The first time I saw a style sheet switcher I was either reading A List Apart or Simple Bits, both excellent sites you should visit if you are serious about design.

Since then, I’ve seen many different methods for allowing a visitor to switch a stylesheet with a click of a mouse. But recently I came across a short example of how to do it with jQuery.

I want to show you this example and walk you through it because it not only gives another fine example of the short code you can write with jQuery but also too illustrate some of the more advanced features of the jQuery javascript library.

This guide is an introduction to the jQuery library. Knowledge of javascript and the document object model (DOM) is required. It starts from ground up and tries to explain details where necessary. It covers a simple hello world example, selector and event basics, AJAX, FX and usage and authoring of plugins.

This guide contains no "click me" examples. The intention of providing only "copy me" code is to invite you to try it for yourself. Copy an example, see what it does, and modify it.