Setting favicon on error pages

**lydia09** · 02-28-2010 04:42 PM

Hi everybody,
Does anyone know how to set a favicon on a 404 and 403 error page? I can do it successfully with all the other pages on my site, but not the error pages, and I just want it to look consistent. I use this code in the header of my pages:

Code:

    <HEAD>
         <LINK
            HREF="http://lydiascarletswan.x10hosting.c...es/favicon.ico"
            REL="shortcut icon"
            TYPE="image/x-icon"
        />
    </HEAD>

This code works fine on all my other pages, but for some reason with the error pages, no favicon. I'm using internet explorer, if that helps. Can anyone give me a hand, please? I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks,
Lydia

**Danielx386** · 02-28-2010 04:50 PM

This may sound silly, but I just google, and I found this page: http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/favicon.shtml Is this any help to you?

Daniel

**Danielx386** · 02-28-2010 04:52 PM

Also you could create your own 404 page as well: http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/custom404.shtml

**descalzo** · 02-28-2010 04:53 PM

It works for your site in Firefox and Chrome, but not in IE8. Might be a MS "feature" in IE8

**lydia09** · 02-28-2010 05:05 PM

Thanks everybody,
I appreciate the favicon and custom error page references, but I've done both of those already. My issue is only when I go to an error page, that the favicon doesn't show up.

So, just to be clear,
The page http://lydiascarletswan.x10hosting.com/blah.html does not exist on my site. If I try to go to this page, my custom 404 page shows up. So far, so good. The problem is that my favicon doesn't show up along with the 404 error page.

descalzo, do you mean that the favicon itself works on existing pages in the browsers that you mentioned, or do you mean that the favicon works on existing pages and on the error pages?

I have IE8 too, something tells me I should switch to Firefox.

Thanks,
Lydia

**descalzo** · 02-28-2010 05:10 PM

I meant that the favicon worked on the Error pages when viewed in Firefox and Chrome.

IE8 came with my laptop, and use it for comparison to other browsers.
I downloaded Firefox and use it most of the time.
Just downloaded Chrome to see how my pages display on it.

**lydia09** · 02-28-2010 05:14 PM

Thanks descalzo,
Aha, now I understand. That's good to know that the favicon works on those other browsers; you must be right that it's an IE8 "feature". Pity it's a newer browser. Well, now that means I must embark on a voyage to figure out favicon display in IE8.

Wish me luck!
Thanks,
Lydia

**marshian** · 02-28-2010 05:19 PM

What might help is putting your favicon at http://lydiascarletswan.x10hosting.com/favicon.ico When there is no favicon specified in the head section, this would be where *any* browser *should* look for it.

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