Did you check the page code to see if it includes a link to the favicon?

• "3-bar" menu button > Developer > Page Source
• Tools > Web Developer > Page Source (Ctrl+U)
• right-click on the web page and select "View Page Source"

You can check the Network Monitor (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer).

• https://developer.mozilla.org/Tools/Network_Monitor
• https://developer.mozilla.org/Tools/Web_Console

If necessary use Command+Shift+R to reload the page and bypass the cache to generate a fresh log.

Hi cor-el, not sure if I am doing it correctly as this is new area for me.

I went to page source as you directed of the web page where the FavIcon does in fact get saved on my Bookmarks Toolbar.

I searched favicon

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

so that looks like blank to me. so really no idea what I am suppose to do with that.

Yes, that is OK. In this case the favicon is in the default location in the website's root folder.

• http://xxxx.com/favicon.ico

For the favicons you can look at this extension:

• Bookmark Favicon Changer - Sonthakit: https://sites.google.com/site/sonthakit/bookmarkfaviconchanger

You need to right-click the "Free Install" button and select "This Frame > Open Frame in New Tab" to be able to allow the website to install the extension.

• https://sites.google.com/site/sonthakit/bookmarkfaviconchanger

hi cor-el. I am not clear, sorry from your reply 1) are you saying the page source is not helpful that you guided me to go to before, or do I need to search for something different?

and lets say there is something in this line of code <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico" />

what would I do it with it to get to get it? --- I tried this link you shared. click and right click.. but after 1-2 sec the web page opens tobig fat page of code.. crikey... not very welccoming.. so essentially no idea... If i was very quick i could get to the free install button, but then the big fat page of code apepared... so am not sure...

I am on mac osx yosemite 10.10. maybe its only for windows users.

something

You need to use a valid link with the xxxx in my above reply replaced by the actual domain of the website.

This website uses:

• https://support.cdn.mozilla.net/static/sumo/img/firefox-16.png?v=1

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

You rock! cor-el.

Thankyou thankyou thankyou! I am absolutely delighted. I am so visual, that not having my favicons on my busy bookmark toolbar slows.. me down..

Firstly,

Navigated to a page where the favicon is showing on tab

Then to source the bookmark's favicon

For the web pages, and the page source view, no favicon found via search.

• In a new Tab, entered the URL e.g.[domain]/favicon.ico
• dragged the icon from the page to my desktop

OR

For the web pages, where the page source had a favicon

• Clicked the link in the page source page and it took me directly to the favicon
• On the image, right click and selected "Save Image As" (drag drop did not work)

Then:

• Renamed the favicon from generic name (e.g. favicon.ico or index.ico) to unique name

• Moved the favicon into the "folder" that the new addon creates to stores favicons e.g.

Firefox/profiles/[profilename]/chrome/BookmarksFolderImages

• restarted Fx browser for the updated image collection to take effect (as per the Addon's Help Guide)

• Used the addon's option "Set Bookmarks Favicons Images", to assign to desired bookmark on bookmark toolbar.

Done!

slight update for completeness: Where I could not find any favicon, using pagesource, this online generator of favicons (upload an image and outputs a favicon), was very helpful.

http://www.favicon-generator.org/

-- one bad thing -- the favicon showing my bookmark toolbar, via this great addon, is not showing in the bookmark manager. Not sure why. That does get a bit confusing. I use bookmark manager all day.

But at least theey are now on my bookmark toolbar!

and I also fixed ones that never ever had an icon. cool!