Need Help with Browser Icon

Hey guys! I was wondering if there is a way for me to change the icon next to my website's page title. PotN has a camera as an icon. Facebook has the "f" inside a square. My website has a piece of paper with the corner bent. Can I change that?

Your help is appreciated!

It's called a 'favicon' Google it.

will do! Thanks!

Poop. I just looked into it. It looks like I gotta upgrade my website if I wanna add it. Looks like I won't be having one

Thanks for your help!

yes, use favicon

what? web site doesn't support it? hogwash.

look at line with 'link rel="icon" href="demo_icon.gif" type="image/gif" sizes="16x16"' in tutorial at: http://www.w3schools.c​om …ename=tryhtml5_​link_sizes

melanopsin wrote in post #15505432
yes, use favicon

what? web site doesn't support it? hogwash.

look at line with 'link rel="icon" href="demo_icon.gif" type="image/gif" sizes="16x16"' in tutorial at: http://www.w3schools.c​om …ename=tryhtml5_​link_sizes

Let me go look at the coding. Maybe I can bypass having to upgrade with this Thanks!

<link rel="icon" href="demo_icon.gif" type="image/gif" sizes="16x16">

If my file's a JPG, do I need to change it to type="image/jpg"?

Hmm, I converted my jpg to a gif and used the coding, but it didn't seem to work. I'll keep playing with it.

HiepBuiPhotography wrote in post #15505497
Hmm, I converted my jpg to a gif and used the coding, but it didn't seem to work. I'll keep playing with it.

I always thought it had to be a '.ico' file. I also thought it had to be called 'favicon.ico' too. I have a plugin (Photoshop) to convert JPG/GIF etc to ICO. If your still stuck, I can convert it for you.

Hikin Mike wrote in post #15505558
I always thought it had to be a '.ico' file. I also thought it had to be called 'favicon.ico' too. I have a plugin (Photoshop) to convert JPG/GIF etc to ICO. If your still stuck, I can convert it for you.

But the coding that melanopsin posted uses a GIF file. How would I incorporate an ico file?

A quick google shows that I can use something like this:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

Maybe it's as simple as that. Mike, can I send you a JPG to be converted to ICO?

HiepBuiPhotography wrote in post #15505580
A quick google shows that I can use something like this:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

Maybe it's as simple as that. Mike, can I send you a JPG to be converted to ICO?

Yep. Just send me your file to 'mike <at> thebackcountry <dot> org'

Actually, I JUST got it to work! Thanks for your offer though Mike! =D

HiepBuiPhotography wrote in post #15505604
Actually, I JUST got it to work! Thanks for your offer though Mike! =D

I don't see it using XP and Chrome.

EDIT: It took 4 tries to refresh, but I can see it now.

But one thing I noticed is that my logo still has the white background. I'm not sure how to make that transparent like every other logo I see. any ideas?