Quick SharePoint tip of the day….
Do not use the $ shortcut in SharePoint when builidng jQuery into your site!
Example:
$(document).ready(function() {
// Handler for .ready() called.
});
What to do instead:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
// Handler for .ready() called.
});
or
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.noConflict/
Why
The $ sign in jQuery is a shortcut/shorthand to the actual object name jQuery uses (i.e.: jQuery). However, SharePoint uses this same shorthand in their Calendar WebPart. So, if you have jQuery calls on the same webpage as a Calendar, you can get conflict issues. This is an oversight (in my opinion) by Microsoft. Everyone knows that $ is reserved for jQuery. It’s just become common practice.
Anyways, I just do a find and replace in my jQuery files to replace $ with jQuery and it fixes the issue.
