HTML Help - Using a Favicon?

Question

Well, as you might have guessed, I'm having trouble setting up/using a Favicon.

I made the favicon, but it's not working, the pixels are the right size and everything, so that's not the problem... and when I use the code for it, it doesn't work - I think that's the problem.

Advice, anyone?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

If your favicon is in Windows Icon format (.ico), you don't need HTML to make it work; just place it in your document root, making sure the filename is 'favicon.ico'.

If you're using Photoshop (or PaintShop Pro), you can get a free plugin to write ICO format from:
http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/

If you feel it necessary to use a different format, you do need to use HTML... in the head section of your pages, use the following tag:



Update the string in the href attribute with the URI for your desired image. Note that when used this way, your image should be 16 x 16 pixels. If it's not, it will look weird in the browser or possibly not display.

Also, in case you've done all this but are not seeing the icon appear, try doing a shift-reload to make sure your browser has the most recent copy. You could also bookmark a page, which will often trigger a request for the icon.

Finally, check your web server's error log in case there is a path or permissions issue on the file.

Answer 2

It's hard to answer a question like this without seeing details. Paste your code and icon dimensions etc. Basically as much detail as you can that will lead the community to an answer...

Answer 3

Do you have, in the , something like:

...where "myfile" identifies the icon file...?
"myfile.ico" could also be specified as an ABSOLUTE address like "http://www.mydomain.com/myfile.ico"

Make sure the file is in your root directory (often, www).

Make sure there is also a file, "favicon.ico" for the browser to fall back on if it can't find your "myfile.ico".

Answer 4

Download Bitmap to Icon ( http://www.download.com/QTam-Bitmap-to-I... ) to create your icon.

Save file as favicon.ico. Upload to your site root directory and include



before

See Example: http://www.blogadr.com/ ( View > Source )