How can I include a jQuery plugin on my magento website?

Question

I am trying to use this jQuery plugin to preload my image in a flex slider on the homepage of my Magento site, but I can't figure out how to include it. How can I do this?

Answer 1

In admin panel CMS - Pages - Home Page - Design, add this code:

    <reference name="head">
<action method="addJs"><script>../skin/frontend/<pkgname>/<themename>/js/jquery-1.5.min.js</script></action>
<action method="addJs"><script>../skin/frontend/<pkgname>/<themename>/js/jquery.imageCache.js</script></action>                 
    </reference>

If you then view page source of your home page, you'll see the two jquery libraries getting loaded up.

Hope this helps.