Javascript and AJAX, only works when using alert()

Question

I am having trouble with my javascript. It seems to be acting oddly. This is what\'s going on. I have a form, after the user submits it, it calls a function(onsubmit event)

Answer 1

I had the same problem and simply added:

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after the javascript (which btw, entailed deferring jQuery 1.9.1 to the head