Technical Query...

Teknomancer · Post by **Teknomancer** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 1:30 am

How do I add an icon to the site bookmarks?For example, go to <A HREF="http://pdi.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Psychic Dyslexia Institute</A>, and you'll notice that Mysto's head graces the address box.I'm just wondering what I need to do to add that feature to my site.------------------
The Very Wrong Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog <A HREF="http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com</A>

Bruceluis · Post by **Bruceluis** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 2:29 am

That's a favicon.ico file, an Internet Explorer extension that's also supported for other browsers such as Galeon on Linux (the one I use <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">)You have to create a file named favicon.ico in your document root. That file is in Windoze ICO format, and should be of 16x16.Sites like <A HREF="http://www.favicon.co.uk" TARGET=_blank>www.favicon.co.uk</A> lets you create a custom bookmark icon and give you more instructions. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">For Linux/Unix users, there's also an utility called <A HREF="http://freshmeat.net/projects/pngtoico/" TARGET=_blank>pngtoico</A> .Oh, and you have to add the following tag to the HEAD section of your index page:<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/images/favicon.ico">Replace /images with the place where you uploaded the icon.
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Luis Gonz

Teknomancer · Post by **Teknomancer** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 2:42 am

Thank you for your help.The icon is uploaded now.------------------
The Very Wrong Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog <A HREF="http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com</A>

Teknomancer · Post by **Teknomancer** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 2:53 am

...except it's not working.You sure the HTML is right?------------------
The Very Wrong Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog <A HREF="http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com</A>

Redmoon Twilight · Post by **Redmoon Twilight** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 6:11 am

I just bookmarked your site and the favicon (the little flaming "S" thingie) showed fine on my bookmarks list. ------------------
Gotta love long comic strip names:

<A HREF="http://trialsandtrivializations.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>Trials and Trivializations</A>

Teknomancer · Post by **Teknomancer** » Mon Feb 04, 2002 7:33 am

Yeah, I noticed that it's working now.Again, thanks for the help.------------------
The Very Wrong Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog <A HREF="http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com" TARGET=_blank>http://wrongsonic.keenspace.com</A>