Wu Tang Cummins Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) EDIT: Thanks for all the help guys, I seemed to have fixed it by uploading to Imgur, and putting that link in for the href, not a local computer address! I'm usually really good at HTML and things, but for some reason I cannot get my favicon to show up on my html site. I'm almost certain I have the code correct, but I just can't get it to display. My favicon is 16x16, and is the .ico extension. Here's the code I have in my <head> tags: Any help would be appreciated! Edited August 17, 2013 by Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildarts Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) I'm not sure why that's not working, it might have something to do with the .ico file. I'd try it with a .png to test it out. Then change the type to equal "image/png" and the href to "images/favicon1.png". Another solution would be to try to upload your icon file to an image hosting website and then link to it using the direct URL in the href. This would fix it if it was having problems with locating the file in your local directory. Edited August 17, 2013 by Sherlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunacyFringe Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 <link rel="icon" type="image/ico" href="image/favicon1.ico" /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wu Tang Cummins Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 <link rel="icon" type="image/ico" href="image/favicon1.ico" /> That code still doesn't display it. @Sherlock, I've changed it to PNG, and that still doesn't display it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) I believe this should work: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon1.ico" /> If this doesn't work, try changing to a PNG and using this <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="images/favicon1.png"> Edited August 17, 2013 by Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildarts Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 @Sherlock, I've changed it to PNG, and that still doesn't display it. Then upload your icon file to an image hosting website and then link to it using the direct URL in the href. This would fix any errors with finding it in the local directory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wu Tang Cummins Posted August 17, 2013 Author Share Posted August 17, 2013 (edited) Guys, I have no idea why nothing's working but so far everything you've suggested to me hasn't worked. I've even made a new html document just to put in the code and it still doesn't. (Changing it to PNG doesn't work either, for any of the codes you've suggested either guys!) EDIT: I uploaded the PNG file to Imgur, and put in the Imgur link into the href spot, and this works. So I guess I'll have to do that, instead of a computer url. Thanks for the help guys! Edited August 17, 2013 by Cummins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunacyFringe Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Try an absolute path instead of relative. http://example.com/images/favicon1.ico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chandlerethan Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 I know you fixed this already, but if you don't clear your DNS cache after you've done it, it will take a while to show up, like when you first create a website. I had this same prob. I was doing everything right, but I hadn't cleared my cache afterwards so it didn't show up, but it did for everyone who hadn't previously loaded the webpage. go to run prompt, type in cmd. then in the command prompt, type "ipconfig /flushdns" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Guys, I have no idea why nothing's working but so far everything you've suggested to me hasn't worked. I've even made a new html document just to put in the code and it still doesn't. (Changing it to PNG doesn't work either, for any of the codes you've suggested either guys!) EDIT: I uploaded the PNG file to Imgur, and put in the Imgur link into the href spot, and this works. So I guess I'll have to do that, instead of a computer url. Thanks for the help guys! Didn't realize this was local. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
