favicon.ico..........the icon is black!

[GC74]

I have created an icon called favicon.ico 16x16x16 and I am having the following problem: it looks fine in the MyComputer window but when using I.E. the icon appears black. <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">
Does any1 know what the problem can be?

[antonye]

You've either uploaded the icon file in the wrong mode (ie, as ASCII instead of Binary) and the file has become corrupt, or your icon is not of a true Windows standard.

[GC74]

Well, the upload in BINARY for sure, what do you suggest I can use in order to make a valid icon?

[WebHead]

This won't exactly fix your problem, but it might help a little. Go to http://www.favicon.com/ and create your favicon from there. I'm suspecting that the one you created may not be a true favicon (favicon's have very picky requirements). But you can create a cool one from this website. Good Luck.

[GC74]

it didn't fix it. Still same problem <IMG SRC="smilies/confused.gif" border="0">

[MacGyver]

Is your webserver/webspace able to host files with the ICO extension? If it's Geocities I'm betting it's not. Try downloading and installing one of the pre-made favicons from www.favicon.com and see if that works at all. If not, your web server is probably to blame.