Our first WordPress and jQuery setup

I hear you. Enough talking already. Let's get jQuery rolling. The majority of this book's code and samples use WordPress 3.0 RC and the brand new default theme is "Twenty Ten". It's a great, clean, HTML5 valid theme. Even if you want to enhance an older version of WordPress, say 2.8 or 2.9, you'll be glad to know that every one of this title's scripts (or approximate versions of it) was originally written and tested in version 2.8.6 and 2.9.2 before being ported over to 3.0.

Where applicable, I'll show you alternative jQuery solutions for WordPress' 2.9.2 default theme as well as point out differences between jQuery's 1.3.2 library, which comes bundled with version 2.9.2, and jQuery's 1.4.2 library, which is bundled with WordPress version 3.0.

The point of every example is to show you not just how to enhance WordPress' default theme, but any theme, and I hope you get creative with the examples and find ways to apply them in unique ways to all sorts of WordPress...