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amykatherine Posts: 32 Joined: 9/19/2006 Status: offline	Address bar symbol/logo - 12/19/2006 15:54:55 I was interested in finding out how websites are able to get their logo/symbol in the address bar on the internet (i use IE) For example on sites like, yahoo, google, myspace etc (even on less popular sites) the sites logo is in the left hand corner of the address bar. A red Y for yahoo...a blue G for Google. There are lots of sites that don't have this, but does anyone know how they got there or how to get one? I'm wanting to do this for my website. Thanks!!


rubyaim Posts: 757 Joined: 6/22/2005 Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/19/2006 16:32:46 Hi, that is a favorite icon - if you do a search here or via a search engine you will find heaps of info. The overview and external links on the Favicon entry at Wikipedia might be a good starting place. I've used IrfanView to create the .ico file, but I think there are a few online generators now that could be worth looking at. Have fun, my first few attempts looked like blobs _____________________________ Sally (in reply to amykatherine)


mtfm Posts: 426 Joined: 1/13/2006 From: Mesa, AZ Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/19/2006 16:51:21 Mine didn't look like blobs-- I couldn't ever get them to show up! Be aware that IE apparently has problems with favicons. (IE? Problems? who woulda thunk it?) Google "favicon doesn't show" and there's a big long list of possible problems. Everything from you have to clear your cache to it needs to be bookmarked to it's just an IE thing. Something to be aware of for testing purposes, especially if you use IE to test. Good luck, I ended up giving up. (in reply to amykatherine)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/19/2006 18:35:05 Create an icon, preferably square as it'll get reduced to 16x16. Go to Dynamic Drive Choose the image you created Hit create Icon Download it to your machine if you're happy with how it looks Upload it to the root directory of your host. Check it in Firefox as IE is unreliable. It sometimes takes a while for it to show up so don't panic if it doesn't appear till the next day. All down to server caching. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to mtfm)


Tailslide Posts: 6368 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/20/2006 3:04:39 If you pull at the "e" in the IE nav bar with the mouse you can usually get it to appear eventually. _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/20/2006 4:42:29 Thinks.............. what on earth was she doing to come up with that one? _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Tailslide)


Tailslide Posts: 6368 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/20/2006 4:58:44 I may have been trying to kill the internet explorer e... _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to jaybee)


jaybee Posts: 14207 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/20/2006 5:27:54 _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to Tailslide)


Ardy Posts: 6 Joined: 12/13/2006 Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/21/2006 11:17:28 I tried to put it but not working, when I insert the line ''<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />'', with FP on the index page, just before ''</head>'', I click the outcome or save it and the line is changing position to couple of line after.. '' </head> <body background="images/fond.gif" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/qui3.gif','images/appro3.gif','images/pro3.gif','images/serv3.gif','images/equipe3.gif','images/doc3.gif','images/liens3.gif','images/contact3.gif')"> <pre><link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /></pre> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"> <!--'' is it normal... Ardy (in reply to jaybee)


Ardy Posts: 6 Joined: 12/13/2006 Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/21/2006 11:19:22 and on the outcome I can see the html line on top of the web page... thks in advance, Ardy (in reply to Ardy)


Tailslide Posts: 6368 Joined: 5/10/2005 From: Out here on the raggedy edge Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/21/2006 11:23:18 No that's not normal at all. Maybe it's be some odd FrontPage thing? Are you adding it in to the markup in the code view thingy? _____________________________ Little Blue Plane Web Design \| Land Rover project (in reply to Ardy)


Ardy Posts: 6 Joined: 12/13/2006 Status: offline	RE: Address bar symbol/logo - 12/21/2006 12:43:57 yes, my FP is in french and it's in the html section where we insert the code, and when I switch to see the outcome on preview or view( apercu in french), it shows the actual code on top of the page before the graphic. my FP is also slow in the normal mode section (graphic and javascript include), is this normal too...is it related, it's FP 2000. Ardy (in reply to Tailslide)