Address Bar Image

S

Sothpaw

in the top of web browsers in the Address bar where we type www.whatever.com
there is a little icon image to the left of the words. how do i change that
to be whatever i want. or is it something that the web server chooses.
homedepot.com has one. and there are many other professional sites that have
their own. i find that using IE i can only see their pic if i favorite the
site first where as FF automatically displays the pic. is it possible for me
to put my own pic up there.
 
T

Tom Pepper Willett

It's called a Favicon. See:
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
or www.favicon.com

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Tom "Pepper" Willett
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
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About FrontPage 2003:
http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
How to ask a newsgroup question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
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| in the top of web browsers in the Address bar where we type
www.whatever.com
| there is a little icon image to the left of the words. how do i change
that
| to be whatever i want. or is it something that the web server chooses.
| homedepot.com has one. and there are many other professional sites that
have
| their own. i find that using IE i can only see their pic if i favorite
the
| site first where as FF automatically displays the pic. is it possible for
me
| to put my own pic up there.
 
T

Trevor L.

Yes, I have wondered about this

I have set up a favicon and Firefox shows it, but IE6 does not

Is this just the way it is and we have no choice ?
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

For IE to show it you need to delete any prior favorites to the site, close IE and reopen it, then create a new favorite to the site




| Yes, I have wondered about this
|
| I have set up a favicon and Firefox shows it, but IE6 does not
|
| Is this just the way it is and we have no choice ?
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Trevor L., WIP (Web Interested Person)
| Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
|
| Tom Pepper Willett wrote:
| > It's called a Favicon. See:
| > http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
| > or www.favicon.com
| >
| > --
| > ===
| > Tom "Pepper" Willett
| > Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| > ---
| > About FrontPage 2003:
| > http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| > How to ask a newsgroup question:
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| > ===
| > | >> in the top of web browsers in the Address bar where we type
| >> www.whatever.com there is a little icon image to the left of the
| >> words. how do i change that to be whatever i want. or is it
| >> something that the web server chooses. homedepot.com has one. and
| >> there are many other professional sites that have their own. i find
| >> that using IE i can only see their pic if i favorite the site first
| >> where as FF automatically displays the pic. is it possible for me
| >> to put my own pic up there.
|
|
 
T

Trevor L.

Stefan,
Thank you for that info.

Of course, I am talking about my own site and I have no problem doing that.
But does that mean that others visiting my site only see the favicon if they
save my web address as a favorite ?

I suppose the term "favicon" could imply this, but it is interesting that
when I just browse the Internet, I often see different icons (i.e. not the
IE icon) for sites I have never visited.
 
S

Stefan B Rusynko

You & they will see it too if you have never been there before the favicon was added as a favorite




| Stefan,
| Thank you for that info.
|
| Of course, I am talking about my own site and I have no problem doing that.
| But does that mean that others visiting my site only see the favicon if they
| save my web address as a favorite ?
|
| I suppose the term "favicon" could imply this, but it is interesting that
| when I just browse the Internet, I often see different icons (i.e. not the
| IE icon) for sites I have never visited.
|
| --
| Cheers,
| Trevor L., WIP (Web Interested Person)
| Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
|
| Stefan B Rusynko wrote:
| > For IE to show it you need to delete any prior favorites to the site,
| > close IE and reopen it, then create a new favorite to the site
| >
| > --
| >
| > _____________________________________________
| > SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
| > "Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
| > To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
| > http://www.net-sites.com/sitebuilder/newsgroups.asp
| > _____________________________________________
| >
| >
| > | >> Yes, I have wondered about this
| >>
| >> I have set up a favicon and Firefox shows it, but IE6 does not
| >>
| >> Is this just the way it is and we have no choice ?
| >>
| >> --
| >> Cheers,
| >> Trevor L., WIP (Web Interested Person)
| >> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
| >>
| >> Tom Pepper Willett wrote:
| >>> It's called a Favicon. See:
| >>> http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
| >>> or www.favicon.com
| >>>
| >>> --
| >>> ===
| >>> Tom "Pepper" Willett
| >>> Microsoft MVP - FrontPage
| >>> ---
| >>> About FrontPage 2003:
| >>> http://office.microsoft.com/home/office.aspx?assetid=FX01085802
| >>> How to ask a newsgroup question:
| >>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375
| >>> ===
| >>> | >>>> in the top of web browsers in the Address bar where we type
| >>>> www.whatever.com there is a little icon image to the left of the
| >>>> words. how do i change that to be whatever i want. or is it
| >>>> something that the web server chooses. homedepot.com has one. and
| >>>> there are many other professional sites that have their own. i
| >>>> find that using IE i can only see their pic if i favorite the site
| >>>> first where as FF automatically displays the pic. is it possible
| >>>> for me to put my own pic up there.
|
|
 

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