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Maple

Can we please get...

Postby Maple » Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:13 am

...a favicon for DDBB? I am so used to keeping my BBs tabbed, having a recognizable graphic would be much appreciated.

And, it would seem a little bit like home <sniff>.

PS - it seems after the initial whirlwind, traffic on UDBB ob Facebook has dropped off considerably.
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M&M
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby M&M » Sat Oct 17, 2015 3:59 am

I find this a much more readable format than UDBB on FB.

What's a favicon, Maple?
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Pippigirl » Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:42 am

M&M wrote:I find this a much more readable format than UDBB on FB.

What's a favicon, Maple?


Yes, I find this easier as well!
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carpevita

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Postby carpevita » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:25 am

Yup, me too.
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Woost2 » Sat Oct 17, 2015 11:42 am

It's the little graphic icon that marks a saved site. On the bookmark bar and in front of the URL.

Facebook is pretty hopeless for threaded conversations.
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Suzon » Sat Oct 17, 2015 9:38 pm

Yup, when the UDBB went belly up, I mourned giving up the favicon for a generic "page" icon...is that a genericon? My favorites bar just doesn't feel the same.
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Chancellor » Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:39 am

Right now, I am at a friends wedding in Maine and I am trying to keep ahead of the technical stuff. I will try to do this eventually....but I would appreciate keeping all this stuff in the thread at the top of the forums. That is my to do list.
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Helygen

Re: Can we please get...

Postby Helygen » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:08 pm

Chancellor,

Add the following to the <head> section of the bulletin board:

Code: Select all

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico">


And add the attached file to the root folder:
favicon.zip
(522 Bytes) Downloaded 539 times
(unzip it first to extract the favicon.ico file - couldn't attach it here as is)

Just noticed your comment about adding to the sticky post, so I added a copy of this post to that one. :)
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Chancellor » Sun Oct 18, 2015 1:55 pm

Thanks Helygen. I will do that. I'm not sure how easy it is with PHPBB though. There are a ton of html files to figure out.
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Helygen

Re: Can we please get...

Postby Helygen » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:39 pm

There should only be one file that has the <head> tag (may even be in head.php, index.php, or page.php) and then you'll just need to add that bit of code before the closing </head> tag.

One program that I find really helpful for sorting through oodles of code is called Agent Ransack, it's free and really easy to use. Saves so much time but will only work if you have the code on your computer...
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Chancellor » Mon Oct 19, 2015 2:26 pm

Helygen,
I am a programmer by trade so know tons about html etc. I am still trying to adjust to the PHP thing since I am a windows programmer in real life. While I wrote PHP years ago, I haven't in a very long time....And then there is the little matter of time.
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby AmityBee » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:18 pm

...it's there! :D
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Chancellor » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:36 pm

:D
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Canyon » Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:56 pm

Yay! Thank you, Chancellor, for chipping away at our requests.

FWIW, I had to delete my browsing history to get it to show up; rebooting was not enough.
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby svvdressage » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:13 am

Yeah!! Thank you!!
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby Suzon » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:38 am

:D :D :D OOOH look what we have. :D :D :D
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Helygen

Re: Can we please get...

Postby Helygen » Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:57 am

No problem Chancellor - hazard of my daily job providing technical support specifically with PHP. I don't assume any level of knowledge so just offered some direction to save you some time hunting.
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Maple

Re: Can we please get...

Postby Maple » Tue Oct 20, 2015 1:53 am

Oh! Oh! It didn't show up until I logged back in!
Thanks, Chance!
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Re: Can we please get...

Postby AnnCohrs » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:44 pm

oh excellent
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