[WEB4LIB] icons for web page in location bar of browser-technique?

[Andrew I. Mutch]

Joan,

It sounds like they are asking about the "favicon". This sites gives the
basics and some links to some other resources.

http://favicon.com/

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


On Sat, 26 Jan 2002, Joan K. Graham wrote:

> I believe that some time ago there was a discussion on this list
> concerning why an icon appeared before the URL in the location bar,
> after you accessed certain web sites, while only a browser icon would
> appear for other sites.
> 
> A colleague asked me yesterday why our site's URL didn't produce this. I
> told him I thought it was probably code written into the page, and I
> wished I had paid attention, if I did see postings on this topic. Does
> anyone know how it's done?
> TIA.
> Joan Graham
> Stark County District Library
>