Hi,

Do I still need a /favicon.ico icon when I am using this code to include a PNG instead?

<link rel="Shortcut Icon"
	type="image/png"
	href="http://thewebdesignjournal.com/favicon.png" />

Does all Web browsers read this favicon or do I still need to leave a .ico copy of it in my root directory?

Does all Web browsers read this favicon or do I still need to leave a .ico copy of it in my root directory?

Does it work ok as a .png ?

I see the icon in Opera 9 and Firefox, but it looks like all other Web browsers ignores it. :/

Hope you were not expecting it to work in IE

favicon.ico doesn't work in IE 95% of the time anyway.


BTW it's ok with the MSN toolbar and tabbed browsing in IE6, NS7.1 and Mozilla 1.6 as well. Assuming it should be a white "T" in a blue disc.

Hey moldarin,

You should include an favicon.ico in your webroot directory, since the main reason is every browser is hardcoded to request favicon.ico so if it does not exist, the request saying it does not exist being sent back takes longer, than getting a request that says it does. Probably only marginal performance, but if you view your web logs, you'll get a lot of 404 requests for this file missing.

It shouldn't be too much of a hassle to just have it, doesn't take up much space. There's a tool you can download called png2ico for windows/linux that can convert your png to ico file. It's a commandline tool however, but it's quite successful with writing the correct format of .ico file than other programs.

Cheers,

MC

P.S. If the favicon doesn't show in IE, hold shift and drag the IE icon and drop it back into the address bar, it should reload with the favicon. However it does not stay if you browse within the site etc, but at least you can be assure that it would have worked if IE didn't make a mess of it.

Check thi sout Moldarin,

FavIcon from Pics -- how to create a favicon.ico for your website

Thanks for the ico link! Chip Nice & easy and does a good job. Even provides an animated version. Cool!