We'll need to see a page to know what's going on - that code, alone, shouldn't cause problems.
--John On 11/3/07, ja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm dynamically inserting html into a page that only contains an > image. Such as... > <html> > <body> > <img src="http://my_domain.com/my_image.jpg"/> > </body> > </html> > > my script has a large amount of html that i want to insert. the html > is stored in a variable . Such as.. > var my_var = "<div>HI</div>"; > (the actual html is much larger and more complicated than my example) > > I then have.. > $('body').append(my_var); > > which you would think would insert the html into the page. it doesn't, > instead it just inserts it as text. The source in Firebug is now... > <html> > <body> > <img src="http://my_domain.com/my_image.jpg"/> > <DIV><div>HI</div> > </body> > </html> > > NOTE: that extra div that's all CAPS, isn't a typo. jquery inserts > that for some reason and I don't know why. > The page doesn't render the "<div>HI</div>" as html, it displays it as > plain text. > If I use the same code on a page that has some more to it, like > google's homepage, the extra "<DIV>" isn't there and my html gets > inserted properly (not as text). > > any clues as to why? is this a bug? am I missing some aspect of web > pages when they are only images? > Thanks in advanced for your help. > Josh > >
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