OT:ish IE & Favicon

Is there a way of getting IE to display your favicon.ico in the URL
address bar even if it's not saved as a favourite?

By browser trickery rather than brute force?

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Is there a way of getting IE to display your favicon.ico in the URL
address bar even if it's not saved as a favourite?

By browser trickery rather than brute force?

Cheers
Pete

First, make sure the file is actually called favicon.ico . IE<7
specifically looks for that file name, and will create a 404 in your
logs if you have eg, example.ico.

Even with the correct file name, there is no way other than putting a
gun to the user's head, to have the favicon show up without the user
bookmarking it. Additionally, if the user clears the cache, those icons
can be lost.

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Adrienne Boswell wrote:

First, make sure the file is actually called favicon.ico . IE<7
specifically looks for that file name, and will create a 404 in your
logs if you have eg, example.ico.

Hi Adrienne,
I thought that might be the case.
It works fine in Firefox

Even with the correct file name, there is no way other than putting a
gun to the user's head, to have the favicon show up without the user
bookmarking it. Additionally, if the user clears the cache, those icons
can be lost.

No problem.
Thanks for your response.

Cheers
Pete

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http://www.trade-price-supplements.co.uk - Bulk buy for up to 33% off.
http://www.BBE-Boxing-Equipment.co.uk - New Boxing Equipment site.
http://www.commercial-gym-equipment.co.uk - Commercial Gym Equipment.