Re: Problem with website icon pictures

Hi PT,

No.

The standard for a favicon is 16px x 16px. Some web sites do not honor this
standard. <sigh>

Mostly websites that say they are standards compliant, but are too lazy to
validate their web sites or are using the Total Validator (FX Addon) or
cannot interpret the Total validator error and warning reports. Not that the
html validators can pick up this issue.


http://www.google.com/search?q=define:standard

The current recommendation from MS is that web sites should provide both
16px^2 and 22px^2 favicon sizes within an "Icon Group' to accommodate both
90 and 120 DPI screen resolutions.

Here's a tweak that will help you understand what favicons are.

In IE type shell:sendto

This will open up your Sendto folder in Windows Explorer.

Right click on the file list (rhs pane) and select New>Shortcut.

Enter Notepad.exe, then Notepad. This will add the application notepad.exe
(text editor) to your send to context menu in Windows explorer.

Type shell:favorites in IE. This will open Windows Explorer at your
Favorites folder.

Right click on a file of type 'Internet Shortcut' and select Sendto>notepad
from the context menu. This will open the Guts of an 'internet shortcut' in
notepad.exe for you too look at. Notice the values for Icon and IconIndex.


Go back to IE and display the favorites pane. Right click on a 'Internet
Shortcut' file in your Favorites pane and select 'Properties', then the Web
Document tab, Change Icon button. You will be prompted to change the
'Internet Shortcut' favicon to a whatever your want. Save your changes.

Each time IE visits a site that is in your 'Favorites' it reads the meta tag
of that page that contains the Favicon address (by default =
webroot/favicon.ico) and updates the appropriate 'Internet Shortcut' file
(really just a text file with an ini format) to the web sites 'favicon' meta
tag value.

To prevent this over-riding your custom 'favicon' setting your must also
select 'Read Only' when you specify your own custom icon for the Internet
Shortcut.

Regards.

"PT" <> wrote in message
news:e7498974-e29a-42c1-aaa1-...
> IE8 Win7 64 bit Home Premium
>
> I've collected links to a number of websites I visit. Each link ends
> up with the website’s icon inside a plain white folder icon.
>
> But for no reason I can discern, in about half the icons, the
> “picture” is full size, occupying the entire folder icon. But on the
> others, the “picture” is miniature, about ¼ the size in both height
> and width.
>
> Is there any way to enlarge the shrunken icons?
>

rob rob rob <<Hmm

The microsoft standard for a favicon is 32px X 32px upto 64px X 64px 16,7
Millions (24 BitsPerPixel)

DP not for screen resolutions, But print size !

8 DP make a print size 10.2 x 10.2 cm; 4.0 x 4.0 inches
and 800 DPI make a print size 0.1 x 0.1 cm; 0.0 x 0.0 inches . for a
..32px.....
Here one at 8DP for you @
http://www.hot-text.ath.cx/my_docume...es/favicon.gif right click
and save as rename favicon.ico
edit with http://www.irfanview.net/

