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+Plugins for jQuery:
+
+checkbox manipulation - working with checkboxes
+fix Q tags - wrap q tags with proper quotes in Internet Explorer
+focus fields - add an outline and background to text inputs when they are given focus
+jQIR - replace text with images
+newsticker - a news ticker for sequentially showing each item in a list
+numeric - allow only numbers to be typed into a text box
+preload images - preload any images that you may use in the future (e.g. for image rollovers)
+select box manipulation - add/remove options in select boxes as well as sort them
+time picker - display a list of times when you click on an input
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diff --git a/fixq/jquery.fixq.js b/fixq/jquery.fixq.js
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+function fixQTags()
+{
+	if($.browser.msie)
+	{
+		$("q").prepend("“").append("”");
+	}
+}
+// execute fixQTags when page is ready
+$(fixQTags);
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diff --git a/jQIR/jquery.jqir.js b/jQIR/jquery.jqir.js
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2006/2007 Sam Collett (http://www.texotela.co.uk)
+ * Licensed under the MIT License:
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+ * 
+ */
+
+ 
+/*
+ * jQuery Image Replacement. An alternative to using CSS hacks
+ * The id attribute (or class) is used for the filename
+ *
+ * @name     jQIR
+ * @param    String format    Image format/file extension (e.g. png, gif, jpg) - ignored if specifying the filename in the class
+ * @param    String path      (optional) Path to images folder 
+ * @param    Function onload  (optional) Function to run when image has loaded 
+ * @author   Sam Collett (http://www.texotela.co.uk)
+ * @example  $(".jqir").jQIR("png", "images/");
+ * @before   <h1 id="heading1" class="jqir">Heading 1</h1>
+ *           <h2 class="jqir {src:heading2.png}">Heading 2</h2>
+ * @result   <h1 id="heading1" class="jqir"><img alt="Heading 1" src="images/heading1.png"></h1>   
+ *           <h2 class="jqir {src:heading2.png}"><img alt="Heading 2" src="images/heading2.png"></h2>   
+ * @example  $(".jqir").jQIR("gif"); // use same folder as page
+ * @before   <h1 id="heading1" class="jqir">Heading 1</h1>
+ * @result   <h1 id="heading1" class="jqir"><img alt="Heading 1" src="heading1.gif"></h1>   
+ *
+ */
+jQuery.fn.jQIR = function(format, path, onload)
+{
+	if(!document.images) return this;
+	path = path || "";
+	this.each(
+		function()
+		{
+			var img = $("<img>"), el = jQuery(this);
+			var file;
+			var re = /(?:{src\:)(\S+)(?:})/i;
+			var m = this.className.match(re);
+			if(m)
+			{
+				file = path + m[1];
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				file = path + this.id + "." + format;
+			}
+			
+			jQuery(img).attr(
+			{
+				src: file,
+				alt: el.text()
+			}).load(typeof onload == "function" ? onload : function(){} );
+			var a = el.find("a");
+			var toAppend = a.length ? a.empty().append(img) : img;
+			el.empty().append(toAppend);
+		}
+	)
+	return this;
+}
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diff --git a/preload/jquery.preload.js b/preload/jquery.preload.js
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+jQuery.preloadImages = function()
+{
+	for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
+	{
+		jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
+	}
+}
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