Karl,
Thanks for the help, but it didn't seem to work. Any other
suggestions?
Josh
On Nov 2, 1:49 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> Instead of this:
>
> > var my_var = "<div>HI</div>";
>
> try this:
>
> var my_var = $("<div>HI</div>");
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On Nov 2, 2007, at 1:53 PM, ja wrote:
>
>
>
> > I'm dynamically inserting html into a page that only contains an
> > image. Such as...
> > <html>
> > <body>
> > <img src="http://my_domain.com/my_image.jpg"/>
> > </body>
> > </html>
>
> > my script has a large amount of html that i want to insert. the html
> > is stored in a variable . Such as..
> > var my_var = "<div>HI</div>";
> > (the actual html is much larger and more complicated than my example)
>
> > I then have..
> > $('body').append(my_var);
>
> > which you would think would insert the html into the page. it doesn't,
> > instead it just inserts it as text. The source in Firebug is now...
> > <html>
> > <body>
> > <img src="http://my_domain.com/my_image.jpg"/>
> > <DIV><div>HI</div>
> > </body>
> > </html>
>
> > NOTE: that extra div that's all CAPS, isn't a typo. jquery inserts
> > that for some reason and I don't know why.
> > The page doesn't render the "<div>HI</div>" as html, it displays it as
> > plain text.
> > If I use the same code on a page that has some more to it, like
> > google's homepage, the extra "<DIV>" isn't there and my html gets
> > inserted properly (not as text).
>
> > any clues as to why? is this a bug? am I missing some aspect of web
> > pages when they are only images?
> > Thanks in advanced for your help.
> > Josh
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