Favicon display

[travelerkgd]

I am finding it impossible to display a favicon image by just adding the following:

<link REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico">


Any suggestions? The favicon is in the correct position on the site.

[Snookerman]

Make sure the favicon.ico file is in the root directory, then use this:

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

That should work in all the “good browsers”. In IE, the icon might disappear from time to time. There's nothing you can do about that.

Good luck!

[travelerkgd]

Appreciate it... issue solved.

[Snookerman]

You're welcome, glad to help you!

Happy coding!

[rmiano]

Thanks for your response to travelerkgd, Eddy...was finally able to get the favicon to display in the Favorites Bar in IE8 when I changed the code to what you suggested (FF, IE7 and IE6 had not been a problem with other coding variations).

The favicon still does not display in the browser tab for IE8/7/6, though (FF not a prob)...does Eddy or anyone else have any ideas as to why (i.e., a Vista issue?) and/or how to go about resolving the problem? Am running IE8 on Vista Ultimate SP1, IE7 on XP Pro SP3 and IE6 on XP Home SP2.

The source code for many of the sites whose icons display in every browser without incident do not reference any .ico file or any variation of the common favicon.icon coding variations...is the displaying of these sites' icons controlled by their javascript coding using a completely different protocol??

[koedijk]

I have the same problem. The favicon icon is in the main directory, there wer also the index.htm is.
The favicon.ico is a picture in my direct. but after uploading to teh server the picture has disapeared. Only a empty symbol I see.
Also in the browser by typing http://mysite.nl/favicon.ico nothing ocurre, only this

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appear.

What is wrong?