How to add a favicon to a xhtml document

Question

I made a windows icon (*.ico) and named it favicon, it is 16 by 16 and with 16 colors... I have included it with the link tag

but it does not load right

how do I add a favicon to a website in xhtml

I tried everything on the web but it still does not work

how do I do it

Answer 1

Upload the .ico to your root directory and add this in your XHTML header:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

The favicon may not appear right away. Depending on what browser you're using, you may need to clear your cache or even bookmark the website.

Answer 2

Add the following markup to your html's head:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.example.com/myicon.ico"&gt;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

Answer 3

You do it like this:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Answer 4

you may place the ico in your root directory and add code like this line

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />