Icons

[lar00357]

I am trying to fgure out how to attach an Icon to our site, if anyone can clue me in as to how to go about this that would be great!

[Robert Wellock]

Are you referring to an icon within the URL address bar…

Basically you create an *.ico file 16x16 pixels in dimension with 4-bit colour, and add the following:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yoursite.com/youricon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
If you are using a technically superior browser like Mozilla you also have the option of using:
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.yoursite.com/youricon.png" type="image/png">

Micro$oft has bugs regarding displaying the icon when cache is cleared.

[Stefan]

Originally posted by Robert Wellock
type="image/x-icon"

:confused:

Where did you pick that up?

I can't find that as a valid mimetype in the official list.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types

Just curious :)

[Robert Wellock]

I picked that up from the 'Frobozz Magic Mime Type Company'. No actually I cannot remember, but it would be the correct mime value for a Micro$oft icon file, but then again I'd use the Mozilla methodology.

Although I've never found the CORRECT mime for PHP with regards to XHTML and scripting, like with "text/javascript", "application/x-php" doesn't quite seem right, perhaps it is though :confused:.