Using jQuery noConflict() with script.aculo.us

Question

I have a site using a \"widget\" (from http://healcode.com) that includes the script.aculo.us JavaScript library. The problem is that the site I\'m building is on WordPress,

Answer 1

I found the solution VERY surprising!

First of all, using the $j = jQuery.noConflict(); mode did not work.

Second, calling jQuery.noConflict(); at the head did not work.

The method that did work was this one: http://codeimpossible.com/2010/01/13/solving-document-ready-is-not-a-function-and-other-problems/

Oddly, the Coda Slider 2.0 plugin does not automatically do noConflict so it turned out that IN ADDITION to the problems listed above, I needed to wrap that plugin in .noConflict(); as well. Shout out the the author of the blog post, not sure why other noConflict(); calling methods didn't work, but I'm glad I found the post.