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In article "Icon in browser address bar" in <demon.homepages.authoring>,
on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Kate Brown <elvira@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes

>How do I make, name and program in one of those jolly little miniature 
>icons that show in the address bar and in one's favourites folder?

You need to create a graphics file called favicon.ico and put it in the
http root directory on your web site.  

If your browser is intelligent enough, it will know to look there for
that particular file.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon is not a very well-written article, 
but its a start, as is http://www.google.com/search?q=favicon

IIRC you can create a GIF of the correct size and simply rename it to
*.ico, but you'll need to check this. Bear in mind that not all browsers
support favicon.

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David Gibson
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In message <iU9uj4C1T5gGFwWK@mcrosolv.demon.co.uk>, David Gibson 
<david@[127.0.0.1]> writes
>In article "Icon in browser address bar" in <demon.homepages.authoring>,
>on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Kate Brown <elvira@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>How do I make, name and program in one of those jolly little miniature
>>icons that show in the address bar and in one's favourites folder?
>
>,
>but its a start, as is http://www.google.com/search?q=favicon
>
>IIRC you can create a GIF of the correct size and simply rename it to
>*.ico, but you'll need to check this. Bear in mind that not all browsers
>support favicon.
>
Irfanview, free for download or free on most magazine CDs will make ico 
files very simply - if you need to make a transparent one (say a circle) 
there are instructions this week over in demon.tech.pc - let me know if 
you cant get it and I'll cut and paste.

Don't know much about favicons 'though.


-- 
Duncan K
Downtown Dalgety Bay

David Gibson <david@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in article <iU9uj4C1T5gGFwWK@mcro
solv.demon.co.uk>:
>In article "Icon in browser address bar" in <demon.homepages.authoring>,
>on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Kate Brown <elvira@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>How do I make, name and program in one of those jolly little miniature 
>>icons that show in the address bar and in one's favourites folder?
>
>You need to create a graphics file called favicon.ico and put it in the
>http root directory on your web site.  
[...]
>IIRC you can create a GIF of the correct size and simply rename it to
>*.ico, but you'll need to check this. Bear in mind that not all browsers
>support favicon.

I've just tried creating a GIF of the correct size (16x16 pixels), and
renaming it as favicon.ico but that didn't work.  Loaded the same file
into Irfanview, converted to 16 colours and took the option to save as a
windows *.ico file and that DID work.  

So now, at least, when browsers request a favicon.ico file from the root
directory of my web site, they will get a usable icon and not a "file
not found" message...

-- 
John Legon

In article <lOD3+DA9V7gGFw2R@legon.demon.co.uk>, dated Thu, 28 Jun 2007, 
John Legon <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> wrote
>David Gibson <david@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in article <iU9uj4C1T5gGFwWK@mcro
>solv.demon.co.uk>:
>>In article "Icon in browser address bar" in <demon.homepages.authoring>,
>>on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 Kate Brown <elvira@cockaigne.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>>>How do I make, name and program in one of those jolly little miniature
>>>icons that show in the address bar and in one's favourites folder?
>>
>>You need to create a graphics file called favicon.ico and put it in the
>>http root directory on your web site.
>[...]
>>IIRC you can create a GIF of the correct size and simply rename it to
>>*.ico, but you'll need to check this. Bear in mind that not all browsers
>>support favicon.
>
>I've just tried creating a GIF of the correct size (16x16 pixels), and
>renaming it as favicon.ico but that didn't work.  Loaded the same file
>into Irfanview, converted to 16 colours and took the option to save as a
>windows *.ico file and that DID work.
>
>So now, at least, when browsers request a favicon.ico file from the root
>directory of my web site, they will get a usable icon and not a "file
>not found" message...
>


Wow.  And there it is, on
www.cockaigne.demon.co.uk

Not a very good one, actually, will find a better one to play with 
shortly!

Thanks to all for such clear advice!

-- 
Kate B

PS 'elvira' is spamtrapped - please reply to 'elviraspam' at cockaigne if you want
to reply personally

In article "Icon in browser address bar" in <demon.homepages.authoring>,
on Thu, 28 Jun 2007
John Legon <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes

>I've just tried creating a GIF of the correct size (16x16 pixels), and
>renaming it as favicon.ico but that didn't work.

Sorry. I meant BMP.  Create a 16-colour bitmap and change the file
extension to ICO and it should work.  However - it is not guaranteed to
work everywhere because *.ico files are not really *.bmp files re-named
- youre relying on your browser being "clever" enough to spot that its
really a bmp.  Firefox and Netscape will accept a re-named bitmap, and
some browsers will (apparently; Ive not verified this) accept other
formats. However MSIE (AFAIK) will only accept a "true" ico format.

>So now, at least, when browsers request a favicon.ico file from the root
>directory of my web site, they will get a usable icon and not a "file
>not found" message...

Yes, but I dont think your browser minds getting such messages :-)  Its
more of an issue for web admins, cos their logs get filled up with
requests for this file.

Those of a paranoid disposition might like to read this...
http://www.magnux.com.br/~flaviovs/sec/favicon/index.html

PS: I wrote...

>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon is not a very well-written 
>article

I withdraw that comment; the article's fine. The info is all there, just
not in the order I was expecting to see it :-)

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David Gibson
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