Here is how I placed a logo icon on the address bar of IE (Internet Explorer). If someone has another browser I would be interested to know if it works. This little icon is placed at the beginning of the place in IE that you type a URL to goto. It will also appear on the tab of IE 7 if anyone was daring enough to download the beta.

Christian Mix Inet

Let me see if I can explain it legibly without a lot of editorial. I have a problem with all the technical definitions sometimes needed to sound intelligent. So please be gentle with your feedback.

Just keep in mind, at this time, you can only have a 16x16 px image. There is not a lot you can do with that. I have seen some nice images, so there has got to be a way to do it. If anyone knows please let me know. I will post an update if I learn a better way.

Find a ICON editor. I just found "Easy Icon Maker" at:

Easy Icon Maker

It was a FREE download but the program is
shareware and is good for 15 days. I created a 16x16 pixel icon with Easy Icon Maker. I then uploaded the icon to my web server.

I used the code as outlined on the Microsoft page:

Microsoft Web Site

I placed the code in the upper left corner of my SS page. I put it in the back of other images I had there so it would not be confusing to me. (A lot is confusing nowdays). There is also a code on this page to enable a visitor to your website to bookmark your site and use the same logo.

A few things to remember .. for some reason the icon does not appear on your local 'view' when testing the page through SS. You need to actually upload it to your server to check things out. Because of that I suggest giving your page a different name like "testlogo.html" so you can call it with IE and play around. This way you will not disturb an vistors that you have to your site until your ready to finalize your page.

Also remember that you must place the code on all of your SS pages that you wish the logo to appear on.

Keep in mind that you can only have a 16x16 pixel .ico for this so there is
not a lot you can do with it. The Easy Icon Maker program has an import
utility to turn into the appropriate size .ico file. But it still is a 16x16
and most (if not all of your detail in your logo will not show.

I will update this as I figure things out.

Thanks for that tip ! For some weird reason it worked for Firefox and Opera when i tested but,it didn't for IE (Home and work computer)...

Welcome to the club -- I have never got a shortcut icon (favicon) to work reliably with IE6 either IE7 may be better in this regard. Some other threads.

Here is a corrected link to the Microsoft Web Site. The one above has a full stop on the end which makes it not work -- at least in IE6.

I also suggest this as a better alternative: Instead of using the whole code block as shown on the Microsoft site, use just this part of it as a custom header in SiteSpinner (Page Editor > Header tab)

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.mydomain.com/myicon.ico">

This may not work any better for you, but should be a step in the right direction.

For Voice23,
Thanks for the post, and sorry I haven't looked closely at it until now. This is a difficult issue -- if anyone can solve it, it would be a MIRACLE(!!!) and you would be a HERO(!!!) forever.

Well, mine does work. The only real difference is that I did not use favicon to make the icon. I used a separate program as stated above. I saved it, uploaded the icon to my server, then called it with the code provided by Microsoft.

The one you have here: http://www.m-tminds.com/ does not show for me on the browser address bar or in my favorites list. (IE6 with Win XP SP2 and all the latest updates.)

In Firefox, the icon does show on the address bar but not in the bookmarks list.

The alternative coding may fix the Firefox bookmark issue but I have no great hopes that it will fix the IE6 problem -- for me at least

Still, it would be interesting to know if anyone else can see can see Voice's logo in IE6...

Ok, I understand Bruceee. I wish I had not installed IE7. One day I will roll back to 6 until 7 is the only alternative.

I do have 6 on another computer. The logo does not show up there. I will check it out.

Stepping back and waiting for flowers to be thrown.

Got it folks. It originally would not show up on another computer that has IE6. It does now.

I had to rename it to favicon.ico and place it in my root directory. I don't know which combination or individual change made it work, but it does now!!!

www.m-tminds.com

Just send money!!

It still doesn't show up for me This is just the usual problem I have with favicons and IE6.

But I like the code you used a lot better

I am at a loss as to what to tell you. Other than maybe some of your security settings are not permitting the icon to show. I just don't know.

As for the code, I just cleaned it up a bit and actually pplaced it in the header.

This may explain why it appears to work for some and not for others.

From Microsoft's documentation:
"...The only way a shortcut icon appears on a user's Favorites menu and Address bar is if the user chooses to add your page as a favorite...."

see here for more:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/work...wto/ShortcutIcon.asp

Ta Da! Thanks Derry, a breakthrough!

I checked Voice's page again, still no icon on address bar or favorites. Deleted the page from my favorites and then added it back as a favorite. This time the icon showed, both in favorites and on the address bar. Tried another site that should have an icon and that now works too!

Now I deleted the page as a favorite, and the icon continues to show on the address bar. (Wonder if it will survive when I clear my browser cache?)

So based on this limited example, it seems that if you have a favorite without an icon, delete the favorite and reinstate it. Once you have an icon showing there, it will also show on the address bar.

Thankyou for this tip, I wondered how this was done? http://l4rge.me.uk/ Mine works in Firefox and favs. Also in favs on ie6 but not in the address bar ......... oh well!

I just tried your site and the logo worked for me in both IE 6 and 7. Try to clear your cache and check it again.

When I added your site as a favorite, then your icon apppeared on my IE6 address bar -- but not before. I'm not bold enough to try IE7 yet

Okay,
I made one for a site I am working on. Comes up fine in Firefox. Even following the method that Bruceee lays out, I could not get it to show up in IE 7.
So, I went to virtualmechanics.com and took a look at their code as it shows up in IE7 on the address bar. I copied their code and used it for the icon that I made for the site I am working on. No problems in Firefox. Still no show in IE 7. Even after deleting it from my favorites and readding it.

j razz
www.jrazzcreations.com

I just looked at my Favorites list in IE6 and all the icons have disappeared Need I say, after adding your site to my favorites, your icon doesn't appear for me either.

I had hoped that IE7 would be fixed. If Firefox and Opera can both do it -- how hard can it be? -- rhetorical question

Few days ago I found this download and it seems that, at least for now, the favicons are staying.

I do believe the 'disappearing favicon' had been fixed in IE7.

Sorry to disappoint you but I am using IE7 and believe me the problem is still there

Whoops! Seems to be working fine on our end. We'll keep a close look on it.