cbc58 — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:43:35 +0000

Thanks all for the info.

DaveyBoy — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:14:26 +0000

yeah i created one in an icon program and it still doesn't work - thanks for the links though. reckon it could be an issue with my hosting or anything?

Megan — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:56:04 +0000

This is the program I used:

http://www.iconempire.com/free-icon-editor/index.htm

That company has a lot of icon stuff on there, they've also go this one:

http://www.iconempire.com/iconcraft/index.htm

which looks better maybe and has an unlimited trial period (the first one was 15 day trial)

DaveyBoy — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:53:26 +0000

awesome, cheers megs

Megan — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:35:16 +0000

Use a proper icon program - there are a number of different options for that. I forget which one I used - will check when I get home and post back.

The great thing about that is you can copy a PNG file right in and create the icon from there. So I was able to take my TWF graphics from Fireworks, resize to 16x16, then import into the icon program.

DaveyBoy — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:19:34 +0000

just made it in paint, and saved it as .ico

doesn't show at all

Megan — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 21:13:36 +0000

What did you use to create it? Is it not showing in all browsers or just certain ones? Is it a proper icon (created by an icon program) or is it a gif or png file?

DaveyBoy — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:49:15 +0000

I've made an icon and put that code in there...but the icon isn't showing, any idea why?

chrishirst — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 18:19:30 +0000

That's very tRoo

provided you use the otherwise it will look for the default name.

Roo — Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:20:54 +0000

Quote: but FF, NN and Opera will always look for favicon.ico when a page is visited. Only IE uses it solely for bookmarks

Not true. I never use 'favicon', I use unique names, and the icons are right there in the address bar and in my bookmarks the way they should be.