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lsimpson4
4-1-06, 08:43 AM
I've created my favicon.ico 16 x 16 and placed it in my htdocs folder but the icon is not appearing in my IE address bar. Is there anything else required?
pureconcepts
4-1-06, 10:23 AM
Did you link it within the <head> tag of your pages?

Example:

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/ico" href="favicon.ico" />

Provided the path is correct.
lsimpson4
4-1-06, 06:09 PM
I didn't have that code in my pages, have added it now and still no Favicon?
lsimpson4
4-3-06, 09:11 AM
According to http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/validator/ my favicon is valid and so is my link <link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/ico" href="favicon.ico" /> but the icon is not displaying in IE address bar?
pureconcepts
4-3-06, 09:26 AM
It might be something funky with just your computer. Did you try what keyplyr posted. Post the link to your site and let some other people try. At this point I am sure it is just something silly that might be caused by your local system.
lsimpson4
4-3-06, 09:34 AM
Yeah I just tried keyplyr's tip and I have a favicon from http://news.com.au displayed? I have tried closing my browser and deleting temp pages and cache. My site is http://qldaus.com my favicon is a pic of my puppy.
pureconcepts
4-3-06, 11:09 AM
Your favicon works for me. With IE, your favicon.ico is just that a Favorite Icon. Until you add the link to your Favorites (ctrl + d) it is unused. However, once I did your little puppy appeared and when I visited the site, after bookmarking, it appeared in the address bar. This is the same functionality I found from Google and as noted on Wikipedia

I can see how it is not working as you wish. It might be another thing IE is different on.
lsimpson4
4-3-06, 06:44 PM
I have just tried at work using IE6 and it worked straight away. I am using IE7 beta at home which is where the problem is. I get Favicon's from other web sites on IE7 so not sure what the go there is? Thanks for your help though appreciate it!!!!
pureconcepts
4-3-06, 06:50 PM
Are you sure these sites that are working are not bookmarked sites? It just seems strange that you have it working in some places but not others. Then again we are talking about IE ;)

Anyway good luck with it, sorry I could not help more.
lsimpson4
4-3-06, 06:57 PM
They are bookmarked sites I'm not sure why the icon from http://news.com.au is displaying on my site when using IE7 but like you said it is IE and to be fair it is a beta.
pureconcepts
4-4-06, 11:12 AM
Favicon doesn't display for me on that site unless I bookmark it with the aforementioned process. (IE6)