Making a fun Icon next to your URL and in people's bookmarks

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 2:25 pm

I just learned that making a fun Icon next to your URL and in people's bookmarks is way easier than I thought.

just make an image 16X16 and save it as a bmp adn then download something like http://www.icongrabber.com-http.com/download.html to convert that bmp to an ico file. put that file in your public directory directly(not your images directory!), then slip this happy little guy in between the head tags on all of your pages: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="/image/ico"/>

now your site will be Teh |3()/\/\|3

Kris X · Post by **Kris X** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:43 pm

Interesting... *Considers*

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:44 pm

Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?

Joel Fagin · Post by **Joel Fagin** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 3:57 pm

I never confirmed it but I think a ICO file is a BMP file, just with a different extension.

It does rather sound like something Microsoft would do.

- Joel Fagin

War · Post by **War** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:33 pm

It is indeed. I haven't done in since the Win95 days, but if you made a bmp the correct size and limited yourself to a 256 colour palette and then renamed it to ico, you could then use it as an icon.

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 4:57 pm

Oooh, handy. =o
Thanks.

Tarotreader3 · Post by **Tarotreader3** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:04 pm

man, I wish I Wasn't so lazy!

Tarotreader3 · Post by **Tarotreader3** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 5:24 pm

success... i'm less lazy than i thought

Ruxen · Post by **Ruxen** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 8:00 pm

Phalanx wrote:Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?

Looks like it's working to me, the funess. I might try this out thanks for the tip! 8)

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Sat Jan 29, 2005 10:25 pm

Glad you all like it.

Now I want to see everyone's comic with a little picture next to it in my favorites bar!!!!!!!
I'm a really visual kind o' guy so it's easier for me to remember if I've checked you for an update that way.

BeefotronX · Post by **BeefotronX** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 10:55 am

Whoo, I got one!
I've got to make some other icons now.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 11:23 am

Smight wrote:Glad you all like it.

Now I want to see everyone's comic with a little picture next to it in my favorites bar!!!!!!!
I'm a really visual kind o' guy so it's easier for me to remember if I've checked you for an update that way.

I've had one on my comic for months. You are now forced to start reading it.

(Although I couldn't figure out where exactly the file had to be, and so stuck copies everywhere in my files...)

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 2:06 pm

I shall have to try this for myself!

Phalanx wrote:Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?

Ah, I can't see it... (I'm using Firefox 1.0.)

Smight · Post by **Smight** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:39 pm

Phalanx wrote:Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?

I saw it yesterday, but I can't see it today. I'm using firefox 1.0 too

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:42 pm

Smight wrote:
Phalanx wrote:Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?
I saw it yesterday, but I can't see it today. I'm using firefox 1.0 too

It does seem to have disappeared

.

Phalanx · Post by **Phalanx** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:53 pm

It's remotely linked, which might be problematic.

Hoo well... that's the best I can do under the circumstances.

Edit: Oh wwait, I think I found the problem. I accidently borked the template.

[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:33 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote:
Smight wrote:
Phalanx wrote:Oooh! thanks!

http://webcomicfinds.blogspot.com/

Does this work?
I saw it yesterday, but I can't see it today. I'm using firefox 1.0 too
It does seem to have disappeared .

Firefox is sometimes strangely erratic about picking them up, and adding them to your bookmarks when it does.

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 4:47 pm

Yeah, that fixed it, Phalanx. Looks good.