I want to put the little favicon next to all my A's on my site. I'm using php/css/jquery

1. is this possible to do dynamically with php?

2. how do you think they should be loaded?
I'm thinking that when the link is first used is should be cached (something like freelancer.com.gif) and then it should be dynamically assigned a class that links to it with css, or even just some inline css plopped on, like background-image: url('freelancer.com.gif')


I dunno, tell me what you think

You could probably use CSS to handle it

a:link {
     background-image: url(pathtoimage);
     background-position: left center;
     background-repeat: no-repeat;
     text-indent: pixel_width_of_image px:
     line-height: pixel_height_of_image;
}

Not tested BTW just thinking aloud

well what I've done in the past is just put a left padding of 20px or so, and just Set it as a no repeat background, I guess that text-indent does the same.

But the real problem is how I should store and assign them all.


I'll either have to figure out the base domain name
(http://tycoontalk.freelancer.com/php...m-anchors.html >>>>> freelancer.com)

Every time the page is loaded for each link, or store that in the database for each link.

Both ways sound bad.

I guess that text-indent does the same

Not quite. Padding would also push the background image over, while text-indent should only affect the text node of the content.

So is it that you want to use the favicon from the parent website of the target page not the favicon of the site the links are on, if so that is;
A: going to present cross site scripting issues
B: page speed rendering problems.
C: the target site getting pretty hacked off with you "hotlinking" their favicon.

or any combination/permutation of the three.

Originally Posted by chrishirst

Not quite. Padding would also push the background image over, while text-indent should only affect the text node of the content.

So is it that you want to use the favicon from the parent website of the target page not the favicon of the site the links are on, if so that is;
A: going to present cross site scripting issues
B: page speed rendering problems.
C: the target site getting pretty hacked off with you "hotlinking" their favicon.

or any combination/permutation of the three.

No, I was hoping that they would get cached and stored on my web server rather than hot linking. I would only need to scan their page once to try to get it and then save it onto mine.

What cross site scripting issues?

Hopefully look like this

I'm not sure if browsers will display .ico files as on-page images (?)

Originally Posted by mgraphic

I'm not sure if browsers will display .ico files as on-page images (?)

yeah I mean to convert them to something else, probably .gif

Then just take a screenshot of them, crop and store them in the database where you keep the links? Assuming you are allowed to do so. You might wanna get permission from the sites first.

Originally Posted by lizciz

Then just take a screenshot of them, crop and store them in the database where you keep the links? Assuming you are allowed to do so. You might wanna get permission from the sites first.

it has to be done dynamically, with my users links

First hit on google
http://www.labnol.org/internet/get-f...h-google/4404/

Originally Posted by lizciz

First hit on google
http://www.labnol.org/internet/get-f...h-google/4404/

yeah I want that, but would rather host my own, I don't trust that they'll keep it up forever, not to mention that it doesn't work for all sites:

http://skeddles.com/