How Do I get A logo in the URL address?

[natecoupons]

I want a custom logo in the url address. Like vbulletin's, in the address bar.

Does anyone know how to do that??

[UKBusinessLive]

They are called Favicon's and now i'll show you how to make one.. ;)

Make an image in your favorite dtp, and resize it to 16 x 16 pixels

Now Save it as bmp and name it favicon (File>Save As name it favicon and choose bmp as file format).

We're done with the graphical part of your favicon.

Now open your ftp client and upload it to your server. Once uploaded rename it from favicon.bmp to favicon.ico

To have it load into your website you just have to add this html line to your pages: (assuming you stored it into the images folder on your server)

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" />


Thats it it really is that simple :D

Enjoy

[Suri.CMS]

Thank You. It's useful.

[UKBusinessLive]

Thank You. It's useful.

No worries, Its just a little something that we all mean to get done, but somehow always seem to put it off, Hopefully now, you'll be able to add your own.

Enjoy ;)

[natecoupons]

Question...you said add the html to your pages....which pages??

[UKBusinessLive]

After you have created your favicon.ico file all that you have to do is to upload it to any directory on your site, which has HTML files. ;)

[natecoupons]

okay here is what i have done.

I have created a 16x16 bmp which i then uploaded to my images folder.

I then changed the extension to ico.

Nothing has happened. I know I have to place the html code on a page....what which page or template do I place it in?

Thanks!!

[Vaupell]

you cannot use BMP images, you need to use a favicon editor..

i used google and searched : favicon editor

and just clicked i feel lucky.. and i got this : http://www.degraeve.com/favicon/
which is what your looking for.

and the meta tag you place on your index / start or what ever your first / initial page is named on your website. ;)

[Butcher]

i place mine in the root directory and the image get's picked up automatically without the need to insert any html
and to add to the above try this favicon generator
http://www.favicon.co.uk/

[Dismounted]

Also, you may have to clear your browser cache for the new one to show up.