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« on: January 20, 2011, 11:01:21 AM »
Admins might know this but here goes, you know the little box with your simble in there right at the top of the screen in the address bar - how do you put that in?
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« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2011, 12:21:45 PM »
It's called a favicon.

It's a .gif with a transparent background (can't recall the exact size), once created you save it as an icon (favicon.ico) then upload it to the public html folder of your site.
I used photoshop for it http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/favicon.html
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« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2011, 12:26:56 PM »
To do this you need to edit the HTML content of the your page. I inserted this code in the <head> <\head> section where the meta content bits are

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<link href='COPY+PASTE URL TO YOUR FILE HERE' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'/>

The file has to be a .ico file type. I use this site http://www.iconj.com/ to host my icon. No sign up required just upload any pic and they will save it as the .ico format and the will even give you the code to copy and paste or allow you to download the 'favicon.ico' file if you want to host it elsewhere then all you need to do is copy the code above and insert your own URL.


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« Reply #3 on: January 20, 2011, 07:20:35 PM »
Right will have a look into that them, but looks like it not poss as i only have a forum which i building as a replacment one: http://www.pc-format.co.uk/ its going to be ages yet as lots to add, info,reviews, testing, alsorts.

But i wanted to put an icon in like most sites as it looks smart

The domain i own is from 123-reg but its over my head with me been a noob at this
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« Reply #4 on: January 20, 2011, 07:55:58 PM »
Ahhh well using Woosters solution will be for you then. Although if you dont have photoshop you can use the site I do to convert your pic to the .ico file and download that and place it in the root folder of your site.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2011, 08:12:53 PM »
Aye, it's pretty simple. Most browsers will look for the favicon and store it without any need to modify any files.
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