[jQuery] support newbie: DOM & tablesorter questions. time sensitive

[jQuery] support newbie: DOM & tablesorter questions. time sensitive


Hello jquery community,
So I'm still wadding around jquery/dom/js but had to dive into the
deep end to support under-resourced projects. I have a couple code
questions and was also wondering what the best resource would be for
on-the-fly question/answer sort of thing: irc channel(s)? I'm hoping
that soon I'll be able to start answering questions instead of posting
for basic solutions...but all in due time.
1. <li><label for="happy">Happy<input type="checkbox" /></li>
     - if checkbox (:checked), I need to grab the text 'Happy' and pass
it to an <h4>
     - in general i'm a bit confused between innerHTML, .html(), .text():
could someone clarify as if talking to a two-year old ; )
2. <input type="text" value="" />
    - user enters a number, I need to capture and pass it to the value
of the input
- i'm using it within tablesorter, so the number needs to pass to
the value before validation
- also, if user changes number or removes, value needs to update
would livequery make any of dom binding etc easier?
If any of you are chat types, I'll be online tonight...drop me a reply
to author and I'll pass along my sn.
Thanks to the readers and reply-ers; every bit helps