Getting Started with Tipue JS

USING AN XML DATA FILE

You can either build the XML data file by hand or via a web crawler such as Endsheet.

For an example see tipue_data.xml included with Tipue JS.

TITLE *	The title of the page.
URL	This can be either a document, a partial URL or a full URL including the http:// element.
CONTENT *	The text of the page.
OPEN	This value specifies how the link displays when it is selected. If the element is 0 the link opens in the current window. If the value is 1 the link displays in a new browser window. This element is optional. The current window is assumed.
RANK	This adds a value to the page's score, which has the effect of making it return correspondingly higher in a group of results with a similar score. The value is of the Page Rank is 0 to 10, with 0 as the default. This element is optional.
* These elements are searched.

Note that in XML, certain characters must be replaced with escape codes. These characters are listed below:

Character	Escape Code
&	&
'	'
"	"
>	>
<	<

Example XML data file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <site> <page> <title>Tipue</title> <url>http://www.tipue.com</url> <content>Tipue is a set of Open Source search tools for web designers and developers. Tipue JS is a JavaScript site search engine. It can use XML or RSS as a data source. Tipue JS is Open Source and free to download. Cloud JS uses JavaScript to create a tag cloud from XML or RSS. Cloud JS is Open Source and free to download. Endsheet is a desktop web crawler that gathers content for site search engines and Google Sitemaps. Endsheet is Open Source and free to download.</content> <rank>5</rank> </page> <page> <title>Tipue JS</title> <url>http://www.tipue.com/products/tipueJS/</url> <content>Works with IE, Firefox and more. Uses XML or RSS as a data source. Includes Page Ranking and Common Word exclusion. Includes Word Stemming. Tipue JS is an Open Source JavaScript site search engine. It works with any browser that supports JavaScript and at least partially supports the W3C DOM. Try searching this site in the example above. The Tipue JS search engine is small at less than 19 Kb, platform independent and doesn't need any other technologies on your host, as Tipue JS is written entirely in JavaScript. Tipue JS is released under the GPL license and is free to download. If you want to use Tipue JS in a commercial non web-based application you need a Commercial License. For more information on what license is right for you see Licensing. For more about Tipue JS see the Knowledge Base. Free Download Tipue JS 4.0, English (29 Kb)</content> <rank>10</rank> </page> <page> <title>Endsheet</title> <url>http://www.tipue.com/products/endsheet/</url> <content>Windows .NET application. Indexes most document types including HTML, PHP and CGI. Creates XML. Creates Google Sitemaps. Endsheet is a desktop web crawler that gathers content for site search engines and Google Sitemaps. Endsheet indexes most web-based document types including HTML, PHP and CGI. Endsheet is released under the MPL license and is free to download. For more about Endsheet see the Knowledge Base. Free Download Endsheet 1.5, English (415 KB) Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or higher required.</content> <rank>8</rank> </page> </site>

Further Information:

The Tipue JS XML Schema

Further Information from Amazon.com:

XML in a Nutshell, Third Edition
Learning XML, Second Edition

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Getting Started with Tipue JS

USING AN XML DATA FILE

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