Using jQuery with WordPress

I struggled with this, as the usual method of including a javascript library and an external javascript script did not work.  Usually, I would do this:


<script style="text/javascript" src=<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>/wp-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js" ></style>
<script style="text/javascript" src=<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/myScript.js" ></style>


But that didn’t work at all, even when I included the jQuery.noConflict() line in my script. So I ended up going with this, which loads the jQuery library that is included with the wordpress installation and then loads my script without any conflicts:


<?php wp_enqueue_script( 'myScript', '/wp-content/themes/myTheme/myScript.js', array('jquery') ); ?>


The wordpress docs have very little to say about wp_enqueue_script(), the function that makes this possible. A good resource with examples of use can be found here:

http://nickohrn.com/loading-javascript-libraries-in-wordpress-plugins-with-wp_enqueue_script/

Installing Haxe on Mac OS 10.5.5

I decided not to use MTASC as my compiler after all, since it can’t do Actionscript 3. I’m going with Haxe instead.

Installation:

1. Go to http://haxe.org/download and download the OSX Universal Installer.
2. Unpack the installer and double click on it
3. Open up .bash_login from you home directory in your text editor and add the line: export HAXE_LIBRARY_PATH=”/usr/lib/haxe/std:./”
4. Follow the instructions for “Getting Started with haXe/Flash” in the Documentation section of the haXe website to test your installation

Now you can go to http://www.loziosecchi.it/lab/textmate_bundle/ and download and install the Haxe TextMate bundle:

1. Go to Marco Secchi’s website and download the haXe bundle for Textmate.
2. Unpack it
3. In Finder, locate the Textmate icon in the Applications folder and right click on it. Choose “show package contents” from the menu that appears.
4. Navigate to Contents -> Shared Support ->Bundles within the TextMate package
5. Open a new Finder window and locate the bundle you unpacked
6. Drag and drop the haXe2.tmbundle file into the Bundles folder and restart TextMate

Installing Flash and Flex Bundles on Textmate

This is important because it allows me to use textmate as my editor. I freaking love textmate. For instructions of how to do this go here:

http://flashalisious.com/2007/07/30/installing-as3-and-flex-bundle-for-textmate/

Do what he says, copy and paste the code he gives into the terminal all at once and press enter. Terminal will run the commands one at a time. When it gets to the last command (“osascript -e ‘tell app “TextMate” to reload bundles’”) it will throw the error “0:1: syntax error: A unknown token can’t go here. (-2740)”.

Don’t panic, just press the up arrow to bring up the line “osascript -e ‘tell app “TextMate” to reload bundles” again and then go through and replace the single and double quotes with new single and double quotes. When you cut and paste them from the website it puts curly quotes in, which the terminal can’t read. Voila’!

Installing MTASC

This was easy enough:

1. Download the Mac OSX package from http://www.mtasc.org/#download
2. Unzip it and change the name of the folder to “mtasc” for ease of use
3. Put the unzipped folder in your Applications directory
4. Put a new entry in your .bash_login file that says:
   1. export PATH=”/Applications/mtasc:$PATH”

Installing the Flash SDK on Mac OS 10.5.5

Vague instructions from the book led me to my first roadblock.  Can’t blame ‘em, there’s just to many OSs out there to write for all of them.  But we’re smart right? Right.

This video includes step by step instructions for how to install the Flex SDK and the correct way to add it to your path:

http://learnhub.com/lesson/video/108-start-using-flex3-for-free

Open Source Flash on Mac OS 10.5 Leopard

I haven’t written for a while but there’s no time for apologizing.  I decided (after years of swearing I never would) its time to learn flash.  I’m doing this totally open source, so I’m going to post all the steps it takes to get up and running in sequence, post by post.  I’m following the installation instructions from the free downloadable chapter of “The Essential Guide to Open Source Flash Development.”  This is available here:

http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=9781430209935

There are several resources out there but this is the only clear getting-started guide I’ve run into.  Plus, my friend Moses was a contributing author!  He developes on a mac and is a has worked on some very high profile flash projects.  Thanks Moses!  I swear I’ll buy that book if I get this to work.

Here is a rundown of my system that I will be attempting this on:

Hardware Overview:

Model Name:    MacBook
Model Identifier:    MacBook2,1
Processor Name:    Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:    2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors:    1
Total Number Of Cores:    2
L2 Cache:    4 MB
Memory:    4 GB

The text editor I use is TextMate, and the browser I use is Firefox 3.  If I use it, you can assume that I highly recommend it.