When you own a website how do you put a mini logo next to the address bar?

Answer 1

First, you have to create a logo for your site and a very tiny logo at that. The size of the logo should be 16x16 pixelsand it should be saved as a Windows icon file (logo.ico for example). If your image editor doesn't support saving files in Windows icon format, you can use one of the online tools or shareware programs that are available.

Once you have an icon file, you're ready to implement it. The following methods will work in Explorer 5.x and higher without having any negative effects on other browsers.

Method 1

This is the easiest method to implement and it will work regardless of the particular page on your site users choose to add to their favorites list. Don't worry if you don't have access to your web site root; take a look at the next method.

If you have access to the root of your web site, simply save your icon file as "favicon.ico" there. The web browser will look for favicon.ico whenever your site is added to the favorites list and if it is found at the root of your web site, the icon will appear next to the link to your site.

Method 2

If you don't have access to the root of your web site, you have to add the following tag to your web page so that the browser will know where to look for your icon.

Unlike before, this time you can save the icon under any name ending with ".ico" We'll use the name "logo.ico" and assume that your web site is under the directory "directory."

Tags should be inserted within the and elements. Both tags should be included to accommodate browsers other than internet Explorer.

You can specify multiple logos for multiple pages using the second method.

Save your icons using unique names, such as logo1.ico, logo2.ico, logo3.ico for example, and replace "logo.ico" in the above HTML code with the name of the icon you want to use for any particular page.