The Arcive of vBulletin Modifications Site.

Shortcut Icon in Address Bar · **Released**: 03-28-2006

(not sure which 'prefix' to use here)
I hadn't seen this anywhere when I did a search, so here goes...:

Add a unique Shortcut Icon (related to your forum content) in the browser address bar in front of the 'http://...." CNN has it, NOAA has it,IMDB has it.... lots of folks have it... why not YOUR forum!

just add this code below/after the </title> tag in the templates (ie FORUMHOME, FORUMDISPLAY, GENERIC SHELL, search_forums, search_results....etc)

Code:

<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://*****.***/*****/imagename.gif" />

just insert the path (in red above) to the image you want to use.

examples below:

bada_bing · #2 03-29-2006, 02:09 PM

Reserved for future use

DementedMindz · #3 03-29-2006, 02:59 PM

um dont vbulletin have this stock i see my fav icon in firefox and didnt change nothing except the icon in root...

Rukbat · #4 03-29-2006, 03:09 PM

Not really sure DM, I hadn't found it in my searches there or here. It works in Mozilla for my forum... replaced the 'standard' one that mozilla sticks up there with the image I chose to use....

the attachments below shcut-ex1 and shcut-ex2 show the 'standard' one mozilla sticks in there, shcut-ex3 show the one i use for my website and forum.

DementedMindz · #5 03-29-2006, 03:17 PM

yeah you have to change the favicon.ico in root then it will display im lookin at mine on firefox now

Rukbat · #6 03-29-2006, 03:27 PM

ahhh, thanks, i did this awhile back while i was still using phpbb2, i muxt have forgotten about changing that too i guess, tho i don't really remember doing so.... i'm a bit of a goofball anyway... lol

DementedMindz · #7 03-29-2006, 03:30 PM

np

Trana · #8 03-29-2006, 05:22 PM

A Favicon is considered a hack? You don't even need to make the changes listed here if you REPLACE THE EXISTING FAVICON FILE IN YOUR FORUM ROOT.

This is practically a web standard, do a search for "favicon". You definately do not need to modify a template to get this to work!

dieselpowered · #9 03-29-2006, 07:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trana

A Favicon is considered a hack? You don't even need to make the changes listed here if you REPLACE THE EXISTING FAVICON FILE IN YOUR FORUM ROOT.

This is practically a web standard, do a search for "favicon". You definately do not need to modify a template to get this to work!

Are you sure about that?

I just placed my favicon in my forum's root and it does not do anything???

DementedMindz · #10 03-29-2006, 08:05 PM

well then you didnt do something right... did you overwrite the stock vbulletin one?