JQuery Error: Uncaught TypeError: Object # has no method 'ready'

Question

my site is getting the error in this title in the javascript console. Google seems to say that it is because jquery isn\'t loaded, but it is definitely visible in the head

Answer 1

Yup - I believe that's exactly the problem. jQuery and mooTools fight over the use of the $ notation.

You're on the right track with using

try{
   jQuery.noConflict();
 } catch(e){};

But after you use that, in order to use jQuery functionality, you have to call it jQuery(...) instead of $(...). Example:

// Use jQuery via jQuery(...)
 jQuery(document).ready(function(){
   jQuery("div").hide();
 });

Here's a link to the jQuery docs regarding this: http://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries