How do I get mozilla firefox to display bookmarks on my toolbar with an icon related to the marked website instead of a blank page icon?

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great question! i was wondering the same thing recently!!! i have a few drop down bookmarks and some of the sites in them have their icons, and some don’t. it drives me crazy!!!

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