Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:15:20 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Barbish3@adelphia.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log Message-ID: <40632FC8.9060700@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEILFKAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net> References: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGGEILFKAA.Barbish3@adelphia.net>
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JJB wrote: >I do not use this favicon.ico file in my web site, But an small >number of the visitors for some reason try to get this file which is >not there. This is reported as file error in the analog apache log >reports. Can someone explain why some visitor browsers try to get >this file, and what I can do to fix this? > >Thanks > > > Possible that the "small number" are those using MSIE5. IIRC, the browser looked for "favicon.ico" by default (e.g. whether or not the site in question had linked said file....) Here's a classic, entitled "the Dastardly Favicon.ico not found error": http://www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/Images/Favicon/ I can't say her workaround is necessarily what I'd do. That said, I think my main site has favicon support now. I believe this "feature" was changed after MSIE 5.0 due to things like this: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,19160,00.html entitled "another privacy hole in IE 5?" I guess you could detect their browser version and give 'em a JS popup that says "Please upgrade your browser!" .... Kevin Kinsey
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