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Changing IE sign in address bar

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Molenski

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Hi there,
This has probably got nothing to do with anything at all (!), but, does anyone know how to replace the little crappy IE graphic in the address bar with a graphic of your own.

Any help would be appreciated.

Take care and all the rest.

Molenski [afro]
 
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Hi

You need to create a 16x16 icon file and call it "favicon.ico" and upload it to the root of your website. Then, when the site is marked as a favourite it will display your icon instead.

I don't know where to place this file to ensure that it changes for every site that you look at though. I suspect there is a skin for IE somewhere... Derren
[Mediocre talent - spread really thin]
 
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Molinksi/derren

a favicon is the icon that is used against the entry from the Favorites menu, and also on the Address Bar. Having a distinctive icon listed by the side of your page in someone's favourites will make your page stand out, hence the chances of being re-visited are greater. This feature is supported by many browsers, including Internet Explorer 5.0 and above, Netscape 4.5 and above, and Konqueror. (Linux)

Creating a favicon.ico Icon
To create the icon, you will need to use an icon editor. If you don't have an icon editor, you can use a free one from Favicon.com. The icon should be 16 x 16 pixels, and in a 16 colour palette. The icon should be placed in each directory that holds your pages that may be bookmarked. The icon must be called, favicon.ico. An alternative method is to use a reverse link in the head of your HTML document to specify the location of the icon. Using this option allows you to specify an alternative name for the icon, instead of favicon.ico.

Enter this code right under the <HEAD> tag on Your Sites Page's

<LINKREL=&quot;SHORTCUT ICON&quot; HREF=&quot;favicon.ico&quot;>

For more info check out...
 
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Also i found a shareware program-Microangelo that allows you to either create the icon right to the screen or to create a 16X16 in PhotoShop, save it as a .gif, open it in Microangelo, then save that as an icon.

Grab your own trial version of the Microangelo software at
 
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