ty Jose.
for future reference this is what I found from the suggested reading:
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
// Inside of this function, $() will work as an alias for jQuery()
// and other libraries also using $ will not be accessible under this shortcut
});
That wrapper will cause your code to be executed when the DOM is fully constructed. If, for some reason, you want your code to execute immediately instead of waiting for the DOM ready event, then you can use this wrapper method instead:
(function($) {
// Inside of this function, $() will work as an alias for jQuery()
// and other libraries also using $ will not be accessible under this shortcut
})(jQuery);
Alternatively, you can always reasign jQuery to another shortcut of your choice and leave the $ shorcut to other libraries:
var $j = jQuery;
