Drupal and jquery

Question

I have turned on jquery-update module for drupal 6, but jQuery was not not loaded, I have checked page source, no jQuery here.

Are there any steps I need to do to load jQuery?

I have copy all jQuery files to the misc folder.

It just is not loaded by front page

Answer 1

You can add your JS and CSS files in your .info file or under .module file inside the hook_init(). Do not include outside the function it will break the drupal working.

Answer 2

You can also add the .js file in your .info file just make sure to clear cache after you have added the line of code to include the jquery library. i think it is scripts[ ]= file directory/name...like js/jquery.js

Answer 3

Drupal does not load jQuery unless you add a specific script on a given page using drupal_add_js in a module or your theme. The jQuery files themselves are library files you build upon, and without calling drupal_add_js, do not actually do anything on their own.

Using drupal_add_js