I was getting a “Code signing profile doesn’t match developer certificate” error.  After much troubleshooting.  I am able to set the Code Signing Profile in Project Info but the selection was greyed out when I was editing Active Target.

Finally fixed the bug by updating the plist!

Post by joni:

There were so many steps, I’m not sure I remember them all, but here are the parts I do remember, in case this helps anybody:

- I had two “System” keychains, so I deleted one of them
- I set the “login” keychain to be the default, so that new keys would be added there (it should show up bold when it’s the default)
- deleted the old public and private keys for my developer identity, and the wwdr and iphone developer certificates (in both the login and system keychains)
- quit keychain access and restarted it
- generated completely new keys, certificates, app id, provisioning profile
- made sure everything got added to the login keychain, not the system keychain
- in xcode deleted the old provisioning profiles from the Organizer and the device
- added the new profile to xcode and the device
- updated the info.plist (since I’d changed the com.yourcompany part of the app id in the new profile)

After verifying it worked with beta 4, I upgraded again to beta 5, did a clean rebuild, and everything still works fine.

“” is the Byte Order Mark (BOM) of the Unicode Standard. Specifically it is the hex bytes EF BB BF, which form the UTF-8 representation of the BOM, misinterpreted as ISO 8859/1 text instead of UTF-8.

Probably what it means is that you are using a text editor that is saving files in UTF-8 with the BOM, when it should be saving without the BOM. It could be PHP files that have the BOM, in which case they’d appear as literal text on your page.

The Unicode Consortium’s FAQ on the Byte Order Mark is at http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#BOM .

Horrible first post of the year I know but hey Henry suggested I post my bug zappers online and this is something =P.

• FireBug
• IE Developer Toolbar

Flash Content Embed

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashembedcagematch/

“How can you best embed Flash content?”

It should be a simple question, but is likely to evoke a lot of different opinions and arguments, as each of the many available embedding techniques have their own pros and cons. In this article, I will look into the complexities and subtleties of embedding Flash content and examine the most popular embedding methods to see how good they really are.

The key ingredients of a great Flash embedding method:

• Standards Compliance
• Cross-Browser Support
• Support for Alternative Content
• Avoidance of Flash Content/Player Mismatches
• Auto-Activation of Active Content
• Ease Of Implementation

http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

What is SWFObject?

• Offers two optimized Flash Player embed methods; a markup based approach and a method that relies on JavaScript
• Offers a JavaScript API that aims to provide a complete tool set for embedding SWF files and retrieving Flash Player related information
• Utilizes only one small JavaScript file (10Kb / GZIPed: 3.9Kb)
• Is the successor of SWFObject 1.5, UFO and the Adobe Flash Player Detection Kit
• Intends to unify all existing Flash Player embed methods and provide a new standard for embedding Adobe Flash Player content

Why should you use SWFObject?

• Is more optimized and flexible than any other Flash Player embed method around
• Offers one solution for everybody: It shouldn’t matter if you are an HTML, Flash, or JavaScript developer, there should be something in it for everyone
• Breaks the cycle of being locked into vendor specific markup and promotes the use of web standards and alternative content
• Uses unobtrusive JavaScript and JavaScript best practices
• Is easy to use

<#list mainItem.item as item>
<#local x = x+1>
<#local itemTitle = item.title />
<#local itemLink = item.link />
<a href=”${itemLink}”>${itemTitle}</a>
<#if x < 4> &#183; </#if>
</#list>

Looping

item_has_next = foreach (where item can be replaced by key name)

item_index = count (where item can be replaced by key name)

Simple mouseclick linking to frame code:

boards.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, gotoBoards);

function gotoBoards(event:MouseEvent): void

{

Sound.Mixer.stopAll();

gotoAndPlay(1); //1 = frame number

}

Resources:

• http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials = my next project, jquery
• http://w3schools.com/ = my endless resource
• http://www.freetechbooks.com/
• http://www.techtoolblog.com/archives/195-free-online-programming-books
• http://jqueryvsmootools.com/

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So I ask a ton of developers out there… what do you do to learn, enrich your knowledge, further your skills?  What books do you read? What feeds? What websites? What technologies do you focus on?  What I am realizing (which should have been obvious to me from the start) is that each developer is unique.

Each developer is like a Katamari ball, rolling around the technological virtual world within the capabilities of computers, collecting/sponging up all the information/skills/experience they can depending on the direction they are interested in taking and what data is available to be collected/sponged up.  There is no clear path.  There are endless possibilities.  It just depends on what the individual developer feels like doing.  The only way to win is to make the biggest ball you can make and just keep going.  Don’t stop.  Never stop learning.

huó dào lăo, xué dào lăo; xué dào lăo, xué bù liăo.

活到老，学到老；学到老，学不了。

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So I’m ADD and can’t focus on studying one thing at a time.  I figured maybe I should keep myself accountable by posting the stuff I learn.

So (yeah I start my sentences with “so” a lot, dont know why) I went through one of the tutorials today for jQuery.

How jQuery Works

• Google’s CDN to load the jQuery core file:
  • http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3/jquery.min.js
• jQuery’s ready event replaces window.onload:
  • $(document).ready(function(){ function_to_run(); });
• Adding and removing a CSS class (to a sample “a” element):
  • $(“a”).addClass(“class_name”);
  • $(“a”).removeClass(“class_name”);
• Special Effects
  • $(this).hide(“slow”);
• Callback functions – passed as arg to another func and executed after parent func has completed.
  • $.get(‘myhtmlpage.html’, myCallBack);
  • $.get(‘myhtmlpage.html’, function(){
    myCallBack(param1, param2);
    });

• Start with shape or drawing object.
• Select frame to be end of tween.
• F6 to create new keyframe that is copy of last keyframe.
• TWEEN: Right click on frames in between and select “Create Shape Tween”.
• MODIFY: Go to starting key frame and change shape of object.

Motion Tweens: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1815

• Have symbol to add motion tween to. Best if movie clip.
• Have empty frames between beginning and end within timeline.
• Right click on frame between beginning and end.
• TWEEN: Select Create Motion Tween.
• MODIFY: At frame where you want motion to occur. Click and drag/move/modify symbol.

Using Motion Editor: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1812

• Start with motion tween.
• Select tween in timeline.
• Window -> Motion Editor.
• Scrub values.

Working with Motion Presets: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1813

• Select tween.
• Right click -> Save as Motion Preset
• Window -> Motion Presets
• Apply to other movie clip symbol
• Shift click motion preset to have current keyframe be end position of motion

Animating Bones: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1590v1811

• Start with movie clips.
• Use bone tool in toolbar clicking from hinge of one movie clip hinge to another movie clip hinge.
• Test how bone system hinges by clicking and dragging elements.
• Bone system elements go into the Armature layer. Can delete emptied out frames.
• F5 to add frames and extend timeline for both Armature and background.
• Move to any frame and move bone system by clicking and dragging while on Armature layer.