[Jon Kennedy]

See this site for possible helpful info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/howto/ShortcutIcon.asp

Also: http://www.favicon.com/

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
jkennedy2@carolina.rr.com

"Mel in Roseville" <mel55113 "at" isd "dot" net> wrote in message
news:1180a7b1gng3l86@corp.supernews.com...
>I would expect the AddFavorite Method to produce the same results as the
>Favorites->Add to Favorites dialog does regarding the handling of shortcut
>icons, i.e., following the <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON"
>REF="http://somesite/somename.ico"> directive. I tried to use this to
>associate a couple of different shortcut icons to different pages within
>the same site. Here's what I found:
>
> * If I use the AddFavorite method (via Javascript) it will add the
> favorite but IE then only looks for a file named favicon.ico in the site's
> root directory. It ignores the LINK directive. This is the route that
> I'd like to have working since it's the simplest for most of my users and
> it allows them to select where (which folder) the shortcut is created.
>
> * Netscape, using CTRL-D keystroke, works as I would expect; it follows
> the LINK directive.
>
> * IE works properly if I use the Favorites->Add to Favorites... dialog,
> i.e., manually entering the dialog from the menu bar.
>
> * <Drum roll please> IE works properly if I add the favorite like I would
> in Netscape, i.e., CTRL-D. This appears to be a poorly documented feature
> of IE.
>
> Does anyone know how to get the method to work as expected via Javascript?
>
> Alternatively, does anyone know how to get Microsoft to address this
> inconsistency?
>
> TIA,
> Mel
>

[Mel in Roseville]

Jon,

The first link you provided is the one where I got most of my information
about using AddFavorite. favicon.com is one of the sites I visited trying
to find a solution to the problem. I didn't find anyone describing the
problem I've been seeing. In fact I've used the Icon Validator at
http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/validator/ trying to resolve this problem
and it says everything is fine and finds my icons. The only thing that
doesn't work as expected is the AddFavorite method from Javascript.

I will be using the link you provided to let Microsoft know about this
problem.

Thanks for your assistance,
Mel