Pinned Site enhancements
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Internet Explorer 11 Preview enhances pinned sites to support Live Tiles and to make your sites more visually engaging when pinned, saved as favorites, or displayed as frequently viewed sites. Live Tiles bring customers in closer contact with your site and create a customized experience.
Defining Live tiles and notifications
| Metadata name value | Description |
| msapplication-square70x70logo | Defines the image to use as the small tile for the pinned site. |
| msapplication-square150x150logo | Defines the image to use as the medium tile for the pinned site. |
| msapplication-wide310x150logo | Defines the image to use as the wide tile for the pinned site. |
| msapplication-square310x310logo | Defines the image to use as the large tile for the pinned site. |
| msapplication-notification | Defines up to five XML files to be polled at specific intervals; these files can contain notifications to be displayed on the tile. |
| msapplication-config | Defines the name and location of an XML file containing pinned site metadata values. |
Note Tile images must be smaller than 200KB in size and 1024x1204 pixel resolution.
For more info regarding pinned site metadata, see:
In addition, IE11 Preview provides additional methods, functions, and events to support notifications and Live Tile updates:
| API Feature | Description |
| msClearTile | Removes a notification from the tile. |
| msPinnedSiteState | Returns the pinned state of a webpage |
| mssitepinned | Fires when the user pins a site. |
| msStartPeriodicTileUpdate | Starts a periodic update for a tile. |
| msStartPeriodicTileUpdateBatch | Starts a set of periodic updates for a tile. |
| msStopPeriodicTileUpdate | Stops a periodic update cycle. |
| msStartPeriodicBadgeUpdate | Starts a badge update for a title. |
| msStopPeriodicBadgeUpdate | Stops a badge update for a tile. |
| msEnableTileNotificationQueue | Controls update cycling for all tile image sizes. |
| msEnableTileNotificationQueueForSquare150x150 | Controls update cycling for medium tiles. |
| msEnableTileNotificationQueueForWide310x150 | Controls update cycling for wide tiles. |
| msEnableTileNotificationQueueForSquare310x310 | Controls updates cycling large tiles. |
| msScheduledTileNotification | Schedules one or more notifications for a specific date and time. |
| msRemoveScheduledTileNotification | Removes a scheduled update notification for a tile. |
Pinned site feature changes
As of IE11 Preview, the following pinned site features should no longer be used or have been modified in ways that require changes to your code:
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For best results, use msEnableTileNotificationQueueForSquare150x150 instead of the msapplication-TileImage metadata name value.
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Internet Explorer 8 introduced site mode as a way to determine whether a pinned site was launched from the Windows Start screen. As of IE11 Preview, you should use msPinnedSiteState instead.
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Jump lists are support for Internet Explorer for the desktop only. This affects the following APIs:
- msSiteModeAddJumpListItem
- msSiteModeClearJumpList
- msSiteModeCreateJumpList
- msSiteModeShowJumpList
- msapplication-task
- msonsitemodejumplistitemremoved
- msapplication-starturl
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The msapplication-tooltip metadata name value is no longer supported. As of IE11 Preview, application-name is used as the caption for the Live Tile.
Pinned sites using these features should be updated accordingly.
Build date: 6/26/2013
