Incompatibility between Alex King’s “Share This” plugin and jQuery

Hello everyone!

I created a new theme and I integrated some elements in jQuery (specifically a system of tabs). Since “global” objects are stored inside the jQuery namespace, the function of the Share This form doesn’t work while the tabs are working.

As specified in a jQuery documentation (https://docs.jquery.com/Using_jQuery_with_Other_Libraries), I inserted a code to avoid a conflict between jQuery and Prototype (the one that Share This uses):

<script>
     jQuery.noConflict();

     // Use jQuery via jQuery(...)
     jQuery(#container-4).ready(function(){
       jQuery("div").hide();
     });

     // Use Prototype with $(...), etc.
     $('akst_form').style.display = 'none';
   </script>

This code is supposed to substitute the “$” of the jQuery function (in this case, it is the one there) and change it for jQuery itself, and leave the akst_form as it is, so they do not collide with each other.

Well, the fact is that it doesn’t work at all. The tabs work but when I click the “Share This” link at each post, instead of coming out the form, it redirects to a new form in a new page.

I have checked and the form code is active and in the footer, correctly. Prototype.js is also in the right place.

Any ideas?

Thanks so much in advance,

Antonio