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my shortcut link icon is not appearing at the tab window when the window is open,

I dont know what is wrong,I have the icom in my graphic file named (image),and I named the icon (favicon), do i have any thing to do with css,below is how I typed the link shortcut.

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="">

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Short diagnosis and the immediate fix: the link element in your first post is malformed — the href must be a plain URL (absolute or root‑relative), not wrapped in an anchor tag. Put the link element inside the HTML <head>, use a lowercase rel (modern practice is rel="icon"), and make sure the browser can actually fetch the file (status 200 and a proper image MIME type).

Checks to run now (quick, in this order):

  • Paste the favicon URL into the browser address bar to confirm it loads and shows the icon file (and returns HTTP 200).
  • Open Developer Tools → Network and reload the page. Look for the favicon request, check status code and Content-Type (should be image/x-icon, image/vnd.microsoft.icon, or an image/png if you use PNG).
  • If the server returns 404 or an HTML page, move the icon to the correct path (browsers will request /favicon.ico automatically) or fix the href to point to the real file.
  • If the site is served over HTTPS, ensure the favicon URL uses HTTPS (mixed-content blocks will prevent loading).
  • Clear browser cache or use a new filename / version query to force refresh.

Notes tied to existing replies: is right that placing a favicon at the site root is the simplest reliable option. ’s XHTML comment applies only if your pages are served as XHTML (self-closing syntax matters then); for typical HTML5 pages it is not required. For up‑to‑date behavior and examples, see MDN’s guidance on favicons and link rel types: Favicon (MDN) and .

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What browser(s)?

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Firefox and Internet Explorer both behaves same way

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<link rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'  href=''>
<link rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'  href=''>

not sure if subdfolders work, I know root folder first option works
lower case

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Put the slash if you're using DTD.

<link rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon' href='' />
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all html carries a dtd html<2 does not require it be stated
html 3 4 5 xhtml do
corrected

put the slash if using an xhtml DTD

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