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seamus · 24-09-2002 3:13pm #1

Why not put in a little address bar icon? I just think it looks pretty cool. Not sure what it's for, I think it may just be another shorcut to the homepage

e.g. on the IDER site, you see

In the address bar. This is accomplished by putting

<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="/COMMON/TEMPLATES/iedr_summer/000000/images/iedr.ico">

In the source header. Simple.

To see it in action:
http://www.iedr.ie
http://www.vodafone.ie

Good idea?

Hobbes · 24-09-2002 5:50pm

From what I gather, unless you have IE set right everytime you start it up it will look for an update of every icon which will hit the boards more often. Not that most of you's probably just sit there whacking reload button all the time.

Cloud · 25-09-2002 10:26am

Would that be a Windows standard .ico file?

J.
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Mr E · 25-09-2002 10:34am

Found these instructions:

Create the Correct Size Icon
For Internet Explorer 5, the required size of a shortcut icon is 16x16 pixels.
To create the icon, use an icon editor, such as the one included in Microsoft
Visual Studio® or one of the many other icon editors available. Regardless
of the program you use, make sure you set the editor to create an icon that
is 16x16 pixels. Otherwise, the icon will be ignored by Internet Explorer.

Associate the Icon with Your Web Page
After creating the icon, you must associate it with your Web page. One way
is to save the icon with the default file name of favicon.ico in the root
directory of your domain—for example, www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico. Each
time your Web page is added to a user's favorites, Internet Explorer automatically
searches for this file and places the icon next to all the favorites and quick links
originating from your site.

Stephen · 25-09-2002 10:36am

edit: i was beat to it

Bard · 25-09-2002 11:07am

www.favicon.com

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I've put one on the recent sites I've written as well as on my own site...

doesn't seem to appear though until you add the site to your favourites... well - for me anyway..

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BTW, it can be a 48x48 pixel icon as far as I know. IE should scale it down. (So any of the boards avatars converted to an .ico file would do the job

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For boards.ie, how about an Irish flag?

http://niall.okeeffe.com/images/ico/irishflag.ico [3Kb]

dahamsta · 25-09-2002 11:23am

how about an Irish flag?

Ewwww!

adam

Cloud · 25-09-2002 12:08pm

Here we go - just have to convert it to a .ico:

J.
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DeVore · 25-09-2002 12:11pm

I was saying to Lucutus yesterday that the eyes would HAVE to be the icon hehe

Sweet!

DeV.

Bard · 25-09-2002 12:26pm

Originally posted by Cloud
Here we go - just have to convert it to a .ico:

J.
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Done...

you can get it here

Bard · 25-09-2002 12:50pm

nice one

Lenny · 25-09-2002 10:08pm

She not workin here.
IE 6, ME

Makaveli · 25-09-2002 11:51pm

Not working here either.
IE6 Xp.

smoke.me.a.kipper · 26-09-2002 11:56am

i doesnt appear for me in normal browsing, but when i re-add boards.ie to favourites it appears! yay!

Cloud · 26-09-2002 12:01pm

It only works for the main www.boards.ie page.

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