ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Icon with URL in Browser https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 09:11:00 +0000 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:30:57 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=1433 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Icon with URL in Browser : Thanks for all the help. You guys...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4298.html#4298 Author: katharina
Subject: 1433
Posted: 09-March-2008 at 5:30pm

Thanks for all the help.  You guys rock.

Katharina

]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:30:57 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4298.html#4298 <![CDATA[Icon with URL in Browser : Checkout this link which explains...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4295.html#4295 Author: netprofits
Subject: 1433
Posted: 09-March-2008 at 5:04pm

Checkout this link which explains favicons and has links to resource pages including free icon editors: http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/favicon.shtml

]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:04:58 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4295.html#4295 <![CDATA[Icon with URL in Browser : Yes, I did find that out among...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4293.html#4293 Author: katharina
Subject: 1433
Posted: 09-March-2008 at 5:01pm

Yes, I did find that out among the 16x16 pixcels.  Below is what I found.  Now does anyone have an idea where to get a good free icon editor?  I will only need it for one time basically.  Otherwise I use Paint Shop Pro 7 (I know not the newest), but it does not have the .ico extension.

Katharina

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Script:     Adding An Icon With Your URL - Two Methods

Functions:  Whenever anyone bookmarks your site, an icon
             will subsequently show up on their Favorites
             list.  When your site is visited, the icon
             will also show in the URL box of the browser.

Browsers:   IE5+, NS6+, later FireFox, Opera versions, etc.

Author:     etLux - after Microsoft
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Method One
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Select any standard Windows icon file. The .ico file *must*
be in standard Windows icon file format, or it will be
ignored.

Rename the icon file *exactly* to: favicon.ico -- all
lowercase.  No deviation from this is allowed.

Place the favicon.ico file in the 'root' directory on your
web server (where your main index page is).

Whenever your site is bookmarked, the icon will subsequently
show up on the visitor's Favorites list.  When they visit
your site, the icon will also show in the URL window of the
browser.

That's all there is to it -- it's automatically picked up by
IE5 and later browsers.

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Method Two
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Insert the following LINK tag in the <head>...</head> of
your pages.

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/myicon.ico">

Change the path and icon filename to correspond to the
location of the icon file on your site.  The icon graphic
filename should be lowercase, no more than eight characters,
and the extension must be .ico.

As above, the file *must* be in standard Windows icon file
format or it will be ignored.

When you use this method as opposed to Method One above, the
LINK REL code should appear on any page that might be
bookmarked.

Don't forget to confirm that the icon file is actually where
you say it is in the LINK REL path!

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More Information - Creating Icons
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The following is an exact quote from Microsoft®:

"For Internet Explorer 5, the required size of a shortcut
icon is 16x16 pixels. To create the icon, use an icon
editor, such as the one included in Microsoft® Visual
Studio® or one of the many other icon editors available.
Regardless of the program you use, make sure you set the
editor to create an icon that is 16x16 pixels. Otherwise,
the icon will be ignored by Internet Explorer."

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Troubleshooting
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We've noticed occasionally quirky behavior with this IE5
feature on several systems.

In many cases the icon will not appear on your machine until
*after* you perform the following steps:

   - close *all* programs but the browser
   - navigate to a neutral site, off your own url
   - remove any and all bookmarks (favorites) to your
       site that you may currently have
   - clear the History and the Cache of the browser
   - reboot, clear the Recycle Bin
   - reboot again, bookmark your site
   - reboot [sigh] again...

]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:01:19 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4293.html#4293 <![CDATA[Icon with URL in Browser : Katharina,That&#039;s called a...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4291.html#4291 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 1433
Posted: 09-March-2008 at 4:53pm

Katharina,

That's called a Favicon.  As an example, one we created was for  http://www.starmarinedepot.com/

There are lots of articles and related tools available:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8 &rlz=1T4GGIH_enUS258US258&q=favicon+
]]> Sun, 09 Mar 2008 16:53:13 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4291.html#4291 <![CDATA[Icon with URL in Browser : I&#039;ve noticed that a lot of...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/icon-with-url-in-browser_topic1433_post4289.html#4289 Author: katharina
Subject: 1433
Posted: 09-March-2008 at 4:26pm

I've noticed that a lot of websites now have little icons showing with their URL in the browser.  Even this forum shows a smal EI up there.  I would love to have a small logo up there for my store.  I don't think it is very complicated at all, and bet other users would like that too.  Has anyone an idea how to implement this?  Please share your code.

Thanks,

Katharina

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