Rikeku
09-17-2006, 04:47 PM
A favicon is a Favourites Icon. It was first madeby microsoft for internet explorer.
How to make one, firstly all of them are 16*16 but the imagecan be 32*32 or even 64*64 but for best compatibility it'sbest to leave it as 16*16. Also again for best compatibility you'll want to be able to save it as an .ico (windows icon filetype).
Now once you have done all this and potentionally downloaded the ico plugin( although I know GIMP already can) and saved your favicon as favicon.ico you need to know how to instate it.
Now all you do is upload the file named 'favicion' to your server in the home folder, (public_html/ or www/ or where-ever you files are). Now spome web browsers will already be finding it,but forhighest compatibility youneed to add this piece of code.
with out the :
<link rel='shortcut icon' href='/favicon.ico' />
<link rel='link name here' href='a link here' />
just fillin the gaps.
Favicons always make your site look clever so try it. It's simple.
How to make one, firstly all of them are 16*16 but the imagecan be 32*32 or even 64*64 but for best compatibility it'sbest to leave it as 16*16. Also again for best compatibility you'll want to be able to save it as an .ico (windows icon filetype).
Now once you have done all this and potentionally downloaded the ico plugin( although I know GIMP already can) and saved your favicon as favicon.ico you need to know how to instate it.
Now all you do is upload the file named 'favicion' to your server in the home folder, (public_html/ or www/ or where-ever you files are). Now spome web browsers will already be finding it,but forhighest compatibility youneed to add this piece of code.
with out the :
<link rel='shortcut icon' href='/favicon.ico' />
<link rel='link name here' href='a link here' />
just fillin the gaps.
Favicons always make your site look clever so try it. It's simple.