[roothost]

Been messing about with a few wordpress boilerplates lately and now have Jquery loading in the footer via functions.php;

if( !is_admin()){
	wp_deregister_script('jquery');
	wp_register_script('jquery', ("http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"), false, '1.3.2', true);
	wp_enqueue_script('jquery');
}

Is it really worthwhile putting in a fallback call to a local copy of Jquery? If so, how? I originally had this in my header section;

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script>window.jQuery || document.write('<script src="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?>/js/libs/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>')</script>

It seems like a logical thing to have a fallback but just unsure how to implement this using the wp_enqueue and functions.php call.

[MikeChipshop]

Personally i wouldn't bother with a fallback.
I understand that putting all your faith in the external copy may be a wrench but at the end of the day these things just have to done and gotten on with.

[roothost]

MikeChipshop, on 16 January 2012 - 12:46 PM, said:

Personally i wouldn't bother with a fallback.
I understand that putting all your faith in the external copy may be a wrench but at the end of the day these things just have to done and gotten on with.

Now awaits google to go down lol

[Pedro]

Hey man, I think you should always have a fallback to you local copy.
Last week the Google CDN was down for a few minutes

[Renaissance-Design]

Have no fear, I'm working on this one today. Will let you know when I've got something, shouldn't be long.

[Spitfire]

I remember seeing and article about this exact problem last Christmas. I'll dig through my bookmarks, see if I can find it.

EDIT: Found it, but I'm interested in seeing what Chris comes up with so I'll post the link to it after he's finished.

This post has been edited by Spitfire: 19 January 2012 - 12:32 PM

[Renaissance-Design]

Spitfire, on 19 January 2012 - 12:27 PM, said:

EDIT: Found it, but I'm interested in seeing what Chris comes up with so I'll post the link to it after he's finished.

Ha! No pressure, then...

[MikeChipshop]

Renaissance-Design, on 19 January 2012 - 12:47 PM, said:

Ha! No pressure, then...

Consider the pressure switch activated

I was actually thinking about this question again the other night and i'm not happy with the original answer i gave (and i think i knew that). Fall back never hurts so why not do it?

I shall amend my ways from now on and have fall back to a local copy

[Spitfire]

Personally, I'd stick to either just the CDN or just a local copy. Having a fallback in your functions.php basically means making a HTTP request to check that the CDN is still there on every time you refresh or change pages.

[oakleaves]

If you don't think it's reliable enough to use the googleapis then I'd just have a local copy. Can't see point of both?

[roothost]

Forgot about this! Am I right in thinking that my first example is the correct way of calling Jquery and that the second example (simply placing it in the header/footer) isn't really the way to go?

[MikeChipshop]

Spitfire, on 19 January 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

Personally, I'd stick to either just the CDN or just a local copy. Having a fallback in your functions.php basically means making a HTTP request to check that the CDN is still there on every time you refresh or change pages.

So i guess this would negate any reason to use a CDN version in the first place?

[Spitfire]

Hmmm... I suppose it would. I didn't really think it that far through.

Ah well, just for all you OCD people out there here's the article I mentioned previously:
http://wp.tutsplus.c...-for-wordpress/

[MikeChipshop]

Spitfire, on 19 January 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

Hmmm... I suppose it would. I didn't really think it that far through.

Come to think of it, that'd only be an issue if the CDN version was off-line and I'm sure that wouldn't happen much.

[Renaissance-Design]

Here's my take: Loading JQuery from Google’s CDN with local fallback in WordPress.

Sorry it took so long.

[roothost]

Renaissance-Design, on 19 January 2012 - 03:05 PM, said:

Here's my take: Loading JQuery from Google’s CDN with local fallback in WordPress.

Sorry it took so long.

Nice tut Chris, many thanks for posting