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Icon
How do people get a personalised little icon to appear on the tabs of IE7, and in the URL address box? I was thinking of adding a mini-version of our logo.
Thanks
Sara
Adding a favourites icon to each page
Hi again Sara! :)
Yes, this effect looks quite good, doesn't it? And it really brands each of your web pages. People subconsciously know they are still on your site, and it's easier to find and flick back to your web site's tab.
The code you need to insert into the <HEAD> section of each page (or ideally your template) is this:
<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/image/favicon/yourlogo.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="/image/favicon/yourlogo.ico" type="image/x-icon">
</head
This assumes you have uploaded an .ico (in this case called yourlogo.ico) to an /image/favicon folder on your server.
There are two lines because some browsers search for 'shortcut icon' and others search for 'icon'... it's best to cover all bases.
You will also need an icon editor or graphics application that can save to .ico format. I'd recommend http://www.aha-soft.com/iconutils which is free trial for 30 days, and then you can buy if you like it. Or search Google for icon software.
Colours can be an issue, you may only have 256 colours to work with, but because the icons are so small, it shouldn't mater.
Good luck!
Regards, Rich
RE: adding a favourites icon to each page
Thanks Rich.
I was able to create the icon and stored in the folder as you suggest. Does it need to be actually uploaded to the website on the server for it to work? When I did F12 to test locally the icon did not appear in the tab or URL address box.
Sara
RE: adding a favourites icon to each page
Sara,
Yeah, you need to upload it to the server for it to work.
I don't reckon the local test would work.
You don't have to use that folder structure, it was just suggestion. I would recommend creating a 'favicon' folder in your normal image storage location, and storing it there.
Rich
