Microsoft Publisher - Favicon Won't Show

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Favicon Won't Show

BigBoyBob

2005-05-29, 7:22 pm

I've created a proper favicon for my site and uploaded it successfully (I can
view it when I enter my url with /favicon.ico). I've deleted the internet
cache, apporpriate bookmarks, history, cookies, everything. Still the
favicon won't appear in bookmarks or the address bar. To increase cross
browser compatability I've unchecked "Rely on VML for faster......." and
"Allow PNG as a graphics format....." in Web Site Options when I published
the site. I was wondering if this could effect the favicon problem. I've
tested the site with IE6, Netscape beta8, and Firefox 1.0.4.
--
Bob

David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]

2005-05-29, 7:22 pm

Using a favicon has no relevance to using Publisher for your web site. or
vice-versa. If you manually uploaded (separate from the pub web) a properly
formed (www.favicon.com) favicon file, and you can view it in the browser by
addressing it explicitly (../favicon.ico) then it is working.
"Your" being able to view it, or not, in bookmarks/address on "your" pc has
to do with caching and other quirks. Go to another pc that has never
bookmarked your site and is not the pc that created the ico file and you'll
find it is indeed working.

David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
http://www.publishermvps.com
http://www.davidbartosik.com

"BigBoyBob" <BigBoyBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I've created a proper favicon for my site and uploaded it successfully (I
> can
> view it when I enter my url with /favicon.ico). I've deleted the internet
> cache, apporpriate bookmarks, history, cookies, everything. Still the
> favicon won't appear in bookmarks or the address bar. To increase cross
> browser compatability I've unchecked "Rely on VML for faster......." and
> "Allow PNG as a graphics format....." in Web Site Options when I published
> the site. I was wondering if this could effect the favicon problem. I've
> tested the site with IE6, Netscape beta8, and Firefox 1.0.4.
> --
> Bob

BigBoyBob

2005-05-29, 11:18 pm

Thanks for getting back. I'll try that tonight and get back to you.
--
Bob

"David Bartosik [MSFT MVP]" wrote:

> Using a favicon has no relevance to using Publisher for your web site. or
> vice-versa. If you manually uploaded (separate from the pub web) a properly
> formed (www.favicon.com) favicon file, and you can view it in the browser by
> addressing it explicitly (../favicon.ico) then it is working.
> "Your" being able to view it, or not, in bookmarks/address on "your" pc has
> to do with caching and other quirks. Go to another pc that has never
> bookmarked your site and is not the pc that created the ico file and you'll
> find it is indeed working.
>
> David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP]
> http://www.publishermvps.com
> http://www.davidbartosik.com
>
> "BigBoyBob" <BigBoyBob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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