Can I customizie bookmark icon in my browser ? I can rename my bookmark item in bookmark toolbar of my browsers . But I have no idea which way I can modify it's icon image ( may be favicon of it's site ).
Please check below image..
It is an example as I really want to do (may be another icons and it is create by renaming) .
I would like to insert my customize image icon. Can it be possible ? Any suggestions ?
Thanks.
The bookmark icon is the favicon of your site. To add a custom favicon to your site, follow the instructions here: Adding a favicon to a static HTML page
Basically, create a 16x16 pixel image, save it as a PNG called favicon.png. Put that file in the root of your web site and then add the following to the <head> section of your website:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.png" type="image/png">
Be sure to add that code to every page.
Also note that it can take a little bit for the icon to update in your browser. Clearing your browser's cache, and sometimes manually trying to load the favicon.png file by going to that file in your browser, then refreshing a few times, can force the update.
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I'm getting an error in Firefox console of favicon not included in page.
Can favicon just accept png or jpg file type by the browser?
UPDATE:
I've added the link to the favicon as suggested:
I still get the error but it is a new error:
The simplest way to know is to test it. Just put a PNG image path in your HTML (using link) or the manifest.json to specify various icons for different device audiences (the app doesn't need to be a complete PWA). Read https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Manifest/icons to learn about the specification. For the example of the link element in the HTML, I used the following code inside the <head/> element, and I was able to see the Google icon (which is a PNG on the tab):
<head>
<title>Using PNG Icon</title>
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<link-to-image.png>">
</head>
This should update the icon for you. Note that sometimes a browser might cache the resources, so consider a hard refresh to load the fresh copy of the web document.
Also, it is interesting to note that caniuse website specifies that a PNG file is preferable.
can someone please advise how best to change whatever that symbol is on websites I create?
google chrome tabs, left side
This is called a favicon !
You can just use this in your page's <head> :
<link rel="icon"
type="image/png"
href="http://example.com/myicon.png" />
(You just have to replace the url and image/png by image/jpg if necessary)
What you are looking for is called "Favicon"
A favicon (favorite icon) is a tiny icon included along with a
website, which is displayed in places like the browser's address bar,
page tabs and bookmarks menu.
Read more about it here https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Favicon
You will have to create different icons in different sizes for multiple devices. See this page for generating icons https://favicon.io/ and the HTML you will need
Using converticon.com, I converted my icon png file into an ico file. I placed the following code in my head tags:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="icons/icon.ico">
I double checked and the file is in the appropriate location. The image has read and write capabilities. I then loaded the page on my browser but I all I get is an empty square box with a dotted border. I'm using XAMPP server. Why isn't the image displaying?
Did you try testing this on multiple browsers? Different browsers handle favicons differently.
Here are some things you could try.
Clear Your Cache
Delete all references of your link in your favorites.
Clear the file cache in your browser.
Shut down all instances of your target browser.
Reopen your browser and navigate to your website.
Force Refresh
If you are using Mozilla Firefox then you should:
Navigate to your website
Navigate to the exact location of your fav icon eg. www.site.com/favicon.ico.
Right click in browser window and select refresh.
When this is done Firefox is forced to reload the icon instead of the cached version.
Default behaviour of browsers
A second method for specifying a favicon relies on using a predefined URI to identify the image: "/favicon.ico", which is relative to the server root. This method works because some browsers have been programmed to look for favicons using that URI thus I would recommend placing the favicon in the root instead and see if that works. (rename the icon to favicon.ico also).
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
Image Format
At times there is an issue with the format of the favicon. If you are experiencing a problem across all web browser you could convert the favicon to gif or png and see if that solves the problem.
Force browser to update favicon
You can force your browser to update your favicon by passing a URL parameter. Using the ver parameter, you can increment the version number each time you want to force the downloading of new files.
add this to your markup.
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico?ver=2.0" type="image/x-icon"/>
In MAMP (assume XAMP is same/similar) you would do the following:
- With MAMP running/open, hit the "Stop" button.
- Then go to: File > Edit Template > Apache httpd.conf
- Comment out lines:
#Alias /favicon.ico "/Applications/MAMP/bin/favicon.ico"
#Alias /icons/ "/Applications/MAMP/Library/icons/"
- Place your favicon.ico file in your site's root directory
- Start MAMP
You can probably do all sorts of crazy stuff here. Never worried about favicons during development, personally.
BTW - you don't have to clear your browser's cache, entirely. Just browse to the favicon and refresh it.... localhost:8888/favicon.ico
Just put the favicon at the root of your site, such as "example.com/favicon.ico" (make sure it is named favicon.ico though), and remove the above mentioned link element altogether. Browsers will check this location for a favicon by default if no is present, even IE.
After you do this, be sure to clear your cache when testing.
Try adding type attribute. Example:
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico">
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Can someone please tell me how to make icons appear on browser tabs in PHP?
I want my icon to appear on the tabs when my site is being accessed.
This is not done in PHP. It's part of the <head> tags in a HTML page.
That icon is called a favicon. According to Wikipedia:
A favicon (short for favorites icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16 or 32×32 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage.
Adding it is easy. Just add an .ico image file that is either 16x16 pixels or 32x32 pixels. Then, in the web pages, add <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> to the <head> element.
You can easily generate favicons here.
Simply put a file named favicon.ico in the webroot.
If you want to know more, please start reading:
Favicon on Wikipedia
Favicon Generator
How to add a Favicon by W3C (from 2005 though)
Duplicate:
Image icon beside the site URL
What is currently the best way to get a favicon to display in all browsers that support Favicons?
Preferred way to use favicons?
I want to add my logo in the address bar of the browser, whenever it is browsed.
How do I make a favicon?
You need a favicon - this is a 16x16 image in .ico format stored as favicon.ico in the root directory your site. Some browsers do support other formats too.
A newer, more standards based approach is to include something like this in your html head:
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/path/image.png"/>
See also this document from W3C: How to Add a Favicon to your Site
You might also want to refer to these other answers to the question:
Image icon beside the site URL
What is currently the best way to get a favicon to display in all browsers that support Favicons?
Preferred way to use favicons?
That image is called a favicon and here are some links on how to add one or you can just google "how to add a favicon" for more information.
http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon
http://www.clickfire.com/favicon-tutorial
http://essentialkeystrokes.com/tutorial-how-to-create-your-own-favicon
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
Are you talking about creating a Favicon?
If so, here's a site which will help you make one.
Just use this.
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/path/image.png"/>
I hope it works for you.