//You need an anonymous function to wrap around your function to avoid conflict
(function($){
//Attach this new method to jQuery
$.fn.extend({
//This is where you write your plugin's name
pluginname: function() {
//options
var defaults = {
option1: "default_value"
}
var options = $.extend(defaults, options);
//a public method
this.methodName: function () {
//call this method via $.pluginname().methodName();
}
//Iterate over the current set of matched elements
return this.each(function() {
var o = options;
//code to be inserted here
});
}
});
//pass jQuery to the function,
//So that we will able to use any valid Javascript variable name
//to replace "$" SIGN. But, we'll stick to $ (I like dollar sign: ) )
})(jQuery);