Syncing Opera

Opera on first run.

Almost everyone owns multiple devices today: phones, tablets and computers all have their specific purposes. And we all use the Internet for almost everything. Which makes it nice for us to be able to sync our bookmarks, history, notes and whatnot. Chrome, Firefox, Opera and most other browsers offer methods of syncing all your devices. I will go through syncing my Joli computer with my other computers. I customize my browser allot. I need my search engines synced.
Go to the computer which has the customized opera. Click on the Opera logo in the upper left corner and select "Synchronize Opera," then "enable synchronization". Log into My Opera or creat an account. Next, you need to do the same thing in the Opera browser you just installed. Click "I already Have an account and log in. Then you will see a screen asking you what you want to sync. Check everything you wish to be synced between your different browsers, and click "finish." Your web browsing experience will be the same on all devices. Unfortunately, Opera does not sync themes or extensions, so you will have to do that manually. However, Opera Link is very handy.

How to create .ICO fils

One of the hardest things about web development and CC in general is icon files: its hard to make them. In a simple Duck Duck Go search I found the easiest way ever: ConvertIco. I have used it many times, and lots of other people use it to.  Well, basically, you select whether you want to convert a file from your computer or the web, and click "go."

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Make a Maping Application

Have you ever wondered if you could make a mapping app? Its easy: just looking at the source for Fireburst Maps give you the complete code. Just paste this where you want the maps to appear: 
<div id="I30_html"><table width="98%" align=center cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="#eeeeee" class=shadetabs1><tr><td><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2><img src="http://20searchengines.com/images/directions.gif" height=16 width=16 border=0 align=absmiddle></font></td><td valign=middle width="99%"><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2><B>Driving Directions</B></font></td><td align=right nowrap><font face=arial size=1 class=fontsize1>Powered By <a href="http://fireburstmaps.yolasite.com">Fireburst Maps</a></font></td></tr></table><table width="85%" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" align=center border=0 cellpadding=6 cellspacing=6><tr><td align=center><form action="http://www.20searchengines.com/texis/open/asb3" target="_blank"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 class=shadetabs3><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" class=shadetabs4><tr><td align=left><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2><B>&nbsp;Departure / Start Address:</B></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="50%" border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>Street:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="35" name="street1" value="" maxlength="60" class=tool></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>City:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="35" name="city1" value="" maxlength="60" class=tool></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>State/Province:</font></td><td align=left><select name=state1 size=1 class=tool>
<option value="">Select a State:</option>
<option value="al">Alabama </option>
<option value="ak">Alaska</option>
<option value="az">Arizona </option>
<option value="ar">Arkansas </option>
<option value="ca">California </option>
<option value="co">Colorado </option>
<option value="ct">Connecticut </option>
<option value="de">Delaware </option>
<option value="dc">District of Columbia </option>
<option value="fl">Florida </option>
<option value="ga">Georgia </option>
<option value="hi">Hawaii </option>
<option value="id">Idaho </option>
<option value="il">Illinois </option>
<option value="in">Indiana </option>
<option value="ia">Iowa </option>
<option value="ks">Kansas </option>
<option value="ky">Kentucky </option>
<option value="la">Louisiana </option>
<option value="me">Maine </option>
<option value="md">Maryland </option>
<option value="ma">Massachusetts </option>
<option value="mi">Michigan</option>
<option value="mn">Minnesota </option>
<option value="ms">Mississippi </option>
<option value="mo">Missouri </option>
<option value="mt">Montana </option>
<option value="ne">Nebraska </option>
<option value="nv">Nevada </option>
<option value="nh">New Hampshire </option>
<option value="nj">New Jersey </option>
<option value="nm">New Mexico </option>
<option value="ny">New York </option>
<option value="nc">North Carolina </option>
<option value="nd">North Dakota </option>
<option value="oh">Ohio </option>
<option value="ok">Oklahoma </option>
<option value="or">Oregon </option>
<option value="pa">Pennsylvania </option>
<option value="ri">Rhode Island </option>
<option value="sc">South Carolina </option>
<option value="sd">South Dakota </option>
<option value="tn">Tennessee </option>
<option value="tx">Texas </option>
<option value="ut">Utah </option>
<option value="vt">Vermont </option>
<option value="va">Virginia </option>
