A couple things that could help in debugging:
ID's are unique, and can't begin with a number. Check the quotes on
this line around #favorites:
var appendHTML = $(‘#favorites’).html();
On Aug 19, 12:48 pm, "Rick Faircloth" <r...@whitestonemedia.com>
wrote:
> Hi, Dhruva, and thanks for the reply…
>
> Yes, there are a lot of variables that could affect the actual data, but I
> just wanted to make sure, first,
>
> that it wasn’t a syntax problem.
>
> Since it’s not, I’ll go a little deeper.
>
> Basically, I’ve got backend code that generates html and outputs it to a page.
>
> This is what ends up on the page (userFavoritesHTML.cfm):
>
> <li>
>
> <a id="59" class="viewFavoriteDetails link">216 West Daryl Drive,
> Hinesville</a>
>
> <span id="59" class="deleteFavorite">
>
> <img src="../graphics/delete_over.png" style="border:0;
> cursor:pointer;">
>
> </span>
>
> </li>
>
> <li>
>
> <a id="60" class="viewFavoriteDetails link">51 Julie Lane, Midway</a>
>
> <span id="60" class="deleteFavorite">
>
> <img src="../graphics/delete_over.png" style="border:0;
> cursor:pointer;">
>
> </span>
>
> </li>
>
> Now I want to append that code to this element: <ul class=”menu1”></ul>
>
> So, I thought I’d do this:
>
> var favoritesHTML = '../components/userFavoritesHTML.cfm?' + new
> Date().getTime();
>
> $('#favorites').load(favoritesHTML);
>
> var appendHTML = $(‘#favorites’).html();
>
> $('.menu1').append(appendHTML);
>
> I need to get the html of #favorites since it’s an <li></li> in the above
> <ul></ul>,
>
> otherwise, I end up with li’s embedded within other li’s.
>
> When I run the code above, I get no errors from Firebug, but also no content
> if
>
> I use alert(appendHTML), and no content is appended to <ul
> class=”menu1”></ul>.
>
> Thoughts or suggestions?
>
> Rick
>
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Dhruva Sagar
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:54 PM
> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: Is this sytax legitimate?
>
> It depends on what $('#favorites').html() contains, have you checked that?
> Are you sure the id is correct?
> The syntax by itself is absolutely correct, but what you should see in your
> site is something that depends on a lot of things such as what the
> $('menu1') contains and what it should etc...try checking if the .html() is
> returning the right data, then check if it is actually getting appended using
> firebux, after you have reached that stage and confirmed the same check if
> the styles are right...
>
> Thanks & Regards,
> Dhruva Sagar.
>
> Pablo Picasso
> <http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/p/pablo_picasso.html> -
> "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com>
> wrote:
>
> $('.menu1').append($('#favorites').html());
>
> I get no errors in firebug when it’s run, but not code appended to .menu1,
> either…
>
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