The little icons that are next to http://

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The little icons that are next to http://

How can I make some of these?

steelrane

6:55 pm on Jan 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

I would like to know how to put the little icons the you see next to http:// and at the top of the page next to the title of the page I'm using frontpage 2002 and running xp pro any ideas?

PatrickDeese

7:02 pm on Jan 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

They are called Favicons - you have to make them in a graphics program - there are plug-ins for photoshop and other popular graphics programs to make them - just try a search for something like "favicon plug-in".

steelrane

7:04 pm on Jan 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

Thanks I will.

steelrane

7:39 pm on Jan 26, 2004 (gmt 0)

I found out how to make them at the ms website it also gave me the code to add it to my website but I put the code in it just gets put on my page as text
Here's the code
<HEAD>
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/myicon.ico">
<TITLE>My Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>
and heres where I think I should put it
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-us">
<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0">
<meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document">
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<link rel="File-List" href="3rd_party_links_files/filelist.xml">
<title>3rd Party Links</title>
Can you tell me if I'm close and what do I change so my favicon is in there?

photon

2:02 pm on Jan 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

This is the relevant line. Replace the address after

href=

with the location of your .ico image.

You can find out virtually everything you need to know at favicon.com.

bruhaha

2:38 pm on Jan 27, 2004 (gmt 0)

Note that if you name it simply "favicon.ico" and place it in the root directory for your site it is not necessary to add a header tag.

(IOW, unless you want to use different favicons for different sets of pages within your site, you shouldn't need to bother with this tag.)

Also, I note that the only programs MS & favicon.com mention for (.ico) creation are ones you must purchase. But there several good FREE programs that do a nice job of creating an icon or converting an existing graphic to the .ico format. The first one that comes to mind is "IrfanView", which you can download from any number of software sites.