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Using jQuery to append & prepend existing content to somewhere else in the DOM
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prepend-content.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Adding Content To The DOM</title>
<style>
article { width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; }
blockquote {
width: 30%;
float: right;
font-size: 2em;
text-align: center;
background-color: #eee;
}
</style>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<article>
<h1>Article One</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<p><span class="co">This is the quote of the week</span>, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
<p><span class="co">This is the quote of the week</span>, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.</p>
</article>
<script>
(function() {
// use a function on the filtered elements to set the new content.
$('article').find('span.co').each(function() {
var $this = $(this);//store 'this' in a var to cache it.
//use an object to set the new text.
$('<blockquote></blockquote>', {
class: 'co',
text: $this.text()
}).prependTo( $this.closest('p') );
});
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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