Spruce Up Your Apps with iPhone-Style Icons
Want to make your QuickBase application look like an iPad or iPhone app, complete with a custom logo? Just follow these easy steps:
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Create an icon that is 114 x 114 pixels and save it in PNG format. You might call it apple-touch-icon.png. Higher resolution images will be scaled down.
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Upload the picture to your QuickBase application in any file attachment field.
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Click on the file attachment and copy the full path and file name from the address bar, e.g.
https://www.quickbase.com/up/XXXXXXXXX/g/rb/eg/va/-apple-touch-icon.png. -
On your dashboard, add a text section and click on the HTML button (or use an existing HTML text section).
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Paste the following code, using the URL from step 3:
<head>
<link rel=”apple-touch-icon” href=”https://www.quickbase.com/up/XXXXXXXXX/g/rb/eg/va/-apple-touch-icon.png” />
</head>It should look like this:
- On your iPad or iPhone, pull up your application in Safari.
- Click on the
and then click “Add to Home Screen.”
- Enter the name for the app (it will default to the QuickBase application name) and click “Add.”
- The QuickBase app will now appear on your iPad/iPhone home screen.
About the author of this tip:
“Base for Business” is an Intuit Solution Provider that specializes in developing QuickBase applications for project management and construction management. For more information, contact David Bruton, Principal, Base for Business. 952-226-1714.
Happy clicking,