• Registered: January 13, 2009
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Topic: Favourite Icon

Hello All,

I tried to setupa favourite con on a web page but for some reason it won't show.

I created a 16x16px icon, saved it as favicon.ico, uploaded it to the root on the server and used the code

<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.********.co.uk/favicon.ico">

Thank you,

Best wishes
Graeme

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  • From: San Antonio, TX
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Re: Favourite Icon

It should be in the same folder as your index file, and you don't necessarily need the path - just use

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

Just because my computer is online does not mean that I am.
a&b WebDesign

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Re: Favourite Icon

You may also try:
-- clearing your browser cache
-- just waiting a bit. I've had times when being patient usually paid off.

PM me the link to the site so I can take a look? The code itself looks fine.

Benjamin Falk | Falken Creative : Twitter
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP and CodeIgniter

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  • Registered: January 13, 2009
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Re: Favourite Icon

Hello Thelma,

It was OK in Opera but in all the other browsers it is not there.

Best wishes
Graeme

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Re: Favourite Icon

It works fine for me on Firefox and Safari. I think you just have to be patient -- it'll show up on your computer eventually. Definitely clear your browser cache if you haven't already.

Benjamin Falk | Falken Creative : Twitter
Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, HTML, CSS, jQuery, PHP and CodeIgniter

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  • Registered: January 13, 2009
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Re: Favourite Icon

Thanks for your help, as long as it is setup OK.

Best wishes
Graeme

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  • Registered: April 30, 2009
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Re: Favourite Icon

Best way to overwrite your browser's (Firefox mostly) Favicon cache is to just visit the Favicon url. So type the Favicon url directly into your browser address like: http://www.myexample.com/favicon.ico

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