I am new to jQuery and am trying to write a script that will run through a menu list and display the correct background image based on the menu item. The menu list is going to be randomly populated so a script is necessary to load the correct image.
The problem is that the attribute where I am able to see which item the menu belongs to is not on the list item itself but on a div contained inside the list item. My question is is it possible to select a child element of the already selected element ?
E.g (the menuli a segment)
$(document).ready( function() {
$(menuli).each( function(index) {
$itemnumber = $(menuli a).attr("href");
switch($itemnumber) {
case 1:
$(this).css("background-image", "image01.jpg");
break;
}
});
});
This is more or less the script I am trying to get, where each list item is iterated through and depending on the href of the link inside the list item a background image is set to that list item.
EDIT
Here is my html:
<div id="divMenuSportGSXSports">
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=468&Antepost=0&)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl00_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=468&Antepost=0">
<span title="SOCCER">SOCCER</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=520&Antepost=0&)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl01_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=520&Antepost=0">
<span title="BASEBALL">BASEBALL</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=544&Antepost=0&)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl02_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=544&Antepost=0">
<span title="CRICKET">CRICKET</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=525&Antepost=0&Tema=Supabets)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl03_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=525&Antepost=0">
<span title="BASKETBALL">BASKETBALL</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=534&Antepost=0&)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl04_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=534&Antepost=0">
<span title="ICE HOCKEY">ICE HOCKEY</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
<div class="VociMenuSportG">
<div class="ImgSport" style="background-image:url(../ImgSport.ashx?IDBook=53&IDSport=523&Antepost=0&)">
<img src="buttons_void.png">
</div>
<div class="NomeSport">
<a id="h_w_PC_cSport_repSport_ctl05_lnkSport" href="/Sport/Groups.aspx?IDSport=523&Antepost=0">
<span title="TENNIS">TENNIS</span>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Yes you can, use find
var parentElement = $('#someElement');
var childElement = parentElement.find('.child'); //where .child should be your child selector
Where as example code is not clear, I just gave answer to your question.
try to change this:
$(this).css("background-image", "image01.jpg");
to this:
$(this).children("div").css("background-image", "image01.jpg");
If you want to target the direct child of the element, better to use children() than find()
Please refer to this: What is fastest children() or find() in jQuery?
Related
I have started some blogs using Weebly now I want to do several changes to the blog UI, everything went well until I wanted to do this. I wanted to get the image path from the image inside blog-content and set it on the blog-post-image. In my head, this jquery looks logical, but somewhere error lays.
Few things to care about, I should use each because there are many of the blog posts and I cannot use ids because of the same reason, cannot use the same id multiple times.
HTML:
$('.blog-post-image').each(function() {
var $me = $(this);
var blogPostImage = $me.siblings('.blog-content').children('img').attr('src');
$me.attr('src', blogPostImage);
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="blog-post-746510653886732592" class="blog-post">
<div class="blog-header">
<div class="blog-post-container">
<h2 class="blog-title">
</h2>
<p class="blog-date">
<span class="date-text">
15/6/2021
</span>
</p>
<div>
<img class="blog-post-image" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blog-content">
<div>
<div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center">
<a>
<img src="/uploads/7/7/9/0/77909082/820610853.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:100%;max-width:1100px">
</a>
<div style="display:block;font-size:90%">
</div>
</div>
</div>
.blog-post-image doesn't have any siblings. Siblings are immediate children of the same parent element, but there are no other elements in the div containing <img class="blog-post-image" />.
You need to go up to the .blog-header to get its sibling.
Also, instead of using .each(), you can use a function in .attr(). It automatically loops, and assigns the return value to the attribute.
$('.blog-post-image').attr('src', function() {
return $(this).closest('.blog-header').siblings('.blog-content').find('img').attr('src');
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="blog-post-746510653886732592" class="blog-post">
<div class="blog-header">
<div class="blog-post-container">
<h2 class="blog-title">
</h2>
<p class="blog-date">
<span class="date-text">
15/6/2021
</span>
</p>
<div>
<img class="blog-post-image" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blog-content">
<div>
<div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center">
<a>
<img src="/uploads/7/7/9/0/77909082/820610853.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:100%;max-width:1100px">
</a>
<div style="display:block;font-size:90%">
</div>
</div>
</div>
Two things:
1.) .blog-content is not a sibling of .blog-post-image
2.) .children() only looks one level deep to find the element you are looking for.
