Hi, I am new here. I am also quite new to forums, and I have just created my own golden retriever forum, called Love Is Golden. I am trying to get a FavIcon next to the URL of my website, but I can't figure out how to get into my root directory!! I have a phpBB free forum. Can anyone help? thanks so much! any help is greatly appreciated!! -Devon
thanks for your reply, but what I'm trying to figure out is how I get it onto my server, and then how I get it into my root directory.
I'm not familiar with them. If they have a support area you might check around. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
create your favicon and Upload the favicon.ico file to the folder on your web site where you have the web page. Add the following HTML tag to your web page below the <head> tag, before the </head> tag: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" >
That's it! To test your new icon in Internet Explorer 5+, bookmark your web page and reopen the page. To test it in Netscape 6+ or other Mozilla 1+ based browser, simply open your web page and watch the address bar or the page tab.
Thanks so much for your help!! I feel so stupid... I can't find the folder on my website where I have my webpage... Do you know where I should click to get there? (I hope I'm not being a pester to anyone!) but I really appreciate everyone's help!
When you log in to your site, the first place you should see is normally your root folder unless you can see a folder named /public_html/ then that will normally be your "root folder" Are we getting any closer?
A little bit.... To put the HTML in, would I have to go to the administration panel? And also, Would I be typing the HTML into a text block? (thanks for your patience- I'm very new to HTML!)
I also have another question... do you have to have a paid domain to have a FavIcon? for example, my url is "http://loveisgolden.8.forumer.com" . Do you think that would work?
Welcome to DP, Devon. Actually, you can have you favicon image be located anywhere in you document tree. And it doesn't even have to be a .ico image. Gif and png have worked as well for me. Use this in your html header: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="path-to/my-favicon.img"> Code (markup):
Main problem is to have access into directory where your website is kept. I think you must talk to administrator of free forum server to allow you to have that access. If you can create your own forum it does not mean you can do everything what you want.. That's why is better to keep your website on hosting server where you are able to manage your website freely without any limitation.