Pinned sites in IE
When visiting a website with Internet Explorer 9/10, a user can pin a site to the task bar or start screen just as they would an application.
Install time values
You can set the following details in the head of your document.
| Meta name | Content | New Windows interface compatible |
|---|---|---|
| application-name | The name of your website | Yes |
| msapplication-tooltip | Tooltip text that appears when the user hovers their mouse over the pinned shortcut | Yes |
| msapplication-starturl | Sets the page that will be loaded when the user clicks the shortcut. This can either be relative to the current page, or an absolute URL | No |
| msapplication-window | The size to set the browser when launched. If the user re-sizes the window, this value is overridden | No |
Once a user has pinned a site these details are not changed, even if they are changed in the
head of your page.Example:
<meta name="application-name" content="My site name" />
<meta name="msapplication-tooltip" content="My site description" />
<meta name="msapplication-starturl" content="http://mywebsite.com/" />
<meta name="msapplication-window" content="width=1024;height=768" />Run time values
The following values are read every time the page loads, so can be changed as often as needed.
| Meta name | Content | New Windows interface compatible |
|---|---|---|
| msapplication-navbutton-color | Set the colour of the next/previous buttons | No |
Example:
<meta name="msapplication-navbutton-color" content="#FF0000" />WordPress
To add these items to a WordPress site, add the HTML to the header.php theme file.