FavIcons (aka Favorites Icons)
Description: A 16 x 16 or 32 x 32 pixel icon in .ico format. It appears in the browser address bar, preceding your web site's URL, and in the Favorite's Folder or bookmarks list after the page has been bookmarked.
Examples:
In the browser address bar
In the favorites folder after page is bookmarked.
Some browsers (not IE6) support animated icons too.
How do I get one for my web site?
This handy tool from FavIcon From Pics will create one for you from your own image or logo (any size/resolution).
For best results, make sure the graphic you upload is perfectly square or the resulting favicon may come out distorted. Also, keep your graphic simple - nothing too fancy or it won't be legible.
How do I load it?
1. Once created, download the zip file.
2. Unzip the folder and you'll find everything you need.
3. Upload the favicon.ico file to your server's root directory.
4. Insert this line of code between the <Head> </Head> tags on your home or index.html page:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon">
5. If you wish to use an animated icon too, upload the animated_favicon1.gif as above and add this line of code beneath the first one.
<link rel="icon" href="animated_favicon1.gif" type="image/gif">
Tip: To see your icon in the favorites folder, bookmark a page. Close your browser and re-open it. If using IE6, you may need to close and re-open your browser 2 or 3 times.
If you haven't already bookmarked your page, it usually comes up right away. If you have previously bookmarked your page, try clearing out the old bookmark and giving it a go again.
That's all there is to it. We hope you found this tutorial informative and helpful. Please do us a favor and place a back link on your site to ALT-WEB.COM. Thank you.
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