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The source code of the page contains a valid link to a page icon (favicon).
Allows the display, download and possible saving of a favorites icon by all navigators.
Depending on the format that has been chosen for the icon and whee it is stored, use one of the two following link models :
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/img/favicon.png"/> (for png, and alsojpg, gif, etc. formats)<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/img/favicon.ico"/> (The ico Microsoft format which is only recognised by Internet Explorer)Note : These examples are in XHTML.
Check that the icon is displayed in the address bar and/or in the tab header of a graphical web browser.