<option value="wa">Washington </option>
<option value="wv">West Virginia </option>
<option value="wi">Wisconsin </option>
<option value="wy">Wyoming</option>
</select></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle nowrap><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>ZIP/Postal Code:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="5" name="zip1" value="" maxlength="10" class=tool></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" class=shadetabs4><tr><td align=left><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2><B>&nbsp;Destination / End Address:</B></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="50%" border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>Street:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="35" name="street2" value="" maxlength="60" class=tool></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>City:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="35" name="city2" value="" maxlength="60" class=tool></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>State/Province:</font></td><td align=left><select name=state2 size=1 class=tool>
<option value="">Select a State:</option>
<option value="al">Alabama </option>
<option value="ak">Alaska</option>
<option value="az">Arizona </option>
<option value="ar">Arkansas </option>
<option value="ca">California </option>
<option value="co">Colorado </option>
<option value="ct">Connecticut </option>
<option value="de">Delaware </option>
<option value="dc">District of Columbia </option>
<option value="fl">Florida </option>
<option value="ga">Georgia </option>
<option value="hi">Hawaii </option>
<option value="id">Idaho </option>
<option value="il">Illinois </option>
<option value="in">Indiana </option>
<option value="ia">Iowa </option>
<option value="ks">Kansas </option>
<option value="ky">Kentucky </option>
<option value="la">Louisiana </option>
<option value="me">Maine </option>
<option value="md">Maryland </option>
<option value="ma">Massachusetts </option>
<option value="mi">Michigan</option>
<option value="mn">Minnesota </option>
<option value="ms">Mississippi </option>
<option value="mo">Missouri </option>
<option value="mt">Montana </option>
<option value="ne">Nebraska </option>
<option value="nv">Nevada </option>
<option value="nh">New Hampshire </option>
<option value="nj">New Jersey </option>
<option value="nm">New Mexico </option>
<option value="ny">New York </option>
<option value="nc">North Carolina </option>
<option value="nd">North Dakota </option>
<option value="oh">Ohio </option>
<option value="ok">Oklahoma </option>
<option value="or">Oregon </option>
<option value="pa">Pennsylvania </option>
<option value="ri">Rhode Island </option>
<option value="sc">South Carolina </option>
<option value="sd">South Dakota </option>
<option value="tn">Tennessee </option>
<option value="tx">Texas </option>
<option value="ut">Utah </option>
<option value="vt">Vermont </option>
<option value="va">Virginia </option>
<option value="wa">Washington </option>
<option value="wv">West Virginia </option>
<option value="wi">Wisconsin </option>
<option value="wy">Wyoming</option>
</select></td></tr><tr><td align=left valign=middle nowrap><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>ZIP/Postal Code:</font></td><td align=left><input type="text" size="5" name="zip2" value="" maxlength="10" class=tool></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 align=center><table width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 bgcolor="#EEEEEE" class=shadetabs4><tr><td align=left><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2><B>&nbsp;Driving Directions Provider:</B></font></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF" width="50%" border=0 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0><tr><td nowrap align=left valign=middle><font face=arial size=3 class=fontsize2>Directions From:</font></td><td align=left><SELECT NAME="p" class=tool><option value="googledrive">Google Maps</option><option value="mapquestdrive" selected>MapQuest</option><option value="yahoodrive">Yahoo! Maps</option></SELECT></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td valign=middle><BR>&nbsp;<input type="submit" name="Search" value=" Get Driving Directions " class=tool><BR><BR></td></tr></table></FORM></td></tr></table>

</div>

The maps are very convenient and useful. 

Driving Directions

Powered By 20 Search Engines

Departure / Start Address: Street: City: State/Province: Select a State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ZIP/Postal Code:  Destination / End Address: Street: City: State/Province: Select a State: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming ZIP/Postal Code:  Driving Directions Provider: Directions From: Google MapsMapQuestYahoo! Maps

Make Image Links open in a New Tab

Many people want to make image links open in a new tab, like they do on my Alternative Search Engines list. It's a fairly simple code too:
<a href="http://www.clipotech.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="75" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QF2exREIx20/SVDCxpqD2jI/AAAAAAAABtg/cJuBW3wQpLw/S1600-R/0007.PNG"/></a>
That will make a link that goes like this:  
You can remove any text that's marked in red.

