Web page icon?

UBT_Grumpy Old Bloke · Tue May 23, 2006 7:20 pm

OK, I don't know what the technical term for it is but when I go to some sites such as BOINC http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ or IMDB http://www.imdb.com using Firefox I get a little site-specific icon next to the details in the address bar. It also shows against the site's name if the page is bookmarked and appears on the tab header too.

If it's an easy thing to do would it be worth adding to the forum and team websites for a bit more "corporate branding"? At the moment they just show a boring page icon something to make them stand out a bit more, maybe the union flag from the team logo, would be nice.

Cheers

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:32 pm

that'll be something like favicon.ico, I'm sure TPTB can sort something for you.

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:34 pm

UBT_Grumpy Old Bloke wrote:OK, I don't know what the technical term for it is but when I go to some sites such as BOINC http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ or IMDB http://www.imdb.com using Firefox I get a little site-specific icon next to the details in the address bar. It also shows against the site's name if the page is bookmarked and appears on the tab header too.

If it's an easy thing to do would it be worth adding to the forum and team websites for a bit more "corporate branding"? At the moment they just show a boring page icon something to make them stand out a bit more, maybe the union flag from the team logo, would be nice.

Cheers

Hi "Gysmo"

Yup - it's called a "favicon" and it's (IIRC) a 16x16 pixel graphic which is saved in the "root" folder of any website and basically acts as a "reminder" of the website you're on (as if you needed reminding)...!

So, if anyone fancies making such a graphic, then feel free to email it/them to me and if needs be, if we get a few good ones, then we can ask the "membership" which one is the one to use...!

regards,

Tim

UBT_Grumpy Old Bloke · Tue May 23, 2006 8:40 pm

Ah ha! Cheers guys.

My graphics skills are zilch so unless you want a UK Blob Team icon I'll leave it to someone who knows what they're doing. :?

UBT_Grumpy Old Bloke · Thu May 25, 2006 4:18 pm

Updated team web page spotted! Cheers

UBT_Grumpy Old Bloke · Thu May 25, 2006 5:09 pm

And now the forum. :thumbright:

Thanks

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:26 pm

Pretty boring one for the forum but it will do until someone comes up with a better one!
Doesn't show up on my ie7 beta!
Mind the chat doesn't work either

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Thu May 25, 2006 5:29 pm

Dazza wrote:Doesn't show up on my ie7 beta!

no surprise there then

they both work fine with firefox/linux

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:32 pm

But the bizzare thing is, I set up a test forum using the code from this forum and the favicon works fine on that one.

Typical.

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:34 pm

Dazza wrote:Doesn't show up on my ie7 beta!

does it fail to display ALL favicons (any website) or just the forums?

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:38 pm

just done a quick google and found this

IE7 does not render .ico image files. These are the Favicons that are displayed next to commenters names if the site they put in the URL field has a Favicon. I’ve reported this to Microsoft but it doesn’t seem to be something anyone wants to seriously address.

full article here

Darren · Post by **Darren** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 8:41 pm

Hard to tellbecause if it doesn't show a favicon I have always assumed they don't use one!
All I know is it fails to recognize some and also it regularly "forgets" some that had favicons set up.
I've tried clearing the cache and stuff like that.
But why it should recognise one site and not another when they are both using exactly the same code (or were) is beyond me.

UBT - PaulC · Post by **UBT - PaulC** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:44 am

The strange thing is i use firefox at home and work. At work the Union Jack fav icon works, but i cannot get it to work at home. It just doesn't appear.

Very bizzare.

Paul.

*update* - If I logout from the forum. The favicon appears, then when i log back in the icon disappers.

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:28 am

UBT - PaulC wrote:The strange thing is i use firefox at home and work. At work the Union Jack fav icon works, but i cannot get it to work at home. It just doesn't appear.

what version of firefox?
it works ok for me in V1.5.0.1 at home (linux) and 1.5.0.3 at work (linux and winxp).
Mind you, it also worked fine with the previous version too.

UBT - PaulC · Post by **UBT - PaulC** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:09 pm

both 1.5.03

UBT - Halifax-lad · Post by **UBT - Halifax-lad** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:16 pm

Just added the forum to my favourites to see if I could see the image and its there ok on IE6

Post by **UBT - Timbo** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:32 pm

Dazza wrote:Pretty boring one for the forum but it will do until someone comes up with a better one!

Have "nicked" the favicon.ico from the forum and now using it on the Team website.

Thanks Darren !!

regards,

Tim

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