From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 12:40:49 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 821A616A4CE for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:40:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta11.adelphia.net (mta11.adelphia.net [68.168.78.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EF2543D41 for ; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:40:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Barbish3@adelphia.net) Received: from barbish ([67.20.101.71]) by mta11.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with SMTP id <20040325203322.EZGA10255.mta11.adelphia.net@barbish>; Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:33:22 -0500 From: "JJB" To: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:33:21 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 In-Reply-To: <40632FC8.9060700@daleco.biz> Importance: Normal cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: RE: Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Barbish3@adelphia.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 20:40:49 -0000 Thank you, your reply was very informative. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 2:15 PM To: Barbish3@adelphia.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG Subject: Re: Why does favicon.ico show as error in apache log 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 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"