Thanks I am using IE 7. So

michaelg — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:36:17 +0000

Thanks I am using IE 7. So far the ico shows up in Mozilla and Chrome but not IE. But it could be as someone said in the post thread that I might need to try a new computer

You could create the icon in

cmoyer — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:43:59 +0000

You could create the icon in favicon.cc.

It lets you download the icon or release it to the public. It is free and easy to use. It also recently added animation abilities, even if not all browsers support this. I find this the easiest way to do it.

What version of IE you are using? IE 6+ can view it and ≤ 5 will not show.

Megan wrote: Another thing

decibel.places — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:27:28 +0000

Megan wrote:

Another thing you could try is to run your icon through a proper icon creation program. I've had problems with this in the past when the icon wasn't created as an actual .ico.

I have not had problems using the Gimp and saving as ico.

It should. It shows the

pr0gr4mm3r — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:46:07 +0000

It should. It shows the website, browser window, and all. This service is powered by a large community of computers that run the shotfactory software. When you see your screenshot, it's from some computer receiving the request, firing up the requested browser, snapping the screenshot, and uploading the image to the website. I have anywhere between 1 and 3 screenshot factories running for this site. Here is one that's running now.

Another thing you could try

Megan — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:27:00 +0000

Another thing you could try is to run your icon through a proper icon creation program. I've had problems with this in the past when the icon wasn't created as an actual .ico.

You should be able to just put the favicon in your site's root directory and the browsers will pick it up. The link tag isn't necessary as long as the file is named favicon.ico.

If you post a link to your site we can check it for you.

I think this might work ,

michaelg — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:24:38 +0000

I think this might work , can you see this code?
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/icon" href="http://blime13.tripod.com/favicon.ico"/>

thanks for the help

pr0gr4mm3r, I like that

decibel.places — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:32:41 +0000

pr0gr4mm3r,

I like that suggestion to check browsershots to rule out the effect of local caching - haven't used it in a while, does it display the favicon properly?

Michael,

Check your code against samples here

Try viewing your site on a

pr0gr4mm3r — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 15:29:51 +0000

Try viewing your site on a computer that hasn't visited your site before. If you don't have one available, you can submit your site to browsershots.org for some IE screenshots.

P.S. - I edited michaelg's post to show the code correctly.

Michael, We still can't see

decibel.places — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:32:43 +0000

Michael,

We still can't see your code, you need to wrap it in code tags, you can use the tool menu above the message textarea, the 3rd icon from the right adds the code tags.

You may need to completely reset IE.

Thanks. I cleared my cache

michaelg — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:49:00 +0000

Thanks. I cleared my cache and adjusted my code to:
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/icon" href="http://blime13.tripod.com/favicon.ico"/>

this is recognized by Chrome and Mozilla but still not IE. Strangely when I place the path in the browser the image shows up . Is there something that I am missing?