[PLUG] Web Site Browser Icon

[Matt McKenzie]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Richard C. Steffens <rsteff at comcast.net>wrote:

> Richard C. Steffens wrote:
> > What do you call the icon [that show up in the browser], and where [d]o I
> go to look for specs, such as height and width, and what format it needs to
> be?
> >
>
> I have another example of my reply not making it to the list. Here's a
> summary of my experience so far:
>
> Thanks to you all. Your info led me to Google favicon.ico with Google's
> Linux specific search. One of the sites I found told me how to make a
> .ico file from a Gimp image:
>
> http://linuxproblem.org/art_19.html
>
> Another site told me how to tell Apache to use the icon:
>
> http://robert.grefstad.com/linux/apache_favicon.html
>
> So, I created a 16 x 16 image with the GIMP, saved it as  a .pnm file,
> and installed and then ran:
>
> ppmtowinicon -output favicon.ico favicon.pnm
>
> I put a copy in /srv/www, and added a line to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
>
> AddType image/x-icon .ico
>
> I restarted apache and reloaded my local home page. But, no favicon.
>
> I also tried uploading my favicon.ico to my hosted site. No favicon when
> I go to that site, either.
>
> Any ideas on what step I might have missed?



Did you add a reference to the favicon in your HTML?

Like this:

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


in your index.html file.