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Smooth scrolling to anchor on another page

After combing the forums and how-to guides, I have found a solution to a Smooth Scrolling problem that I had, but I'd like to ask some kind folks if the solution below will work for me before I try it, or if I'm missing something important.
I'm working on a live site and I don't want to create problems or break anything, so I'd like to be sure before I add the code below. I also know nothing about java or coding, so please forgive me if I don't use the right terms.
I want to enable smooth scrolling to an anchor on another page.
e.g. from my home page "domain.com/home", click the link, then
load the new page, e.g. "domain.com/contact"
and on loading the new page, smoothly scroll to the anchor, "domain.com/contact#section1".
Currently, it simply jumps, and I'd like to know if the steps below will enable the smooth scrolling.
I'm planning to:
Add the following codes to the website template's '' section (in the Joomla admin panel):
<script
src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.4/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.js"></script>
I'm unsure whether this is necessary because I already use jQuery with some components, is it unnecessary to load jQuery again? Or will it not hurt to add this code regardless?
Then add this code to the same section in the template:
<script type="text/javascript" >
$('html').css({
display: 'none'
});
$(document).ready(function() {
var hashURL = location.hash;
if (hashURL != "" && hashURL.length > 1) {
$(window).scrollTop(0);
$('html').css({
display: 'block'
});
smoothScrollTo(hashURL);
} else {
$('html').css({
display: 'block'
});
}
});
function smoothScrollTo(anchor) {
var duration = 5000; //time
var targetY = $(anchor).offset().top;
$("html, body").animate({
"scrollTop": targetY
}, duration, 'easeInOutCubic');
}
</script>
As far as I know, this will enable the smooth scrolling, but I haven't added anything like 'smoothscroll.js' (which I've read a lot about) -- will that also need adding in the '' (after I upload it to the server), or is that included in the jQuery library?
I'm sorry if this seems very naive, I'm learning as I go. Thank you very much in advance to anyone who provides some feedback on this, I am truly grateful for your time and patience.
Best,
Ben

Firstly, Joomla already loads jQuery, so you do not need to load it again. I would either use a Joomla extension (there is a free one here) or use a smooth scroll library (like this one). Assuming you choose to do the latter, you just need to put the link in your Joomla template to the JS file and initialise it (this is all explained on the Github project page).
Both options are simple but if you don't have much experience in coding then the extension is probably the best way to go.
EDIT: To use smoothscroll on page load with the GitHub library, you will need to change your last function to:
function smoothScrollTo(anchor) {
var scroll = new SmoothScroll();
scroll.animateScroll(anchor);
}

Fixed Floating Elements jQuery Wordpress

I have added this code to my site (without all the stuff to set up the comments and headers): http://jsfiddle.net/WzLG2/3/ Below is the javascript.
jQuery.noConflict();
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var top = jQuery('#smi').offset().top - parseFloat(jQuery('#smi').css('margin-top').replace(/auto/, 0));
jQuery(window).scroll(function (event) {
// what the y position of the scroll is
var y = jQuery(this).scrollTop();
// whether that's below the form
if (y >= top) {
// if so, ad the fixed class
jQuery('#smi').addClass('fixed');
} else {
// otherwise remove it
jQuery('#smi').removeClass('fixed');
}
});
});
My site: http://hollyshelpings.com
I'm trying to get the brown box underneath my header to scroll to the top and then stop there like in the jsfiddle. I'm using thesis and I have jquery enabled. I have wordpress and I already looked up how to use jquery in wordpress with replacing $ with jQuery.
I got the basis for the code from this site: Jquery for designers (it won't let me post the link)
I tested and jquery appears to be loading, I used firebug and I'm not seeing errors that pertain to this code (it looks like some plugins may have errors, however). I'm pretty new at coding so I'm not sure what else to test or how to troubleshoot much past this. My end goal is to use this for my social media icons instead of the tabs on the side. Any guidance or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

First step is to check your javascript console and remove any errors you see coming up there, as they can cause problems elsewhere. Not saying it's related, but your call to jQuery('#commentluv') is broken. I also notice you're using jQuery 1.4.2 which is really old, and should consider upgrading (maybe not to version 2 as that changed a lot, but at least to 1.9, maybe 1.10).

Making an infinite scroll from hard-coded content

I've been attempting to make an infinite (well semi-infinite) scroll that feeds itself from hard-coded divs (because I don't know any back-end languages yet). My research has turned up a ton of great jQuery for infinite scrolls, but they are all meant to be used with a database, not hard-coded content.
What I'm trying to achieve, ultimately, is an infinite scroll that starts by loading X div into the DOM, and as the user reaches the bottom of the page, loads X more divs, and repeats until no more divs are left to load.
Do any of you know of some good or relevant scripts or any fiddles that may help me? Part of my issue is that I'm still in that learning curve of JS; I often understand what's going on when I look at a script but I still have a hard time writing my own from scratch.
Any help or direction is appreciated. Thanks in advance!!

