Windows 8.1 pinned live tile from website

Published on 2024-11-23 by Raul

There are 2 ways to add support for live tile image for a website in windows 8.1

Embedded markup

<meta name="application-name" content="Webstein Blog"/>
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff"/>
<meta name="msapplication-square70x70logo" content="/tile70x70.png"/>
<meta name="msapplication-square150x150logo" content="/tile150x150.png"/>
<meta name="msapplication-wide310x150logo" content="/tile310x150.png"/>
<meta name="msapplication-square310x310logo" content="/tile310x310.png"/>

 Separate XML definition

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<browserconfig>
  <msapplication>
    <tile>
      <square70x70logo src="tile70x70.png"/>
      <square150x150logo src="tile150x150.png"/>
      <wide310x150logo src="tile310x150.png"/>
      <square310x310logo src="tile310x310.jpg"/>
      <TileColor>#ffffff</TileColor>
    </tile>
  </msapplication>
</browserconfig>

 

More details on Scott Hanselman's post


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