Oh, wait, I see the difference in the file names below now, but that's not what we're talking about...see my other reply.
Rick -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Josh Powell Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:40 PM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: can't get started Did you mean to: <script src="jquery-1.3.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script> instead of <script src="jquery-1.2.3.js" type="text/javascript"></script> On Mar 5, 3:37 pm, dawnerd <dawn...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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