What you need to do is traverse upwards to find a sibling of .blog-content and then use the .find() function to do a deep search of the given DOM node to find what you're looking for.
$('.blog-post-image').each(function() {
var me = $(this);
var blogPostImage = me.parent().parent().parent().siblings('.blog-content').find('img').attr('src');
me.attr('src', blogPostImage);
});
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.6.0.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="blog-post-746510653886732592" class="blog-post">
<div class="blog-header">
<div class="blog-post-container">
<h2 class="blog-title">
</h2>
<p class="blog-date">
<span class="date-text">15/6/2021</span>
</p>
<div>
<img class="blog-post-image" />
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="blog-content">
<div>
<div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center">
<a>
<img src="/uploads/7/7/9/0/77909082/820610853.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:100%;max-width:1100px">
</a>
<div style="display:block;font-size:90%">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
In a hidden list I have a variable list with this data (in this example www.domain.com/2009 is the current URL):
<ul id="WalkingYears" style="visibility: hidden; display:none;">
<li id="Walk2011"><img src="some-imga.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2010"><img src="some-imgs.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2008"><img src="some-imgf.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2007"><img src="some-imgg.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2006"><img src="some-imgh.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2005"><img src="some-imgj.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2004"><img src="some-imgk.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2003"><img src="some-imgl.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2002"><img src="some-imgz.jpg"></li>
<li id="Walk2001"><img src="some-imgx.jpg"></li>
</ul>
The above list is auto-generated and I can change this if I like; for example into:
<div id="Walk2011" data-target="http://domain.com/2011" data-img="some-imga.jpg" data-title="2011"></div>
<div id="Walk2010" data-target="http://domain.com/2010" data-img="some-imgs.jpg" data-title="2010"></div>
<div id="Walk2008" data-target="http://domain.com/2008" data-img="some-imgd.jpg" data-title="2008"></div>
<div id="Walk2007" data-target="http://domain.com/2007" data-img="some-imgf.jpg" data-title="2007"></div>
<div id="Walk2006" data-target="http://domain.com/2006" data-img="some-imgg.jpg" data-title="2006"></div>
<div id="Walk2005" data-target="http://domain.com/2005" data-img="some-imgh.jpg" data-title="2005"></div>
<div id="Walk2004" data-target="http://domain.com/2004" data-img="some-imgj.jpg" data-title="2004"></div>
<div id="Walk2003" data-target="http://domain.com/2003" data-img="some-imgk.jpg" data-title="2003"></div>
<div id="Walk2002" data-target="http://domain.com/2002" data-img="some-imgl.jpg" data-title="2002"></div>
<div id="Walk2001" data-target="http://domain.com/2001" data-img="some-imgz.jpg" data-title="2001"></div>
You see that the current URL (www.domain.com/2009) is not showing in this list.
Now I'd like to fill the prev and next navigation, based on the current url, using the values mentioned above (title, href, image src):
<a href="http://domain.com/2008" title="2008" id="balk-prev-btn" class="prev-btn left">
<img src="some-imgd.jpg" alt="2008">
<span class="icon"></span>
</a>
<a href="http://domain.com/2010" title="2010" id="balk-next-btn" class="next-btn right">
<img src="some-imgs.jpg" alt="2010">
<span class="icon"></span>
</a>
I guess I need to
first find out what the current URL is
then compare it to the data in the list
somehow point out the prev and next page
Also when having selected a certain variable (the name of a walker) the links in the list will be different and the URL will be www.domain.com/walkername/2009:
<div id="Walk2011" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2011" data-img="some-imga.jpg" data-title="2011"></div>
<div id="Walk2010" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2010" data-img="some-imgs.jpg" data-title="2010"></div>
<div id="Walk2008" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2008" data-img="some-imgd.jpg" data-title="2008"></div>
<div id="Walk2007" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2007" data-img="some-imgf.jpg" data-title="2007"></div>
<div id="Walk2006" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2006" data-img="some-imgg.jpg" data-title="2006"></div>
<div id="Walk2005" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2005" data-img="some-imgh.jpg" data-title="2005"></div>
<div id="Walk2004" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2004" data-img="some-imgj.jpg" data-title="2004"></div>
<div id="Walk2003" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2003" data-img="some-imgk.jpg" data-title="2003"></div>
<div id="Walk2002" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2002" data-img="some-imgl.jpg" data-title="2002"></div>
<div id="Walk2001" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2001" data-img="some-imgz.jpg" data-title="2001"></div>
In this case the prev and next button should only show the links with the walker name in it :) and should look like this:
<a href="http://domain.com/walkername/2006" title="2006" id="balk-prev-btn" class="prev-btn left">
<img src="some-imgg.jpg" alt="2006">
<span class="icon"></span>
</a>
<a href="http://domain.com/walkername/2010" title="2010" id="balk-next-btn" class="next-btn right">
<img src="some-imgs.jpg" alt="2010">
<span class="icon"></span>
</a>
Can someone help me?
