the goal is to declare a span with 2 divs in it... how do i do this? this is wrong... var liHeaderC1 = $('
', { class: 'column-1', html: 'sitename.com' }); var liHeaderC2 = $('', { class: 'column-2', html: '99' }); var liHeaderSpan = $('', { class: 'contacts_wrapper', html: liHeaderC1 + liHeaderC2 });