jQuery plugin template

;(function ($) {
  //default settings
  var settings = {
    location: 'top',
    'background-color': 'blue'
  }

  var methods = {
    init: function (options) {
      return this.each(function () {
        if (options) {
          $.extend(settings, options)
        }

        //DO THOME PREPARATIONS HERE
        //settings.location = 'bottom'
        //$(this).data('mykey', 'myval');
      })
    },
    hi: function (to) {
      //custom method
      //fire custom event
      $(this).trigger('hiEvent', { name: $(this).data('mykey') })
    }
  }

  $.fn.myPlugin = function (options) {
    if (methods[options]) {
      return methods[options].apply(this, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1))
    } else if (typeof options === 'object' || !options) {
      return methods.init.apply(this, arguments)
    } else {
      $.error('Method ' + options + ' does not exist on jQuery.tooltip')
    }
  }
})(jQuery)

jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
  $('#m1').myPlugin()

  //subscribe to custom event
  $('#m1').bind('hiEvent', function (e, oArgs) {
    alert('custom event detected\r\nDATA:\r\nname: ' + oArgs.name)
  })
})