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Make your website stand out in Windows 8 |
March 22, 2013
Buried within Windows 8 are little-known features that can give your website a prominent presence alongside the apps on any user's desktop. Exploiting these options can enhance your site's visitor experience and give your business a competitive advantage. For example, people can pin your website to Windows 8's new Start Screen, share your site with others via its Charms bar, and access shortcuts to your content.
Although Windows 8 remains controversial, it counts millions of early adopters, and Windows will likely remain the most popular operating system for the foreseeable future. That's why it matters to optimize your website now for Microsoft's newest OS. Luckily, all it takes is adding add some custom code to your website, and it doesn't take heavy-duty developer skills. Read on to get started.
Customize your Windows 8 Start Screen tile
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When visitors browse your website using the Internet Explorer app in the new Windows 8 interface, they can pin your site to the Windows Start Screen. This creates a "live tile" icon in Windows, serving as a shortcut to your site.
Make sure your website has a favicon—the Favorite or Bookmark icon that appears in your browser's address bar or tab—since that icon appears in Windows 8's tile. Otherwise, you'll see the IE icon by default. Windows 8 extracts the dominant color from your favicon, if available, and uses it as the live tile’s background color. It uses your site’s HTML title tag for the name of the tile.
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Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2031425/make-your-website-stand-out-in-windows-8.html#tk.rss_howto
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