escaping semicolons in scripts

In the following script files:

scrollTo.js
mailchimp.js

There is a semicolon at the beginning

;(function($) {

and

;(function(d) {

respectively. I understand the purpose of doing this is to avoid concatenation to preceding scripts or with your preceding ajax call. However, it is causing conflict with other plugins. I am not sure why, but I think it is related to a jQuery shortcut conflict.

Besides, you should probably use wrap your code in:

jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
// $() will work as an alias for jQuery() inside of this function
});

since there is no reason to have your code running before DOM is ready. (unless the user can fill out your form really really fast)

here is the wordpress standards:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script#jQuery_noConflict_wrappers

If everybody uses these, we’ll all be fine.

I spent hours looking for the dreaded ‘;’. With debugging software, I haven’t had to do that for about 15 years. Usually it was because it was missing, but not in this case ;o)

The plugin it conflicted with was superfish, and one of my own.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp-widget/