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richfed
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United States
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Posted - 02 August 2008 :  15:58:03  Show Profile  Visit richfed's Homepage  Reply with Quote
When saving favorites in the IE browser, some sites display a small icon next to the saved link.

How does one enable their own site to show an icon when saved in someone's browser?

For example, this site, Snitz, has a little "SF" logo next to the saved link on my computer.<

leatherlips
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USA
1838 Posts

Posted - 02 August 2008 :  16:02:50  Show Profile  Visit leatherlips's Homepage  Reply with Quote
That is a favicon.

You can make your own favicon here:

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

You should use a perfectly square picture.

It also tells you how to add it to your site.

One thing to note is that the file MUST be called favicon.ico. Otherwise it will not show up. It also should go in your root directory.<

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richfed
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Posted - 03 August 2008 :  09:13:05  Show Profile  Visit richfed's Homepage  Reply with Quote
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Shaggy
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Ireland
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Posted - 14 August 2008 :  08:42:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Simply uploading a file called favicon.ico is not enough, you'll also need to add the following line to the head of your page:

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

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justin123
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Posted - 23 February 2009 :  13:11:30  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Shaggy, I have already created one and added it to my website; however I cannot seem to figure out how to get it added to my Forum page. I am using the access ver. of Snitz not SQL. I can't seem to figure out which one of the files needs to be edited. If I try to edit the login.asp file I get a compile error. Any help would be appreciated.<
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JJenson
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USA
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Posted - 23 February 2009 :  13:17:45  Show Profile  Visit JJenson's Homepage  Reply with Quote
You want to add that to your header.asp file. Somewhere between the <head></head> tags.<
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justin123
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Posted - 23 February 2009 :  13:53:22  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
JJenson, there are well over 10 head open and closing tags. If I place the code between the first set of head tags I get the compile error again. Any ideas??


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AnonJr
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United States
5768 Posts

Posted - 23 February 2009 :  13:56:24  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Then you have a problem, as in inc_header.asp there are only two sets of <head> tags - the first set is for an error message, and the second set is for the actual pages. You are going to want to include it in the second set.<
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justin123
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Posted - 23 February 2009 :  14:20:40  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
AnonJr, good to see you again, has been a while.

If I go to the second set of head tags I see the following...

"<head>" & vbNewline & _
"<title>" & GetNewTitle(strScriptName) & "</title>" & vbNewline

+++++++++++++++

'## START - REMOVAL, MODIFICATION OR CIRCUMVENTING THIS CODE WILL VIOLATE THE SNITZ FORUMS 2000 LICENSE AGREEMENT
Response.Write "<meta name=""copyright"" content=""This Forum code is Copyright (C) 2000-06 Michael Anderson, Pierre Gorissen, Huw Reddick and Richard Kinser, Non-Forum Related code is Copyright (C) " & strCopyright & """>" & vbNewline
'## END - REMOVAL, MODIFICATION OR CIRCUMVENTING THIS CODE WILL VIOLATE THE SNITZ FORUMS 2000 LICENSE AGREEMENT



Response.Write "<script language=""JavaScript"" type=""text/javascript"">" & vbNewLine & _
"<!-- hide from JavaScript-challenged browsers" & vbNewLine & _

Just a snippet. If I place the code where the +++++ signs are this is when I get the error message. What am I missing?


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AnonJr
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United States
5768 Posts

Posted - 23 February 2009 :  14:44:01  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage  Reply with Quote
"Been busy" doesn't even begin to cover it...

Look at how the rest is formatted - You'll want to add it like thus:
Response.Write	"<html>" & vbNewline & vbNewline & _
		"<head>" & vbNewline & _
		"<title>" & GetNewTitle(strScriptName) & "</title>" & vbNewline

Response.Write "<link href=""favicon.ico"" rel=""icon"" type=""image/ico"" />"

'## START - REMOVAL, MODIFICATION OR CIRCUMVENTING THIS CODE WILL VIOLATE THE SNITZ FORUMS 2000 LICENSE AGREEMENT
Response.Write	"<meta name=""copyright"" content=""This Forum code is Copyright (C) 2000-09 Michael Anderson, Pierre Gorissen, Huw Reddick and Richard Kinser, Non-Forum Related code is Copyright (C) " & strCopyright & """>" & vbNewline 
'## END   - REMOVAL, MODIFICATION OR CIRCUMVENTING THIS CODE WILL VIOLATE THE SNITZ FORUMS 2000 LICENSE AGREEMENT


Making sure that the href actually points to the location of your favicon, etc. as noted above.<
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justin123
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Posted - 23 February 2009 :  14:53:12  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I hear ya, but I guess on the bright side that is a great thing considering things now days. :)


Worked perfectly, I was missing the Response.Write


Thanks for your help and great to see you,

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AnonJr
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United States
5768 Posts

Posted - 23 February 2009 :  15:07:12  Show Profile  Visit AnonJr's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Glad you got it working.

And yes, I'd rather be too busy than not busy enough. <
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TastyNutz
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USA
251 Posts

Posted - 23 February 2009 :  20:26:04  Show Profile  Visit TastyNutz's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Shaggy

Simply uploading a file called favicon.ico is not enough, you'll also need to add the following line to the head of your page:

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




I've got several sites that don't have the favicon link, and it shows up fine.<


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Shaggy
Support Moderator

Ireland
6780 Posts

Posted - 24 February 2009 :  04:36:33  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In every browser?

Just because something works doesn't necessarily mean it's right - you can use tables to layout your site and it will work just fine but it's still not the right way to do it.

Also, contrary to what Leatherlips posted, it doesn't have to be named favicon.ico nor does it have to go in the root directory. It doesn't even have to be an icon, you could also use a PNG or a GIF.

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TastyNutz
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USA
251 Posts

Posted - 24 February 2009 :  11:29:12  Show Profile  Visit TastyNutz's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Sorry Shaggy. Didn't mean to question your authority. I was just saying.<


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Shaggy
Support Moderator

Ireland
6780 Posts

Posted - 24 February 2009 :  11:35:54  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Sorry, didn't mean that to come across in such a heavy-handed, "you're wrong, I'm right" kinda way - trying to educate, not dictate!

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