The file is apparently not there at
http://www.testabcdefg.netfirms.com/myicon.ico
(gives me file not found)
- make sure it is in the root of your web (same place as your home page)
- rename it to favicon.ico (instead of myicon.ico) and the link becomes
<link rel="shortcut icon" href=
http://testabcdefg.netfirms.com/favicon.ico">
"jasonc" <AS-IF> wrote in message | ok, have a look at this site
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www.testabcdefg.netfirms.com
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| it is the site that i am using to show that it does NOT work.
|
| i have an icon that have been made for me by someone else in the newsgroup
| (thank you to him) and this icon is 16x16 and it is in the root of my site
| and i have also tried to add this extra html coding to the sites main page
| (index.htm)
|
| and......
|
| guess what it still does not work
|
| i have asked my service provider to make the changes to this site for me to
| show me what i might be doing wrong, and await their reply.
|
| i have also had others look at it and they all say that i have either got
| the wrong icon file there or that the icon is actually a html file or it is
| binary, and lots others reason why it wont work, but how come if i am
| following the correct method to get it to work.
|
| any other ideas,
|
| i have been told that it should work on this site and there should be no
| reason why it wont.
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|
|
| Jason
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|
|
|
| | > That's correct. From the MSDN ...
| >
| > Brand Your Favorites
| > Here's a no-brainer: If you want your logo to appear next to the link to
| > your site in the browser when users add your site to their favorites, just
| > add a file called favicon.ico in the root of your domain (e.g.,
| >
www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico). Internet Explorer will automatically look
| > for this file and will ******put your icon next to all favorites and quick
| > links that come from your site******. If you can't put it at the root of
| > your server, you can specify another location on a per-page basis by
| adding
| > this tag to your page:
| > <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" href="
http://www.microsoft.com/path/foo.ico">
| >
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| > Randy Birch
| > MVP Visual Basic
| >
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
| > Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
| >
| >
| > | > : My icon only works for me if I add my webpage into
| > : favorites. I am also told that this is the only way for an
| > : icon to work.
| > :
| > : I tried Google, and it is the same case. Google's icon
| > : only worked when I added it into my favorites. Otherwise
| > : its icon didn't show up.
| > :
| > : I hope this would help you.
| > :
| > : Cinderella
| > : >-----Original Message-----
| > : >Under windows an ico file, if valid, will display as the
| > : icon contained in
| > : >the file, so that part is OK.
| > : >
| > : >Is the icon 16x16? It should live in the root folder of
| > : the web site. To
| > : >ensure all browsers utilize this file, you add a tag in
| > : the <head> of, at a
| > : >minimum, your index or default page ...
| > : >
| > : ><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico">
| > : >
| > : >.... or in subfolders, the path relative to (or absolute)
| > : to the file, ie...
| > : >
| > : ><link rel="SHORTCUT ICON"
| > : href="
http://www.mywebname.com/favicon.ico">
| > : >
| > : >You can download an icon from
| > :
http://vbnet.mvps.org/favicon.ico if you want
| > : >to test one that works. Since my site uses frames, I
| > : only placed the <link
| > : >rel ....> line in the index.html page (the first line
| > : above), since the file
| > : >is in the same folder as the page.
| > : >
| > : >Once that's set up, add the page to your favorites, then
| > : close IE. Reopen
| > : >IE and if the file "took", the shortcut you just created
| > : will have the icon.
| > : >--
| > : >
| > : >Randy Birch
| > : >MVP Visual Basic
| > : >
http://vbnet.mvps.org/
| > : >Please respond only to the newsgroups so all can benefit.
| > : >
| > : >
| > : >"jasonc" <AS-IF> wrote in message
| > : >| > : >: I have been emailing my servers and asking everyone
| > : else I know about this
| > : >:
| > : >: I do not seem to be able to get this icon to work, I
| > : have been told that
| > : >: the icon is a HTML code !!!, how can it be when it is
| > : created by a icon
| > : >: maker!!! anyway, after a few days of this I have now
| > : given up and am now
| > : >: asking the newsgroup for some help.
| > : >: hopefully some out there can get this to work.
| > : >:
| > : >:
| > : >: the icon is called favicon.ico all lower case as it
| > : should be it is a ico
| > : >: file it has the image I need, when it is saved on my
| > : desktop, the icon
| > : >: that shows above the file name 'favicon.ico' is the
| > : icon itself. is this
| > : >: right? it suggests that it is not a ico maybe, but in
| > : fact a jpg or gif
| > : >: file? I really do not know.
| > : >:
| > : >: does someone have such a file that I can use to test
| > : that my server is
| > : >: accepting a icon file!!
| > : >:
| > : >: thanks
| > : >:
| > : >: Jason
| > : >: (using FrontPage 2002 with Windows XP, server says
| > : that they do support
| > : >: the ico file and that it should work)
| > : >:
| > : >:
| > : >
| > : >
| > : >.
| > : >
| >
| >
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