Can you please post the html you were using?
On Mar 5, 2:32 pm, Dr G <michaelg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I've downloaded both the compressed & uncompressed versions and tried > both the initial example from the jquery site (http://docs.jquery.com/ > Tutorials:How_jQuery_Works) and the step-by-step intro from the > tutorial videos (http://blog.themeforest.net/tutorials/jquery-for- > absolute-beginners-video-series/). I have tried putting the jquery > download in the same directory as my html (e.g. <script > src="jquery-1.2.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script>... and I've > tried putting it in a separate directory and put the path to it in the > src parameter field. > > In all cases I get the same result; nothing. If I put other > JavaScript in my html file I can get it to do stuff (e.g. put up an > alert box) but nothing I've done has resulted in a detectable > invocation of jQuery functions. I'm doing this all under OS X, and > I've also opened a terminal window and chmod'd the jquery-1.3.2.js > file to 777, but that had no apparent effect either. > > Would anyone be willing to let me know where I've gone wrong? It is > frustrating not to be able to do the most basic step. > > Thanks, > > Michael