Based on the code here: Alert using Jquery when Scroll to end of Page
Create a new <div> element when you reach the bottom of the page
$(window).scroll(function() {
if (document.documentElement.clientHeight + $(document).scrollTop() >= document.body.offsetHeight)
{
$('body').append('<div></div>');
}
});

Your HTML needs to be stored somewhere and if you have enough of it to think about infinite scrolling you probably don’t want to load it all with the initial request, so let’s say each “post” is stored in an individual HTML file on your server: /posts/1.html. And you want to append those to a div in your main document: <div id="posts"></div>.
You need a method to download a given post and append it to your div:
function loadPost (id) {
$.get('/posts/'+id+'.html').done(function (html) {
$('#posts').append(html);
});
}
Now you need a way to trigger loadPost() when you scroll to the bottom of the page. This example uses jQuery Waypoints to call a handler function when the bottom of the div comes into view:
var currentPost = 1;
$('#posts').waypoint({
offset: 'bottom-in-view',
handler: function () {
loadPost(currentPost++);
}
});

Scrolling in web application in iOS with iScroll

I have a few web applications that were previously developed for use in Android apps, and we're trying to port them to iOS.
The first problem was that the ad we had was not staying in place, since position:fixed is no good in mobile Safari. So, I downloaded iScroll.
I figured out that iScroll doesn't play nice with our RSS feed reader (zRSSFeed for jQuery). In fact, when both are enabled on the same page, the iScroll functionality "works", but gets stuck at the top of the page.
I posted to the iScroll user group (https://groups.google.com/group/iscroll/browse_thread/thread/5dd274ff4159a672) but got no useful answers.
I even tried to change to a different RSS library, but it seems they all elicit this issue.
Has anyone had this issue before? Has anyone solved it? Should I just give up and put the ad at the bottom of the webapp, or what?
Thanks, all.
EDIT: I figured I should add in a bit of code.
Basic structure of web stuff:
....
<div id="appBody">
<div id="feedResults">
<!-- rss entries go here -->
</div>
</div>
<div id="appAdvertisements">
<!-- admob JS stuff goes here -->
</div>
....
Basic JS:
var scroll;
document.addEventListener('touchmove', function (e) { e.preventDefault();}, false);
function loaded() {
scroll = new iScroll('appBody');
$('#feedResults').rssfeed('<feedurl>', {<options>}, function() { scroll.refresh() });
}
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', loaded, false);

I would suggest you first populate the #feedResults with your parsed rss and oncomplete of this action, you start the iScroll. Don't start both at same time nor use refresh() without setTimeout like Matteo said in iScroll4 documentation.
Considering the function() after stands for the onComplete, try something like this:
var scroll;
function loaded() {
$('#feedResults').rssfeed('<feedurl>', {<options>}, function() {
scroll = new iScroll('appBody');
});
}
document.addEventListener('touchmove', function (e) { e.preventDefault();}, false);
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', loaded, false);
I think that will give time to the DOM to have your rss on it and then iscroll will calculate the correct height of your entire wrapper (appBody in this case).

I just had the exact same problem. The solution for me was to add position: absolute; to the element directly inside your wrapper, in your case you would need to add position: absolute; to feedResults.

In HTML5 based application, smooth scrolling is always challenging. There are third parties libraries available to implement smooth scroller but there implementation is very complex. In this scroller library, user only need to add scrollable=true attribute in the scrollable division, then that div will scroll like smooth native scroller. Please read readme.doc file first to start working on it
library link
http://github.com/ashvin777/html5
Advantages :
1 No need the manually create scroller object.
2 Scroller will automatically refreshed in case of any data being changed in the scroller. 3 So no need to refresh manually.
4 Nested Scrolling content also possible with no dual scrolling issue.
5 Works for all webkit engines.
6 In case if user wants to access that scroller object then he can access it by writing “SElement.scrollable_wrapper”. scrollable_wrapper is id of the scrollable division which is defined in the html page.

How To "Endless Document" Script (like Skittles.com)

How did they accomplish this? Have you guys seen: http://www.skittles.com? The site never ends!

Well, here's one way of doing it:
$(document).ready(
function(){
$(window).scroll(
function(){
if ($(window).scrollTop() + $(window).height() >= $(document).height()) {
$('div').clone().appendTo('body');
}
}
);
}
);
With the requisite JS Fiddle demo.
Bear in mind that any interactive content that's cloned/appended/inserted dynamically will require some kind live() or delegate() for jQuery to interact with them.
That said, there are caveats:
Infinite scrolling isn't necessarily a pleasant navigation aid, particularly if the user is likely to want to view some of the content half way down an infinite page.
There comes a point at which a browser will crash or become sluggish/unresponsive due to the sheer volume of content it's required to maintain in memory.