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Wikipedia's favicon, shown in Firefox. A favicon (/ ˈ f æ v. ɪ ˌ k ɒ n /; short for favorite icon), also known as a shortcut icon, website icon, tab icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more small icons [1] associated with a particular website or web page.
External links usually display an icon at the end of the link. CSS is used to check for certain filename extensions or URI schemes and apply an icon specific to that file type, based on the selected skin. [1] This page contains example URLs to demonstrate the link icons. The displayed icon only depends on the URL itself.
In this example, the image data is encoded with utf8 and hence the image data can broken into multiple lines for easy reading. Single quote has to be used in the SVG data as double quote is used for encapsulating the image source. A favicon can also be made with utf8 encoding and SVG data which has to appear in the 'head' section of the HTML:
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Use this template to display a Wikipedia icon followed by a link. Set the first parameter as the icon's class or name (as given at {{ icon }} ). Set the second parameter as the link's name:
Permalinks are usually denoted by text link (i.e. "Permalink" or "Link to this Entry"), but sometimes a symbol may be used. The most common symbol used is the hash sign, or #. However, certain websites employ their own symbol to represent a permalink such as an asterisk, a dash, a pilcrow (¶), a section sign (§), or a unique icon.
File:Icon External Link.png: Author: File:Icon External Link.png: anonymous at MediaWiki (or someone else, whose work MediaWiki used) uploaded to Commons by Metalhead64; derivative work Mareklug; Non-pixel version: TMg; Other versions: SVG development
An inline link may display a modified version of the content; for instance, instead of an image, a thumbnail, low resolution preview, cropped section, or magnified section may be shown. The full content is then usually available on demand, as is the case with print publishing software – e.g., with an external link .