Friday, February 22, 2008
What We Did to Make Alternative Channel Compatible with iPhone 1.1.3
But no fears this time. Apple's latest iPhone update offers a few welcome features, and only one which really needs your attention:
Webclip icons
iPhone users can now create website bookmarks (called a webclip) on their homepage. It's really easy:
How to create a webclip:
Just click the + button, type in the URL of the site you want to bookmark, and a brand new icon appears on your homepage linking you quickly to your favourite site.
The new icon is a screenshot of the page: while cool, it's not much of an icon. It'd be better if you, as the web designer, could create a custom icon your user would see when they create a webclip from your site.
Try creating a webclip from http://iphone.alternativechannel.tv/ and see what we've done.
How to create a Webclip icon for your site
1. Create an icon of 150 x 150 pixels in PNG format. Some tutorials recommend 57x57 pixels, but we feel 150px is better suited to the high-res iPhone display.
2. Add this to your page header.
That's it! Your website is now iPhone is 1.1.3 compatible.
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