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1. yearginsm
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   After toying around with Prototype, I decided to take a look at jQuery and in particular the jQuery Validation plugin:

   http://docs.jquery.com/Plugins/Validation

   I have hit a snag with loading the built-in version of jQuery using wp_enqueue_script('jquery'). The $() functions return "property does not exist" errors. I noticed in the header of the Admin pages that they make a direct call to jQuery() to work with the dashboard feeds.

   My workaround so far has been to just load in a vanilla version of jquery.js, but I am curious if there is a general guideline for using jQuery in WordPress plugins or themes that would differ from the native documentation and tutorials.

   Page in question: http://stephenyeargin.com/contact/

   Other references:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_enqueue_script

2. nickohrn
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   You should use the jQuery() function as opposed to the $() function alias. I believe that WordPress goes ahead and calls the no conflict function to restore the $ alias to whatever it was and then reverts to using the jQuery() function.

3. yearginsm
   Member
   Posted 3 weeks ago #

   That appears to be the fix. I suppose all is well in the interest of playing nice with other libraries.

   http://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries

   Thanks!

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