title: jQuery If Div Does NOT Exist
body: <p>I have 3 images and have a function so that on mouse rollover they fade in and out. I don't want to do this if the image being rolled over has the class 'selected'.</p>
  
  <p>So far I have this code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$(".thumbs").hover(function(){
  
  if (!($(this).hasClass(".selected")){
  
  $(this).stop().fadeTo("normal", 1.0);
  },function(){
  $(this).stop().fadeTo("slow", 0.3);
  
  }
  
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to me the IF statement looks like it should be:</p>
  
  <pre><code>if (!($(this).hasClass(".selected"))){
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but neither work so who knows. When I implement this code my entire javascript stops working, any ideas why?</p>
  
  <p>There is virtually NO information on IF statements for jQuery on Google, it's ridiculous. I would greatly appreciate any help!</p>