Solved,
the accordion script has a few $ used in it.
By using the jQuery.noConflict function everything now works happely
ever after :)
On Jul 1, 3:16 am, ChrisQuery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi,
>
> im new to jQuery and to programming in general so i hope this isnt a
> stupid question.
>
> A have an accordion which is animated to open and close when a user
> clicks a header div. The accordion holds a decent amount of content
> which takes some time load in ie (and only ie for some reason) before
> the javascript takes effect and closes the accordion to hide all the
> data inside them.
>
> Using the $(document).ready(function() I was able to have the page
> load with the accordion closed (content hidden but headers visible). I
> was very pleased with that.
>
> Im now trying to have an animated gif load in when the dom is ready
> and swap the gif for the accordion div once the page loads
> completely. To accomplish this Im trying to use $
> (document).ready(function() to show the gif and hide the accordion div
> and then use window.onload to hide the gif and show the accordion div
> as well as create the new instance of my accordion passing through
> some parameters. The css manipulation works fine its the accordions
> functionality that stops working and loads open for all the content to
> be seen.
>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/js/accordian-src.js"></
> script>
> <script type="text/javascript" src="scripts/js/jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></
> script>
>
> <script>
> $(document).ready(function(){
>
> $('div#basic-accordian').hide(); /* show gif */
> $('div#load').show(); /* hide accordion */
>
> });
>
> window.onload = function(){
>
> $('div#load').hide(); /* hide gif */
> $('div#basic-accordian').show('slow'); /* show accordion */
>
> new Accordian('basic-accordian',5,'header_highlight'); /* supposed to
> activate the accordion */
>
> }
>
> </script>
>
> Anyone have any idea why the accordion stops working?
>
> if i remove all the jquery code and js file the window.onload loads
> the accordion correctly after the page loads. Once the jQuery code and
> js file are put back in the accordion stops working.
>
> Could it be a clash in code or am i just structuring it incorrectly or
> missing something?
>
> if i haven't provided enough information i can provide more.
>
> Hope someone can help
> this is driving me crazy
> chris
