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Favicon?
I'd find it cool to have a favicon like the tiny sherlock icon in the address bar.
Please, is it possible? 
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Re: Favicon?
Damn...I totally don't know what a favicon is sorry?
Would someone care to explain it to me, and then maybe I'll see if it's possible to do it?
Thanks!
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Re: Favicon?
Maybe the avatar on the left side? 
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Re: Favicon?
A favicon is the little icon (16x16 or 32x32 px) that most webpages have and that can be seen in the address bar of the browser, like a mini site logo.
It is just one line to add to the header of the respective page:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href=" />
Wikipedia provides further info.
I think the tiny sherlock image on the left of the board list might already do.
Does it help? Thank you! 
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Re: Favicon?
Boss! I'll ask for her help on this one.
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Re: Favicon?
Do you like the idea?
I think with favicons its like most people see but don't observe 
Last edited by Harriet (August 29, 2012 9:59 am)
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Re: Favicon?
Ah, think I got it now. When I check my list of favourites, there are some pages which I recognize immediately by that little icon.
This forum only has the "Explorer-E" or, when I'm using Firefox, just nothing.
Yes, a small icon would be nice there...
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Re: Favicon?
Mattlocked wrote:
Yes, a small icon would be nice there...
<fast speech>... and the tiny sherlock image on the left of the board table already has the ideal size for this, so all we need is someone to integrate the link to this image into the header of our source code which should be simple as we have also the link already- or develop a different icon if we prefer that - only we need someone with administrator rights to add it to the source code </fast speech>
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Re: Favicon?
It worked!
Hope you all like it.
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Re: Favicon?
Here for me, it works halfway now, I can see it in my fav bar already 
, but not yet in the browser bar.
Maybe because the info is in the <body> now and not in the <head> this might trouble some browsers - would you mind trying it once more?
If I'm right the line needs to be transferred only a few lines upward - anywhere before </head>
THANKS!
Last edited by Harriet (August 29, 2012 1:51 pm)
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Re: Favicon?
Maybe you need to close your browser and reboot?
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It is there, well done, guys!
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Re: Favicon?
My browser bar still seems to be unable to find it.
But maybe this is also due to boardhost.com matters.
Never mind, it is so nice to have it on the tabs and in the fav list now!
Thank you so much for adding it, Sherlock Holmes!
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Thread Starter- Molly Hooper
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Re: Favicon?
Oh yes! I just saw that now! That's brilliant, love it!
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Very nice! I like it! Thanks to all who made it possible... 
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