[Old Codger]

Can someone tell me how to code so that a custom icon replaces the standard IE Icon, in IE's address bar, when a user goes to my site.

Thank You

[Gibble]

All you do is make a favicon.ico file and place it in your website's root directory, IE always looks for that file, so if it exists, it will show the icon

[Gibble]

How to Create a "Favicon.ico" File

Create an image 16X16 pixels in size. Yes, it is really small and you can't really draw much in it. You should also restrict yourself to the standard Windows 16 colours, although I suspect that 256 colours will work fine.

If you like, you can also create a 32X32 pixel icon, which will be scaled to size for the Favorites menu and the location bar. You can even put both 16X16 and 32X32 pixel icons into the same icon file. Windows will use the former for its menus and the latter when the user opens up a folder that is set to display large icons. It's probably not really necessary to do this if you can't be bothered.

Save the image as an ICO file (named "favicon.ico", of course).

Upload it to your website. You don't need to upload one to every directory of your site if you don't want to waste space - simply put it in your root directory and IE will apparently locate it eventually.

[Old Codger]

Gibble,
Thanks for your fast response. It is much appreciated. I have been wondering how to do this for some time but could never find the answer.

Old Codger

[Gibble]

Glad to have helped.