How about a favicon?

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  1. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    I find they help pick out my frequently-visited sites like Bit-Tech and Kara.

    You could make it a competition. ;)
     
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  2. RTT

    RTT #parp

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    favicon? :confused:

    expand a little ;)
     
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  3. linear

    linear Minimodder

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    IE 4 and later will allow you to use an icon to represent your site in the bookmarks or favorites or whatever the hell IE calls the sites you like. You store it in the document root as favicon.ico and it gets pulled by IE automagically.

    for example http://linear1.org/ has one. Or Google.
     
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  4. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    If you put a 32x32 (or 16x16) .ico file called favicon.ico in the site root folder, anybody (with IE4+) bookmarking the site gets it alongside the site name in Favorites.

    Or you can point to it with a line in the <head> code:

    <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.cpemma.fsnet.co.uk/fan.ico">


    The icon also appears in the IE url window instead of the default IE one, if bookmarked.

    Example at http://www.cpemma.fsnet.co.uk ;)

    Giving:
    [​IMG]

    (Linear - you could use transparency on yours :p )
     
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  5. linear

    linear Minimodder

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    IE is such krap. Yours doesn't show up for me in IE6 under XP or 98, and mine doesn't show up for me under IE6 under 98 but does on IE5.5 on 98.... *sigh*
     
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  6. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    No problem IE6/98SE

    Odd-ball thing is that favicon only shows in the address window if you click from the Favorites link AFAIK.

    And they only last whils't the file is cached, so any I like I extract from the cache to a permanent folder and "change icon" for the link shortcut.

    I luv IE :D
    [​IMG]
    Needs more work on it. :eek:
     
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    cpemma, 22 Feb 2002
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  7. linear

    linear Minimodder

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    I was just fooling with mine today, for reasons unrelated to this post--if you have an old one cached, I'm pretty sure the current one has transparency.
     
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  8. pszaro

    pszaro What's a Dremel?

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  9. Cuzza

    Cuzza What's a Dremel?

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    Hey bit-tech peeps. Resurrecting this favicon thread because I can't get the bit-tech favicon to appear in Firefox 4. It works for me in other browsers. Is it just me?

    Anyway I really like having a bit-tech icon in my toolbar to if this could be fixed I'll be stoked.

    Cuzza
     
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  10. Volund

    Volund Am I supposed to care?

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    Holy thread necro....

    I use FF4 on multiple computers, it works fine. If you just added it to your bookmark bar you will need to click it once and it should appear.
     
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  11. Cuzza

    Cuzza What's a Dremel?

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    no such luck I'm afraid. all of my other bookmarks appear there as normal, but bit-tech fails!
     
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  12. Jamie

    Jamie ex-Bit-Tech code junkie

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    Works fine on FF4 here.
     
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  13. stonedsurd

    stonedsurd Is a cackling Yuletide Belgian

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    Workin' fine on FF4 here as well.
     
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  14. Cuzza

    Cuzza What's a Dremel?

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    I suppose I should have done this in the first place, I reinstalled FF4 and now it works. Weird.... ah well, thanks for your replies!
     
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