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>

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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

Embed RSS feeds into a webpage

In websites such as Fireburst News,  you will see RSS feeds embedded into the webpage. Also, you may want to display your RSS feed in your site's homepage. To make an RSS file, visit this post. Here's the code to embed my blog's RSS:
<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default&amp;synd=open&amp;w=320&amp;h=200&amp;title=&amp;border=%23ffffff%7C3px%2C1px+solid+%23999999&amp;output=js"></script>

XML links or Xlink

In XML, tags are made up which makes XML links almost impossible. The solution to this is Xlink, which is a standard for XML links. To display links use a code like this;
<?xml version="1.0"?>

 <homepages xmlns:xlink="http://www.google.com">

<homepage xlink:type="simple"
 xlink:href="http://ddg.gg">Duck Duck Go</homepage>

<homepage xlink:type="simple"
 xlink:href="http://www.google.com">Google</homepage>

</homepages>

An easy example would be this;
<plantstore xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <plant name="Petunia">
<description
xlink:type="simple"
  xlink:href="http://plants.com/images/petunia.png"
xlink:show="new">
  The familiar petunia at a bargain price.
</description>
</book>
</bookstore>

You can repeat the highlighted text as often as you like. 

Make a webpage RSS feed

Most news sites have things called RSS feeds that you subscribe to and get updates using a feed-reader. It's actually easy to make an RSS feed, using basic XML. This code goes into notepad. Update whenever you have a new post you want to display in the feed
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0"><channel>
<title>New Feed One</title>
<link>http://site.com/newfeedone</link>
 <description>Start text on articles</description>
<item>
<title>New Post Two</title>
<link>http://site.com/newposttwo</link>
<description>New post on New Post Two</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>New Post Three</title>
<link>http://www.site.com/newpostthree</link>
<description>description</description>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
Save as "feed.xml" but you can change anything except .xml.

Add categories with this code:
<category>Web development</category>

Make a Firefox search Add-on for a GCSE

Adding an search engine to Firefox is the only disadvantage to Firefox. You have to install an add-on. Compare that to Opera, where you can right click the search field. To make things worse, search add-ons are in XML. I could go on and on, but I will put my dialog at the end and you may read it if you like.
TO make this search addon your GCSE will have to follow this tutorial:http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/2012/10/two-page-more-customizable-gcse-for.html
Open notepad and enter this code:

<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/">
<ShortName>
Seth's Tutorials
</ShortName>
<Description>
Search for code and PC tutorials by Seth Sevenyoln</Description>
<InputEncoding>
UTF-8
</InputEncoding>
<OutputEncoding>
UTF-8
</OutputEncoding>
<AdultContent>
false
</AdultContent>
<Image height="16" width="16" type="image/x-icon">
http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/favicon.ico</Image>
<Url type="text/html" template="http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/p/search-results.html?q={searchTerms}"/>
<SearchForm>
http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com
</SearchForm>
</OpenSearchDescription>


Seth's Tutorials is the name of the add-on and the name of the search engine displayed in the search box.   Search for code and PC tutorials by Seth Sevenyoln is the description which is displayed in the search results of Mozilla add-ons directory.  http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/favicon.ico  is the URL of the icon and no it doesn't work for me either. http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com/p/search-results.html?q=  is the URL where results are displayed. For example, if you wanted to search fireburst.webs.com the URL would be fireburst.webs.com/searchresults.htm?q=. A way to find this out is to search for "n" and take the "n" out of the URL. http://sethsdiscoveries.blogspot.com  is the URL of your homepage. Mine looked like this:

Then save it as "searchname.xml" To save it as an xml file you will need to put the filename in quotations. Mine looked like this:

Open Firefox and navigate to addons.mozilla.org. Log in or sign up with a developers account(free). Follow the steps and submit your addon. You're finished. You can download the add-on for my blog here