tnx!
Okay so if you have this layout, this script should do the job
<div id="Walk2011" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2011" data-img="some-imga.jpg" data-title="2011"></div>
<div id="Walk2010" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2010" data-img="some-imgs.jpg" data-title="2010"></div>
<div id="Walk2008" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2008" data-img="some-imgd.jpg" data-title="2008"></div>
<div id="Walk2007" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2007" data-img="some-imgf.jpg" data-title="2007"></div>
<div id="Walk2006" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2006" data-img="some-imgg.jpg" data-title="2006"></div>
<div id="Walk2005" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2005" data-img="some-imgh.jpg" data-title="2005"></div>
<div id="Walk2004" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2004" data-img="some-imgj.jpg" data-title="2004"></div>
<div id="Walk2003" data-target="http://domain.com/walkername/2003" data-img="some-imgk.jpg" data-title="2003"></div>
<div id="Walk2002" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2002" data-img="some-imgl.jpg" data-title="2002"></div>
<div id="Walk2001" data-target="http://domain.com/didnotwalk/2001" data-img="some-imgz.jpg" data-title="2001"></div>
jQuery based script:
var xlocation = "http://www.domain.com/walkername/2009".match(/(\/[a-zA-Z]+\/)(\d+)/); //sorry for ugly regexp --> ["/walkername/2009", "/walkername/", "2009"], also here should be used window.location.href , but for example lets use static string;
//find and filter only links which have 'walkername' in data-tagert
$el = $('#WalkingYears div[id^=Walk]').filter(function(i,el){
return $(el).attr('data-target').indexOf(xlocation[1]) > 0;
}),
//sort if divs is scrambeled
$elSorted = $el.sort(sorter);
prev = jQuery.grep($elSorted,function(el,i){
return $(el).attr('data-title').replace(/^\D+/g, '')*1<xlocation[2]*1
})
next = jQuery.grep($elSorted,function(el,i){
return $(el).attr('data-title').replace(/^\D+/g, '')*1>xlocation[2]*1
})
var sorter = function(a,b){
var a = $(a).attr('data-title').replace(/^\D+/g, '')*1,
b = $(b).attr('data-title').replace(/^\D+/g, '')*1
return b-a
}
//ADD href to buttons...
$('#balk-prev-btn').prop('href',$(prev).first().attr('data-target'))
$('#balk-next-btn').prop('href',$(next).last().attr('data-target'))
You`ll need to check if prevEl and NextEl still exists in case if current page is first or last. Also you will need to review regexp used for parsing url :)
I have multiple(it can be 100+) collapsible div (using bootstrap)
<div>
<a href="#id1" data-toggle="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Title</div>
<div class="image">Image</div>
</a>
<div id="id1" class="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Description</div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<a href="#id2" data-toggle="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Title</div>
<div class="image">Image</div>
</a>
<div id="id2" class="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Description</div>
</div>
</div>
And have Jquery
$('#id1').on('show.bs.collapse', function () {
$(".image").addClass('hidden');
});
$('#id1').on('hidden.bs.collapse', function () {
$(".image").removeClass('hidden');
});
I want to add hidden class on show.bs.collapse(this is from bootstrap) and remove hidden class on hidden.bs.collapse'With the jq code above I can do this just with one div that has id1. But how can I do this independently?
