Website Icon

this would be really useful as I have my most frequent bookmarks organized by icons:



perhaps there's a way to make my own, but I'm not in the know-how on that

Since you're using Firefox, you can do this using this method:

Go to some site that has a site icon (Favicon), and save it as a bookmark. Re-load the same page so that the bookmark will get that site's icon.

Now right-click that bookmark > Properties.

Change the Location to http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/

And there you go, you've got a bookmark to Mac-Forums with a site icon!


This is a sort of bug in Firefox... well, not so much a bug, but perhaps just quirky behavior.

It will preserve the bookmark's icon until you save another bookmark of the same Location and re-load that page... and only if that page now has an icon. But Mac-Forums doesn't have an icon anyway.


Oh yeah, you might want to choose a site that has a site icon that you want for the Mac-Forums bookmark in the first place though. ;p

thanks

I forgot you could do that. I guess I knew, but I didn't put it together correctly.

it's still be nice to have our own icon here

a red outlined apple symbol with a green leaf would be perfect.

the only reason I don't use Safari is because I love using icons

it's like having a dock for your browser . . . you know what I mean

I'd always try searching first:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64121&highlight=Favicon

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57734&highlight=Favicon

Schweb,
When I view the source for pages I don't see the code for the favicon.

Looks like someone didn't update after the forum upgrade.

Clear your cache because the favicon is back!

(Press the option key and click the reload icon for a non-cached reload in Safari)

giulio said:

Schweb,
When I view the source for pages I don't see the code for the favicon.

Click to expand...

I don't see "favicon.ico" in the source code anywhere either.

That's probably why in Firefox, I couldn't make the icon appear even when I "Shift Reload."
And Firefox usually NEVER has trouble getting the latest icon.

I was only able to make it appear after clearing the Cache.

I get the icon in the Address Bar in FF2, but it won't show up in any bookmark menus, or on the bookmark bar.

Load http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/

The icon should appear in the Location Bar.

Now make a bookmark.

Then load that bookmark once. The bookmark should now have the icon.

Hey look, a li'l red apple!

Remain,
I tried that, no joy. It's not in the source code. So it's probably a fluke that it works otherwise! Or a non-standard method is being used.

I'm using Firefox though. Are you using Firefox or Safari?


If it's Firefox, then by all means, it should appear after clearing the Cache.

remain said:

I'm using Firefox though. Are you using Firefox or Safari?


If it's Firefox, then by all means, it should appear after clearing the Cache.

Click to expand...

That worked for me.

Yay! M-F's very own favicon!

Hey there it is... it appeared. Yay!

It's a bit rough around the edges though.

Here's what it looks like in the Bookmarks menu when I hover the mouse over it:

Yes, it is.

It is possible to create a Good and Normal favicon.
A PNG (or animated gif) for modern borwsers, and the normal ICO for old browsers. It's controlled in the head tags.

Gosh, you guys are tough to please!

Especially for something so completely trivial