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Guys is there a way to stop thethe image slider script from loading on every page?

It's currently the slowest thing on my website because you have to load the java every page, can this be enqueued?

sure you can, its documented all over the web. now that said, something about your plugin doesn't allow it to be deregistered, which is extemely frustrating (as is the fact that you force the load of your own jQuery).

Here's a link to Justin Tadlock's post about it. http://justintadlock.com/archives/2009/08/06/how-to-disable-scripts-and-styles

EDIT:
Ok, I've figured out how to deregister the script, and will now work on using a conditional statement to only load it on pages that use the slider. Here is the deregister code.

// Deregister Plugin Scripts
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'my_deregister_javascript', 100 );

function my_deregister_javascript() {
	$handles = array( 'slider-ui');

	foreach($handles as $myplugin){
	wp_deregister_script($myplugin);
	}
}

I still don't understand why my attempted override of your loading of an old version of jQuery doesn't work. Quite frustrating really.

EDIT 2
Ok, so I've got it working with a conditional statement to load only on the homepage (where my slider is). I had to adjust the code I posted above to accommodate the if statement, and I'm sure there is a way to use both, but at this moment, I'm happy with this.

// Deregister Plugin Scripts
add_action( 'wp_print_scripts', 'my_deregister_javascript', 100 );

function my_deregister_javascript() {
	if ( !is_front_page() ) {
		wp_deregister_script('slider-ui');
	}
}