I am not able to run my Favicon on my website?

Question

Apparently I don't have the software to run my favicon on it. So what is the software in need, and can I download it for free?

Answer 1

Check on these sites for the proper instructions on installing favicons.  You also can make new ones if you want:

http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

http://www.favicon.cc/

Firefox will show your favicon without a lot of problems, but IE, depending on version, may require you to save your site as a Favorite so icon is stored.

Ron

Answer 2

Just check your source code: To show the favicon you need a line in the header part like

<link rel="shortcut icon"

href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/favic...

You also can use a relative path with the favicon file name only if the favicon file resides in the top level folder of your web directory. Delete your browsers cache and reload the page.

In fact you neither need any special software nor an online tool to display a favicon - browsers like Firefox, IE, Opera, Safari etc. are able to display it by default. Just take a view at source of this page and check the link for the Y/C favicon.

If you have problems creating proper ICO files, just read here

http://www.favicon.com/

Answer 3

You don't need software, it just has to be in the same folder as your index.html (php), and has to be called favicon.ico. If it still doesn't show up, delete temp internet files and try again.

Answer 4

These two articles tell you how to do it - http://www.small-business-software.net/o...

What is a Favicon - http://www.developer-resource.com/what-i...

Goodluck