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| 2 | +title : Additional jQuery Support |
| 3 | +--- |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +While we hope to cover most jQuery-related topics on this site, you may need additional or more immediate support. The following resources can prove useful. |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +### Official Forums |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +http://forum.jquery.com/ |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +There are many subforums where you can discuss jQuery, ask questions, talk about JavaScript, or announce your plugins. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +* [Getting Started](http://forum.jquery.com/getting-started) |
| 14 | + * This is the best place to post if you are brand new to jQuery and JavaScript. |
| 15 | +* [Using jQuery](http://forum.jquery.com/using-jquery) |
| 16 | + * This is the best place to post if you have general questions or concerns. |
| 17 | + * If you've built a site that uses jQuery, or would like to announce a new plugin, this is the place to do it. |
| 18 | +* [Using jQuery Plugins](http://forum.jquery.com/using-jquery-plugins) |
| 19 | + * If you are a plugin author or user and you wish to discuss specific plugins, plugin bugs, new features, or new plugins. |
| 20 | +* [Using jQuery UI](http://forum.jquery.com/using-jquery-ui) |
| 21 | + * This is the place to discuss use of [jQuery UI](http://jqueryui.com/) Interactions, Widgets, and Effects |
| 22 | +* [jQuery Mobile](http://forum.jquery.com/jquery-mobile) |
| 23 | + * This is the place to discuss jQuery Mobile. |
| 24 | +* [Developing jQuery Core](http://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-core) |
| 25 | + * This forum centers around development of the jQuery library itself. |
| 26 | + * Post here if you have questions about certain bugs, development with jQuery, features, or anything in the bug tracker or Git. |
| 27 | +* [Developing jQuery Plugins](http://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-plugins) |
| 28 | + * This forum covers development of jQuery plugins. |
| 29 | +* [Developing jQuery UI](http://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-ui) |
| 30 | + * This is the place to discuss development of [jQuery UI](http://jqueryui.com/) itself - including bugs, new plugins, and how you can help. |
| 31 | + * All jQuery UI svn commits are posted to this list to facilitate feedback, discussion, and review. |
| 32 | + * Also note that a lot of the development and planning of jQuery UI takes place on the [jQuery UI Development and Planning Wiki](http://wiki.jqueryui.com/). |
| 33 | +* [Developing jQuery Mobile](http://forum.jquery.com/developing-jquery-mobile) |
| 34 | + * This forum covers issues related to the development of jQuery Mobile. |
| 35 | +* [QUnit and Testing](http://forum.jquery.com/qunit-and-testing) |
| 36 | + * This is the place to discuss JavaScript testing in general and QUnit in particular |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +At the bottom of each of the forums is an RSS feed you can subscribe to. |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +To ensure that you'll get a useful answer in no time, please consider the following advice: |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +* Ensure your markup is valid. |
| 43 | +* Use Firebug/Developer Tools to see if you have an exception. |
| 44 | +* Use Firebug/Developer Tools to inspect the html classes, css. etc. |
| 45 | +* Try expected resulting html and css without javascript/jQuery and see if the problem could be isolated to those two. |
| 46 | +* Reduce to a minimal test case (keep removing things until the problem goes away, etc.) |
| 47 | +* Provide that test case as part of your mail. Either upload it somewhere or post it on jsbin.com. |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | +In general, keep your question short and focused and provide only essential details - others can be added when required. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +### Mailing List Archives |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +The mailing list existed before the forums were created. The mailing lists were closed in early 2010. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +There are two different ways of browsing the mailing list archives. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +1. The official mailing list archives can be found here: |
| 58 | + * [jQuery General Discussion Archives](http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en) |
| 59 | + * [jQuery Dev List Archives](http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev) |
| 60 | + * [jQuery UI General Discussion Archives](http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui) |
| 61 | + * [jQuery UI Dev List Archives](http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-ui-dev) |
| 62 | + * [jQuery Plugins List Archives](http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-plugins) |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +Also, an interactive, browsable, version of the General Discussion mailing list can be found on [Nabble](http://www.nabble.com/JQuery-f15494.html) (a forum-like mailing list mirror). |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +### Chat / IRC Channel |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +jQuery also has a very active IRC channel, **#jquery**, hosted by [freenode](http://freenode.net/). |
| 69 | + |
| 70 | +The IRC Channel is best if you need quick help with any of the following: |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +* JavaScript |
| 73 | +* jQuery syntax |
| 74 | +* problem solving |
| 75 | +* strange bugs. |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +If your problem is more in-depth, we may ask you to post to the mailing list, or the bug tracker, so that we can help you in a more-suitable environment. |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +####Connect info: |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +**Server:** irc.freenode.net |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | +**Room:** #jquery |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | +You can also connect at http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#jquery. |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | +Additionally we have **#jquery-es** and **#jquery-de** if you want to speak your native language. |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | +If you wish to post code snippets to the channel, you should use a paste site, like http://jsfiddle.net/ or http://jsbin.com/ |
| 90 | + |
| 91 | +### StackOverflow |
| 92 | + |
| 93 | +There is an active and well-informed support community at [StackOverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/jquery). You can likely find an answer for whatever issue you're experiencing. If your question isn't addressed, you can ask a new question and often receive a quick response. |
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