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  • 21-04-2009 10:03am
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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I've created a 16x16 px windows icon file to use as the favicon for my website. I've put it in the root of my web application and added the following to my <head> section but it still wont appear in Firefox or IE.

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

    Any suggestions?


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    forbairt
    Registered Users Posts: 3,594 ✭✭✭forbairt


    site ?
    you're sure its an ico file ?
    you're sure you've uploaded it ? ...
    you're sure its just not your browser thinking it doesn't exist so its not checking again (kill browser and start it up again)


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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    forbairt wrote: »
    site ?
    you're sure its an ico file ?
    you're sure you've uploaded it ? ...
    you're sure its just not your browser thinking it doesn't exist so its not checking again (kill browser and start it up again)

    Hi,

    Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately its a shipped product so I cant link to it. At the moment I'm just trying to get it to work on my local dev machine.

    It's definitely in the web application root, and I created it using Gimp and saved it as a Windows Icon file.

    When I view the page in Firefox and right click->View Page info and select Media, the favicon is greyed out so something is definitely not right. I tried uploading the favicon.ico but Boards wont accept it.


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    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    John_Mc wrote: »
    It's definitely in the web application root, and I created it using Gimp and saved it as a Windows Icon file.

    Can you access it directly using a browser - http://www.yourserver.dom/favicon.ico


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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Can you access it directly using a browser - http://www.yourserver.dom/favicon.ico

    I can, but only after I login.

    It's not just a permissions issue though because once I'm logged still doesnt show up.

    I'm put the favicon definition in the head of my ASP.net masterpage, could that be causing a problem?


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    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Maybe try putting the full path to the favicon into the head.

    i.e.

    [HTML]<link rel="icon" href="http://www.yourserver.dom/favicon.ico&quot; type="image/x-icon"/>[/HTML]


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