Locate all the divs after the first and give them a class.

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div:first").nextAll().addClass("after"); }); </script> <style> div { width: 80px; height: 80px; background: #abc; border: 2px solid black; margin: 10px; float: left; } div.after { border-color: red; } </style> </head> <body> <div>first</div> <div>sibling<div>child</div></div> <div>sibling</div> <div>sibling</div> </body> </html>
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