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Off topic - why the Yahoo favicon?

by hop 17y ago

jmtame 17y ago
probably has something to do with pg's sale of viaweb to yahoo
- pg 17y ago
  In a sense. It's because my site is made with Yahoo Store, and there is no obvious way to change the favicon.
  - hop 17y ago
    Add this to your in the head tag and it should work -- <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> I just emailed you a vanity favicon :)
    - pg 17y ago
      Unfortunately Store doesn't give you access to the head. Is there something I could stick in the body that would work?
      - johnrob 17y ago
        Here's how to get access to the head (took some googling and tinkering): 1) Put editor in advanced mode by clicking on red arrow on top right (you have to be in advanced mode to override a variable) 2) Click 'Variables' link (now it is possible to 'override' the missing Head-tags variable). 3) Override the 'Head-tags' variable by clicking the "Define New Variable" button (even though we want to override) 4) Now you can paste in a tag like this: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://enter-url-here-to-your-store/favicon.ico http://enter-url-here-to-your-store/favicon.ico type="image/x-icon" /> I love yahoo store, but it has some serious usability issues right now ;)
        pg 17y ago
        This is the weirdest thing. You're explaining my own software to me. (The editor is the part of Viaweb I wrote.) I'd forgotten there was a head-tags variable. But thanks to you I've finally been able to get rid of the annoying Yahoo favicon. Incidentally, you don't have to override head-tags. You can just change the global value on the Variables page. Sorry about the usability issues. It was pretty good for 1997.
        hop 17y ago
        I love it that you and the many people you surround yourself with are brilliant web developers - and your site has a 90's almost craigslist asthetic. But like craigslist, it's a very ironic cool and minimalist design that I hope you don't change.
        pg 17y ago
        Actually the design of HN derives from the (old) design of del.icio.us/popular. So it's at least an early 2000s aesthetic.
        hop 17y ago
        Ok, early 2000s aesthetic sans a flash intro. But we're talkin' internet years here so you're still rockin Air Force 1s, but their as popular as ever. And like I said earlier - it doesn't matter. Not like Buffett and his famous annual letters to shareholders are looked down on because he has a "thrifty" site either http://www.berkshirehathaway.com http://www.berkshirehathaway.com Looking at it with firebug, the whole nav is one tall .gif and all the links are mapped via rectangular coordinates. The title for each essay is also a .gif, though they have alt description tags. I know its your baby, but if you managed this with wordpress or another CMS, it would be really easy and you could be much more flexible to add new things. With wordpress, you could make a theme just like your current, but with CSS styled text links and you would just make static pages for all your new essays and whatnot. I could recreate your whole site in about an hour if you'd like.
        deleted 17y ago
ptomato 17y ago
The website runs on the service formerly known as viaweb.

Off topic - why the Yahoo favicon?

by hop 17y ago

Off topic - why the Yahoo favicon?

jmtame 17y ago

probably has something to do with pg's sale of viaweb to yahoo

pg 17y ago
In a sense. It's because my site is made with Yahoo Store, and there is no obvious way to change the favicon.
- hop 17y ago
  Add this to your in the head tag and it should work -- <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico"> I just emailed you a vanity favicon :)
  - pg 17y ago
    Unfortunately Store doesn't give you access to the head. Is there something I could stick in the body that would work?
    - johnrob 17y ago
      Here's how to get access to the head (took some googling and tinkering): 1) Put editor in advanced mode by clicking on red arrow on top right (you have to be in advanced mode to override a variable) 2) Click 'Variables' link (now it is possible to 'override' the missing Head-tags variable). 3) Override the 'Head-tags' variable by clicking the "Define New Variable" button (even though we want to override) 4) Now you can paste in a tag like this: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://enter-url-here-to-your-store/favicon.ico http://enter-url-here-to-your-store/favicon.ico type="image/x-icon" /> I love yahoo store, but it has some serious usability issues right now ;)
      - pg 17y ago
        This is the weirdest thing. You're explaining my own software to me. (The editor is the part of Viaweb I wrote.) I'd forgotten there was a head-tags variable. But thanks to you I've finally been able to get rid of the annoying Yahoo favicon. Incidentally, you don't have to override head-tags. You can just change the global value on the Variables page. Sorry about the usability issues. It was pretty good for 1997.
        hop 17y ago
        I love it that you and the many people you surround yourself with are brilliant web developers - and your site has a 90's almost craigslist asthetic. But like craigslist, it's a very ironic cool and minimalist design that I hope you don't change.
        pg 17y ago
        Actually the design of HN derives from the (old) design of del.icio.us/popular. So it's at least an early 2000s aesthetic.
        hop 17y ago
        Ok, early 2000s aesthetic sans a flash intro. But we're talkin' internet years here so you're still rockin Air Force 1s, but their as popular as ever. And like I said earlier - it doesn't matter. Not like Buffett and his famous annual letters to shareholders are looked down on because he has a "thrifty" site either http://www.berkshirehathaway.com http://www.berkshirehathaway.com Looking at it with firebug, the whole nav is one tall .gif and all the links are mapped via rectangular coordinates. The title for each essay is also a .gif, though they have alt description tags. I know its your baby, but if you managed this with wordpress or another CMS, it would be really easy and you could be much more flexible to add new things. With wordpress, you could make a theme just like your current, but with CSS styled text links and you would just make static pages for all your new essays and whatnot. I could recreate your whole site in about an hour if you'd like.
        deleted 17y ago

ptomato 17y ago

The website runs on the service formerly known as viaweb.