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divinehammer

I'm adding this responsive nav script to my theme. It requires putting this into the code:

But I'd prefer to stick the jQuery link in functions.php, like this -

wp_register_script( 'jquery', 'http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js', null, '1.7.2', false);

But when I do that, the navigation no longer works. If I have links to the Google ajax libraries in both places it works fine. Why does it matter where I put the link?

divinehammer

To clarify, this is what's in the header:

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/lnpJE

If I remove the second reference to the Google ajax library, the navigation fails.

JohnMotylJr

Im assuming that you are using wordpress. Chris Coyier posted a nice little function to include inside your functions.php.

This is the one i use and never have any problems:

if (!is_admin()) add_action("wp_enqueue_scripts", "my_jquery_enqueue", 11);
function my_jquery_enqueue() {
    wp_deregister_script('jquery');
    wp_register_script('jquery', "http" . ($_SERVER['SERVER_PORT'] == 443 ? "s" : "") . "://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js", false, null);
    wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}

Here is the article.

divinehammer

Thanks John. For some reason that doesn't fix it.

This code is what functions.php generates, but doesn't help the nav work -

`<script type='text/javascript' src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js?ver=1.7.2'></script>`

Hard-coding this is the only thing that works -

`<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>`

mcjohnst

where is your wp_head(); function located? Try moving that to just before the closing head element if it's not already there. WP loads up a ton of stuff, sometimes extra junk, with that one function.

CrocoDillon

Do you have a live site? Would make it easier to see what's going on.

divinehammer

I'm developing this theme locally, but my functions.php section looks like this -

http://d.pr/i/VwBp

And the head stuff looks like this -

http://d.pr/i/owzq

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