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Dr Unne
04-23-2003, 05:17 AM
You know the little icons you can specify to be displayed in bookmarks / URL bars? Like I have the little Unne at my site and cnn.com has the little CNN and whatnot. I like those. Maybe EoFF could use one. The code to add it is <link rel="shortcut icon" href="whatever.ico" type="image/ico">, it goes somewhere in the the <head> </head> section. I think they're nice. Or if you don't want to use one feel free to ignore me / ridicule me / close this thread / ban me and delete my account forever.

Loony BoB
04-23-2003, 09:58 AM
Good idea. Anyone up for making an image? And if so, what should it be? Not sure if we can get a blue chocobo to fit in that small a space and still be clear...

The Amazing Spiderman
04-23-2003, 03:48 PM
Maybe the icon can be a smiley, or a shiny object easy to the eye, If I'm correct. Or maybe Final Fantasy Related, who knows.

Loony BoB
04-23-2003, 05:14 PM
Would it work with the forums, too? Or just the main site?

Dr Unne
04-23-2003, 06:37 PM
It could work with the forums too. They probably let you specify the <head> tag in the admin CP somewhere. I don't remember.

I don't know what to use. Chocobo might be nice. Maybe even just its head if the whole thing isn't clear enough. The icons have to be pretty small. If you find a picture and no one here can change it to a .ico file I can do that.

Spatvark
04-23-2003, 08:21 PM
What actual size are those things? 16x16?

Dr Unne
04-23-2003, 11:53 PM
I don't know. I think they resize automatically anyways.

Burtsplurt
04-25-2003, 07:55 PM
This is the chocobo head in 16x16. It's very small (surprisingly ;) ).

You'll have to change it to an .ico file if you use it, though.

Loony BoB
05-08-2003, 02:07 PM
Unne, are you able to convert that to an .ico for us?

If anyone else knows what they're doing, that'd be great. I like the pic, Burt.

Spatvark
05-08-2003, 02:33 PM
Actually, that's pretty damn sweet. Nice one "Face."

Loony BoB
05-08-2003, 02:54 PM
Face? Isn't Face Mike?

Spatvark
05-08-2003, 03:05 PM
Mike's Face? Then who the crap is BA Baraccus?!

Loony BoB
05-08-2003, 03:12 PM
=P All I know is that I've seen people call Mike "Face" coz his screenname is O.o or O_o etc.

Dr Unne
05-08-2003, 06:28 PM
Sorry, I was without my computer for a couple weeks and then I forgot. Let me know if this file is corrupt or anything. Darn MB won't let me attach .ico's.

Spatvark
05-08-2003, 06:36 PM
Works fine

Loony BoB
05-08-2003, 07:11 PM
Unne, given that the icon is called choco.ico and is loaded up into the main site, how would I type out the HTML? It doesn't seem to be working...

< link rel="shortcut icon" href="choco.ico" type="image/ico" >
and
< link rel="shortcut icon" href="choco.ico" type="ico" >

both don't work. Fill me in on what else I need to change?

EDIT: Can some people please go to http://www.eyesonff.com/index.shtml and tell me if they get it to work?

EDIT, AGAIN: Never mind, it's not showing up for LJ for me either. Must be something wrong with my settings.

Spatvark
05-08-2003, 07:21 PM
As I said in chat, it came up in my favourites when I added the page.

Dr Unne
05-08-2003, 08:11 PM
Internet Explorer doesn't show icons in the address bar (so far as I know), but it does in the Bookmarks. It shows up fine in Phoenix though, I just looked. So it works.

Spatvark
05-08-2003, 08:18 PM
I use IE and it showed in my address bar after I clicked the shortcut with the chocobo icon...

Dr Unne
05-08-2003, 08:20 PM
Who knows. Looks like it works fine, even if BoB can't see it though. I can still see it.

Dr Unne
05-10-2003, 06:01 PM
Anyone gonna add it to the MB too? *double post*

Loony BoB
05-10-2003, 09:56 PM
Does an admin have to do that via templates? I'll move this over to feedback for the forums issue.

The Man
05-11-2003, 02:22 AM
Yeah, it's an admin thing. I think it goes in the headinclude template.

o_O
05-12-2003, 10:07 AM
Originally posted by Loony BoB
=P All I know is that I've seen people call Mike "Face" coz his screenname is O.o or O_o etc.

*sees* Aye, I'm Face. And o.O, o_O and Mike as well. xD

The icon worked for me.