I've ready some similar questions and have verified that jquery is the first script included...
// this test confirms that jquery is defined
if (typeof jQuery == 'undefined') {
alert('jquery not defined');
}
// (this is being alerted)
else { alert( 'jquery is defined'); }
// this is what I want to achieve (to begin with)
jquery("#free-signup").css( 'display', 'none' );
and jquery does seem to be defined... what am I doing wrong?!