> From: freepages-help-request@rootsweb.com > Subject: FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 132 > To: freepages-help@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 01:00:25 -0600 > > > > When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. > ***FREEPAGES HELP & FAQ*** > <http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/FAQ/fpindex.html> > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Last things to do before uploading (J.A. Florian) > 2. favicons (Charles Dobie) > 3. Re: favicons (again) (Charles Dobie) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:56:20 -0400 > From: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] Last things to do before uploading > To: "LIST_freepages-help@rootsweb.com" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: > <CAE5hz-BtN1wWMFYvpc=Vptxf8MnqTxFn_QUFtp-wvppsLhKp5Q@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > When I was looking around for other info, I saw this: > > http://www.addicottweb.com/2009/06/last-things-i-do-before-launching-a-website/ > > It seems to be a good basic list. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:29:28 -0400 > From: Charles Dobie <cdobie@superaje.com> > Subject: [FreeHelp] favicons > To: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> > Cc: "LIST_freepages-help@rootsweb.com" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <201107230229.p6N2TZ34018870@mail.storm.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 09:33 AM 7/22/2011, J.A. Florian wrote: > >To answer your question about the difference between a favicon (.ICO) and a > >QR tag.... > >1. A favicon is a 16px by 16 px that is loaded into your page with a code > >line. > >-- It then appears in your browser at the beginning of the URL when on that > >website. > >-- It provides a way to visually ID that "yep, this is the website I want". > >-- It is a visual "branding" Internet tool. For examples: Google Mail uses > >a red envelope; my GenWeb site uses a tiny old bell. The idea is people > >begin associating the icon with "this website". > >-- Favicons contain no information in the icon, except by its association > >with xyz website. > --snip-- > > Many thanks for the info about favicons. I created one for my RCN > website and it works on all my browsers except for Chrome. I'll have > to research this more because Chrome certainly displays favicons for > other websites and bookmarks. > > > Charles Dobie, > cdobie@superaje.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 23:25:31 -0400 > From: Charles Dobie <cdobie@superaje.com> > Subject: Re: [FreeHelp] favicons (again) > To: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com>, > "LIST_freepages-help@rootsweb.com" <freepages-help@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <201107230325.p6N3Pc1P021002@mail.storm.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 10:29 PM 7/22/2011, Charles Dobie wrote: > >At 09:33 AM 7/22/2011, J.A. Florian wrote: > > >To answer your question about the difference between a favicon (.ICO) and a > > >QR tag.... > > >1. A favicon is a 16px by 16 px that is loaded into your page with a code > > >line. > > >-- It then appears in your browser at the beginning of the URL when on that > > >website. > > >-- It provides a way to visually ID that "yep, this is the website I want". > > >-- It is a visual "branding" Internet tool. For examples: Google Mail uses > > >a red envelope; my GenWeb site uses a tiny old bell. The idea is people > > >begin associating the icon with "this website". > > >-- Favicons contain no information in the icon, except by its association > > >with xyz website. > >--snip-- > > > > > I was wrong -- Chrome places the favicon in the window tab, not in > the address line like Firefox and Safari. > > > Charles Dobie, > cdobie@superaje.com > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the FREEPAGES-HELP list administrator, send an email to > FREEPAGES-HELP-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the FREEPAGES-HELP mailing list, send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FREEPAGES-HELP-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of FREEPAGES-HELP Digest, Vol 6, Issue 132 > **********************************************