Favicon - does B&B have one, cause I can't see it

[kjjb0204]

I can see favicons on my links toolbar for just about all of my favorite sites, but none for B&B. It shows in the web address bar, but not in my links toolbar when using IE or on my bookmarks toolbar when using Firefox.

Any thoughts if it's a website issue or my browser? I have no issues with others, like ebay, ESPN, CNN, TechGuy.org, blackberryforums.com, Vonage, etc. B&B seems to be the only one that doesn't display in the favorites....

[rabidpotatochip]

It's a browser issue. If it was the website it wouldn't show up at all. Further to that, I can confirm it works on three separate computers at this very moment.

I don't know how it works in IE, but in Firefox the favicon.ico is downloaded when you go to the site through the bookmark. I don't know exactly how long it stores it but it does eventually disappear.

[kjjb0204]

It's never shown up for me, and I always go to the site from the bookmark, whether using IE or Firefox. Hmmm, strange.

[papasmurf]

It's never shown up for me, and I always go to the site from the bookmark, whether using IE or Firefox. Hmmm, strange.



+1

[rabidpotatochip]

http://www.badgerandblade.com/favicon.ico

Try going there to get it into your browser's cache. Uh, otherwise I don't know at the moment but I'll look into it a little more over the next 24 hours and get back to you.

[kjjb0204]

Tried that, no dice.

[papasmurf]

same here it does not work but to be honest it is not all that important any way


at least not to me



Nick

[rabidpotatochip]

Well, now it's going to bug me until I find a solution. I know it's not particularly important but compared to the usual tech problems I have to deal with this is more like a fun puzzle. :wink:

Update: Does look like there's something weird with IE regarding favicon. It may have to do with how it's included in the source of a page and that IE tends not to follow standards.

[papasmurf]

Well, now it's going to bug me until I find a solution. I know it's not particularly important but compared to the usual tech problems I have to deal with this is more like a fun puzzle. :wink:

Update: Does look like there's something weird with IE regarding favicon. It may have to do with how it's included in the source of a page and that IE tends not to follow standards.





Just thought I would throw this in I am using firefox not IE . I have not used IE for a very long time



Have fun with your puzzle




Nick

[bjrn]

IE's behaviour as I can remember it in IE6, I don't know about IE7, was that favicons didn't show up unless you had the website favourited.

No idea what's up with the B&B favicon, but it works just fine in Opera and Firefox for me.

[rabidpotatochip]

Just thought I would throw this in I am using firefox not IE . I have not used IE for a very long time



Have fun with your puzzle




Nick

Firefox rocks. Been using it myself since version 0.7ish. And I just hate sub-optimal function. :wink:

kjjb0204: I think I was able to reproduce the problem in FF, but I need more info. Here's what I did: I added Google.ca to my bookmarks toolbar and it didn't have the favicon. Going to google through the link on the toolbar did make it show up. Try clearing your cache in FF (CTRL+SHIFT+DEL) and then activating the link to B&B from the toolbar. Of course, this is the closest thing I have to a solution at the moment and I get the impression you basically did this anyway.

Edit: Managed to reproduce your problem exactly. I'm now researching problems that can occur at the site.

[rabidpotatochip]

I think the following snippet needs to be inserted in the B&B site code:


<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.badgerandblade.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

That should make it display on the toolbar; of course this would have be tested by an admin.

[BdeRWest]

Safari FTW!

[moses]

Favicon?

[rabidpotatochip]

Favicon?

It's the little picture that shows up next to the address in the address bar. It's also supposed to show up in your bookmarks and bookmarks toolbar. For this site it's a mini (16x16) badger head logo.

30 seconds later edit: We're not able to get Firefox to show it in the bookmarks toolbar. I think I found a fix but short of injecting the code with Proxomitron or Greasemonkey to test it I won't know for sure, and the way today has gone I'll probably burn down my house instead.

[rabidpotatochip]

Okay, here's the deal. I haven't figured out how to fix it directly. I screwed around with proxomitron a bit (and realized why I love that little proggy) but wasn't successful.

