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Newbie question: favicon.ico Doug Laidlaw 06-28-2005
Posted by Doug Laidlaw on June 28, 2005, 12:22 pm
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I would assume that favicon.ico should reside in the same directory as the
page it is associated with. In one of my programs, it seems to be in the
associate images/ directory and doesn't show.

Am I right?

Doug.
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Posted by David Ross on June 27, 2005, 9:08 pm
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Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
> I would assume that favicon.ico should reside in the same directory as the
> page it is associated with. In one of my programs, it seems to be in the
> associate images/ directory and doesn't show.
>
> Am I right?

I use five different icons, none of which are named favicon.ico. I
have three of them in the home directory of my Web site. The other
two are in subdirectories because they are used only by the pages
in those subdirectories.

To use an icon, I put the following in the <HEAD> section of a Web
page:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">
where "name" is the name of the icon file. Of course, if a Web
page in a subdirectory is using an icon in my home directory, then
these become
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="../name.ICO"
type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="../name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">

I know this works with Mozilla and Firefox. Since I never use IE,
I don't know if the icons display with that browser.

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Posted by Doug Laidlaw on June 28, 2005, 11:21 pm
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David Ross wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>>
>> I would assume that favicon.ico should reside in the same directory as
>> the
>> page it is associated with. In one of my programs, it seems to be in the
>> associate images/ directory and doesn't show.
>>
>> Am I right?
>
> I use five different icons, none of which are named favicon.ico. I
> have three of them in the home directory of my Web site. The other
> two are in subdirectories because they are used only by the pages
> in those subdirectories.
>
> To use an icon, I put the following in the <HEAD> section of a Web
> page:
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">
> <link rel="icon" href="name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">
> where "name" is the name of the icon file. Of course, if a Web
> page in a subdirectory is using an icon in my home directory, then
> these become
> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../name.ICO"
> type="image/x-icon">
> <link rel="icon" href="../name.ICO" type="image/x-icon">
>
> I know this works with Mozilla and Firefox. Since I never use IE,
> I don't know if the icons display with that browser.
>

Thanks David. That seems to be the most flexible scheme.

Doug.
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Posted by Blinky the Shark on June 28, 2005, 3:18 am
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Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> I would assume that favicon.ico should reside in the same directory as the
> page it is associated with. In one of my programs, it seems to be in the
> associate images/ directory and doesn't show.

> Am I right?

Mine are in the root directory (for the sites).

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Posted by Doug Laidlaw on June 28, 2005, 11:19 pm
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Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>
>> I would assume that favicon.ico should reside in the same directory as
>> the
>> page it is associated with. In one of my programs, it seems to be in the
>> associate images/ directory and doesn't show.
>
>> Am I right?
>
> Mine are in the root directory (for the sites).
>

Hi Blinky.

Thanks to all.

Doug.
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