every vbulletin comes stock with there icon as default well 3.5 and up.... im not sure about other version like 3.0 and stuff i never used them....

also you need to check where you upload it too your not in your root..... your in your forums folder if this is your link look here
http://www.weapondepot.com/forums/favicon.ico

I put a copy in my forum root and my absolute root just to be sure.

I tried doing the favicon.ico thing (and I *did* upload to the correct place) but it didn't change anything. The only way it worked was to add the Shortcut Icon code with the path to a gif/jpg/png/etc image to the various templates...

nah it will work as long as its in the root... i had my vbulletin one in there for months... i-e sometimes dont show it until you book mark it but firefox will :)

You need to bookmark it as most browsers seem to cache it. If you add the bookmark it will usually display it properly (IE is still a bit wierd about it).

Why don't you just put your file with the name 'favicon.ico' into you forum's folder? The browser will automatically search for it and display it when needed. :)

how can i create my own favicon?

Not sure what this hack does, but I previously customized my favicon by following these instructions:

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....40&postcount=2

I copied a new favico into my webtoot and then I pasted this line into my headinclude-template:

That's the only way I got it to work for all browsers.

This did not work for me either.. Copied the new favicon to my forums root directory and added this above code in my headinclude-template: and saved exit the browser and back in and the icon did not show up in either Firefox or IE..