Favicon

**Marmite the Dog** · 08-08-2006, 10:00 AM

The Favicon has changed.

**Spin** · 08-08-2006, 10:05 AM

I wish i knew what the favicon was!

**ChiangMai noon** · 08-08-2006, 10:08 AM

Likewise, I didn't want to say anything though cos Marmite would call me a dumb welsh cnut.

**RandomChances** · 08-08-2006, 10:25 AM

Hmm thirded and it's not just a welsh thing

**William** · 08-08-2006, 10:39 AM

Favicon

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An example of a favicon (the large "W") rendered by Mozilla Firefox

A favicon (short for "favorites icon"), also known as a page icon, is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage. A web designer can create such an icon, and many graphical web browsers—such as recent versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, iCab, AOL Explorer, Epiphany, and Konqueror—can then make use of them. Browsers that support favicons may display them in the browser's URL bar, next to the site's name in lists of bookmarks, and next to the page's title in a tabbed document interface.
The original means of defining a favicon was by placing a file called favicon.ico in the root directory of a webserver. This would then automatically be used in Internet Explorer's favorites (bookmarks) display. Later, however, a more flexible system was created, using HTML to indicate the location of an icon for any given page. This is achieved by adding two link elements in the <head> section of the document as detailed below. In this way, any appropriately sized (16×16 pixels or larger) image can be used, and although many still use the .ico format, other browsers now also support the animated GIF and PNG image formats.
Most modern browsers implement both methods. Because of this, web servers receive many requests for the file "favicon.ico" even if it doesn't exist. This may annoy web server administrators by creating many server log entries, and unnecessarily loading the disk, CPU, and network. Another common problem is that the favicons may disappear if the browser's cache is emptied.
Originally, Internet Explorer only used favicons for bookmarks, which created a minor privacy concern in that a site owner could tell how many people had bookmarked their site by checking the access logs to see how many people downloaded the favicon.ico file. However, since newer versions of Internet Explorer and most other browsers also display the favicon in the address bar on every visit, that concern may no longer be relevant (current use of Internet Explorer version 6 on Windows XP only uses the favicon for bookmarked pages).

**Thetyim** · 08-08-2006, 10:57 AM

Has it changed ?

Looks the same to me

**Xzyte** · 08-08-2006, 02:59 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

The Favicon has changed.

Changed back

**Marmite the Dog** · 09-08-2006, 09:32 PM

So I see. Now to sort the bottom menu bar out....

**Goddess of Whatever** · 09-08-2006, 09:34 PM

I want it back.

**Thetyim** · 09-08-2006, 09:54 PM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Now to sort the bottom bar menu out....

You really shouldn't be going to these gay places

**Xzyte** · 10-08-2006, 04:42 AM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Now to sort the bottom menu bar out....

DONE.

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-08-2006, 09:24 AM

Hurrah!

**Wallace** · 10-08-2006, 09:26 AM

....but I used to get the 'Home' link on the bottom bar. It's gone!!

**Marmite the Dog** · 10-08-2006, 10:05 AM

Forum Home is there.

The only one I use is New Posts.

**buadhai** · 10-08-2006, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

The only one I use is New Posts.

Has anyone hacked an automatic refresh on the 'getnew' PHP code or the page it generates?

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