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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / January 2005"Add to Favorite" Icon
When you add a site to your favorites menu, some sites have a little icon from the company rather than the IE logo. Is this possible from Publisher 2003 or by inserting an HTML tag? If so, what is the tag, do you need to size the image, where do you save the image, etc. Thanks, I guess I can answer my own question now... http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/Author/dhtml/howto/S hortcutIcon.asp > When you add a site to your favorites menu, some sites have a little icon > from the company rather than the IE logo. Is this possible from Publisher > 2003 or by inserting an HTML tag? If so, what is the tag, do you need to > size the image, where do you save the image, etc. > > Thanks, I sized my logo to 16x16 and in Bitmap format, then saved it as favicon.ico, now do I place it into the folder created when I click "Publish to Web". I tried it but that didn't seem to work (at least in simulation). In Publisher you cannot insert the piece of HTML code they list because it includes HEAD. Thanks, > When you add a site to your favorites menu, some sites have a little icon > from the company rather than the IE logo. Is this possible from Publisher > 2003 or by inserting an HTML tag? If so, what is the tag, do you need to > size the image, where do you save the image, etc. > > Thanks, Chris, I don't think you will get it to work in simulation. If you look at the address bar after testing the site on your computer, don't you see a reference to where the file is on your hard drive? I don't think that could be added as a favorite. If you have and use a ftp application, and don't want to repost your entire site, then just upload the 'favicon.ico', and test it that way. Post back and let us know if that worked...sounds like an interesting idea that I would like to try. DavidF > I sized my logo to 16x16 and in Bitmap format, then saved it as favicon.ico, > now do I place it into the folder created when I click "Publish to Web". I [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Thanks, I failed to specify. "Simulation" = Viewing the HTM files from disc in your browser rather than preview mode in publisher. You can actually add to your favorites from this "Simulation" mode and it will ref. the page on your PC rather than a site on the web. > Chris, I don't think you will get it to work in simulation. If you look at > the address bar after testing the site on your computer, don't you see a [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > > > Thanks, Thanks, I learned something. I didn't know that you could add to your favorites that way, but then there is a lot I don't know. ;-) Have you tried posting just the 'favicon.ico' on your site? DavidF > I failed to specify. "Simulation" = Viewing the HTM files from disc in your > browser rather than preview mode in publisher. You can actually add to your [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > > > > > > > Thanks, I FTP'd it and it is now on the server but not working... wunh wunh wunh... I'll have to leave it for another day when I have the patience :) > Thanks, I learned something. I didn't know that you could add to your > favorites that way, but then there is a lot I don't know. ;-) [quoted text clipped - 49 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Chris, Sorry it didn't work out, but perhaps you aren't going to end up with what you want anyway. I say this because in the past when I have added a favorite with its own icon, it always has eventually been converted to the IE icon. Do any of the links in your Favorites still show their branded icon? DavidF > I FTP'd it and it is now on the server but not working... wunh wunh wunh... > I'll have to leave it for another day when I have the patience :) [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, Every favicon is a file in your internet cache. If you empty the internet cache you blow away any favicons. Also the amount of space you allow for the cache in the settings is a factor. If you have it set at 1600mb then you'll see favicons for a long time, set it down to 2mb and you'll lose favicons after a few days. David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > Chris, Sorry it didn't work out, but perhaps you aren't going to end up > with [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > DavidF I see, said the blind man. Thanks for the explanation...I learned several things here. DavidF > Every favicon is a file in your internet cache. If you empty the internet > cache you blow away any favicons. Also the amount of space you allow for the [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > DavidF I myself use them on www.davidbartosik.com, www.barvin.com, www.publishermvps.com You can't include the icon as a part of the Publisher web, you have to upload the icon file yourself directly to the domain root. You can test to see if you uploaded your icon in the correct location by simply browsing to it directly as in - http://www.publishermvps.com/favicon.ico But just because you upload it doesn't mean that you see it immediately. You would need to delete any favorite to the url you have now, delete your history and empty your cache. Open a new browser window and browse to the page and then add it fresh to your favorites. David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com >I FTP'd it and it is now on the server but not working... wunh wunh wunh... > I'll have to leave it for another day when I have the patience :) [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> > > > > >> > > > > Thanks, The site is www.chrissmithtest.com and if you go to the file it is there but won't store in IE... > I myself use them on www.davidbartosik.com, www.barvin.com, > www.publishermvps.com [quoted text clipped - 77 lines] > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Thanks, David, The website is www.chrissmithtest.com and when you go to the file location www.chrissmithtest.com/favicon.ico it is there, but the favicon won't store in IE. > I myself use them on www.davidbartosik.com, www.barvin.com, > www.publishermvps.com [quoted text clipped - 77 lines] > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Thanks, You most likely do not have a correctly formatted ico file. It has to be a correct ico file for IE to load it. Refer to http://www.favicon.com/#1-13 . I suggest you use that site for your favicon reference since it's really OT here. David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > David, > [quoted text clipped - 96 lines] >> >> > > > > >> >> > > > > Thanks, I have it working now - (sound of me patting my back) > You most likely do not have a correctly formatted ico file. It has to be a > correct ico file for IE to load it. Refer to http://www.favicon.com/#1-13 . [quoted text clipped - 105 lines] > >> >> > > > > > >> >> > > > > Thanks, |
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