What happened to the "favicon.ico"?

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What happened to the "favicon.ico"?

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If I remember correctly, this site once had a small icon that would be inserted when you put the URL in your "favorite list" in Internet Explorer.

That feature never worked particularly well in Internet Explorer anyway, but it works a lot better in Mozilla Firefox which many people are switching to nowadays.

It's nice to be able to spot the site instantly in your bookmarks list. So, is there any chance that we can get the "favicon" back?
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If I can find it, I'll put it back. I never got it to work for me, and even trying to access the URL directly, I'd never be able to see it or save it.

From what I remember, it was a pretty awful icon. This is actually the first time I'm hearing that someone actually saw it.
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Well, as I said, that feature seems to have a life of its own in Internet Explorer. Sometimes is works, sometimes not.

However, it works much better with Mozilla Firefox. You should try it if you haven't already.

Here's a page that might be helpful:
http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/favicon.shtml
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It looks like I removed that bit of script from the front page when I figured it didn't work for anyone, and I can't even find the icon anywhere on my computer. It may be saved on disc somewhere, I think. :oops:
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Just a follow-up. I found the icon, but I don't know if it will be worth adding the code again. I'll have to find out how to do that again. I think your link could help me with that.

I suppose if it's not too much of an effort, I could restore it.
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Here's how to add it back Luke:

taken from http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/110599I.html
Method 1
This is the easiest method to implement and it will work regardless of the particular page on your site users choose to add to their favorites list. Don't worry if you don't have access to your web site root; take a look at the next method.

If you have access to the root of your web site, simply save your icon file as "favicon.ico" there. For example, if your web site is "www.chami.com", your icon file should be available at "www.chami.com/favicon.ico". The web browser will look for favicon.ico whenever your site is added to the favorites list and if it is found at the root of your web site, the icon will appear next to the link to your site.

Method 2
If you don't have access to the root of your web site, you have to add the following tag to your web page so that the browser will know where to look for your icon. Unlike before, this time you can save the icon under any name ending with ".ico" We'll use the name "logo.ico" and assume that your web site is under the directory "~your_directory".

<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON"
HREF="/~your_directory/logo.ico">
Listing #1 : HTML code. Download logo.htm (0.2 KB).

NOTE: Above tag should be inserted in-between the <HEAD> and </HEAD> tags.
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