favicon

Butters · 11 Nov 2007 at 00:18

I've downloaded the PS CS3 plug in to make .ico files,

I've uploaded the ico file and altered the index.html with the <rel link> line, but the icon doesnt show.

Any ideas?

WotDa · 11 Nov 2007 at 00:45

Site in question? Tried a shift + refresh on it?

Afaik, from what you've done it should work fine.

Moredhel · 11 Nov 2007 at 01:09

Erm, a favicon is just a 16x16 24bit bitmap (bmp) with the extension changed, no plugins needed. :confused:

gord · 11 Nov 2007 at 01:10

Moredhel said:
Erm, a favicon is just a 16x16 24bit bitmap (bmp) with the extension changed, no plugins needed.

Zis is vart i vas tinking!

Jet · 11 Nov 2007 at 01:24

There's a plugin which adds .ico as one the formats when saving. It saves time changing extensions I guess. I've used it.

WotDa · 11 Nov 2007 at 01:24

Moredhel said:
Erm, a favicon is just a 16x16 24bit bitmap (bmp) with the extension changed, no plugins needed.

Think of all the effort needed to rename it, though!

unwashed potato! · 11 Nov 2007 at 11:57

what exact code have you used?

this is what i use and it works

Code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

Ross1234 · 11 Nov 2007 at 11:58

you just make a bmp then rename the extension .ico Why do you need plugins?

unwashed potato! · 11 Nov 2007 at 12:07

Ross1234 said:
you just make a bmp then rename the extension .ico Why do you need plugins?

becuase that isn't obvious and can't be worked out for yourself. nice to see the amount of people in this part of the forum that talk down to people because they don't know something that isn't obvious

Ross1234 · 11 Nov 2007 at 12:08

Mammalian said:
becuase that isn't obvious and can't be worked out for yourself. nice to see the amount of people in this part of the forum that talk down to people because they don't know something that isn't obvious

Sorry. Wasn't trying to "talk down on people" i was wondering if renaming it didn't do it right or something.

Butters · 11 Nov 2007 at 13:27

No its ok, I dont mind. I had thought that the file extension thing would work, but I was following a tutorial and it suggested it.

this is my code

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="favicon.ico">

unwashed potato! · 11 Nov 2007 at 15:04

is the favicon image is in the same folder as index.html? afaik you don't actually need to have a link to the favicon in the header as if favicon.ico is in the root folder the browser will find it automatically and add it as the favicon for that site.

Ross1234 · 11 Nov 2007 at 16:40

Mammalian said:
is the favicon image is in the same folder as index.html? afaik you don't actually need to have a link to the favicon in the header as if favicon.ico is in the root folder the browser will find it automatically and add it as the favicon for that site.

I think that only works in IE. not sure though.

unwashed potato! · 11 Nov 2007 at 16:46

Ross1234 said:
I think that only works in IE. not sure though.

does for me, this is how you get a file that is deeped then the rout folder to still have a favicon set for it. in firefox you can also use png afaik and not just ico

marc2003 · 11 Nov 2007 at 16:53

Ross1234 said:
I think that only works in IE. not sure though.

well i've just uploaded a favicon to my site and it works in firefox. it works in all pages with nothing specified in the head. it doesn't work in IE though.

Cob · 11 Nov 2007 at 17:07

My favicon.ico just sits in the same folder as index.html and works in Firefox, Opera on IE7.

psyr33n · 11 Nov 2007 at 17:27

Use a PNG. .ico's proper MIME type is image/vnd.microsoft.icon, when the general type used by most people when embedding it into HTML is image/x-icon. It won't work in <=IE6 (unsure about 7), but it's the correct method.

Butters · 11 Nov 2007 at 21:14

Well, interestingly, it works in FF but not in IE7

daz · 12 Nov 2007 at 21:48

psyr33n said:
Use a PNG. .ico's proper MIME type is image/vnd.microsoft.icon, when the general type used by most people when embedding it into HTML is image/x-icon. It won't work in <=IE6 (unsure about 7), but it's the correct method.

It won't work for a lot of people... but use it anyway? :confused:

Adhering to standards is a good thing... but making a site that works for the most people possible has got to be the priority.

psyr33n · 12 Nov 2007 at 22:34

daz said:
but making a site that works for the most people possible has got to be the priority.

That's the thing, the site does work. A favicon is a design extra, it's not a necessity—so providing it the right way is not an issue despite some visitors missing out; not seeing it isn't the end of the world—principle is contextual. It's not as if I'm telling him to go ahead using a shatload of CSS3 causing the site to render incorrectly for many visitors, just as an example.