jQuery Plugin Template

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/*
 * jquery.pluginTemplate.js
 *
 */
 
(function( $ ){
  $.fn.pluginName = function(options) {
 
      // there's no need to do $(this) because
      // "this" is already a jquery object
 
      var settings = {
              'setting1'    :   'val1',
              'setting2'    :   'val2'
      };
 
      // Maintain chainability...
      return this.each(function() {
 
          // If options exist, merge them
          // with our default settings
          if ( options ) {
            $.extend( settings, options );
          }
 
          // plugin code here
 
      }); // END: return this.each(function() { (which maintains chainability)
 
  };  // END: $.fn.pluginName = function() {
})( jQuery ); // END: (function( $ ){