Is there anyway to get one of those icons

[The Jays]

that appear in the address bar? Like the ones for msnbc, imdb, etc?

[Jack]

This site tells you how to do it.

[Goatweed]

but wouldn't YOU need to upload it to the site's directory?

[Goatweed]

btw, I see it now - but it wasnt there before. Strange.

[LZMF1]

open your favorites in IE and cright click on the site you want to assign an icon to....right click on it and click on properties...you should find the change icon button.

have fun.


it's rather easy

[Goatweed]

what if you use Firefox?

[HedCold]

the mozilla site says how to disable them, but not change them...

Code:

Disable Bookmark Icons

   You can disable the display of bookmark icons and "favicons" by adding the following code to your user.js file:

// Disable Bookmark Icons
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);

can't seem to find anything about changing them though

[HedCold]

i found this but it seems confusing, i'm guessing there is or will be an extension for it

Originally posted by largesausage
yea I figured that, but isnt there a way you can manually put them on?


sorta - find a file called bookmarks.html in:

\Documents and Settings\[user]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default[xyz]

open in notepad and you'll see lines like this:

Google

The bit in ICON defines the bitmap used for the icon, but its in a strange format called base64 which allows you to store 8-bit data as 6-bit data (ASCII chars, basically converting 8-bit data stream into 6-bit data. read this to learn how: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://email.about.com/cs/standards...64_encoding.htm">http://email.about.com/cs/standards...64_encoding.htm</a><!-- m -->).

to "manually put them on", you'll need to convert your icons to base64 format and the right size etc. There may be a tool out there to handle all this specific conversion, i don't know. there is this for general conversions:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64">http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64</a><!-- m -->
good luck! let us know if you find a specialised program to do this.

[Goatweed]

sounds like too much work - besides, so long as it's set up on the server, it should show on either browser - those are probably for people who want to see their own favorite icons.

[Arpikarhu]

all of this nerd talk can be translated as, "I am a +5 elf, i like doritos, and i cant even get close to a woman!"

[Goatweed]

Cool Ranch Doritos are very tasty.

[Arpikarhu]

see? i knew it!

[Goatweed]

I have gotten close to wmen several times, however. In fact, I get very close to one on a nightly basis.

[Arpikarhu]

standing next to your mom while she makes you spaghetti-o's doesnt count.

[Goatweed]

Beefaroni!! Not Spaghetti-O's, those are fucking nasty!

[Arpikarhu]

still doesnt count

[Goatweed]

she makes a mean mini-ravioli too!

[Arpikarhu]

momma's boy!

[Goatweed]

my mom slept over & took care of the rugrat on Christmas eve - it was the best gift I got.

I've missed getting 6 straight hours of sleep.

[Arpikarhu]

6 hours?!?! i couldnt function onless than 8. reason 4385 why i will never have a crib lizard.