The Mac apple standard 16px x 16px upto 32px X 32px


"rob^_^" <> wrote in message
news:039F48FB-9541-4A11-A901-...
> Hi PT,
>
> No.
>
> The standard for a favicon is 16px x 16px. Some web sites do not honor
> this standard. <sigh>
>
> Mostly websites that say they are standards compliant, but are too lazy to
> validate their web sites or are using the Total Validator (FX Addon) or
> cannot interpret the Total validator error and warning reports. Not that
> the html validators can pick up this issue.
>
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:standard
>
> The current recommendation from MS is that web sites should provide both
> 16px^2 and 22px^2 favicon sizes within an "Icon Group' to accommodate both
> 90 and 120 DPI screen resolutions.
>
> Here's a tweak that will help you understand what favicons are.
>
> In IE type shell:sendto
>
> This will open up your Sendto folder in Windows Explorer.
>
> Right click on the file list (rhs pane) and select New>Shortcut.
>
> Enter Notepad.exe, then Notepad. This will add the application notepad.exe
> (text editor) to your send to context menu in Windows explorer.
>
> Type shell:favorites in IE. This will open Windows Explorer at your
> Favorites folder.
>
> Right click on a file of type 'Internet Shortcut' and select
> Sendto>notepad from the context menu. This will open the Guts of an
> 'internet shortcut' in notepad.exe for you too look at. Notice the values
> for Icon and IconIndex.
>
>
> Go back to IE and display the favorites pane. Right click on a 'Internet
> Shortcut' file in your Favorites pane and select 'Properties', then the
> Web Document tab, Change Icon button. You will be prompted to change the
> 'Internet Shortcut' favicon to a whatever your want. Save your changes.
>
> Each time IE visits a site that is in your 'Favorites' it reads the meta
> tag of that page that contains the Favicon address (by default =
> webroot/favicon.ico) and updates the appropriate 'Internet Shortcut' file
> (really just a text file with an ini format) to the web sites 'favicon'
> meta tag value.
>
> To prevent this over-riding your custom 'favicon' setting your must also
> select 'Read Only' when you specify your own custom icon for the Internet
> Shortcut.
>
> Regards.
>
> "PT" <> wrote in message
> news:e7498974-e29a-42c1-aaa1-...
>> IE8 Win7 64 bit Home Premium
>>
>> I've collected links to a number of websites I visit. Each link ends
>> up with the website’s icon inside a plain white folder icon.
>>
>> But for no reason I can discern, in about half the icons, the
>> “picture” is full size, occupying the entire folder icon. But on the
>> others, the “picture” is miniature, about ¼ the size in both height
>> and width.
>>
>> Is there any way to enlarge the shrunken icons?
>>

Full details here.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...94(VS.85).aspx

I was working with my flash memory.

"Hot-text" <hot-> wrote in message
news:2E98FA5E-AA35-47B5-AD71-...
> rob rob rob <<Hmm
>
> The microsoft standard for a favicon is 32px X 32px upto 64px X 64px
> 16,7 Millions (24 BitsPerPixel)
>
> DP not for screen resolutions, But print size !
>
> 8 DP make a print size 10.2 x 10.2 cm; 4.0 x 4.0 inches
> and 800 DPI make a print size 0.1 x 0.1 cm; 0.0 x 0.0 inches . for a
> .32px.....
> Here one at 8DP for you @
> http://www.hot-text.ath.cx/my_docume...es/favicon.gif right
> click and save as rename favicon.ico
> edit with http://www.irfanview.net/
>
> The Mac apple standard 16px x 16px upto 32px X 32px
>
>
> "rob^_^" <> wrote in message
> news:039F48FB-9541-4A11-A901-...
>> Hi PT,
>>
>> No.
>>
>> The standard for a favicon is 16px x 16px. Some web sites do not honor
>> this standard. <sigh>
>>
>> Mostly websites that say they are standards compliant, but are too lazy
>> to validate their web sites or are using the Total Validator (FX Addon)
>> or cannot interpret the Total validator error and warning reports. Not
>> that the html validators can pick up this issue.
>>
>>
>> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:standard
>>
>> The current recommendation from MS is that web sites should provide both
>> 16px^2 and 22px^2 favicon sizes within an "Icon Group' to accommodate
>> both 90 and 120 DPI screen resolutions.
>>
>> Here's a tweak that will help you understand what favicons are.
>>
>> In IE type shell:sendto
>>
>> This will open up your Sendto folder in Windows Explorer.
>>
>> Right click on the file list (rhs pane) and select New>Shortcut.
>>
>> Enter Notepad.exe, then Notepad. This will add the application
>> notepad.exe (text editor) to your send to context menu in Windows
>> explorer.
>>
>> Type shell:favorites in IE. This will open Windows Explorer at your
>> Favorites folder.
>>
>> Right click on a file of type 'Internet Shortcut' and select
>> Sendto>notepad from the context menu. This will open the Guts of an
>> 'internet shortcut' in notepad.exe for you too look at. Notice the values
>> for Icon and IconIndex.
>>
>>
>> Go back to IE and display the favorites pane. Right click on a 'Internet
>> Shortcut' file in your Favorites pane and select 'Properties', then the
>> Web Document tab, Change Icon button. You will be prompted to change the
>> 'Internet Shortcut' favicon to a whatever your want. Save your changes.
>>
>> Each time IE visits a site that is in your 'Favorites' it reads the meta
>> tag of that page that contains the Favicon address (by default =
>> webroot/favicon.ico) and updates the appropriate 'Internet Shortcut' file
>> (really just a text file with an ini format) to the web sites 'favicon'
>> meta tag value.
>>
>> To prevent this over-riding your custom 'favicon' setting your must also
>> select 'Read Only' when you specify your own custom icon for the Internet
>> Shortcut.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> "PT" <> wrote in message
>> news:e7498974-e29a-42c1-aaa1-...
>>> IE8 Win7 64 bit Home Premium
>>>
>>> I've collected links to a number of websites I visit. Each link ends
>>> up with the website’s icon inside a plain white folder icon.
>>>
>>> But for no reason I can discern, in about half the icons, the
>>> “picture” is full size, occupying the entire folder icon. But on the
>>> others, the “picture” is miniature, about ¼ the size in both height
>>> and width.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to enlarge the shrunken icons?
>>>
>

