Little icons/pictures.

[Starry]

Sorry for the silly off topic post, but I figured with the wealth of knowledge here someone would have the answer to a question Paddy was meant to answer about a month ago.

On webpages that I go to out of my favourites list, such as here, (I use Firefox and the pages open in tabs) a little picture is up there in the tab alongside the name for each page. On NSC it's the V bulletin logo, on other websites it is different - Hotmail has the MSN flag thing, Google that G letter etc.

What are those little pictures called?

The reason I am asking is because I have a new laptop and while I have all the little pictures on this desktop, I do not have them on my laptop and I would like them!

 

[Wardy]

Think you will find they are called favicons. Not sure how you turn them on though.

 

[Starry]

Thanks, according to what I found it seems those are turned on in Firefox on the laptop but still no icons.

Oh well.

 

[Wardy]

Try having a look at this link. There are a few items that mention them and how to show them.
http://www.google.com/custom?cx=002443141534113389537%3Aysdmevkkknw&cof=AH%3Aleft%3BALC%3A%230000CC%3BBGC%3A%23FFFFFF%3BCX%3Amozilla%252Eorg%3BDIV%3A%23CC0000%3BFORID%3A0%3BGALT%3A%23008000%3BGFNT%3A%23000000%3BGIMP%3A%23000000%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emozilla%2Eorg%2Fimages%2Fmlogosm%2Egif%3BLC%3A%230000CC%3BLH%3A60%3BLP%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emozilla%2Eorg%3BT%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3B&q=favicons&adkw=AELymgXDbSjQSiW7v0SxD9DZZQcAUZh3W6DZLUmjPnhj3-VFavYvLDxrRqMHW8txiK-SpjH-oNx-1BHBjm-1pr1k_jDDajC6jr72cyLQRwpyPpUfYbvqDsajCHjCXh36qSq0LXwIeryIqhi7K0oSVqgjFM_tdZympx2y17fe9ajd6DiMWJ6VjBWCYjrQcB2Bt90BDBixns_s&hl=en&client=google-coop-np

 

[Starry]

Thanks, will do once the children are in bed

 

[blue'n'white]

Try having a look at this link. There are a few items that mention them and how to show them.
http://www.google.com/custom?cx=002443141534113389537%3Aysdmevkkknw&cof=AH%3Aleft%3BALC%3A%230000CC%3BBGC%3A%23FFFFFF%3BCX%3Amozilla%252Eorg%3BDIV%3A%23CC0000%3BFORID%3A0%3BGALT%3A%23008000%3BGFNT%3A%23000000%3BGIMP%3A%23000000%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emozilla%2Eorg%2Fimages%2Fmlogosm%2Egif%3BLC%3A%230000CC%3BLH%3A60%3BLP%3A1%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Emozilla%2Eorg%3BT%3A%23000000%3BVLC%3A%23663399%3B&q=favicons&adkw=AELymgXDbSjQSiW7v0SxD9DZZQcAUZh3W6DZLUmjPnhj3-VFavYvLDxrRqMHW8txiK-SpjH-oNx-1BHBjm-1pr1k_jDDajC6jr72cyLQRwpyPpUfYbvqDsajCHjCXh36qSq0LXwIeryIqhi7K0oSVqgjFM_tdZympx2y17fe9ajd6DiMWJ6VjBWCYjrQcB2Bt90BDBixns_s&hl=en&client=google-coop-np

That, surely, has to be the longest web address EVER !!!

 

[Wardy]

That, surely, has to be the longest web address EVER !!!

You should try typing it.

 

[nail-Z]

Any wannabee webmasters that want a favicon.ico for their website, you can create one for free at http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ using an existing image of your choice.

 

[Mr deez]

I have them on Firefox.... except for some reason I don't get one for NSC anymore, just a pic of a blank page...