How do I get a small graphic by my domain name?

I've noticed some sites have a small graphic by their domain name
http://www.artofapproaching.com/
(that is also saved by the bookmark)...how do you get one of those?

 

That's called a favicon, you need to have one first (it's an image in a .ico format) and then put a piece of code in the header of your html and you're done. If you search for "favicon" here in the forums or using any search engine, you'll find plenty of data, don't worry.

 

name it favicon.ico and put it in the folder

 

Actually you don't need to put the code in the HEAD section of your Web page. Just drop it in the root folder of your Web site and the browser will pick it up when the server sends it with the rest of the Web page.

 

yep that's a favicon.ico

 

Thats right. But if the facicon.ico is in the subfolder you need code in the head section.

 

It should be in the root directory though. If you look at your server logs, you'll notice a bunch of 404 errors for the /favicon.ico file if it's not in the root folder.

Avoiding those false positives (same with the lack of a robots.txt file there as well) is a wonderful thing for those of us who actually look at our server logs on a regular basis (which should be everyone who has reasonable access to them).

 

Oh didn't know that. Joomla uses facicon.ico in subfolder and needs code in head.