favicon

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When I save my favicon the bg turns black (should be white) and the image is not clear. It shows up ok when trying to apply it as an icon to a folder. But when I apply it, is when it doesnt look the same.

Does this sound obvious to someone?

Thanks
Eric

 

[Vragabond]

No. How big is your favicon? What program did you make it in? Is it an .ico file or just a renamed bmp? Have you tried using the favicon generator at

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/?

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I published the .ico file in 24-bit bitmap with the paint program. (as per instruction)
I just tried the Icon Generator which works good.
But now I cant get it to work live and come up in the address bar. I',ve got <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="

http://www.my-site.com/favicon.ico">

in the head tag and the ico file uploaded but what else?

Thanks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I always use 2 lines:

<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

I also always make sure the file is called 'favicon.ico' and is available at '/' as some older browsers will ignore the 'link' tags and always look in that location.

Some browsers will also only show it if you bookmark the site and click on the bookmark.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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