[Zope] What is "favicon.ico" and why is it an error?

[J. Michael Mc Kay]

Internet explorer is looking for an favicon.ico or a custom icon file that
customizes your bookmark entry into a users book mark list.  If you get an
icon editor and make a custom icon 16x16, I think, icon then you can put it
in your home directory and when someone bookmarks the site they will see
your cute little icon in their bookmarks.
Now that you have done this, you have to put it in every directory
accessible to IE to prevent excessive logging of errors on your server.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Atwood" <jatwood@bwanazulia.com>
To: <phd@phd.russ.ru>
Cc: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Zope] What is "favicon.ico" and why is it an error?


> So even though there are no references to it in the HTML MIE is looking
for
> it? Is there anyway to fool it? Can I just put a blank DTML Document? Why
> would MIE be checking the server for that file?
>
> Add this to the many reasons that I hate MIE!
>
> J
>
>
> > On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, J. Atwood wrote:
> >> As it looks for this "favicon.ico"
> >
> > M$ IE is looking for this file to provide some "niceness" on a page.
> > Search Internet for longer explanations - there are many.
> >
> > Oleg.            (All opinions are mine and not of my employer)
> > ----
> > Oleg Broytmann      Foundation for Effective Policies
phd@phd.russ.ru
> > Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
> >
> >
>
>
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