Change Webpage Icon

[martinkorner]

I have seen other Websites which have their logo next to their web address where there is normally a picture of an "e" on top of a piece of paper (See the right hand side of the address bar on this page).
Do you know how I could change it ?

Thanks

Martin

[tgreer]

Do a web-search on "favicon".

[sbmarsh]

if u go to pixel2life.com and do a search for favicons there a couple of tutorials that will help you there :D

[martinkorner]

To: tgreer and sbmarsh

Thanks a lot I'll try it.
:cheesy:
Martin

[martinkorner]

I tried it and it came up with the code:

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="favicon.ico">

I then put this into the head of my home page and saved the file favicon.ico but I still have the webpage icon - why is this :?:

Martin

[TopDogger]

What file format did you use? You cannot just rename a GIF, JPG or BMP. You need image editing software that saves the favicon in an ICO format, which is special.

Another thought: You may need to bookmark the page in your favorites before the icon image shows up. I've also seen the favicon icons come and go in the favorites.

[martinkorner]

Yep, it's a ".ico" file.
And it's in my favorites.
-- Another thing on the subject of favorites - For some reason when I bookmark Freewebs.com it is never still there the next day.

Martin