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jmwilder
09-09-2005, 11:32 AM
Just curious. Is there a favicon in APF's future? Most sites have them these days, though I'll grant that they're purely cosmetic.
paradise
09-09-2005, 4:32 PM
LOL< i have never even thought of it. It's such a non-feature. it really does not affect anything. It is cool, maybe someday I will have an hour to research it and implement it. Do you know how it's done? If you tell me how to do it easily, I will put it up. I guess the first step is designing a TINY icon that still represents APF :)
jmwilder
09-10-2005, 12:33 PM
I spent a little time researching it out of curiosity. It seems there are a few ways to implement this. Obviously, one needs to create the favicon itself. This is usually a 16x16 pixel image in .ico format, but some browsers also support .png and .bmp. This can be done in photoshop:
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/favicon.html
The favicon (favicon.ico) can either be put in the root directory of the machine on which the http server is running or a link element can be added to the <head> section of html document - e.g.:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
This could be a nice way to incorporate the new APF logo into the website, provided an accurate rendering can be made with a 16x16 image.