Hi<br />
On my website there is a problem with the favicon. I have have put the code in my page:<br />
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<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><br />
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And have created what I think is an appropriate icon. My site is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://home.clara.net/derrett/test">http://home.clara.net/derrett/test</a><!-- m -->. Why is it not working?<br />
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thanks for all your help<!--content-->Originally posted by lincsimp <br />
href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"/favicon.ico"Just remove the slash, thus:href="favicon.ico"The slash says to look in server root, resulting in:http://home.clara.net/favicon.icoOf which of course does not exist. When you remove the slash you're getting a relative reference to the file, i.e., the favicon in your directory.<!--content-->hi<br />
Thanks for your interest. I have removed the slash:<br />
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<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><br />
<br />
And I have uploaded this version to the site, but the favicon still isn't working.<br />
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All help appreciated<!--content-->Isn't an ICO file just a renamed BMP? <br />
NO. Although some people have said an ico is a BMP, this is not true. Think of an ICO file as a repository of BMP images. It has its own format. If you have a 16x16 bmp you want to convert, use a program designed for the creation of favicons, or hire us to do it for you!<br />
suggestion/comment back to Top <br />
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from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=General">http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=General</a><!-- m --><br />
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Make sure it's the right format and not just a file with a renamed file extension. Make sure it is 16x16 or whatever size the icon is supposed to be.<br />
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This is pretty much the answer I can think of. Your syntax is perfectly fine and it /should/ work, but I'm guessing it's because of the file format.<br />
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Hope this helps.<!--content-->I created a 16*16 in photoshop, saved it as a bitmap, then converted it to an icon with Irfanview<!--content--><LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"mypage.ico"><br />
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Don't put a type='etc'<br />
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That line came from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/favicon.html">http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/art ... vicon.html</a><!-- m --><br />
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Cheers!<!--content-->Thanks for that, but I tried it and it still doesn't work<!--content-->Actually, it is working. I just checked your site. IE 6, however, no longer supports the use of favicons. It was removed in some sort of sercurity fix or another, but other browsers, such as Mozilla Firfox, Opera, Navigator, ect show it just fine.<!--content-->Thanks for that. I've got IE 6 at the moment and when I open some pages there is a favicon. Its only a small thing though and it can wait util another rainy day.<!--content-->That's very interesting. I've wondered how to get a favicon to work in IE as well. I've seen sites such as Yahoo! for example, that still have a favicon. If IE does not support them, how are they doing it?<!--content-->IE doesn't support favicons for the address bar, but it does apparently support it for the favorites. I'm not sure how it's done, as ryanbrill.com and yahoo.com are among the sites that do this. However, the standard method like above doesn't seem to do that. I don't know how, but the supplied method will at least work on other browsers.<!--content-->
On my website there is a problem with the favicon. I have have put the code in my page:<br />
<br />
<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><br />
<br />
And have created what I think is an appropriate icon. My site is <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://home.clara.net/derrett/test">http://home.clara.net/derrett/test</a><!-- m -->. Why is it not working?<br />
<br />
thanks for all your help<!--content-->Originally posted by lincsimp <br />
href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"/favicon.ico"Just remove the slash, thus:href="favicon.ico"The slash says to look in server root, resulting in:http://home.clara.net/favicon.icoOf which of course does not exist. When you remove the slash you're getting a relative reference to the file, i.e., the favicon in your directory.<!--content-->hi<br />
Thanks for your interest. I have removed the slash:<br />
<br />
<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /><br />
<br />
And I have uploaded this version to the site, but the favicon still isn't working.<br />
<br />
All help appreciated<!--content-->Isn't an ICO file just a renamed BMP? <br />
NO. Although some people have said an ico is a BMP, this is not true. Think of an ICO file as a repository of BMP images. It has its own format. If you have a 16x16 bmp you want to convert, use a program designed for the creation of favicons, or hire us to do it for you!<br />
suggestion/comment back to Top <br />
<br />
from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=General">http://www.favicon.com/index.jsp?id=General</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Make sure it's the right format and not just a file with a renamed file extension. Make sure it is 16x16 or whatever size the icon is supposed to be.<br />
<br />
This is pretty much the answer I can think of. Your syntax is perfectly fine and it /should/ work, but I'm guessing it's because of the file format.<br />
<br />
Hope this helps.<!--content-->I created a 16*16 in photoshop, saved it as a bitmap, then converted it to an icon with Irfanview<!--content--><LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"mypage.ico"><br />
<br />
Don't put a type='etc'<br />
<br />
That line came from <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/favicon.html">http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/art ... vicon.html</a><!-- m --><br />
<br />
Cheers!<!--content-->Thanks for that, but I tried it and it still doesn't work<!--content-->Actually, it is working. I just checked your site. IE 6, however, no longer supports the use of favicons. It was removed in some sort of sercurity fix or another, but other browsers, such as Mozilla Firfox, Opera, Navigator, ect show it just fine.<!--content-->Thanks for that. I've got IE 6 at the moment and when I open some pages there is a favicon. Its only a small thing though and it can wait util another rainy day.<!--content-->That's very interesting. I've wondered how to get a favicon to work in IE as well. I've seen sites such as Yahoo! for example, that still have a favicon. If IE does not support them, how are they doing it?<!--content-->IE doesn't support favicons for the address bar, but it does apparently support it for the favorites. I'm not sure how it's done, as ryanbrill.com and yahoo.com are among the sites that do this. However, the standard method like above doesn't seem to do that. I don't know how, but the supplied method will at least work on other browsers.<!--content-->