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911paramedic

911paramedic

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How do you get that icon to show up on the favorites menu? What I mean is, if I were to make a site and want an icon to show up on somebodies favorites menu instead of the default "e" when they bookmark the site, how is that done?

Thanks.

:D <--like that little guy
 
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bsobel

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Throw an icon called favicon.ico into the root of your web site.
Bill
 
911paramedic

911paramedic

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Thanks, I'll give those a shot.
:D

EDIT: I just found this on the MS website.

Create the Correct Size Icon
For Internet Explorer 5, the required size of a shortcut icon is 16x16 pixels. To create the icon, use an icon editor, such as the one included in Microsoft Visual Studio® or one of the many other icon editors available. Regardless of the program you use, make sure you set the editor to create an icon that is 16x16 pixels. Otherwise, the icon will be ignored by Internet Explorer.

Associate the Icon with Your Web Page
After creating the icon, you must associate it with your Web page. One way is to save the icon with the default file name of favicon.ico in the root directory of your domain?for example, www.microsoft.com/favicon.ico. Each time your Web page is added to a user's favorites, Internet Explorer automatically searches for this file and places the icon next to all the favorites and quick links originating from your site.

You can also associate the icon with your Web page by saving the icon with a file name other than favicon.ico and adding a line of HTML code in the head section of your Web document. The line of code includes a link tag that specifies the location and name of the file. You can include this link tag on a per-page basis.

<HEAD>
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/myicon.ico">
<TITLE>My Title</TITLE>
</HEAD>


So it looks like you both had it, but with different ways to do it. Thanks again.
 
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RatDog8102

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Along a similar theme, does any know why my favorites icons get reset to the default e after time? And how would I get them back?
 
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RadMan

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"Along a similar theme, does any know why my favorites icons get reset to the default e after time? And how would I get them back? "

I don't know, but what I do is create a dll file (using MicroAngelo) and add the icons from the temp internet files folder into it. I then change the URLs to reflect that file, and I keep it in a consistant spot on my hard drive.

That way I never loose them.
 
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Aves

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Originally posted by: RadMan
"Along a similar theme, does any know why my favorites icons get reset to the default e after time? And how would I get them back? "

I don't know, but what I do is create a dll file (using MicroAngelo) and add the icons from the temp internet files folder into it. I then change the URLs to reflect that file, and I keep it in a consistant spot on my hard drive.

That way I never loose them.
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Same here, works like a charm.
 
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