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Title: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: Ytterbium on July 03, 2013, 03:30:50 AM

Hi, could you add the metadata code to the webapp code to get a nice tile icon when pinned in w8?

There is some documentation here:

http://www.ghacks.net/2012/11/16/create-a-special-windows-8-start-screen-icon-for-your-website/

http://www.buildmypinnedsite.com/

Thanks 😊

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: fred on July 03, 2013, 02:20:42 PM

Quote from: Ytterbium on July 03, 2013, 03:30:50 AM
Hi, could you add the metadata code to the webapp code to get a nice tile icon when pinned in w8?

There is some documentation here:

http://www.ghacks.net/2012/11/16/create-a-special-windows-8-start-screen-icon-for-your-website/

http://www.buildmypinnedsite.com/

Thanks 😊

The links are for website tiles.. I'm confused.

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: Ytterbium on July 03, 2013, 09:27:55 PM

If I 'pin' the BoincTasks Mobile 'Website' to my start menu then it's "Web Tile" in MS naming?

This is what it looks like now:

(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/5236/rqu8.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/rqu8.png/)

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: fred on July 04, 2013, 10:58:52 AM

Quote from: Ytterbium on July 03, 2013, 09:27:55 PM
If I 'pin' the BoincTasks Mobile 'Website' to my start menu then it's "Web Tile" in MS naming?

This is what it looks like now:

(http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/5236/rqu8.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/rqu8.png/)

Would you be able to do this yourself?

I would be something like this:

<meta name="application-name" content="BoincTasks"/>
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#1559eb"/>
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="images/eFMerBoincTasks.png"/>

Open bt.html here: C:\Program Files\eFMer\BoincTasks\webserver

And look for:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
Add the above here.
Best to open the file using Notepad (Make sure to open Notepad with the right mouse key and select Administrator).

You may also have to do this for login.html

Result:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <meta name="application-name" content="BoincTasks"/>
   <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#1559eb"/>
   <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="images/eFMerBoincTasks.png"/>

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: Ytterbium on July 06, 2013, 12:09:40 AM

Thanks fred, I thought it was hard coded into the program somehow.

(http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/1156/83kb.png) (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/692/83kb.png/)

Worked perfect, any chance you could add it to the code going forward?

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: fred on July 06, 2013, 12:43:56 PM

Quote from: Ytterbium on July 06, 2013, 12:09:40 AM
Worked perfect, any chance you could add it to the code going forward?

Just did.

Title: Re: Windows 8 Site Tile
Post by: Ytterbium on July 06, 2013, 06:50:22 PM

Sounds like this is resolved too :)

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