# Favorite icon

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 11, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634 "2003-05-11T13:46:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![lava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a4c791/32.png) [@lava](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lava)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 1:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/1 "2003-05-11T13:46:27Z")

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hey, can you guys see the favorite icon at [www.lavaland.net](http://www.lavaland.net)?  
I can’t, for some reason.  
thanks  
Raf

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/2 "2003-05-11T14:03:54Z")

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Nope ☹ and I don’t see the coding for it in the source either.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/3 "2003-05-11T14:22:38Z")

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I thought all one had to do was place the icon in the root…

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/4 "2003-05-11T14:26:25Z")

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Not quite that simple but almost.

Within the HEAD of the page:

```php
<link REL="ICON" href="lavaland.ico" type="image/bmp">

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/5 "2003-05-11T14:38:46Z")

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argh, I put the code in, but its still not working. At least not for me

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/6 "2003-05-11T14:49:32Z")

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I see it now using Mozilla, but not with Internet Exploder. There are some known issues with IE, I think it depends on what version you are using.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/7 "2003-05-11T16:12:26Z")

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in ie you have to add it to favourites to see it’s icon (after restart i think)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/favorite-icon/20634/8 "2003-05-12T06:00:34Z")

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[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20210](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20210)