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fery

2004-08-09, 7:14 am

Hi
I creasted a favicon.ico but i doesn't work? (not shown in browsers)
what shall i do?
THanks
news.green.ch

2004-08-09, 12:14 pm

> I creasted a favicon.ico but i doesn't work? (not shown in browsers)
> what shall i do?


Put this line into the header of your HTML-document:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
(with the path to your favicon.ico)

This should help with most browsers.

Regards
Renato




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John Waller

2004-08-09, 12:14 pm

Have you tried cleaning out the browsers' cache?

Note: a downside of favicons is that they do not work reliably.

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Mark Bodoh

2004-08-09, 12:15 pm

If you have the page in your favorites folder, you need to delete that too.
fery

2004-08-09, 7:14 pm

Hi
I didn't get you what is your mean?
Thanks
Mad Dog

2004-08-09, 7:14 pm

Favicons are flakey, at best. For example, I have one on my personal site
and I can't get IE 6.0 to use it, even if I get rid of any bookmarks I have
to the site, clear the cache, and reboot as is often recommended. Other
people have no problem seeing it. The bottom line is, make one, put it in
there, make sure someone somewhere can see it, then don't worry about it. If
people see it, good. If they don't, so be it.

(BTW, his advice was to make sure you have no other bookmarks to the site,
then clear your browser cache, then reboot IE, then bookmark it and maybe
you'll see it)

MD


fery wrote:
> Hi
> I didn't get you what is your mean?
> Thanks



Gary White

2004-08-09, 7:15 pm

Mad Dog wrote:

>Favicons are flakey, at best.



To be a bit more accurate, Internet Explorer's handling of favicons is
flaky, at best.


Gary
James Shook

2004-08-09, 7:15 pm

Gary White wrote:


> To be a bit more accurate, Internet Explorer's handling of favicons is
> flaky, at best.
> Gary


Yes. All of the Macintosh browsers which now display them (not IE5,
ironically) have no problems with them, except for Safari which insists
on keeping hold of an old version for months after a new one has been
created. I found a free "manage Safari favicon" program and fixed that.

They also behave a bit oddly in all of the Mac browsers in
<gasp>framesets</gasp>

--
James M. Shook
http://www.jshook.com
Mad Dog

2004-08-09, 7:15 pm

True. But I have NN 7.0 and it doesn't handle them well either.........


Gary White wrote:
> Mad Dog wrote:
>
>
>
> To be a bit more accurate, Internet Explorer's handling of favicons is
> flaky, at best.
>
>
> Gary



Gary White

2004-08-09, 7:15 pm

Mad Dog wrote:

>True. But I have NN 7.0 and it doesn't handle them well either.........



Really? I've never had any problems with any of the Gecko browsers, or
Opera either.


Gary
Mad Dog

2004-08-09, 7:15 pm

As with IE, sometimes I have to clear the cache and delete the history
before it will pick up a new favicon. Probably has to do with info from a
page still being in cache.


Gary White wrote:
> Mad Dog wrote:
>
>
>
> Really? I've never had any problems with any of the Gecko browsers, or
> Opera either.
>
>
> Gary



.: Nadia :TMM :.

2004-08-10, 4:14 am


"fery" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cf9i5k$7p3$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> HI
> I know all things you said but my problem isdn't that ,My problem is
> "icreated favicon.ico but i can't add it to the site .I need some critical

way
> of installation this .ICO ". I can use it dreamweaver or add to my site i

type
> some of coding but they doesn't work and error occured!!!
>
>
> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
> *************************************************************
>
> <HEAD>
> <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON"

HREF="http://localhost/forum/home.html/slogo.ico">
> <TITLE>My Title</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>


This could be your problem:
http://localhost/forum/home.html/slogo.ico

?? localhost... you should be using something like this:
HREF="http://www.dreamweaverresources.com/favicon.ico

upload the favicon to the root of your site and link to it..


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fery

2004-08-10, 4:14 am

HI
I know all things you said but my problem isdn't that ,My problem is
"icreated favicon.ico but i can't add it to the site .I need some critical way
of installation this .ICO ". I can use it dreamweaver or add to my site i type
some of coding but they doesn't work and error occured!!!


<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
*************************************************************

<HEAD>
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://localhost/forum/home.html/slogo.ico">
<TITLE>My Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>

fery

2004-08-10, 4:14 am

HI
I want to check it with IIS on my computer.""""I don't get account from some servers yet that they gave me root"""
How i can test it in my computer?
.: Nadia :TMM :.

2004-08-10, 4:14 am

To be honest with your, I'm not 100% sure that it can work locally - I've
never tried it, but if it isn't working for you, then I'd suggest it doesn't
work locally :-)

As long as you have the link pointing to the fully url location of the
favicon when you upload, it should then work. Best answer I can give you
for now.

--
Nadia
Team Macromedia Volunteer for Dreamweaver
---------------
http://www.DreamweaverResources.com
Free Templates | Free Nav Bar Sets
Dropdown Menu Designs | CSS Layouts

Ecommerce - YVStore | SEO Articles
Table Tutorials | Background image Tutorials
------------------------------------------------
MM Dreamweaver Tutorials
http://macromedia.com/devnet/mx/dreamweaver/
-----------------

"fery" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cf9jl3$8u1$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> HI
> I want to check it with IIS on my computer.""""I don't get account from

some servers yet that they gave me root"""
> How i can test it in my computer?



fery

2004-08-10, 7:14 am

HI
How i can know that favicon.ico works on my web site ?
Is that any way to know that ?
THanks
Joe {RoastHorse}

2004-08-10, 12:14 pm

usually works fine on my local test sites (apache with virtual hosts) i
don't even put the link in the html - just dump the icon in the root.

i use firebird all the time and that forgets all the favicons in my
bookmark list. occasionally they comeback, but they don't stay long.

joe




..: Nadia :TMM :. wrote:

> To be honest with your, I'm not 100% sure that it can work locally - I've
> never tried it, but if it isn't working for you, then I'd suggest it doesn't
> work locally :-)
>
> As long as you have the link pointing to the fully url location of the
> favicon when you upload, it should then work. Best answer I can give you
> for now.
>

Joe {RoastHorse}

2004-08-15, 12:15 pm

usually works fine on my local test sites (apache with virtual hosts) i
don't even put the link in the html - just dump the icon in the root.

i use firebird all the time and that forgets all the favicons in my
bookmark list. occasionally they comeback, but they don't stay long.

joe




..: Nadia :TMM :. wrote:

> To be honest with your, I'm not 100% sure that it can work locally - I've
> never tried it, but if it isn't working for you, then I'd suggest it doesn't
> work locally :-)
>
> As long as you have the link pointing to the fully url location of the
> favicon when you upload, it should then work. Best answer I can give you
> for now.
>

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