Hi,
I'm a new user of visual site designer and i need help. I'd like to have a favicon on the website i'm creating but how do i do this?. I searched through the forums but i didnt find any topic about favicons, looks like i'm the only one who doesn't know how to do this .

Thanks for the help in advance.

cheers,
Junie

Junie,

I think there have been topics about favicons, but I don't remember where they topics are.

Are you wanting to create a favicon?

Do you have a favicon and want to make it display?

To create a favicon, I have a program that I downloaded but if you just want one favicon, try this link http://www.html-kit.com/e/favicon.cgi

To make the favicon show is sometimes problematic. I know of two different sets of code to make the favicon display, and I use both.

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

Notice that the favicon is actually an icon, and must be named favicon.ico in order for it to work. Be sure to put the favicon in your root directory along with your index page.

Hope this helps.

Hi Billr,

Thanks for the quick reply. I did find the favicon topic in the forums (took me awhile though , don't know why i didn't see the search link on the top of the page lol).

I do have a favicon ready and i would like to see it displayed.

You gave me 2 sets of codes? Do i use both of them at the same time? do I just copy and paste them? and do I have to do it to all the pages of my website or just ones? maybe u can explain this step by step to me please. if you don't mind .

The favicon folder is in the root directory now I managed to do that without mucking things up lol..

Sorry for all the questions, but i'm really new at this.

Thank u very much.

Junie,

The favicon.ico file must be in the root directory or if in a sub directory, the link must point to that directory.

I would put both sets of code in the head section of your pages. Favicons seem to have a mind of their own, and sometimes will work with just having the favicon in the root directory, and sometimes work with just the index file having the code, and sometimes seem to need the code on every page.

How many pages do you have? If you have a lot of pages, you might want to think about putting the code for much of the head sections of your pages in a separate file. I have the link to my style sheets, character set, the favicon code, contact information, etc. in a separate file and if I need to change something in the head section of every page, I just make one change and let the server take care of everything else.

Hi Bill,

Thank you so much for your advice and patience with me. I really appreciate it.

I did what you said and it worked (I did the happy dance my dogs thought I was going mad ) but it only showed in the main page so I still have to make it display in the other pages. Any other excellent ideas?.

And there are 10 pages in total. The website I'm working on is www.australianacorner.net

Thank you again and again for your advice.


Junie

Junie,

I think you have done what is needed to get the favicon to display.

Having just tested most if not all of your pages, I suspect you are using IE to check the favicons. Try using Firefox or Opera, and you will see that the favicon works as it should.

The computer I am now using has IE6, and I managed to get IE6 to display the favicon, but as usual, IE has it quirks. This is what I did to make the favicon display:
View the page.
In the address box, drag and drop the IE icon to the web page.
If it still does not show then drag and drop to the middle of the address box.
If it still does not work, take IE out to the pasture and shoot it to put it out of its misery.

Hope this helps.

Billr,

Thank you, you've been wonderful.

It's showing in all the pages now and I'm so happy. This is the first website I've created and with your help I can finally sleep and then move on to the next one.

You're advice is priceless. Thank you so much!

Re: IE, I follwed your advice and I did take IE out to the pasture and shoot it to put it out of its misery , I'm using Firefox and sticking with it.

Until next time...

Cheers from Down Under Australia,
Junie

Can I ask how you add the code when using VSD?

I am also trying to add a favicon and not sure if I am doing it correctly. www.optimaphysio.co.uk

rix, you must've done something right because I see the circular logo in Firefox 3 & IE7.

Logged onto another computer and discovered my favicon is appearing! Thanks anyway