Favicons

[UKuser]

Hi,

I have created a favicon and it works fine in Firefox. However I
updated it, reuploaded it, and now only users who havent been to the
site can view the new icon.

I have:
1) Cleared my web history
2) Tried dragging the icons off the toolbar to refresh it
3) Am using the <Link rel> attribute

IE won't display the icon, but as Firefox would, I am interested to
know how to reset my cache (whereever its stored).

Thanks

Antony

 

[Els]

Hi,

I have created a favicon and it works fine in Firefox. However I
updated it, reuploaded it, and now only users who havent been to the
site can view the new icon.

I have:
1) Cleared my web history
2) Tried dragging the icons off the toolbar to refresh it
3) Am using the <Link rel> attribute

IE won't display the icon, but as Firefox would, I am interested to
know how to reset my cache (whereever its stored).

So, your question really is "how do I empty Firefox' cache?" ?
In the menubar:
tools > options > privacy > cache -> press "clear".

 

[Chris Hope]

I have created a favicon and it works fine in Firefox. However I
updated it, reuploaded it, and now only users who havent been to the
site can view the new icon.

I have:
1) Cleared my web history
2) Tried dragging the icons off the toolbar to refresh it
3) Am using the <Link rel> attribute

IE won't display the icon,

IE will only display the icon after you've added it to your favorites.

 

[UKuser]

Thanks for that. I was getting confused (again) with my history and
temporary internet files.

Antony

 

[Roy Schestowitz]

IE will only display the icon after you've added it to your favorites.

Same with Firefox IIRC. It would be very expensive to periodically scan all
Web sites in the bookmarks and refresh their favicon.ico. Imagine what this
would do to usage log. Even worse than access to RSS feeds...

 

[Chris Hope]

Same with Firefox IIRC. It would be very expensive to periodically
scan all Web sites in the bookmarks and refresh their favicon.ico.
Imagine what this would do to usage log. Even worse than access to RSS
feeds...

Firefox displays the icon when you go to the site. IE will only display
the icon when you bookmark it. I've watched Apache logs when testing
stuff and I've seen Firefox request the favicon file on every page
request.