Try not to subscribe on the elements by ids but by element type
$('a').on('show.bs.collapse', function () {
$(this).next().find("div.image")[0].addClass('hidden');
});
$('a').on('hidden.bs.collapse', function () {
$(this).next().find("div.image")[0].removeClass('hidden');
});
Where
$(this)
should return a pointer to the collapsed/uncollapsed element
next()
should move pointer to the next element ( div id="id1" as example)
find("div.image")[0]
will find div with class "image" and take the first found element
then you can hide the image in this block or show it without using ids
If you're using
$(".image").addClass('hidden');
this will hide all the images in all blocks (not only in that one that has been collapsed)
Id refers to one element on the DOM therefore you should use classes instead. Therefore you should select divs based on their classes.
The following is a possible solution:
<div>
<a href="#id1" data-toggle="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Title</div>
</a>
<div class="some-class collapse ad-col-2">
<div class="col-lg-12">Description</div>
<div class="image"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div>
<a href="#id2" data-toggle="collapse">
<div class="col-lg-12">Title</div>
</a>
<div class="some-class collapse ad-col-2">
<div class="col-lg-12">Description</div>
<div class="image"></div>
</div>
</div>
Jquery:
$('.some-class').on('show.bs.collapse', function () {
$(".image").addClass('hidden');
});
$('.some-class').on('hidden.bs.collapse', function () {
$(".image").removeClass('hidden');
});
I am showing a set of products via shortcode in WordPress. The display has an image and button.
Problem: Only the photo contains the link to single product page. The associated button does not have the link to the single product page.
This is the current code:
<div class="display-products">
<div class="wpb_wrapper">
<div class="displayProduct-shortcode displayProduct-Container">
<div class="product_grid dp-section dp-group woocommerce" id="displayProduct">
<div class="dp_product_item dp-col dp-col_1_of_6 firstcol">
<div class="dp_images">
<a class="dp-product-image" title="Custom Made Wedding Cabinet" href="yahoo.com">
<div class="he-wrap tpl1">
<div class="dp-img-wrapper"> <img width="192" height="264" alt="#" class="attachment-display_product_thumbnail size-display_product_thumbnail wp-post-image" src="img_src"> </div>
</div> <span data-id="696" class="dpquickview dp_quickview_button"><img src="img_src"></span> </a>
</div>
<div class="dp-product-information clearfix">
<h2 class="product-name">
<a title="Custom Made Wedding Cabinet" href="#">Custom Made Wedding Cabinet</a>
</h2>
<div class="dp-stock"></div>
<div class="dp-grid-button"> <a class="single_add_to_cart_button button alt db_customButton" href="#">READ MORE</a> </div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Desired Output: I want to somehow iterate over each .single_add_to_cart_button and copy the link of every product-name to each READ MORE button
This is my current jquery code:
j('.display-products .displayProduct-shortcode .dp-product-information .dp-grid-button .single_add_to_cart_button').each(function() {
var getProductLink = j('.display-products .displayProduct-shortcode .dp-product-information .product-name > a').attr('href');
j(this).attr('href', getProductLink);
});
Set the href attribute value using the elements context. Use closest() to traverse up to dp-product-information element then find the desired anchor element the read its attribute and set the value.
Use
j('.display-products .displayProduct-shortcode .dp-product-information .dp-grid-button .single_add_to_cart_button').attr('href', function(){
return j(this).closest('.dp-product-information').find('.product-name>a').attr('href');
});
$(function() {
$('.dp-product-information .dp-grid-button .single_add_to_cart_button').attr('href', function() {
return $(this).closest('.dp-product-information').find('.product-name > a').attr('href');
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="dp-product-information clearfix">
<h2 class="product-name">
<a title="Custom Made Wedding Cabinet" href="#Test">Custom Made Wedding Cabinet</a>
</h2>
<div class="dp-stock"></div>
<div class="dp-grid-button">
<a class="single_add_to_cart_button button alt db_customButton" href="#">READ MORE</a>
</div>
<div style="clear: both;"></div>
</div>
Instead of assigning value for the different buttons with the links I would like to suggest you to use a common class (if you can) then trigger the click event for them:
$('.selector').on('click',function(){
$('.a-selector').trigger('click');
});
When storing DOM elements in a javascript variable prior to appending them to the actual DOM is there a way with jQuery to select elements inside the variable?
For example,
I have a list of tweets on my page. Every time I click a refresh button I append a new tweet to the list below.
