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| Ron Hinds 2007-11-16, 6:56 pm |
| OK, I know this isn't an ASP question. But I'm hoping someone here knows the
answer. How do I get *my* icon to display in the address bar instead of the
standard browser's icon, like e.g. on the MSDN website? Also, I'd like to
add a link to create a desktop shortcut to my website using said icon.
Anyone?
Thanks!
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| Igor Tandetnik 2007-11-16, 6:56 pm |
| Ron Hinds <billg@microsoft.com> wrote:
> How do I get *my* icon to display in the address
> bar instead of the standard browser's icon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
> Also, I'd like to add a link to create a desktop shortcut to
> my website using said icon.
In other words, you want a web page to be able to write files on the
user's machine. This is not allowed, for obvious reasons.
You can prompt the user to add your site to Favorites:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535926.aspx
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With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925
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| Ron Hinds 2007-11-16, 6:56 pm |
| "Igor Tandetnik" <itandetnik@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:Og6fDH%23JIHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Ron Hinds <billg@microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
Hi and thanks. I tried this and it still isn't showing up. Do I need to
delete my browser cache or something?
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> In other words, you want a web page to be able to write files on the
> user's machine. This is not allowed, for obvious reasons.
Really? ;-)
> You can prompt the user to add your site to Favorites:
>
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms535926.aspx
Actually, what I wanted to do was prompt the user, then if they accept, have
them run a script of some sort (perhaps a MSI script) that would place an
Internet Shortcut on their desktop to my website with my icon and company
name.
> --
> With best wishes,
> Igor Tandetnik
>
> With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
> necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
> land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
> overhead. -- RFC 1925
>
>
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| Igor Tandetnik 2007-11-16, 6:56 pm |
| "Ron Hinds" <billg@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23yJccV%23JIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl
> Actually, what I wanted to do was prompt the user, then if they
> accept, have them run a script of some sort (perhaps a MSI script)
> that would place an Internet Shortcut on their desktop to my website
> with my icon and company name.
You can of course have a link pointing to an MSI or EXE file that can do
pretty much whatever you want. The user will be prompted with a standard
security dialog before they can run it.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik
With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. However, this is not
necessarily a good idea. It is hard to be sure where they are going to
land, and it could be dangerous sitting under them as they fly
overhead. -- RFC 1925
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| Adrienne Boswell 2007-11-16, 6:56 pm |
| Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Ron Hinds" <billg@microsoft.com>
writing in news:#yJccV#JIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
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> Hi and thanks. I tried this and it still isn't showing up. Do I need to
> delete my browser cache or something?
>
>
If you are using a modern browser, it should show up right away. If you
are using IE6 and older, then you have to save to favorites, and then it
_should_ show up. My suggestion is to get a better browser.
--
Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
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| Ron Hinds 2007-11-16, 6:57 pm |
| "Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Xns99E9EF0314B49arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "Ron Hinds" <billg@microsoft.com>
> writing in news:#yJccV#JIHA.4272@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl:
>
>
> If you are using a modern browser, it should show up right away. If you
> are using IE6 and older, then you have to save to favorites, and then it
> _should_ show up. My suggestion is to get a better browser.
Using IE7. It finally did show up after I deleted my history, cookies, and
temporary internet files.
>
> --
> Adrienne Boswell at Home
> Arbpen Web Site Design Services
> http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share
>
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