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JavaScript AJAX Basics (retiring) jQuery and AJAX Use jQuery's .load() method

Posted by William Ennals
William Ennals
9,441 Points

Error with jQuery selector in AJAX stage 3

Challenge task 1 of 2 In the app.js file, use jQuery to select the footer div of the web page. Look at the index.html file to see how the HTML is structured.

Returning a Bummer! ParseError

app.js 
$(’#footer’);
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>AJAX with JavaScript</title>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="main">
    <h1>AJAX with jQuery</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="footer"></div>
  <script src="jquery.js"></script>
  <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
2,537 Points
Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
2,537 Points

Hey William, at first I couldn't figure out where you were going wrong but I believe you are using backticks instead of apostrophes. The answer should accept either

$('#footer');

or

$("#footer");

hope this helps!

Dylan

William Ennals
William Ennals
9,441 Points

Hey Dylan, thank you! I was doing the challenge from my phone. For some reason, it wouldn't accept either until I reloaded the page.

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,967 Points

Check your quotes. The second one will pass:

$(’#footer’);
$('#footer');