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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 28, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-bookmarks-pretty-pictures/74083 "2001-07-28T14:37:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:**  [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-bookmarks-pretty-pictures/74083/1 "2001-07-28T14:37:40Z")
I’m a (very) amateur blogger (sort of), and I’ve looked for but cannot find information about:
When I bookmark some sites, in my “favorites” folder appears a small icon next to the bookmark with a graphic that relates to that site, rather than the little “ie” graphic. Does anyone know how to do that? I tried searching on a few different combinations of keywords, but nothing came up…
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**Author:**  [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-bookmarks-pretty-pictures/74083/2 "2001-07-28T15:24:00Z")
[Custom IE 5 Favorites Icon](http://www.pageresource.com/zine/favie.htm)
I haven’t tried it myself, but it appears simple enough.
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**Author:**  [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/html-bookmarks-pretty-pictures/74083/3 "2001-07-28T15:49:32Z")
Wow. Thank you. Perfect. Awesome. Thank you.