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Post by KirbySB July 19th 2008, 1:05 am

Okay, I want a favicon on my forum. I went to Meta Tags, added the code, put the link in and when I view the page, it doesn't display. Is there a certain size?
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Post by Nazar July 19th 2008, 1:25 am

it has to be in .ico format and it has to be 16 by 16 or less i think
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Post by KirbySB July 19th 2008, 1:38 am

First, I have it as .ico, but I can't upload it anywhere.
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Post by Nazar July 19th 2008, 1:46 am

here is the host i used www.iconj.com it automatically makes it in .ico format Very Happy
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Post by Saurus July 19th 2008, 1:53 am

KirbySB wrote:Okay, I want a favicon on my forum. I went to Meta Tags, added the code, put the link in and when I view the page, it doesn't display. Is there a certain size?

It doesn't go in the metatags - it goes before the body tags, at the end of the head tags.
Code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://xxxxx/siteicon.gif">

like that. The icon has to be hosted and the url to it goes in the obvious place in the code. You can probably host it in your gallery and use the url it provides.
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Post by Saurus July 19th 2008, 1:58 am

Nazar wrote:it has to be in .ico format and it has to be 16 by 16 or less i think

That would come as a real surprise to two of my websites that use favicons - in both they are .gifs:)
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Post by Nazar July 19th 2008, 3:08 am

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Nazar wrote:it has to be in .ico format and it has to be 16 by 16 or less i think

That would come as a real surprise to two of my websites that use favicons - in both they are .gifs:)

Actually if you use .gif, they will show up in firefox but not in internet explorer, but if they are in .ico, they will show up in both browsers
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Post by Saurus July 19th 2008, 3:48 am

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Nazar wrote:it has to be in .ico format and it has to be 16 by 16 or less i think

That would come as a real surprise to two of my websites that use favicons - in both they are .gifs:)

Actually if you use .gif, they will show up in firefox but not in internet explorer, but if they are in .ico, they will show up in both browsers

True, but then none of my members USE Internet Explorer, and I don't code my websites to the whims of MS if they choose not to adhere to the accepted HTML4 and CSS2 conventions:) My sites are all hand coded and verified to CSS2 standards.
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Post by KirbySB July 19th 2008, 4:03 am

I want it to appear on both, but I don't know where to upload the ico's to.
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Post by Saurus July 19th 2008, 4:08 am

KirbySB wrote:I want it to appear on both, but I don't know where to upload the ico's to.

Any one of the many file hosting sites that allow hotlinking. Flickr, photobucket, image shack, etc. Or your own gallery.
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Post by KirbySB July 19th 2008, 4:11 am

Ok. Can you explain what to go to and where to enter it?
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Post by KirbySB July 19th 2008, 4:22 am

Joined them all, uploaded, didn't upload.
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Post by manor July 19th 2008, 11:28 am

ok here is the code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="your icon link here" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="your icon link here" />

and this is put into 'other meta-tags'

this will display the favicon on all the portal and index page(s)

you can create your favicon here

http://www.favicon.cc/

and host it here

www.iconj.com

if you have html pages you will need another code which is:

<HEAD><link rel="shortcut icon" href="your icon link here" /><HEAD>

if you already have a head section created in your page remove <HEAD> from the above code

this works for me Very Happy
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Post by Cheewy September 3rd 2008, 9:29 pm

Manor, could you please give us code of yours favicon?

Then, i will create my favicon easly.. please?
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