My logo in address bar

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My logo in address bar

How to insert in address bar

bartainer

12:53 pm on Aug 11, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hello,

I see various logs in the address bar e.g, (webmasterworld.com) how do I insert my logo in my address bar?

Thanks.

Marketing Guy

12:55 pm on Aug 11, 2005 (gmt 0)

It's called a favicon - a small graphic file stored on your root called favicon.ico. Do a search and I'm sure you can find plenty of information on how to create them.

stinkfoot

1:03 pm on Aug 11, 2005 (gmt 0)

Hi bartainer,

If you mean the icon in the address bar .. create one, I think I used Microangelo and found it easy to use ..

Then place the file into your root directory with the name

favicon.ico

Once completed get your pages to tell the browser where it is. In your meta tags, between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags put something like <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico">

Hope that helps

Stinkfoot

bartainer

1:18 pm on Aug 11, 2005 (gmt 0)

Very informative Stinkfoot. Thanks.

division123

1:03 am on Aug 12, 2005 (gmt 0)

You cant create an icon file unless you have the proper software/plugin

Here you download a plugin for photoshop that will allow you to create a .ico file:

[telegraphics.com.au...]

sitemaker

1:08 pm on Aug 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

Just some supplemental information to all that -

1. There is no reason the icon has to be in the root or indeed called 'favicon'. Mine is in images folder with every other image. As long as it ends with .ico it's fine.

2. You don't need an icon creating program to create a .ico file, I used a normal image editor. Just save it as a .ico. However, icon programs create better icons as they are multilayered so they work better in different situations.