I think you are going to get that in most the Launchers as well. Some Apps have it embedded in the upper right corner but that's just with-in the App.
I use PandaHome , I have had it for sometime and it just works for me. If you were referring to my screen shot they are not there as it's the Lock screen , once unlocked they show
I see that you have reddit.com on ur homepage, how do I get the reddit icon?! When I set the webpage that I'm on to my home screen it puts some red flag looking icon with the site name but bot the actual site logo.