$ is not a function - jQuery error

Question

I have the jQuery loaded fine, I\'ve quadruple-checked, though I\'m getting this error in FireBug \"$ is not a function\" and my code doesn\'t work.

Here\'s my code:

Answer 1

It's really hard to tell, but one of the 9001 ads on the page may be clobbering the $ object.

jQuery provides the global jQuery object (which is present on your page). You can do the following to "get" $ back:

jQuery(document).ready(function ($) {
    // Your code here
});

If you think you're having jQuery problems, please use the debug (non-production) versions of the library.

Also, it's probably not best to be editing a live site like that ...