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kitsunegari ([personal profile] kitsunegari) wrote2005-11-09 07:40 am
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how does the monkey get the picture up there?

Is there anyone out there who can help me with how to add a URL icon (you know the one that shows up in the URL box, left of the address?). I'm curious to know how to do it, but can't seem to find the right literature online. I'll also note that I use Firefox.

til next....
~Kits~ (just used the word client, in reference to her mate's band)

[identity profile] ahmes.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
There are two ways to do it, depending on how much control you have over the site. In any case, the URL icon must be a 16x16 .ico file (at least, it must be if you expect it to work in IE).

Method 1:

Rename the icon to "favicon.ico", and place it in the root directory of the website. Browsers will automatically fetch this file when it's available, and use it as the URL and bookmark icon for the entire site.

Method 2:

Place the following tag in the <head> section of each page you want the icon to appear on:

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/myicon.ico">

The icon's filename should be lowercase, and max 8 characters before the period, and again must be in windows .ico format.

[identity profile] kitsunegari.livejournal.com 2005-11-09 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
many thanks!
I'll give it a go and see how I fare.

til next....
~Kits~ (learning new things)