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hOw tO cReaTe thiS iCon fOr yA WebsitE ???
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Does anyone knows how to create your own icon for your website using Mac ????
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You can use http://www.iconfactory.com/iconbuilder.asp or somethign else (use google).
Then save what you make as favicon.ico and include the following in your head tags:
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<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
where favicon.ico is saved in the root of your web site - you can obviously change this.
AFAIK that's all there is to it. I'm not sure, but I think you can use gif's etc as well instead of a .ico - if you can, then change the above link element accordingly.
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thanks a lot...
do i have to save the file name as "favicon.ico" ???
is it a MUST ? or i can save as other filename??
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aaahhhhhh, the powers of a search
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Originally posted by hunkhuang:
thanks a lot...
do i have to save the file name as "favicon.ico" ???
is it a MUST ? or i can save as other filename??
You can use another name, but if you do then you'll need to put this into the HEAD of all your HTML files:
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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="url-of-icon">
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You are in Soviet Russia. It is dark. Grue is likely to be eaten by YOU!
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Note that apache has to be set up to serve the ico's... not all are by default.
why the annoying lowercase uppercase topic?
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 lowercase and uppercase... annoying? I find it attractive..
Well, i tried 1000 times but just couldn't work well... and yes, i think i'm using apache kind of server... do you know how to do the settings??
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Originally posted by hunkhuang:
lowercase and uppercase... annoying? I find it attractive..
yes, annoying.
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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Originally posted by hunkhuang:
lowercase and uppercase... annoying? I find it attractive..
one word for ya - bauhaus
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Computer thez nohhh...
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"Have sharp knives. Be creative. Cook to music" ~ maxelson
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yes, i think i'm using apache kind of server... do you know how to do the settings??
You have to put a line in your apache configuration file, httpd.conf, so it feeds .ico files with the right MIME type...
AddType image/x-icon .ico
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Sorry but i'm stupid.
Can you please more detail on this?? I totally don't understand it..
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On your webserver there is a text file titled "httpd.conf" - this is the configuration file for apache.
You have to edit it with a text editor. Just open it and where you see a bunch of lines that start "AddType"... insert the line for the .ico
"AddType image/x-icon .ico"
If you are using a remote webserver, just copy the file to your system, make a backup, edit it and put it back.
If your server is OS X this file is an invisible file located at:
yourharddrive/private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf
To edit it you must first make invisible files visible (use Tinkertool).
And you must have admin privs.
You can use most textediors to edit. BBEdit, Texedit, Textedit...
I recommend making a copy of it first as a backup.
(Last edited by barbarian; Feb 7, 2004 at 10:00 PM.
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i've had a little bit to drink tonight, but let's see if i get this right. if you're running apache on osx, you don't need tinkertool to edit. open up 'terminal' and type "sudo pico /etc/httpd/httpd.conf". enter your admin password to access the file, then scroll towards the end of the file and you should see a list of "addtype" statements. add the new statement anywhere in this list and you should be good to go.
resave the file with the same name and restart apache. BOOM, icons in the nav bar.
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