Image at left of IE Tab showing page title

steveaubu · Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 4

How do I get an image to show to the left of the title on the page tab? For instance, on this page there is a blue lower-case "i" showing. On Yahoo's pages, their purple "Y" in a circle with an exclamation point shows. I have several sites I maintain, have never seen how they do this. Can anyone help me? Thanks.

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2631

Google "favicon". It will tell you how to make and how to code.

steveaubu · Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 4

Okay, I googled it and followed directions. However, it still does not show up on the tab or on the address bar. It does show up on my favorites and on the favorite bar when I add the site there. I'm using IE8 if that helps. Any other suggestions?

sticks464 · Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 2631

How did you put the code in? You should have something like

steveaubu · Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 4

I put the following text under the <head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" href="/favicon.ico">
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="favicon.ico"/>
<link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="http://www.stjohnboscoco-op.org/favicon.ico">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />

steveaubu · Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Posts: 4

Okay, I figured it out. After doing everything the tutorials said, I also had to delete my browsing history (IE menu Tools:Delete Browsing History), close IE and restart the program. After that, the favicons showed up fine. Thanks for the help.