How do I get a pic before my metatag?

how would i add a pic before my meta tag?

Not quite sure what you mean here... Please elaborate...

Are you talking about favicons?

html-kit.com/favicon

If you're talking about favicon there's an FAQ article about it, as it relates to Zen Cart.

thanks so another new thing learnt, favicon is a favourite icon :D

i loaded it to my public_html but it does not show show i have to go with step 2

2. OPTIONAL: Use a different image name, or force browsers to load a specific filename (normally NOT needed):
   If you wish to have each page setting the favicon data explicitly, you can simply open your /includes/languages/english/YOURTEMPLATE/meta_tags.php file and uncomment the define for FAVICON as shown:

// favicon setting
// There is usually NO need to enable this unless you wish to specify a path and/or a different filename
define('FAVICON', 'favicon.ico');

With that set, Zen Cart will explicitly mention the favicon settings on every page, automatically.

so how do i set it then?

like this?

define('FAVICON', 'http://public_html/favicon.ico');

No, usually just leaving the define as-is should suffice.

You said it "does not show". Did you try bookmarking your site with your browser? Often that's required in order for it to show, especially in IE.

If it won't show then you may not have created a valid .ico file according to the specifications for such a file.

thanks it obviously takes a while to work as it is working this morning!!!

thank you very much!!!

DrByte indicates that the favicon must be a valid ".ico" file.

There is a free online utility that will convert a JPEG to ICO for you.

Just make sure your original image is the appropriate size and aspect ratio.

GO TO: http://www.coolutils.com/Online-Image-Converter.php#

thank you that is the one i used!!