I add the new tweet like follows:
new tweet
<li class="tweet normal-tweet" data-user-name="Dorothy">
<div class="image">
<img height="48" width="48" src="http://twitter.com/api/users/profile_image?screen_name=Dorothy" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="user">
<a class="user-name" href="http://twitter.com/Dorothy" title="Dorothy">Dorothy</a>
<div class="full-name"></div>
</div>
<div class="text">Once in a lullaby</div>
<div class="time-stamp" data-time="1322631934000">1322631934000</div>
</div>
</li>
Inside each tweet on the page, not the new tweet yet, I use jQuery to append some elements.
I have:
var actionsMarkup =
"<div class='actions'>
<span class='favorite'>Favorite</span>
<span class='retweet'>Retweet</span>
<span class='reply'>Reply</span>
</div>";
and I append it to the element with the .content class
$(actionsMarkup).appendTo('#tweets .tweet .content');
Now, when I make a new tweet I do the following:
$(document).on('click', '.refresh', function() {
newTweet = $(<new tweet code from above>);
actionsMark = $(actionsMarkup);
$(newTweet.appendTo('#tweets');
I need to be able to append the actionsMark contents to the div with class .content. However, I can't just reapply my prior statement of
$(actionsMarkup).appendTo('#tweets .tweet .content');
because that puts the markup on all .content divs again, even if it is already there.
Is there a way for me to use selectors to access the DOM nodes in my newTweet variable before I append it to the document object?
I am thinking something like
$(actionsMarkup).appendTo( newTweet, '.content');
If there is no way with selectors to do this then what are some other quick ways?
List of Tweets and Tweet container
<ul id="tweets" class="normal-tweet show-promoted-tweets">
<li class="tweet promoted-tweet" data-user-name="Dorothy">
<div class="image">
<img height="48" width="48" src="http://twitter.com/api/users/profile_image?screen_name=Dorothy" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="user">
<a class="user-name" href="http://twitter.com/Dorothy" title="Dorothy">Dorothy</a>
<div class="full-name">Dorothy</div>
</div>
<div class="text">Somewhere over the rainbow</div>
<div class="time-stamp" data-time="1322631934000">3 minutes ago</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="tweet promoted-tweet" data-user-name="lion">
<div class="image">
<img height="48" width="48" src="http://twitter.com/api/users/profile_image?screen_name=lion" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="user">
<a class="user-name" href="http://twitter.com/lion" title="lion">lion</a>
<div class="full-name">Lion</div>
</div>
<div class="text">Way up high,</div>
<div class="time-stamp" data-time="1322631934000">17 minutes ago</div>
</div>
</li>
<li class="tweet normal-tweet" data-user-name="scarecrow">
<div class="image">
<img height="48" width="48" src="http://twitter.com/api/users/profile_image?screen_name=scarecrow" alt="" />
</div>
<div class="content">
<div class="user">
<a class="user-name" href="http://twitter.com/scarecrow" title="scarecrow">scarecrow</a>
<div class="full-name">Scarecrow</div>
</div>
<div class="text">And the dreams that you dreamed of,</div>
<div class="time-stamp" data-time="1322631934000">32 minutes ago</div>
</div>
</li>
</ul>
You can use .last(), to select the last element after you append your new tweet, like below:
$(document).on('click', '.refresh', function() {
newTweet = $(<new tweet code from above>);
$(newTweet).appendTo('#tweets');
var actionsMarkup =
"<div class='actions'>
<span class='favorite'>Favorite</span>
<span class='retweet'>Retweet</span>
<span class='reply'>Reply</span>
</div>";
$("#tweets .tweet").last().find(".content").append(actionsMarkup);
});
if you insist to use appendTo(), you can try using :last-child:
$(actionsMarkup).appendTo('#tweets .tweet:last-child .content');
I was looking to see if you can do the same thing, found this question but the existing answer is not useful in my case as i would like to alter the element before adding.
You can create a new dom element in a variable with jQuery and do operations on it as if it is already in the dom before appending it.
Example:
var newTweet = $('<div></div>');
newTweet.addClass('tweet');
newTweet.append('<span class="username"></span>');
newTweet.find('span.username').html('John Doe');
$('body').append(newTweet);
the following will be appended to the body:
<div class="tweet"><span class="username">John Doe</span></div>
Very handy if you are building a reusable interface element (like a dialogue box) with multiple options.