Title: [mailchimp]  Javascript error on email validation
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [mailchimp] Javascript error on email validation

 *  [mvandemar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvandemar/)
 * (@mvandemar)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-javascript-error-on-email-validation/)
 * I am getting the following Javascript (jQuery) error upon a successful email 
   submission in the form in the footer of a site I am working on:
 * Timestamp: 08/13/2012 01:39:51 PM
    Error: TypeError: $ is not a function Source
   File: [http://chefsdev.blogsblogsblogs.com/awards/motts-apple-juice/](http://chefsdev.blogsblogsblogs.com/awards/motts-apple-juice/)
   Line: 477
 * If the validation fails I get the proper fade-out warning, but on a successful
   validation I get the error and no message (although the form does submit). Any
   ideas why, or of a workaround? I am willing to edit the mailchimp plugin if necessary.
   In searching the forums it looks like this bug has been around for a while:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-embed-not-showing-success-response?replies=8](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-embed-not-showing-success-response?replies=8)
 * Thanks.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mailchimp/)

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 *  Thread Starter [mvandemar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvandemar/)
 * (@mvandemar)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-javascript-error-on-email-validation/#post-2964746)
 * Actually, never mind. It wasn’t the plugin, it was Javascript that was copy and
   pasted into a widget, although it was modified from the output of the plugin.
   The issue was with the function using the shorthand $() instead of the full jQuery()
   function. I replaced all instances of $( with jQuery( and it resolved the conflict.
 *  [mc_nate](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mc_nate/)
 * (@mc_nate)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mailchimp-javascript-error-on-email-validation/#post-2964764)
 * Awesome, glad to hear things got sorted!
 * Let us know if you run into any other weirdness. 🙂
 * Cheers

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