Web Slice Gallery

Why should I add a Web Slice to my web site?

Having Web Slices enabled on your web site allows your visitors to keep track of your updated content and by doing that, they are likely to visit your web site more frequently to find out more, therefore making Web Slices a great marketing tool which will increase your page views as well as give your visitors a higher level of interaction with your web site.

Getting your web site setup with web slices is very simple. There are two distinct methods of implementing web slices:

1) By enabling web slice for a web page content area (such as <DIV> or <SPAN>)
2) By creating a separate web slice feed (either an HTML based stand-alone application or an RSS feed)

The following Microsoft resources will guide you in creating web slices and help you understand the inner-workings of web slice technology.

Subscribing to Content with Web Slices
Today, many Web sites provide content updates through Really Simple Syndication (RSS) news feeds. This requires a Web site to duplicate some content as a special XML file, called a feed, that a news reader application can download and check for updates...more

Web Slice Format Specification - Version 0.9
A Web Slice allows users to subscribe to a portion of a Web page. The Web Slice format consists of the minimum HTML annotations necessary to enable the publication and consumption of a mutable item on a Web page...more

Web Slice Icon Guidelines
Guidelines for using the Web Slice icon in content.

Tutorials

LESSON 1: Adding Web Slices to a Web page
This tutorial explains how to add Web Slices to Web pages.

LESSON 2: Adding visible content to your Web Slice
This tutorial explains how to add Web Slice content that appears in the preview window on the Favorites bar.

LESSON 3: Setting an expiration time
This tutorial explains how to add an expiration time to a Web Slice.

LESSON 4: Setting a time-to-live (TTL) value
This tutorial explains how to limit the frequency of Web Slice updates.

LESSON 5: Getting Web Slice content from an RSS feed source
This tutorial explains how to create an alternate feed source for a Web Slice.

LESSON 6: Using a custom button to install a Web Slice
This tutorial explains how to create a customized user experience for your site.
Answers to Web Slice Tutorial Exercises
This page contains suggested answers to exercise questions.

Source: Microsoft Corp / MSDN