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plattbridger
02-02-2004, 10:29 PM
This is a question I have never managed to get answered satisfactorily so this should be a short thread :p

Why are favicons so temperamental? They very rarely if ever show up, no matter what browser you use! What's the point!


Click here (http://www.favicon.com/) if you don't know what a favicon is
the architect
02-02-2004, 11:14 PM
they show up in your favorites menu and catch your eye. Webmasters are betting that they will increase hits on their site. The reson they don't work a lot is because the change the location of the .ico and don't change the code in the website. I personally got rid of favicons because of the hassle.
Ninja Duck
03-02-2004, 03:49 AM
Mozilla Firebird displays them just fine.

But how do you make one? Can someone please explain that?
l33t k1w1
03-02-2004, 05:06 AM
It's a 256 colour, 16x16 (and maybe 32x32) ICO file. You can make it in any graphics program, as long as it's named favicon.ico.

Then add this line in the <head> section of your HTML

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
Dødens Knekt
03-02-2004, 11:03 AM
Originally posted by l33t k1w1
You can make it in any graphics program, as long as it's named favicon.ico.

does this mean I can do it with .gif files?

I have a program for making real .ico files, will those work better?
ash
03-02-2004, 11:28 AM
Originally posted by l33t k1w1
It's a 256 colour, 16x16 (and maybe 32x32) ICO file. You can make it in any graphics program, as long as it's named favicon.ico.

Then add this line in the <head> section of your HTML

i thought browsers just looked in the root directory of your site for favicon.ico?
plattbridger
03-02-2004, 12:01 PM
Originally posted by l33t k1w1
It's a 256 colour, 16x16 (and maybe 32x32) ICO file. You can make it in any graphics program, as long as it's named favicon.ico.

Then add this line in the <head> section of your HTML


i thought the html was just

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ICO">

:confused:
wyrd_fish
03-02-2004, 03:49 PM
Originally posted by ash
i thought browsers just looked in the root directory of your site for favicon.ico?

i too thought this, i even got it to work like this once...
Lewiji
03-02-2004, 04:32 PM
I think it depends on the server. I think Apache/Linux servers check for favicons and send them across, but Windows don't. Or something like that.
wyrd_fish
03-02-2004, 04:35 PM
serves em right...


woo apache