Favicon on Firefox not on IE

I can see the favicon on Firefox but not on IE.

Would you please test it with your browser and tell me what you see?
http://www.saleyla.com

If you get the same result, do you have any clues why the favicon does not show up on IE?

Thank you.

Getting your favicon to work in IE is not as easy as Firefox. Tell me, what software did you use to create the .ico file? I am hedging my bets that you created a .bmp or a .png then renamed it to .ico?? If so then that will not work.

Gimme 5 minutes and I'll download your favicon image, edit it and send it back in true .ico format.

limelites:

Tell me, what software did you use to create the .ico file? I am hedging my bets that you created a .bmp or a .png then renamed it to .ico?? If so then that will not work.

Right. I used Fireworks...

Should I use one of those free favicon creating programs next time?

http://www.limelites.co.uk/favicon2.ico

Download this image and rename it to favicon.ico

Then upload to your / root folder via FTP.

Yoou'll then have to use this <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.saleyla.com/favicon.ico" >

btw.... notice you don't have SSL certificate on your site..... must be costing you sales big time?!?!

We just opened and trying to figure things out.

And we are using paypal for payments, which has its own secure page...

I know, but your login and sign up pages should really be secure. People don't like entering private information over an open network.... You should purchase a certificate, they're not too expensive and every e-commerce site should have one.

How'd it go with the favicon?

You are awesome. Thank you for posting it on your site.

It works now on IE, only thing is that it looks really tiny.

How did you create this one? What program did you use?

Also, regarding ssl, I understand and agree. We need to implement it soon enough.

limelites:

Yoou'll then have to use this <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.saleyla.com/favicon.ico" >

Where is this?

It looks tiny also in firefox... do you know why?

Yes, favicons display 16x16 px; the one I sent was 32x32; which is the maximum resolution you can use on a favicon.

I used icofx.... favicons must be saved as .ico files.

limelites:

Yes, favicons display 16x16 px; the one I sent was 32x32; which is the maximum resolution you can use on a favicon.

It does not display at 16x16. It is displaying at 8x8 on both my IE and firefox, it is tiny.

I tried creating both a 32x32 and a 16x16 and clear the cache and in both cases it displays at 8x8.

It was displaying at the correct size in Firefox before I started this thread (and not at all in IE).

How can I get the icon to display in both browsers at the regular 16x16 size?

Thank you.

Note: I found out that Gimp can be used to create .ico files.

I can't think why it's displaying like that for. I see it as a regular favicon when I browse to your site.

Try editing and creating a 32x32 .ico file and call it favicon2.ico... then change the html above to point to favicon2.ico and see if that changes it...

limelites:

I can't think why it's displaying like that for. I see it as a regular favicon when I browse to your site.

Try editing and creating a 32x32 .ico file and call it favicon2.ico... then change the html above to point to favicon2.ico and see if that changes it...

I already tried a 32x32 and ensured to clear the cache and show the generic icon before uploading it.

What zen-cart file is that html link you are referring to?

Yes, you pointed out that link before. Is that related to some file in zen cart?

Thanks.

It is pretty easy to create your own favicons.

http://www.tech-evangelist.com/2006/02/16/favicon-icon/

I wonder if your problem displaying the favicon has something to do with the browser caching it.

There is a quirk in IE with favicons. When you delete the temporary Internet files, you delete all of the favicons cached there and they no longer show up with yout favorites. This may depend upon which version of IE you are using.

Now I get a regular size for IE and no favicon for firefox!

I guess it is all a cache issue...

It is working fine now for both of my browsers after I cleared cache and rebooted my computer.

Case closed.

Thank you!