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Asked: 2026-05-11T22:40:27+00:00

I have a django project, but for some reason basic jquery isn’t working. <html>

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I have a django project, but for some reason basic jquery isn’t working.

<html>
    <head>
        <link href="/site_media/css/poll.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
        <script type="text/javascript" src="/site_media/js/jquery-1.3.2.js" />
        <script type="text/javascript">
                $(document).ready(function(){
                    alert('hi there');
                });
        </script>
    </head>

etc…

For some reason the ready event isn’t firing. The jquery and css are both definitely present (firebug confirms that for me). There are no javascript errors on the page.

Am I missing something totally obvious, or is there something subtle in Django that requires configuration to allow jQuery to work with it.

EDIT:In fact, no javascript works after importing jquery! Adding a 

<script type="text/javascript">alert("hi");</script>

works if placed before the jquery import, but not after.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It could be due to the missing </script> end tag for the jQuery script inclusion line. For example:

    <script type="text/javascript" src="/site_media/js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>

    According to the note in the HTML specification for the SCRIPT element here, both the start and end tags are required.

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