SO jQuery Fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions jQuery 1.4.3, UI 1.8.5

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.5/themes/ui-lightness/jquery-ui.css">
Shop: <div id="shop_type"></div>

CSS

div { border: solid 1px #ddd; }

JavaScript

function append_place(type) {
  var shop_type = type || "Not available";
  $("#shop_type").append(shop_type);
}
append_place();