Make Google Custom Search results open in same tab

One of the problems I had with GCSE on my blog was that it always opened links in a new window or tab. This wasn't very convenient, but I only had to change a little code in the results code. 
Before Modification:

<!-- Put the following javascript before the closing </head> tag. -->
<script>
(function() {
var cx = '010940491106818468665:ak7ru-numse';
var gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true;
gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
  '//' + cx;
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
})();
</script>

<!-- Place this tag where you want the search results to render -->
<gcse:searchresults-only></gcse:searchresults-only>

After Modification (when the results open in same tab):

<!-- Put the following javascript before the closing </head> tag. -->
<script>
(function() {
var cx = '010940491106818468665:ak7ru-numse';
var gcse = document.createElement('script'); gcse.type = 'text/javascript'; gcse.async = true;
gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
'//' + cx;
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
})();
</script>

<!-- Place this tag where you want the search results to render -->
<gcse:searchresults-only linktarget="_parent"></gcse:searchresults-only>

I replaced  <gcse:searchresults-only> with  <gcse:searchresults-only linktarget="_parent">. 

Links, Part 1: The basic link

Links are an almost irremovable part of a site or even a page. Links are used to lead to other pages, other sites, even emails.  Fortunately, links are very easy. In this post I will go over the hyperlink, the email link and the image link. The basic link code is <a href="http://sethstutorials.blogspot.com">Seth's Code & PC Tutorials</a> Replace with http://sethstutorials.blogspot.com  with the address of the site you want to link to. Replace Seth's Code & PC Tutorials with the text you want your links to display.

Email Link

The email link is simple. The code is:
<a href="mailto:sethsevenyoln@aol.com">Email Me</a>
Replace sethsevenyoln@aol.com with your email address, and Email Me with the text you want displayed.
Image Link

The image link is a bit more complicated. Still, its quite possible. The code is:
<a href="http://fireburst.webs.com"><img src="image.gif" border="0"></a>

Replace http://fireburst.webs.com with the URL of the site you want to link to, and image.gif with the URL of the image you want displayed. 

Opening a link in a new tab

If you want a link to be opened in a new tab, for the basic link use this code:


<a href="http://url" target="_blank">link text</a>

How to verify a Blogger blog with Bing Webmaster Tools

Bing webmaster tools gives you data about your site or blog's performance on Bing. However, verifying a Blogger blog with Bing can be tricky. Here's how.
1. Navigate to http://bing.com/webmaster and click sign in. Log in with your Microsoft of Windows Live account (you can sign up here).

Once you're signed in, enter the URL of your Blogger blog.

It will lead you to this page. Click "add" and don't bother with a sitemap. After all, its a blog.

You'll get something like this:

Now go to Blogger and navigate to the "Template" section.

Select "Edit HTML" and don't worry! When you see this click "proceed"

Scroll to the very bottom. You will see this:

At the very bottom, paste the code from Bing Webmaster Tools right before </html> tag. 

Click "save template." Go back to Bing Webmaster Tools and click "verify." You're set. If it doesn't work , try a new post. Or figure out a way to upload a file that I don't know of. 

Creat a Favicon

Favicons are icons which show in the browser's tabs or address bar. They make your site look more professional and help make it stand out. An example would be the favicon of my blog shown at the beginning of the post. The picture next to the title is the favicon. 
First, choose an image that you would want to be your favicon. It should be almost square or exactly square. Do not cram to many details in it for it will be put into a "very tight place." You could use Windows snipping tool to clip a peace of your logo. Go to http://convertico.com and select upload a file from computer. Choose your image and wait for it to be uploaded. Then download the finished icon. Now we get to the hard part. Upload the favicon.ico file to you server or website host. Then add this code to your homepage: 
         
    <link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="/favicon.ico">                                                           

Save it and you will be done.