Bookmark Icons....?

highlighter

I've added MSE to my bookmarks (of course!) however next to the MSE link is an ebay icon? Does anyone know why this is happening? I've deleted the MSE bookmark and replaced it only to find the ebay icon returns! Strange! All my other bookmarks have their correct relevant icon, MSE is the exception!
Oh using Firefox..just so you know.

sra

highlighter wrote:

I've added MSE to my bookmarks (of course!) however next to the MSE link is an ebay icon? Does anyone know why this is happening? I've deleted the MSE bookmark and replaced it only to find the ebay icon returns! Strange! All my other bookmarks have their correct relevant icon, MSE is the exception!
Oh using Firefox..just so you know.

annoying thing that firefox sometimes does - well known bug. It happens especially when a site doesn't have it's own bookmark icon

(I assume you bookmarked the main site rather than the forum - it would be unusual for it to happen when forums have the vbulletin icon to use)

You can simply find a site with a bookmark icon you like, save it, then edit it to link it to mse. It'll keep it's icon

When ebayUS had a bookmark iocn and ebayUK didn't, that's what I did - I Bookmark ebayUS, then changed the .com to .co.uk in the bookmark properties

highlighter

Yeah it is a strange one alright! Thanks for your reply Mr Skint but dont go to any trouble on my behalf! Just thought i'd give it a post.... Ebay ARE taking over

highlighter

I've just bookmarked MSE forum - v icon showing for vbulletin i guess. I'll just delete the MSE main site bookmark.

sra

mse should have its own icon by now

anyone artistic?

http://www.favicon.co.uk/

highlighter

This is a good idea sra. Maybe it should be a post in its own right, then other mse's can post their efforts for everyone to see. If martin or any other mse admin like the look of one, perhaps it could be used...

8383

does anyone know where i can make the logo myself and then turn it into a .ico???

sra

8383 wrote:

does anyone know where i can make the logo myself and then turn it into a .ico???

The site I gave above does that - www.favicon.co.uk

You can also turn an existing picture into one - http://www.html-kit.com/e/favicon.cgi

or use photoshop (also gives instructions)
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/favicon.html

the icons they make are actually 16x16 even though they display correctly if you use them as a bookmark icon

8383

sra wrote:

You can also turn an existing picture into one - http://www.html-kit.com/e/favicon.cgi

or use photoshop (also gives instructions)
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/jennifer/favicon.html

Thanks thats wot I was after. I'm not a big fan or photoshop, i'd rather Macromedia Fireworks...

Allexie

sra wrote:

mse should have its own icon by now

anyone artistic?

http://www.favicon.co.uk/

Pity there aren't any colours that tie in with the site colours!! Good fun though!

sra

Allexie wrote:

Pity there aren't any colours that tie in with the site colours!! Good fun though!

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