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I'm sorry to have to post my entire plugin here, but I can't seem to identify the problem. It works as expected in Firefox as well as in IE 8 when I turn on "compatibility view." When I turn off compatibility view, however, I get a blank page--with no errors whatsoever from IE's debug mode.

1. jQuery.fn.photonGallery = function(url, options)
2. {
3.  jQuery(this).attr("id", "photon-gallery_"+(Math.random()*new Date().getTime()));
4.  var gallery = jQuery(this);
5.   // Give the gallery a unique identifier
7.  var options = jQuery.extend(
8.  {
9.   albumNotes: "<1> child(ren), <2> picture(s)",
10.    // Notes that describe an album: <1> = number of sub-albums, <2> = number of pictures
11.   crumbSeparator: " &rsaquo; ",
12.    // Separator for breadcrumbs
13.   css: "default.css",
14.    // Stylesheet (relative to location of jquery.photonGallery.js)
15.   pictureNotes: "<1>&times;<2>, <3> kb",
16.    // Notes that describe a picture: <1> = width (pixels), <2> = height (pixels), <3> = size (sizeUnits)
17.   scriptId: "_photon-gallery",
18.    // id attribute of the <script> tag that calls jQuery.photonGallery.js
19.   sizeUnits: "kb",
20.    // Units to describe a picture's size in: "kb" or "mb"
21.   upOneLevel: ".."
22.    // Caption to represent traversing up in the directory tree
23.  }, options);
25.  jQuery(document).ajaxError(function(e, request, settings, exception)
26.  {
27.   alert("AJAX encountered an error whilst loading \""+settings.url+"\".\r\nError: \""+exception+"\"");
28.    // Alert client if AJAX experiences an error
29.  });
31.  jQuery.ajax(
32.  {
33.   type: "GET",
34.   url: url,
35.   dataType: "text",
36.   success: function(data)
37.   {
38.    jQuery(gallery).empty();
39.     // Remove photon-gallery_loading div
40.    var hash = document.location.hash.substr(1);
41.     // Acquire hash (minus the # sign)
42.    generateTree(buildTree(data, hash));
43.     // Build an album tree structure
44.    generateGallery(buildGallery(data));
45.     // Build a picture gallery
46.   }
47.  });
48.   // Initialize a request to load XML file
50.  jQuery(gallery).addClass("photon-gallery");
51.   // Apply class for CSS properties
52.  jQuery(gallery).html("<div class=\"photon-gallery_loading\"></div>");
53.   // While we wait for the request, include a loading animation
55.  var album = null;
56.  function buildTree(data, hash)
57.  {
58.   var arr = [];
59.   jQuery(gallery).html("<div class=\"photon-gallery_xml\">"+data+"</div>");
60.    // Temporarily add a div to contain the XML content so we can parse it
61.   jQuery(gallery).children(".photon-gallery_xml").last().find("album").each(function()
62.   {
63.     // Selects the photon-gallery_xml of the current gallery
64.    var x = {};
65.    x.name = jQuery(this).attr("name");
66.     // Obtain name of album
67.    x.path = (jQuery(this).parents("album").map(function(){return jQuery(this).attr("path");}).get().reverse().join("/")+"/"+jQuery(this).attr("path")).substr(1);
68.     // Obtain a path to the album, stepping up the tree
69.    if(x.path == hash)
70.     album = arr.length - 1;
71.      // If the album is the current album, store its index for later reference
72.    x.desc = jQuery(this).children("description").first().text();
73.     // Obtain the description of the album
74.    x.albs = jQuery(this).children("album").length;
75.     // Obtain the number of albums in this album
76.    x.imgs = jQuery(this).children("picture").length;
77.     // Obtain the number of pictures in this album
78.    arr.push(x);
79.   });
81.   return arr;
82.  };
84.  function buildGallery(data)
85.  {
86.   var arr = {};
87.   jQuery(gallery).children(".photon-gallery_xml").last().remove();
88.    // No need to keep the XML on the page, now that it has been parsed
89.   return arr;
90.  };
92.  function generateTree(branches)
93.  {
94.   for(i in branches)
95.   {var x = branches[i];
96.    jQuery(gallery).append("<p>name = "+x.name+", path = "+x.path+", desc = "+x.desc+", albs = "+x.albs+", imgs = "+x.imgs+"</p>");
97.   }
98.  };
100.  function generateGallery(images, location)
101.  {
102.  };
103. };