Comments on: tiny url icons?

Question: tiny url icons?

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:54:40 -0800

What are those tiny icons on the left part of the box that shows a site's url?

What are they called, how can I get one for my (Blogger) blog, and how do I put it there?

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:57:53 -0800

Are you talking about the Address field in your browser? The icon next to it is just an icon. If you want to create your own, use graphic editor to create one that's 32*32 and uses the standard Windows 8-bit color palette, save it as a ".bmp" file, then rename it "favicon.ico" and put it in the root directory of your web site. (Actually, that's not the correct way to create them, but it works.)

By: unexpected

unexpected — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:58:30 -0800

They're called favicons. They're like little icons. If you're running a website, you just put them in your main directory and the browser will auto-detect them. I'm not sure how to go about this if you're running a Blogger site, but now that you know what they're called, you can try google!

By: jessica

jessica — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:59:06 -0800

they are favicon icons

By: afx237vi

afx237vi — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:59:06 -0800

Favicons.

By: roomwithaview

roomwithaview — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:59:12 -0800

I don't think you can do it for Blogger. They already have their own favicon. You don't have the level of access required to implement a custom favicon.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:59:37 -0800

They're called "favicons". To make them, you just create a 16 x 16 graphic, title it "favicon.ico", "favicon.gif", or "favicon.png", and put it in your root directory. It takes a little refreshing to show up, so don't worry if you don't see it displayed right away.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:00:09 -0800

Me too slow.

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:00:36 -0800

It's called a favicon. I think you can get all you need to know here.

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:03:21 -0800

Yes you can add it to a blogger blog.

By: lisaj32

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:08:49 -0800

thanks! will the link you posted tell me how to add it to a blogger blog?

By: lisaj32

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:10:34 -0800

and why does it take a few days to show up?

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:19:33 -0800

Yes - if you know how to edit your blog's html.

1. in blogger choose "edit html"
2. copy the whole thing to a seperate text file in case you screw up (not likely but be safe)
3. make your favicon
4.upload it somewhere like your own website or photobucket. you can not store a favicon at flickr. I use photobucket, works just fine.
5. insert the text from the dynamic drive directions just under the word in the blogger html
6. may not show up for awhile, you will need to refresh and clear your cache, doesn't work at all in some browsers.

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:22:38 -0800

if you use photobucket the code will look like this , for example:

(or similar)

I don't know why it takes sometimes days.

By: lisaj32

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:22:43 -0800

thanks, I'll give it a try

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:31:42 -0800

ok, my photobucket example didn't show. All I wanted to say is you will need to use the complete address instead of just favicon.ico like the directions show.

By: cda

cda — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:34:16 -0800

in number 5 that should be insert under the word "head" which is in brackets and I can't write here because it won't show.

not sure how to write code here on askmefi, sorry

By: lisaj32

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:42:09 -0800

that's ok, i appreciate your help.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:59:56 -0800

not sure how to write code here on askmefi, sorry

when you take the spaces out of and the quotes off of "& lt ;" and "& gt ;" you get < and >, and whatever you write between looks like <html>.

By: lisaj32

lisaj32 — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:34:15 -0800

Hey, hey! I got it to work! I just made a quick'n'dirty icon to try it with--I still need to work on that part. But I got it to show up!! Cooooooooooooool!

By: Rash

Rash — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:20:01 -0800

Note that animated GIFs also work as favicons.

By: cass

cass — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:32:43 -0800

My Favatar