Posted: 12/6/2004 6:21 PM
Post subject: Nesvideos in need of a favicon.ico
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asteron
Joined: 2/16/2005
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This site is great but really needs a favicon.ico file (that little 16x16 picture associated with the bookmarks and addresses of websites). As for the content I would suggest a small picture of mario (jumping) or of megaman (in keeping with the theme in the intro screens). More original ideas could be something like a lightning bolt superimposed on a foot or a D Pad or something. If Photoshop will save to a .ico then I might whip something up tonight.
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Posted: 12/6/2004 8:44 PM
Post subject: Re: Nesvideos in need of a favicon.ico
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Bisqwit
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How do I put a favicon.ico up? I don't want it to cover the whole bisqwit.iki.fi site.
Posted: 12/6/2004 8:52 PM
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asteron
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There are 3 options for placing the favicon.ico. For the first 2 the browser does all the work for you (this list is in reverse-precendence order) 1. the root directory of the site 2. the current web directory (relative to the web page) the third method is manual 3. put the following tag in the <head> section of the web page. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> Nesvideos appears to have a flat hierarchy so putting the file at http://tasvideos.org/favicon.ico should work for all the pages.
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Posted: 12/6/2004 8:56 PM
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Bisqwit
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asteron wrote:
2. the current web directory (relative to the web page)
This doesn't work. According to my logs, no browser checks the current directory. (And I'd hate the spam if they did.)
3. put the following tag in the <head> section of the web page. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
Thanks, that's what I was looking for.
Posted: 12/6/2004 9:14 PM
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asteron wrote:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
Horray for XHTML compliance.
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Posted: 12/6/2004 11:19 PM
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asteron
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Bisqwit wrote:
This doesn't work. According to my logs, no browser checks the current directory. (And I'd hate the spam if they did.)
Hmmm well that information came from one web page but on cross-referencing I only see back-up for 1 and 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon.ico Wikipedia suggests that you can actually use PNG's or GIF's but most sites seem to use the ICO format.
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Posted: 1/7/2005 11:40 PM
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Dada
Joined: 11/22/2004
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What sort of format is ICO? I'm not sure if it works on the Macintosh (although it might with the latest version of Mac Os X). I thought that ICO was the same as BMP, except with a 1-bit alpha channel.
Posted: 1/7/2005 11:44 PM
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Phil
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Btw, a 32x32 and 64x64 is working pretty well. It's not limited to 16x16.
Posted: 1/7/2005 11:54 PM
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NrgSpoon
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ICO format is unique in that it can store multiple images at separate resolutions. That would be the benefit.
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