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moviedude25
03-17-2004, 10:49 AM
Hi everyone! This is my first post here and I hope to figure out something I've been wondering about for some time. When I add to my IE favorites list certain webpages (Yahoo for example) have a different picture associated with the URL then the typical E picture. I already know how to locally change the pictures on the links on my local machine:

-Click on FAVORITES (menu bar or icon)
-Click on ORGANIZE FAVORITES
-Right-click on the link you want to change
-Click on PROPERTIES
-Click on the WEB DOCUMENT tab
-Click on CHANGE ICON
-Click on the new icon you want to use (or BROWSE until you find the folder where the new icon is located)
-Click on OK
-Click on APPLY
-Click on OK
-Click on CLOSE

But I'm curious how the creators of these web pages are able to change these pictures on their pages which are stored on my computer. Where does the tag go and how is it written? I am personally surprised that not many web page creators utilize this tool for making the pages stand out to there customers. Similar web pages that do this extra step besides Yahoo are:

http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/links.html

http://www.boredomsucks.net/

http://espnradio.espn.go.com/

To name a few others. Thanks for helping this newbie out!
PeOfEo
03-17-2004, 10:51 AM
same pictures as in the address bar, its called a favicon. Google search: favicon
rhsunderground
03-17-2004, 11:01 AM
MicroAngelo (http://www.microangelo.us/dlmike5.asp) is a program that will let you make favicons and cursors. the link provided is for downloading the 21-day demo.
the codes are as follows:
Icon:

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

Cursor:

<html><head>
<style>
BODY{
CURSOR: url(curse.cur);
}
</style></head>
sir
03-17-2004, 09:16 PM
favicons are fun to toy around with

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