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    The URL of this forum doesn't have an added icon to show in the location bar, and also can be saved with the bookmark
    in the browser-list (I'm using Firefox).
    I think a graphic program can do better than showing a dummy icon.
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    #2
    You talking favicon? My browser, K-Meleon, ignores them because I don't care for the nuisancy things. Can't please everyone
    Its: Belongs to "It"
    It's: Shortened form of "It is"
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      #3
      Hi,

      i´ve been working about 10 days to set a favicon, but i am not able to integrate one ... maybe i can try to use the favicon from the old forum ...

      steve

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        #4
        So it's called a favicon. Still learning..
        In HTML it's an extra line in the 'HEAD' tag, but I wouldn't know howto for a vBulletin script.
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          #5
          Favicon

          Simply place the enclosed 'favicon.ico' file in the root directory of teh IrfanView website for the icon to be diaplyed in the browser address bar and in teh Favourites/Bookmarks list.

          Regards

          Skier
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            #6
            The first position of such a file would be the root of the forum of course.
            I dunno if the vBulletin script has lines to search to a default 'favicon.ico' file, but I guess the path still has to be defined.
            Btw. Your example appears to be a GIF file not an ICO one.
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            Rest In Peace, Sam!

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              #7
              Placing favicon.ico files is not the best way. I wish browsers would stop requesting these graphics on every site by default. Useless traffic. You should explicitly reference a given file by adding a new tag into your HTML head:

              <link rel="icon" href="http://en.irfanview-forum.de/vb/great_icon.png" type="image/png" />

              Works in Opera and Firefox, MSIE6 users can live without the icon. The forum must have templates of some kind. I've never used VBulletin myself because it's strictly paid.

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                #8
                I've added the 'link rel=..' tag in every head of my HTML pages, because I want the favicon being there in the URL-bar of FF.
                Plus the titlebar of the browser-page.
                On a forum it's a different situation, depending on the script being used, or, as said, some template.
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                  #9
                  Which browsers show the "icon" in titlebar? Does it have to be in ICO format for this to work?

                  In vbulletin i would do a full text search for text fragments currently visible in head. This will surely reveal whether they are part of a template, or are echoed out by PHP. I see that most if not all scripts are located in a single directory, so messing with relative paths is not required.

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                    #10
                    Plus the titlebar of the browser-page.
                    I apologize for this. It's completely nonsense..

                    Does it have to be in ICO format for this to work?
                    I suppose GIF would do as well. Other formats I haven't tested.

                    I'm a member of the KMPlayer forum, running on vBulletin too, showing a favicon, so I will consult the Admin about this.
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