Favicons and Web Forwarding

[Jenny]

Please forgive a thread that may be a little OT, but I found several earlier
discussions of favicons in the archives, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I
don't use favicons very often, but have never run into a problem before now.
I want to use a favicon with a domain that deeplinks to an account, using
Network Solutions's web forwarding service. The forwarding service is set to
mask the destination url, if that matters.

The forwarded url is www.gseob.org/test.htm The actual destination url is
www.wrcog.org/gseob/test.htm. The favicon is
http://www.wrcog.org/gseob/favicon.ico, and the web page uses the following
code:
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.wrcog.org/gseob/favicon.ico">

If I bookmark www.wrcog.org/sgeob/test.htm, I get the correct favicon. If I
bookmark www.gseob.org/test.htm I am bookmarking the same htm file, but I
get a totally different favicon that resembles a thick blue fuzzy cross.
There are no other favicon files or ico files in the account, and I don't
have any graphics file that resembles the second favicon. I've emailed
Network Solutions, but don't really expect any meaningful feedback. Can
anybody shed any light on what's going on? Thanks very much for your help.

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

Remove the absolute URL from the favicon and use a relative path (none for root)
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico">


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| Please forgive a thread that may be a little OT, but I found several earlier
| discussions of favicons in the archives, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I
| don't use favicons very often, but have never run into a problem before now.
| I want to use a favicon with a domain that deeplinks to an account, using
| Network Solutions's web forwarding service. The forwarding service is set to
| mask the destination url, if that matters.
|
| The forwarded url is www.gseob.org/test.htm The actual destination url is
| www.wrcog.org/gseob/test.htm. The favicon is
| http://www.wrcog.org/gseob/favicon.ico, and the web page uses the following
| code:
| <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.wrcog.org/gseob/favicon.ico">
|
| If I bookmark www.wrcog.org/sgeob/test.htm, I get the correct favicon. If I
| bookmark www.gseob.org/test.htm I am bookmarking the same htm file, but I
| get a totally different favicon that resembles a thick blue fuzzy cross.
| There are no other favicon files or ico files in the account, and I don't
| have any graphics file that resembles the second favicon. I've emailed
| Network Solutions, but don't really expect any meaningful feedback. Can
| anybody shed any light on what's going on? Thanks very much for your help.
|
|

 

[Jenny]

Stefan -
Thanks for the response. I cleared out my bookmarks, temp files, etc. and
made the <LINK REF> correction. After uploading the revision and bookmarking
both paths to the same html file, I still end up with the same two ico
images in my bookmarks, including the mystery blue cross. Also, now when I
click on the bookmarks to load the pages, the address bar shows the standard
IE favicon, rather than either of the custom favicons that are showing in
the Favorites list. I'm afraid I'm still confused. The ico file currently
resides in the gseob folder (wrcog.org/gseob/favicon.ico), which is the same
folder where the test.htm page resides. Do I need to move the ico file back
to the root directory? If so, what should the HREF="" route look like?
Thanks again for your help.

 

[Jenny]

Stefan - Sorry, a brief brain phreeze there, but I'm still stuck. After this
did not work, I moved the favicon to the root directory and changed the LINK
REL to read <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="../favicon.ico"> I'm back to
where I started. Depending upon the path I take to the same htm file, I get
different favicons displaying in the bookmarks and in the address bar. (1)
www.wrcog.org/gseob/test.htm gives me the desired favicon. (2)
www.gseob.org/test.htm (the path that will be used by all my viewers) gives
me a mystery custom favicon. Does any of that make sense?