HOWEVER, I've come up with a solution...

First, download favicon.ico (http://www.badgerandblade.com/favicon.ico) to your computer. Then download this extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3176). Then go to Tools->Add-ons and find it in the list. Hit options. Pick "search by name", hit next, type in "badger" and uncheck "match case", hit next, it'll show you all the matches and hopefully B&B shows up in there. If it doesn't, fiddle around with searching until it does. Hit next again, select "replace favicons with" and find the file you downloaded at the start of this whole mess. Hit next and voila, you have your icon!

Boo ya.

[liege]

What do you know, it worked! Thanks.

[rabidpotatochip]

What do you know, it worked! Thanks.

*flex* I'm a jack of several things. You're welcome.

[papasmurf]

Okay, here's the deal. I haven't figured out how to fix it directly. I screwed around with proxomitron a bit (and realized why I love that little proggy) but wasn't successful.

HOWEVER, I've come up with a solution...

First, download favicon.ico (http://www.badgerandblade.com/favicon.ico) to your computer. Then download this extension (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3176). Then go to Tools->Add-ons and find it in the list. Hit options. Pick "search by name", hit next, type in "badger" and uncheck "match case", hit next, it'll show you all the matches and hopefully B&B shows up in there. If it doesn't, fiddle around with searching until it does. Hit next again, select "replace favicons with" and find the file you downloaded at the start of this whole mess. Hit next and voila, you have your icon!

Boo ya.



its working for me now . Great work on the puzzle if I may add one thing.

it is much easier to find if you just search by URL and just type in Badgerandblade.com . thats how I did it at least after a couple of badger searches did not bring any results .




Nick

[rabidpotatochip]

its working for me now . Great work on the puzzle if I may add one thing.

it is much easier to find if you just search by URL and just type in Badgernacblade.com . thats how I did it at least after a couple of badger searches did not bring any results .




Nick

Ah, thanks for the warning. I'll update that for my notes at this end.

[TstebinsB]

It has always shown up in the Google toolbar.

[jlander]

Interesting, I get a "W" instead of the Badger Head. I'm using FF

[rabidpotatochip]

Interesting, I get a "W" instead of the Badger Head. I'm using FF

Interesting and strange. :tongue:

[jlander]

Interesting and strange. :tongue:

I've been told that before.:001_cool:

[rabidpotatochip]

I've been told that before.:001_cool:

It's how I met my wife. :biggrin:

[bjrn]

Interesting, I get a "W" instead of the Badger Head. I'm using FFI think all browsers get confused sometimes, so you're perhaps getting the Wikipedia "W" on B&B.

[SobBill2]

its working for me now . Great work on the puzzle if I may add one thing.

it is much easier to find if you just search by URL and just type in : Badgernacblade.com. thats how I did it at least after a couple of badger searches did not bring any results .


Nick

It won't bring about world peace, but it is a nice little touch.

Thanks :thumbup1:

Slight typo, it should be: Badgerandblade.com
not: Badgernacblade.com

[papasmurf]

It won't bring about world peace, but it is a nice little touch.

Thanks :thumbup1:

Slight typo, it should be: Badgerandblade.com
not: Badgernacblade.com



typo fixed . thanks for pointing it out :thumbup1:


Nick

[rabidpotatochip]

It won't bring about world peace, but it is a nice little touch.

Thanks :thumbup1:

Slight typo, it should be: Badgerandblade.com
not: Badgernacblade.com

I'm working on world peace next. Give me a week. :biggrin:

[papasmurf]

I'm working on world peace next. Give me a week. :biggrin:

a week ?? it took me about three minutes to figure it out . I just have not gone public with it yet :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[rabidpotatochip]

a week ?? it took me about three minutes to figure it out . I just have not gone public with it yet :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Pfft... I would have done it yesterday but I'm still waiting for the patent on my cat herding device to go through. I call it the "cat"tle prod. :tongue:

[papasmurf]

Pfft... I would have done it yesterday but I'm still waiting for the patent on my cat herding device to go through. I call it the "cat"tle prod. :tongue:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: