I have this jQuery code

```
(function () {
    function load_page (pagename) {
        $.ajax({
            url: "/backend/index.php/frontend/pull_page/",
            type: "POST",
            data: {page: pagename},
            success: function (json) {
                var parsed = $.parseJSON(json);
                console.log(parsed);
                return parsed;
            },
            error: function (error) {
                $('#content').html('Sorry, there was an error: <br>' + error);
                return false;
            }
        });
    }
    ...
    var json = load_page(page);
    console.log(json);
    if (json == false) {
        $('body').fadeIn();
    } else {
        document.title = json.pagename + ' | The Other Half | freddum.com';
        $("#content").html(json.content);
        $('#header-navigation-ul a:Contains('+page+')').addClass('nav-selected');
        $('body').fadeIn();
    }
})();

```

and, guess what, it doesn't work. The AJAX request fires fine, and the server returns valid JSON but the `console.log(json);` returns `undefined` and the js crashes when it gets to `json.pagename`.
The first `console.log(parsed)` also returns good data so it's just a problem with the `return` (I think). 

I knew I was clutching at straws and would be extremely if this worked, but it doesn't. To be honest, I don't know how to program callback functions for this situation.

**EDIT**: This is my now updated code, which doesn't work either.

```
function load_page (pagename, callback) {
    $.ajax({
        url: "/backend/index.php/frontend/pull_page/",
        type: "POST",
        data: {page: pagename},
        success: function (json) {
            callback(json);
        },
        error: function (error) {
            $('#content').html('Sorry, there was an error: <br>' + error);
            var json = false;
            callback(json);
        }
    });
}
(function () {
    $('body').hide();
    var page = window.location.hash.slice(1);
    if (page == "") page = 'home';
    load_page(page, function(json) {
        var parsed = $.parseJSON(json);
        console.log(parsed);
        if (json.pagename == "" || json.pagename == null) {
            document.title = 'Page Not Found | The Other Half | freddum.com';
            $('body').fadeIn();
        } else {
            document.title = parsed.pagename + ' | The Other Half | freddum.com';
            $("#content").html(parsed.content);
            $('#header-navigation-ul a:Contains('+page+')').addClass('nav-selected');
            $('body').fadeIn();
        }    
    });

})();

```

I moved `load_page` into global namespace 'cos I needed it to be there. The `console.log(parsed)` returns what seems to be a valid json object, but `console.log(parsed.content)` yields `undefined`. `#content` isn't being set either. Any ideas? I'll be glad to do any testing.

Any help is greatly appreciated!