Hi,

Assuming that you are viewing your favicon collection in a shell folder
(Windows Explorer), Select List or Details view from View menu
or (for a more permanent change)
Select Tools>Folder Options, View tab and change your Folder options to your
preferences.

You can also manually edit the desktop.ini file that you should find in that
folder (it may be hidden if you have hide system files selected in above) to
change the Folder View from Pictures to Files.

Regards.

"rob^_^" <> wrote in message
news:039F48FB-9541-4A11-A901-...
> Hi PT,
>
> No.
>
> The standard for a favicon is 16px x 16px. Some web sites do not honor
> this standard. <sigh>
>
> Mostly websites that say they are standards compliant, but are too lazy to
> validate their web sites or are using the Total Validator (FX Addon) or
> cannot interpret the Total validator error and warning reports. Not that
> the html validators can pick up this issue.
>
>
> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:standard
>
> The current recommendation from MS is that web sites should provide both
> 16px^2 and 22px^2 favicon sizes within an "Icon Group' to accommodate both
> 90 and 120 DPI screen resolutions.
>
> Here's a tweak that will help you understand what favicons are.
>
> In IE type shell:sendto
>
> This will open up your Sendto folder in Windows Explorer.
>
> Right click on the file list (rhs pane) and select New>Shortcut.
>
> Enter Notepad.exe, then Notepad. This will add the application notepad.exe
> (text editor) to your send to context menu in Windows explorer.
>
> Type shell:favorites in IE. This will open Windows Explorer at your
> Favorites folder.
>
> Right click on a file of type 'Internet Shortcut' and select
> Sendto>notepad from the context menu. This will open the Guts of an
> 'internet shortcut' in notepad.exe for you too look at. Notice the values
> for Icon and IconIndex.
>
>
> Go back to IE and display the favorites pane. Right click on a 'Internet
> Shortcut' file in your Favorites pane and select 'Properties', then the
> Web Document tab, Change Icon button. You will be prompted to change the
> 'Internet Shortcut' favicon to a whatever your want. Save your changes.
>
> Each time IE visits a site that is in your 'Favorites' it reads the meta
> tag of that page that contains the Favicon address (by default =
> webroot/favicon.ico) and updates the appropriate 'Internet Shortcut' file
> (really just a text file with an ini format) to the web sites 'favicon'
> meta tag value.
>
> To prevent this over-riding your custom 'favicon' setting your must also
> select 'Read Only' when you specify your own custom icon for the Internet
> Shortcut.
>
> Regards.
>
> "PT" <> wrote in message
> news:e7498974-e29a-42c1-aaa1-...
>> IE8 Win7 64 bit Home Premium
>>
>> I've collected links to a number of websites I visit. Each link ends
>> up with the website’s icon inside a plain white folder icon.
>>
>> But for no reason I can discern, in about half the icons, the
>> “picture” is full size, occupying the entire folder icon. But on the
>> others, the “picture” is miniature, about ¼ the size in both height
>> and width.
>>
>> Is there any way to enlarge the shrunken icons?
>>
>

rob rob rob rob <<Hmm

The DP in a images is not the same as the DP in Windows applications !
One a CAT and ONE A DOG ! They do not work the some way :;
For the DP in Windows applications make Viewing the screen resolutions, For
The Viewers in Windows Only,,
But it can make the images Bigger. but DP in the images is the same o same
O
DP in a images make the Printer resolutions. For how it look on Paper .!
Just Print A Image The DP can Make or Break the Image and look on Paper!!!!
<<< a GOOD DP MAKES A GOOD PICTURE AND A BAD ONE MAKE A BAD LOOKING PICTURE
>>>




