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favicon.ico
What is favicon.ico
Favicon stands for "Favorites Icon": if the
icon is placed in the web site and the site
is added to the Favorites, then the icon appears
along side the Title of the page in the Favorites
list, instead of the usual generic symbol. Moreover,
when the page is called from the Favorites,
the icon will be displayed in the address bar
along side the address! This works for IE 5
and up. The latest Netscape will display the
icon in the address bar of a site that has the
icon.
Instructions to Club Webmasters
- right click on the above icon and save
it to your hard drive making sure not to
change it's name: favicon.ico
- either place the icon in the root directory
of your site (where your pages are)
- or in the various folders or directories
of your site
- or place it anywhere in the site and
include a LINK tag within your pages, in
the HEAD, pointing to the icon, like this:
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Title of your site</TITLE>
<LINK rel="shortcut icon" href="/your/path/favicon.ico">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
...
Note: A problem that crops up occasionally
is that the icon is uploaded in ASCII mode,
and it should be in binary mode. And don't title
your home page "Welcome!", or "default page",
etc. The tile is what will be displayed in the
Favorites and Bookmarks, and in the search results
of search engines. Make it meaningful, like
"District 5170 Rotary" |
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