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Old 22-11-2007, 19:18   #1 (permalink)
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Browser FAVICON.ICO

Could anyone explain properly do the Favicon.ico thing for the icon beside the URL on the browser? its not working out for me. Thanks
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Old 22-11-2007, 19:20   #2 (permalink)
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Create favicon (16x16px), save it in .ico format, upload to your root folder.

Job done.
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Old 22-11-2007, 19:28   #3 (permalink)
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can you save dat .ico ching in photoshop?
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Old 22-11-2007, 19:31   #4 (permalink)
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Yep, just need this plug-in (free of course):

.ico plug-in
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Old 22-11-2007, 19:34   #5 (permalink)
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ooh. pixel fun for tomorrow. cheers
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Old 22-11-2007, 19:49   #6 (permalink)
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Gooder: What in God's name is you new avatar all about?
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:00   #7 (permalink)
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So I did everything that is suppost to be done.

I added

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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" > <link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" >

In my <head> section.

I saved a favicon.ico 16X16 in my root directory.

and now what? It doesnt work in IE =( whats wrong?
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:02   #8 (permalink)
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It's the leopard my mum made me - reading a the Marks & Spencer Book of World War Two Tanks.

Of course.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:07   #9 (permalink)
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It's the leopard my mum made me - reading a the Marks & Spencer Book of World War Two Tanks.

Of course.

Oh.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:09   #10 (permalink)
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Help!
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:12   #11 (permalink)
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i actually asked my mum to make me 'Bag Puss like stuffed toy cat'.

the massive leopard, with sharp miliput claws and teeth is what arrived.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:12   #12 (permalink)
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Maciek – calm down man! It's only a favicon.

Seriously though, if you have done all of the above I don't know why it's not working in IE.

I'm sure someone on here will do though.

In the mean time, view your site with Firefox!
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:15   #13 (permalink)
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ohh ya. It works in FireFox =] but why not IE? =[
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:16   #14 (permalink)
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ohh ya. It works in FireFox =] but why not IE? =[

Making this work in IE is now one of the great challenges facing mankind in the 21st century.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:17   #15 (permalink)
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found this:

Internet Explorer

Internet Explorer supports favicons since version 5.0. It is actually quite hard to make IE show the favicon. If the icon is not showing, try one of the following:

- Add the page to your favorites. If you already have the page in your favorites folder, remove it and add it again.
- Make sure, the icon file is called favicon.ico and it is placed in the root folder of your web server.
- Make sure, the path to the favicon in the header of your page is absolute, not relative.
- Delete your temporary internet files. If the folder with temporary files has reached its maximum, the favicon may not be used.
- If your favicon is still not showing, leave us a comment below.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:17   #16 (permalink)
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TOM E wow that blue eye of yours is freaking me out. Is everyone in your family an x-man?
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:19   #17 (permalink)
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i actually asked my mum to make me 'Bag Puss like stuffed toy cat'.

the massive leopard, with sharp miliput claws and teeth is what arrived.

That's mums for you – she tried her best.

Ahh Bag Puss, they were the days (he says sounding like an old git…)

Wasn't Bag Puss pink?
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TOM E wow that blue eye of yours is freaking me out. Is everyone in your family an x-man?

Of course.

I lost the other one in a freak fishing accident.
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:22   #19 (permalink)
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Make sure, the path to the favicon in the header of your page is absolute, not relative? what does that mean?
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Old 22-11-2007, 20:24   #20 (permalink)
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That's mums for you – she tried her best.

Ahh Bag Puss, they were the days (he says sounding like an old git…)

Wasn't Bag Puss pink?

stripy white & pink.
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