Favorites Icon (favicon)

[pauvre]

Hello there. I would like to add a Favorites Icon, or Bookmark Icon (favicon) to my boards. This is the small 16x16 icon that appears in the address bar and next to the title when you add the page to your favorites.

I have seen the code to do this for a typical webpage.

Does it work on proboards?

[Bradley]

pauvre said:

Hello there. I would like to add a Favorites Icon, or Bookmark Icon (favicon) to my boards. This is the small 16x16 icon that appears in the address bar and next to the title when you add the page to your favorites.

I have seen the code to do this for a typical webpage.

Does it work on proboards?

It's the same code. I believe it's this:

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="URL"/>

[pauvre]

Yes, that is the code. I ended up using a 16x16 gif for the favicon. I used a unique file name, and it seems to work...

I put the code in my Global Header. When I first open the page, the favicon works! But whenever I enter one of the boards, it goes back to a blank icon. Does anyone know of a way to make it more consistent?

[Ben Woodruff]

IE does not fully support favicons.

Neither is it a good idea to use a GIF for one, as they are supposed to be icon (.ico) files.

[california]

IE uses fav icons for their namesake, an icon to be used in the favorites list, and nothing else. Favicons were never meant to be displayed in the address bar beside the URL, that's just something a few other browsers decided to throw in, kind of like the way IE handles ALT text for images.