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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 1:40:16 GMT
I created a favicon for Gunnerkrigg Court, for myself - I thought I'd share it, in case anyone else wanted a copy. A Favicon is the little icon used by browsers for favourites and in tabs and addresses; see here for info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FaviconThis what it looks like:  and this is it in firefox:  Icon available here: www.dflock.co.uk/misc/Gunnerkrigg%20Court.icoCheers, Dunc |
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Post by mrw on Mar 11, 2007 1:48:33 GMT
Hey, that's cool! I think I'll use it right now.  |
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 2:06:01 GMT
Forgot to mention: If people want to use this themselves they'll need a firefox extension to set the favicon: addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3176/Or, if you're using Opera, you can save the .ico file into this folder: %APPDATA%\Opera\Opera\profile\images\eg C:\Documents and Settings\Dunc\Application Data\Opera\Opera\profile\images\In order for it to show up on the website so everyone can see it, Tom would need to add a line of code to the page headers: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://gunnerkrigg.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">HTH, Dunc |
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Post by Tom Siddell on Mar 11, 2007 12:10:07 GMT
Thanks for that, dflock. I added the icon and code to the site but it isn't showing up yet on my computer.
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 12:18:01 GMT
Cool. I checked the code on the site and it's correct - but it's in the wrong place.
It should be in the <head></head> section somewhere, like this:
<head>
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<link rel="shortcut icon" ...
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</head>
Just needs moving up a few lines.
Cheers,
Dunc
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Post by Tom Siddell on Mar 11, 2007 12:24:09 GMT
It was in the wrong place on the archive pages thanks to my hasty copy pasting, but it was in the right place on the index page. And now I fixed it for the archives and it still isn't showing up.
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 13:01:08 GMT
You're probably using Internet Explorer 6 instead of a real web browser then!  I've removed all my local versions and cleared chaches, etc... The icon from the site now works fine in all modern browsers (Opera 9, IE7, Firefox 2). To get this to work in IE6 you'll need to make a (new) bookmark for the site. Then visit the site via the bookmark, at least once. You should now see the icon in the bookmark and in the address bar. I've tested this on my IE6 Virtual Machine, and it works fine. Dunc |
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 13:08:38 GMT
Oh - and you've got a tiny typo in the code on the main index page. It's currently like this:
<link ref-"shortcut icon" ...
and it should be like this:
<link rel="shortcut icon" ...
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Post by Ben² on Mar 11, 2007 17:36:10 GMT
Hum. I couldn't get it to appear for Firefox, but when I used IE to look at the page it appeared for both browsers.
Unfortunately, the bookmark I have for the page doesn't have the Icon next to the text. It's still the default white page.
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 17:44:58 GMT
Ben - delete the old bookmark and create a new one.
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Post by Ben² on Mar 11, 2007 18:13:20 GMT
Curious. That ought've worked, but the situation remains the same.
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Post by dflock on Mar 11, 2007 18:50:24 GMT
Hmm. I expect this is a caching issue and will eventually resolve itself. Maybe you could empty your browser caches, history etc.., reload the site, then re-create the bookmark - if it's bothering you. That _really_ ought to sort it. If that doesn't work, then I dunno.  |
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Post by aidan on Mar 11, 2007 21:41:05 GMT
for what it's worth, it's working fine for me (firefox, no reloading or cahche clearing or anything). Good kind.
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Post by UbiquitousDragon on Mar 11, 2007 23:08:13 GMT
for what it's worth, it's working fine for me (firefox, no reloading or cahche clearing or anything). Good kind. Ditto--verrry cool. |
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