket #12400 in Trac).
Instead, admin-ajax.php is the correct way to go (but might require some special love for frontend AJAX).

Regards,
Tobias