Jim Alfredson Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 So in Firefox, if I go to say the FedEx website, the FedEx logo appears to the left of the domain name in the address bar. It's a tiny little logo, but it's neat. Same thing for eBay. How do I do that for my webpage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 it's called an icon. You need to add a .ico file to the header of the html. This is not simply a graphics file, btw. It has been a while, but I remember there being free software out there that can handle this. Come to think of it, I think I asked you to add such a thing way, way, way back when. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 These website icons are particularly useful in the bookmark lists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 it's called an icon favicon that is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Thanks, couw. I'll give it a shot when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 the line to add between the <head> tags reads: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> ... I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 BTW, I just installed Firefox here at work and looked at my homepage (www.organissimo.org) and it was all messed up. I have Firefox at home and it looks fine. Is it messed up for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 BTW, I just installed Firefox here at work and looked at my homepage (www.organissimo.org) and it was all messed up. I have Firefox at home and it looks fine. Is it messed up for you? I'm using Mozilla 1.7.6 and it looks fine to me. I think I'll try downloading Firefox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I checked it out with the latest version of Firefox and it looks fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Weird... I called my wife and she said it looked fine on her computer. It looks fine here on Safari on this mac. Strange... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 BTW, I just installed Firefox here at work and looked at my homepage (www.organissimo.org) and it was all messed up. I have Firefox at home and it looks fine. Is it messed up for you? I have encountered various problems during the last few weeks. Some of the script will not load and is displayed as plain script instead. Is that what you mean? It goes away after some tries (it did just now), but it is still not nice as a front door of course. BTW, I am using Opera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 Yes, that is what I'm talking about... script showing up for no reason. It's strange. I'll have to look through my code and see if something is funky. For what it's worth, I tried the homepage on that computer with IE and it was fine. I tried it with Netscape and it was fine, so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted March 29, 2005 Report Share Posted March 29, 2005 I've been viewing the Organissimo site with Firefox for months. It always displays correctly for me. Yeah, my Firefox program is calling-out for a favicon on the Organissimo page. Maybe use the orange-target-symbol thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Hit "refresh" my friends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Johnson Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 I did...but...no "favicon..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 I did...but...no "favicon..." It's there, I swear!!! What browser are you using? Hit refresh a few more times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Bravo. The favicon is there. Here's a screenshot from my copy of Firefox. Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Nice, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 works. Also in the right-click-roll-wheel-page-changer-menu in Opera, which is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Dye Posted March 30, 2005 Report Share Posted March 30, 2005 Perfect! B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Use3D Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 So in Firefox, if I go to say the FedEx website, the FedEx logo appears to the left of the domain name in the address bar. It's a tiny little logo, but it's neat. Same thing for eBay. How do I do that for my webpage? Why didnt you ask me jerkstore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 So in Firefox, if I go to say the FedEx website, the FedEx logo appears to the left of the domain name in the address bar. It's a tiny little logo, but it's neat. Same thing for eBay. How do I do that for my webpage? Why didnt you ask me jerkstore. maybe you can tell him how to make the favicon pop up in the bookmark list as well. Please make it Opera compatible (no sneaky stuff). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 Hit "refresh" my friends! No need for refreshing - my personal bar in Opera displayed the neat little Org icon all by itself! Thanks Jim! One minor qualm - could you remove the white edges around the circle? If look at the favicon on a dark background you will see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 maybe you can tell him how to make the favicon pop up in the bookmark list as well. Please make it Opera compatible (no sneaky stuff). It's all over my personal bar and bookmarks in Opera - maybe you have to change your automatic refreshment settings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 maybe you can tell him how to make the favicon pop up in the bookmark list as well. Please make it Opera compatible (no sneaky stuff). It's all over my personal bar and bookmarks in Opera - maybe you have to change your automatic refreshment settings? Yes, it seems it's there now. May have been a cache thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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