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favicons in publisher 2003 website

ladalang

2007-02-18, 6:16 pm

I'm trying to get a favicon added to my site. Says I need to add the
following html code to the <head> code

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

Then I have to add the favicon.ico image to the root directory.

I found a favicon generator site. Anybody have experience with this?

I can preview the code in a web preview but I can't insert and save it. I
tried adding a code fragment.

I'm publishing http, so I added the ico image to my network places server.

It didn't work. Any suggestions...

Mike Koewler

2007-02-18, 10:15 pm

If the file is in your root directory, I wouldn't think you would need
the slash before the file name.

I created an ico file, uploaded it to my server and it seems to work.
From what I understand, though, it may not show up the first time you
view the site, especially if you don't do a forced refresh. Not to
mention some browsers treat ico files differently.

All this aside - the use of favicons may fall under that ubiquitous
"style over substance" heading. Eye candy. Looks nice, does nothing!

Mike

ladalang wrote:
> I'm trying to get a favicon added to my site. Says I need to add the
> following html code to the <head> code
>
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" >
>
> Then I have to add the favicon.ico image to the root directory.
>
> I found a favicon generator site. Anybody have experience with this?
>
> I can preview the code in a web preview but I can't insert and save it. I
> tried adding a code fragment.
>
> I'm publishing http, so I added the ico image to my network places server.
>
> It didn't work. Any suggestions...
>

ladalang

2007-02-18, 10:15 pm

so did you put it in as a code frgment or did you edit the code? Give me
step by step what you did so I know if I did it correctly.

"Mike Koewler" wrote:

> If the file is in your root directory, I wouldn't think you would need
> the slash before the file name.
>
> I created an ico file, uploaded it to my server and it seems to work.
> From what I understand, though, it may not show up the first time you
> view the site, especially if you don't do a forced refresh. Not to
> mention some browsers treat ico files differently.
>
> All this aside - the use of favicons may fall under that ubiquitous
> "style over substance" heading. Eye candy. Looks nice, does nothing!
>
> Mike
>
> ladalang wrote:
>

Mike Koewler

2007-02-18, 10:15 pm

TBO,

I don't remember how I did it. :-(

More than likely, since I know very little about coding, I followed the
instructions on a page from a Google search, such as this one:
http://accessfp.net/faviconico.htm

Then, I added the following to my page (the program I have lets me do
this by pasting the code to <head>:
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

I wish I could be more help.

Mike

ladalang wrote:[color=darkred]
> so did you put it in as a code frgment or did you edit the code? Give me
> step by step what you did so I know if I did it correctly.
>
> "Mike Koewler" wrote:
>
>

ladalang

2007-02-19, 6:15 am

"Mike Koewler" wrote:
(the program I have lets me do
this by pasting the code to <head>:
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

which program are you talking about?

DavidF

2007-02-19, 6:17 pm

Two more references:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/articles/80810.aspx
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com...es/favicon.html

You can not access the head. Just use the insert html code fragment to
insert the proper code into the
body of the Publisher document. Just experiment...I haven't done it myself.

DavidF

"ladalang" <ladalang@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3F43E3EB-4F1D-49E6-91F9-C99D8735260F@microsoft.com...
> "Mike Koewler" wrote:
> (the program I have lets me do
> this by pasting the code to <head>:
> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
>
>
> which program are you talking about?

Mike Koewler

2007-02-19, 6:17 pm

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ladalang wrote:
> "Mike Koewler" wrote:
> (the program I have lets me do
> this by pasting the code to <head>:
> <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
>
>
> which program are you talking about?

Mike Koewler

2007-02-19, 6:17 pm

David,

One could always publish the pages to disk, then open the html file in
Notepad or a similar editor.

Mike

DavidF wrote:

> Two more references:
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/articles/80810.aspx
> http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com...es/favicon.html
>
> You can not access the head. Just use the insert html code fragment to
> insert the proper code into the
> body of the Publisher document. Just experiment...I haven't done it myself.
>
> DavidF
>
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