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• 04.20.11
  Converting SVG to XAML with IE9 and the Microsoft XPS Document Writer IE9, Silverlight, SVG, wp7, XAML | (0)

  There is a growing library of content on the internet in SVG, especially with sites like The Noun Project.  With a Windows Phone project that I am working on I wanted to use a graphic from the Noun Project.  To do this I needed to convert the SVG file to XAML in order to put the graphic into a Silverlight application on the phone as XAML Paths.  Here is how I did it: I downloaded a SVG file to my computer from the Noun Project I double-clicked on the SVG file and it opened up in Internet Explorer 9 On the Command bar ...
• 09.22.10
  Adding A Dynamic JumpList to My Site’s Pinned Application in IE9 IE9 | (0)

  Earlier this week, I explained how you could easily add an Internet Explorer 9 pinned site mode to your website so that your site behaves like a first-class application when running on Windows Vista or Windows 7.  I also explained how you might use a Google Analytics service to track when the your site is launched from a pinned icon.  Now I’m going to show you how to add dynamic content to a JumpList that shows up in the site mode icon.  For my site, which contains a personal blog using Graffiti CMS, I can write some template code that ...
• 09.20.10
  Tracking IE9 Site Mode Launches with Google Analytics Google, Google Analytics, IE9 | (0)

  So you’ve taken the five minutes to add an Internet Explorer 9 Site Mode for your website so that it has a great Windows experience (see blog post here).  Now you want to track if your visitors are pinning your site – this would be a major indication of affinity for your site and and visitor engagement.  One easy way to do this is by adding query parameters to the meta tags that specify the startup URL and the tasks.  If you are using Google Analytics, you can use their URL Builder tool to generate the URL query paramters that ...
• 09.20.10
  Updating My Personal Site, Charette.com to have a Site Mode in IE9 IE9 | (0)

  Now that the beta of Internet Explorer 9 is out (you can download it from here), there are new opportunities to make your website act like an application in Windows.  One of the easy things that you can do is to create site mode when your users pin your site to the Windows Taskbar.  You can do this with a few meta tags and links in your HTML page headers.  On my personal website, Charette.com, I use Graffiti CMS to manage my blog posts and content, so changing the content of the head on every page is simple.  ...

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