Favicon: how to change

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Message # 1 | 10:03 AM 2009-06-24

What is a favicon? A favicon is a small icon (16x16 px) in a browser address bar (near the url of your website). All uCoz websites have the following default favicon:

How to replace the default icon by a custom one?

http://faq.ucoz.com/faq/29-1#220

If this explanation is not enough then follow the steps below:

Download or create (by means of special programs) an icon - .ico file 16x16 px.
Name it favicon.ico.
Upload this icon to File Manager or via FTP to the root folder of your website (the first folder where you see the original favicon.ico). You don't need to delete the original icon, just upload a new one and the old one will be replaced automatically.
If you have done everything correctly, then you will be able to view a new icon at _http://your_site.ucoz.com/favicon.ico. Go to your website and refresh the page. If the icon hasn't changed, clear browser's cache or simply wait for some time.

IE may not display the icon. To solve this problem try to paste the following code between < head> and < /head>:

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Post edited by PixelKhaos - Wednesday, 2013-09-11, 11:59 PM

YourFather

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Message # 61 | 11:23 AM 2010-03-06

i did that again and again and its the same. i hope it works. and thanks

if someone else can help i would be pleased

Dartz

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Message # 62 | 11:29 AM 2010-03-06

It will work.

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atkhenz

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Message # 63 | 2:44 PM 2010-03-10

still not working even i deleted the old one and replace it... anyway is there anyway a png file to be my icon?how does it work?

Sunny

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Message # 64 | 3:19 PM 2010-03-10

atkhenz, it must be an .ico file. And provide the website url.

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NajmatHajar

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Message # 65 | 10:17 AM 2010-03-12

I did the same as it is given by still its not comming i don't know why.

Dartz

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Message # 66 | 12:52 PM 2010-03-12

NajmatHajar, did you wait?

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y0skata

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Message # 67 | 12:30 PM 2010-03-15

2 day ago I upload my own favicon with FTP Client and today the favicon is ON.Guys just wait.

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Post edited by y0skata - Monday, 2010-03-15, 12:33 PM

ScooterDAshooter

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Message # 68 | 12:10 PM 2010-03-31

When I upload it saves as favicon.ico.png and when i try renaming it it says this file already exists.

Tommy

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Message # 69 | 12:31 PM 2010-03-31

Then remove that existing one and rename the favicon.ico

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ScooterDAshooter

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Message # 70 | 1:58 PM 2010-03-31

Tommy, I cannot remove it, there is no delete option.

Sunny

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Message # 71 | 2:29 PM 2010-03-31

Quote (ScooterDAshooter)

When I upload it saves as favicon.ico.png

The system does not add .png to file names. Make sure you did not save it as favicon.ico.png on your PC. Rename it to favicon.ico and re-upload to File Manager.

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