Plugin example
This is a jQuery plugin example that just highlights text with the option of passing in a color
HTML
<div id="test">Testing highlight</div>
JavaScript
(function($) {
$.fn.highlight = function(options) {
var settings = {
'color' : null
};
if (options) {
$.extend(settings, options);
}
this.css('background-color', settings['color']);
}
})(jQuery);
$(function() {
$('#test').highlight({color: 'red'});
});