[mythtv-users] favicon.ico request for mythweb

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/11/2006 04:25 AM, Myth User wrote:
> save this to your mythweb folder

I'll create a ticket (and include some of the below info).

MythWeb should also be updated to include appropriate <link> elements in 
the document head.  Otherwise, for Firefox, the favicon.ico would have 
to be in the server's root directory.  By using <link>, the icon can be 
placed in the MythWeb directory (allowing a different icon for the 
"rest" of the server directories and making reliable installation much 
easier--it would work regardless of how the user configures MythWeb).

Both of the following <link> elements should be included in the head 
(with the appropriate location--possibly in the MythWeb directory).

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

IE requires the icon to be in Microsoft's icon format (GIMP can save as 
an ICO).  Firefox allows any of it's known image file formats (ICO, GIF, 
PNG, JPG).  Also, the .htaccess should be updated with the appropriate 
MIME mappings in case the user's server configuration does not include 
ICO (or in case the user's server configuration uses the IANA-registered 
MIME type of "image/vnd.microsoft.icon"--which some browsers don't 
recognize).

ICO can be 16x16, 32x32, 64x64, 128x128 and either 4, 8, or 24bpp.
GIF should be 16x16 in 8bpp
PNG should be 16x16 in 8 or 24bpp.

Mike
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