Icon in Address bar...
Ok folks... I need help... I see some web sites when you go to them have an icon in the address bar at the top of the screen. (I use ie if that makes a diff) I want to do that but not sure how??? Also when you save it as a favorite it does the same thing...
Please Help!!! lol
Alexx
phyllis posted this at 18:31 — 25th October 2000.
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Take a look at this website:
http://www.favicon.com
I think this is what you're looking for.
Phyllis
mjames posted this at 21:12 — 25th October 2000.
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Don't be afraid of this favicon thing... it's very, very simple. Basically, you just create a small (16x16 I think) icon of your choosing (or find one on the web) and upload it as favicon.ico in your root directory and it will appear (ONLY) in IE.
Josh Simpson posted this at 05:15 — 26th October 2000.
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I Have found that it only works if it has 16 colours
too
From what i have gathered
IE5.x = 256 colour Favicons
IE4.x = 16 colour Favicons
so 16 is a safe bet if 256 doesent work
JLS (Joshua Lee Simpson)
dreuby posted this at 17:01 — 26th October 2000.
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I've read that not all browsers support favicons, and that free web hosts like Tripod and Geocities don't support them, so I haven't bothered - is this true?
D Reuby
Suzanne posted this at 04:50 — 27th October 2000.
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What does it matter? Favicon works for IE 4 and 5 (as noted above) and is rumoured to work in Netscape 6 when it comes out.
As for the free sites not supporting it, that's because they want to use their own.
Additionally, it doesn't HURT anyone or anything, and IE 4 and IE 5 look for it, so you will have weird 404 messages if you don't have one.
You might as well take advantage of what works, like the favicon.ico, the title="" in the (and other) tags, et cetera, especially when they degrade well and don't hurt lower/other browsers.
And yes, all this information was available if you clicked the url provided above: http://www.favicon.com
Suzanne
dreuby posted this at 20:07 — 27th October 2000.
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I e-mailed tripod uk to ask if they supported (or planned to support) favicons, and they say "We only support Lycos e-mail".
Am I missing the point here? I don't follow the connection between e-mail and favicons.
Thanks for the link - the info on the favicon.com site was very useful. I couldn't get the on-line generator to work, but that's probably my settings in IE5, as I'm not very experienced with the "advanced" options. I've downloaded the trial program instead.
D Reuby
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