Ok, thanks for the help people. I had to move the jquery.js into a subdirectory and link from there, and it now seems to be working.
On May 16, 2:43 pm, Jim D <nofxbassist1...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can also check to see if $ is a function. If the jQuery script > loaded properly, that should return true > > On May 15, 2:16 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Try using tools like the Web Development toolbar add-on for Firefox to > > debug. Under "Information > View Javascript", you can view all of the > > Javascript that is loaded on the page, such as maybe other Javascript > > libraries that are overriding the $ variable. > > This will help you see what Javascript is on your page, and whether > > they are linked correctly or not. > > > Additionally, also use the Firebug add-on to check whether your > > Javascript is spitting out any errors. > > > Try also simplifying your code to something like: > > > jQuery(document).ready(function(){ > > alert('test'); > > > }); > > > On May 15, 6:00 am, Charlie <charlie...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > is jquery.js included on page and is it loading (ie is path valid to > > > jquery.js)? > > > heldtogether wrote:Hi, I want to try incorporate jquery in my site, but > > > I'm having some problems. The site is drawn together from various files > > > in PHP. I have added the jquery script which I would expect to work fine > > > regardless of the PHPness earlier because it is a client side script. > > > Unfortunately nothing happens. If I save the page directly to my desktop > > > then the script works fine, so I think there must be some problems with > > > the dynamic pages. Does anyone have any idea why this might be occuring? > > > The following is what gets put onto the page in the header if I view > > > source. <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script> <script > > > type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("<p>Hello > > > world!</p>").appendTo("body"); $("#onlineresources").hide(); > > > $("#onlineresourcesbutton").click(function(){ > > > $("#onlineresources").slideDown("slow"); return false; }); }); </script> > > > Thanks, Josh