That little logo on the tab!

pullandbang

Apologies if this has appeared before, but how do you get the little logo of the site you are visiting to appear on the browser tab? I'd like to put it in a couple of sites I manage and I don't know where to start.

You know the one I mean, Boards.ie have their logo to the left of the name whereas most sites just have the IE Explorer logo.

Bear in mind I'm not a techie, I just got landed with this job but it's good crack. Try keeping any replies in plain english please :eek: as i don't know my rom from my ram!

Gauge

It's called the favicon. Basically, it's 16x16 pixels, 16 colours, needs to be named favicon.ico.

Here's a quick howto on how to put one in. Lots and lots more info/tutorials/online favicon creators available on google.

Chardee MacDennis

Gauge wrote: »

It's called the favicon. Basically, it's 16x16 pixels, 16 colours, needs to be named favicon.ico.

Here's a quick howto on how to put one in. Lots and lots more info/tutorials/online favicon creators available on google.

it can be called anything .ico afaik, that guide says png/gif but i am sure i had some problems with them. use a photoshop plugin like this to create an ICO file.

Webmonkey

BastardPrince wrote: »

it can be called anything .ico afaik, that guide says png/gif but i am sure i had some problems with them. use a photoshop plugin like this to create an ICO file.

Or use an online tool like http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Chardee MacDennis

Webmonkey wrote: »

Or use an online tool like http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

didnt know about that! nice one...

pullandbang

Thanks a million lads.

I used a 32 x 32 png on my own site and it works a treat - at least in my browser it does.

Thanks again - I'd have been a month of Sundays trying to find how how this worked.

Webmonkey

Allow transparency on it and it might look bit nicer