| Recently one of my visitor asked me how do
I create that small image next my URL in browser address bar.
Bellow is an explanation how to do it based on my knowledge.
If you know better way, please let me know.
What is Favicon.ico?
Favicon is a small icon which appears next to your URL in
browser address bar.
...or in Bookmarks menu (Favorites in Internet Explorer)
Why would I use it?
If you look around the Internet, you will notice that all
professional web sites use it. It gives more customized appearance
of your site in visitor browser and it also gives more distinct
look of your site in Bookmarks menu by replacing generic browser
icon.
What browsers support it?
Currently all modern browsers support it. Including: Internet
Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Netscape 7.0 and Mozilla.
How do I create Favicon?
Best solution would be to get some of popular icon editors.
If you don't have icon editor, you may use some of the standard
image editors like Photoshop, PaintShop or even Windows paint.
Simply create 16x16 pixels bitmap image with standard 16 or
256 Windows icon colors. You can't put much in such a small
space, but with wright color combinations you may achieve
very effective solutions. When you're done editing, simply
rename file to favicon.ico.
Where do I put Favicon.ico file?
Simply use your favorite FTP program and upload it in root
folder of your web site. Most browser look there for it. You
may also help them by inserting following code in <head>
section of your page:
<link href="favicon.ico"
rel="SHORTCUT ICON" />
This way you ensure that browser will find it. You may also
put favicon file in different folder, like for example, in
your images folder. In that case code may look like this:
<link href="images/favicon.ico"
rel="SHORTCUT ICON" />
Author: Ilir Fekaj
Last update: January 15, 2005
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