======================================== "what the best resource would be for on-the-fly question/answer sort of thing: irc channel(s)?" ========================================
This isn't "operators are standing by"... groups/forums like this are people, other users, helping out for the sake of helping out.... and patience is a virtue... making a post and expecting an immediate answer, while it may happen sometimes, is totally unrealistic ======================================== " in general i'm a bit confused between innerHTML, .html(), .text():" ======================================== InnerHMTL is used to set the html of a DOM object http://www.google.com/search?q=javascript+innerHTML jQuery's .html and .text methods wrap around javascript's functionality and are fully explained in the docs http://docs.jquery.com/Manipulation ======================================== "user enters a number, I need to capture and pass it to the value of the input" ======================================== .val() could get the value and $.ajax could pass the value to where it needs to go http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax ======================================== "i'm using it within tablesorter, so the number needs to pass to the value before validation" ======================================== The plugin tablesorter (http://tablesorter.com/docs/)? validating what before you pass where and what does it have to do with that particular plugin?
