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How do i display favicon.ico on blackberry devices?

I want to display the favicon.ico from websites on my blackberry application. I would normally use the EncodedImage class to convert the byte[] into a recognizable image file. However EncodedImage only supports PNG, BMP, JPG, TIFF, and GIF. Is there another method for me to display the ICO file on the device? ...

Animated favicon call from php

Hello, I was googling how to make animated favicon in my webpage, I found many tutorial that show I have to add some lines like <link rel="icon" href="animated_favicon.gif" type="image/gif" > but problem is I have purely php based web page, not html here. Do I have to make html page with these calls and invoke it from index.php someho...

C# WPF - Application Icon + ShowInTaskbar = False

I've created a custom layered WPF window with the following properties: AllowsTransparency = True ShowInTaskbar = False Background = Transparent Topmost = True Icon = "Icon.ico" I've added Icon.ico under "Project Properties"->"Application" tab. The icon displays as the default WPF window icon if ShowInTaskBar is false, but displays ...

iPhone unread dots on homescreen on web app icon

I'd like to know if it is possible to have unread dots on a icon of a iwebkit-based webapp. I've read this but its for native apps. Is it possible to simulate this with javascript or something? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/610172/iphone-unread-counts-on-tabbar ...

.htaccess - redirect favicon

How do I redirect all requests for favicon.ico in root directory or any subdirectory to /images/favicon.ico ...

What is the max possible size of an 32x32px .ico file?

Titles says it all. I'm making a favicon.ico script, and i need to know the max amount of bits possible. ...

Are there any technical problems using an animated GIF for a web site’s favicon instead of an actual .ico file?

When putting a favicon on your site, you can apparently use an animated gif, just by changing the gif file’s extension to .ico. http://www.k-director.com/blog/how-to-add-an-animated-faviconico/ Have you encountered any problems doing this? (Aside from users being driven mad by some stupid little blinking favicon.) Have you seen a br...

ASP.NET MVC 2 RTM - favicon not displayed in Internet Explorer

I have the following two lines in the head section in my masterpage: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/Content/Images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="icon" href="/Content/Images/favicon.ico" type="image/ico" /> However, the favicon is not displayed in Internet Explorer (version 6, 7, 8). In Firefox and Safari the favicon...

shortcut icon doesn't shown in IE

when i write <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://localhost/kino/img/clapperboard-icon.ico"&gt; it doesn't show an icon in IE! works fine in other browsers. could you tell me why? thanks ...

Icons for websites with an <img> tag

What is the best way to link to the icons of websites? Meaning, given a hostname, what src should I put in an <img> tag to link to the 16x16 icon? I was just doing http://&lt;hostname&gt;/favicon.ico. It seems some .ico files aren't liked by different browsers. Chrome seems to like them all, but Safari, FF and IE all have problems with ...

How can I get a websites favicon when using the WebBrowser control?

I have a Windows Forms WebBrowser control embedded in my application. Is there any way to get a web pages favicon using either the WebBrowser or HtmlDocument API? Even obtaining it from the local file system would suffice. Downloading the icon as a separate operation would be a last resort... Thanks. ...

Problem in Image near the Url in Joomla1.5

hi , i am having a site running in Joomla 1.5 i am trying to keep a url image to it near to url. I am using the JSN-Epic template where i am having a line as <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $this->baseurl; ?>/images/favicon.ico" /> i have uploaded the favicon.ico to my templates/jsnepic/ but when i load the page the i...

Favicon for all the pages in my website

I've learned that the way to add favicon for a web page is to have the following lines in the page. <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" type="image/x-icon" href="http://mysite.com/faviconfilename.ico"/&gt; <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://mysite.com/faviconfilename.ico" /> Should i add this code in each and every page my site h...

I would like to access certain-resolution files within a multiresolution .ico from javascript (or html, for that matter)

I have created a nice multiresolution favicon.ico containing 16x16, 32x32, & 48x48 resolution icons. These load up all pretty-like within browsers or when the site is saved to the desktop. However, the same image is also being used on the website (specifically, as an icon within a toolbar). Currently, the 16x16 icon is also saved as a p...

Remove favicon using javascript in Google Chrome

How can you remove the favicon using Javascript in google chrome? The goal is to return it to the browser default, which is in this case a blank image. I found this question, but it doesn't work if you leave the link.href attribute as empty. Even if the favicon is set because there is a favicon.ico file on the server, I'd like to remov...

How to add a Favicon to RSS feeds using Wordpress?

A friend of mine wants to make her favicon visible when people user Google Reader to view the RSS of her Wordpress blog. Anyone have a quick tip on how / where to make that reference? Her current web host is Bluehost, and apparently that is the "icon" people see when using Google Reader. Any suggestions would be helpful. ...

Favicon not showing, my icon is no good

I am able to use favicons if I copy one from another site and test. But my own doesn't work in IE8/Chrome. Mine is a 32x32 24bit icon created by Visual Studio. I always seem to have problems getting icons working right, what should I use? I thought I could have images up to 64x64... ...

Why isn't my favicon appearing in IE7/8?

Page of interest: https://www.gsb-yourbank.com/test/ ICO file: https://www.gsb-yourbank.com/test/favicon.ico My favicon is a 16x16 resolution, 16-color ICO file. It will not appear in IE 7/8 no matter what I do! I've tried everything I can think of, including: generating the ICO with a variety of different utilities, changing the s...

favicon.ico not working on chrome, firefox. working on a few pages in IE

i have a favicon.ico in my webroot folder according to this piece of code <link rel="icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot;?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $this->webroot;?>favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> and i use this in my header to make it appear on all the pages. <?php echo $ht...

Favicon Issue with Webkit browsers

Hi everyone! I'm having problems with putting a favicon on my website! I have this code <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="img/favicon.ico"> And for some reason Firefox shows the favicon fine, but on webkit browsers its not showing up. I tried Google Chrome and Safari on a Mac and its not showing up, do I need to do som...