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Asked: 2026-05-21T23:48:24+00:00

To embed a favicon on a webpage we use the <link> element. Something like

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To embed a favicon on a webpage we use the <link> element. Something like this:

<link rel="What goes here?" type="What goes here?" href="/favicon.ico"/>

What value do I put in the rel and type attributes?

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  1. Editorial Team

    http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

    <link rel="icon" 
     type="image/png" 
      href="http://example.com/myicon.png">

    according to wikipedia the above is not supported by IE

    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/myicon.ico" />

    this solution seems the best to me: –

    favicon.ico located in the web site's root
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