"rob^_^" <ie > wrote in message
news:89D04AF9-1692-4730-9EE9-...
> Full details here.
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...94(VS.85).aspx
>
> I was working with my flash memory.
>
> "Hot-text" <hot-> wrote in message
> news:2E98FA5E-AA35-47B5-AD71-...
>> rob rob rob <<Hmm
>>
>> The microsoft standard for a favicon is 32px X 32px upto 64px X 64px
>> 16,7 Millions (24 BitsPerPixel)
>>
>> DP not for screen resolutions, But print size !
>>
>> 8 DP make a print size 10.2 x 10.2 cm; 4.0 x 4.0 inches
>> and 800 DPI make a print size 0.1 x 0.1 cm; 0.0 x 0.0 inches . for a
>> .32px.....
>> Here one at 8DP for you @
>> http://www.hot-text.ath.cx/my_docume...es/favicon.gif right
>> click and save as rename favicon.ico
>> edit with http://www.irfanview.net/
>>
>> The Mac apple standard 16px x 16px upto 32px X 32px
>>
>>
>> "rob^_^" <> wrote in message
>> news:039F48FB-9541-4A11-A901-...
>>> Hi PT,
>>>
>>> No.
>>>
>>> The standard for a favicon is 16px x 16px. Some web sites do not honor
>>> this standard. <sigh>
>>>
>>> Mostly websites that say they are standards compliant, but are too lazy
>>> to validate their web sites or are using the Total Validator (FX Addon)
>>> or cannot interpret the Total validator error and warning reports. Not
>>> that the html validators can pick up this issue.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/search?q=define:standard
>>>
>>> The current recommendation from MS is that web sites should provide both
>>> 16px^2 and 22px^2 favicon sizes within an "Icon Group' to accommodate
>>> both 90 and 120 DPI screen resolutions.
>>>
>>> Here's a tweak that will help you understand what favicons are.
>>>
>>> In IE type shell:sendto
>>>
>>> This will open up your Sendto folder in Windows Explorer.
>>>
>>> Right click on the file list (rhs pane) and select New>Shortcut.
>>>
>>> Enter Notepad.exe, then Notepad. This will add the application
>>> notepad.exe (text editor) to your send to context menu in Windows
>>> explorer.
>>>
>>> Type shell:favorites in IE. This will open Windows Explorer at your
>>> Favorites folder.
>>>
>>> Right click on a file of type 'Internet Shortcut' and select
>>> Sendto>notepad from the context menu. This will open the Guts of an
>>> 'internet shortcut' in notepad.exe for you too look at. Notice the
>>> values for Icon and IconIndex.
>>>
>>>
>>> Go back to IE and display the favorites pane. Right click on a 'Internet
>>> Shortcut' file in your Favorites pane and select 'Properties', then the
>>> Web Document tab, Change Icon button. You will be prompted to change the
>>> 'Internet Shortcut' favicon to a whatever your want. Save your changes.
>>>
>>> Each time IE visits a site that is in your 'Favorites' it reads the meta
>>> tag of that page that contains the Favicon address (by default =
>>> webroot/favicon.ico) and updates the appropriate 'Internet Shortcut'
>>> file (really just a text file with an ini format) to the web sites
>>> 'favicon' meta tag value.
>>>
>>> To prevent this over-riding your custom 'favicon' setting your must also
>>> select 'Read Only' when you specify your own custom icon for the
>>> Internet Shortcut.
>>>
>>> Regards.
>>>
>>> "PT" <> wrote in message
>>> news:e7498974-e29a-42c1-aaa1-...
>>>> IE8 Win7 64 bit Home Premium
>>>>
>>>> I've collected links to a number of websites I visit. Each link ends
>>>> up with the website’s icon inside a plain white folder icon.
>>>>
>>>> But for no reason I can discern, in about half the icons, the
>>>> “picture” is full size, occupying the entire folder icon. But on the
>>>> others, the “picture” is miniature, about ¼ the size in both height
>>>> and width.
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to enlarge the shrunken icons?
>>>>
>>