[jQuery] Using JQuery to embed HaloScan comments on a webpage

[rascal]

I am trying to use JQuery to embed Haloscan comments (http://
www.haloscan.com) on a webpage.

Normally, one would hardcode the Haloscan reference code in the HTML
just under a hardcoded comment. Then one includes the Haloscan
javascript underneath the message, with the unique identifier to the
message as a parameter:

<p>My cat message here</p>
<div><a href="javascript:HaloScan('cat');" target="_self">
                    <script type="text/javascript">postCount('cat');</
script>
                    </a> | <a href="javascript:HaloScanTB('cat');"
target="_self">
                    <script type="text/javascript">postCountTB('cat');
</script>
                    </a></div>

I am trying to replace all of the javscript with a simple <a> tag that
I can manipulate with JQuery at page load time to set the javascript
dynamically.

<!-- here is my main body code -->
<div><a href="haloscan_cat" target="_self">haloscan_cats</a></div>

<!-- here is the code I insert in the head portion of the page -->

<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
//<![CDATA[
$(document).ready(function()
{
        // examine each hyperlink. For each hyperlink with an href beginning
with "haloscan_", strip
        // off the "haloscan_" prefix and execute the haloscan functions
using the remainder of the href string
        // as the param. The param serves as the message key to haloscan.
        var sHaloscan_string = "haloscan_";

        $('a').each(function(){
                        var sHref = $(this).attr("href").toLowerCase();

                        if (sHref.indexOf(sHaloscan_string) == 0)
                        {
                                sHref = sHref.substr(sHaloscan_string.length);

                                var sNewHTML = "<a 
href=\"javascript:HaloScan('" + sHref + "');\"
target=\"_self\">"  +
                                    "<script 
type=\"text\/javascript\">postCount('" + sHref + "');<
\/script></a>";

                                $(this).html(sNewHTML);
                                $(this).click();
                        }
                  });

});
//]]>
</SCRIPT>

The problem is that I can't seem to execute the postCount() function
by creating the new HTML and invoking the "click()". The postCount()
is supposed to return a string that represents the number of comments
that have already been made on that post.

Any ideas on how I can get the postCount() to execute once I set the
new HTML?

Thanks experts!