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#1 2002-12-31 10:15 am
- bray
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the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
I'd like to know if someone could tell me how to set a custom icon that appears at the begining of certain URL's (some are generic but some are tiny logos/icons).
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#2 2002-12-31 10:21 am
- bray
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
I surf with Chimera and just noticed that this tiny icon does not appear in IE, I don't know about other browsers.
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#3 2002-12-31 11:53 am
- thegreenestday56
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
these little icons appear in windows versions of IE but not in the mac version 
. They're called favicons, for more info go to http://www.favicon.com . HOpe this helps!
Chris
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#4 2002-12-31 12:15 pm
- thegreenestday56
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
now about making you icon....
Make a 16x16 image where your icon will be. Inside here make your icon. It's reccomended that you stick to 16 colors to be safe but it doesnt matter. Next save it as favicon.ico (lowercase). Add this code inbetween the HEAD tags:
Code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/favicon.ico">
. Add it to all the documents you like.
Chris
BTW I got this info from http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/promotion/favicon.html .
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#5 2002-12-31 2:58 pm
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
The .ico version is required for IE. (not sure if the current version in the Mac sees that one.)
For Moz and the like you can use a .png. Place it where you want and add something like this:
Code:
<LINK REL="icon" HREF="fav.png" TYPE="image/png"></LINK>
to your meta tags.
Here is how it appears on one of my sites: http://subjungo.com/
Here is the file: http://subjungo.com/fav.png
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#6 2003-01-02 11:45 pm
- JeremyA
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
To make sure that IE on windows machines sees it:
GraphicConverter http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo. … amp;db=mac
can save in windows .ico format.
Also, it is my understanding that if you call the file favicon.ico and you put in in the root directory of your website then all favicon enabled browers will see it without you having to put the link tag in your web pages.
Jeremy
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#7 2003-01-03 12:49 pm
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
Nope.
It's a Microsoft thing.
Moz based browsers will not see it by default, you will need to point to it in your header:
Code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
What I usually do is use a .png version noted in the head and toss an ico in the root so everything is covered.
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#8 2003-01-03 6:09 pm
- bray
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
Very good advice Scott, I like to cover all bases too.
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#9 2003-01-05 1:22 pm
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
Nope.
It's a Microsoft thing.
Moz based browsers will not see it by default, you will need to point to it in your header:Code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">What I usually do is use a .png version noted in the head and toss an ico in the root so everything is covered.
Hmm. Going to http://www.appleturns.com/ , Chimera found the favicon.ico for that place without it being specified anywhere in the HTML. Is this Chimera specific, perhaps?
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#10 2003-01-08 10:31 pm
- Kleekoh
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Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
I got mine working on my .Mac account; however, when I access the page through my redirect service it doesnt work.
Any way to get this working?
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#12 2003-01-17 10:41 pm
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
thank you for sharing that bit o' wisdom. i honestly had no idea how to create that effect and thanks to you (and this message board) i've already used it at one of my sites.
thanks again!
bROCKNESS
"The Fates lead he who will; he who won't, they drag." - Seneca
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#13 2003-01-20 9:09 am
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
I think this currently only works in Windows, but there are some sites that can change the generic doc icon in the title bar (not the address bar). This is different than the favorites icon. I have only seen this on pop-up windows so far, and could not view the source for them.
Anyone know how that is done?
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#14 2003-01-27 7:12 pm
Re: the tiny icon at the begining of URL ...
I tried to do it on my web site, but did it local that is not on a server. I can't get mine to work in chimera, and i was wondering if this has anything to do with testing it on my machine instead of posting it on a server somewhere. I tried a .png file and a .ico file and I cant figure out whats wrong. Every time i preview it it doesnt work. 
All help would be extremely appreciated if you want to c the image i made in graphic converter just say the word and ill send it to you. Im almost positive i did that right.
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