Many of you people have seen some icon beside the website url on the address bar. And it obviously comes in our mind what’s that and how it comes there. In the same manner, we see again the same icon on our favorite list or bookmark sites. How it comes there? So guys, I [...]
Table of contents for FaviconsDo your site a favicon.Adding Favicon Code to your blog If you followed my first post in this series you will now know how to create the image needed for your favicon (fav-eye-con) icon. Now we have to point our template/theme to that image for it to appear on our site. As you can see if you look in the address bar here I prepared one in advance
If you host the blog on your own domain
Upload your favicon icon file to the root directory of your blog domain e.g. in my case http://www.sueblimely.com
Now you need to point your site to the location of the uploaded favicon.ico. For Wordpress this involves editing your header.php file and putting the following code between the <head> and </head> tags.
<link rel=”icon” href=”http://yourwebsite/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon” />
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon” />
Using both codes ens
HELLO FRIENDS, AS PROMISED TODAY I AM COMING UP WITH AN INTERESTING SECTION "BLOGGER ADD ONS" THESE ARE BASICALLY DONE TO MAKE YOUR BLOG SO IMPRESSIVE AS I WILL STAND OUT FROM OTHERS.. IF YOU ARE A NEW BLOGGER YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE SECTION OF "HOW TO CREATE A BLOG"..WHICH IS THERE IN MY POPULAR POST SECTION FOR MY OLD READERS CONTINUE READING.. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURE ABOVE THERE IS A FAVICON IN BLOG ADDRESSA favicon (short for "favorites icon" and also known as a page icon), is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage that is displayed in the browser address bar next to a site's URL.NOW WE GO IN DETAIL HOW TO PUT ONE LIKE THIS IN YOUR BLOGSTEP 1:UPLOAD YOUR PHOTO TO A FAVICON FOR PICTURES AT "FAVICON CENTER" THEN AFTER UPLOADING HERE IT WILL GENERATE A FAVICON.ICO FILE NOW STEP 1 IS SUCEESFULLY OVERSTEP 2:THEN GOT TO HOST YOUR FILE SOME WHERE IN THE NET.THERE ARE LOT OF FREE HOSTING SERVICES. I USE "RIPAWAY"..ITS A FREE FILE S
Have you wondered how these little icons appear next to the web addresses, like the one you see above? When you visit the sites or bookmark them, these icons will make these URLs stand out. These are “Favicons” or “Favorite Icons”.You would first need to have an icon which you would like to use, bearing the extension .ico format. If you search your hard disk, you might find some icons which are generic. I would suggest that you create one to represent your own unique identity. There are quite a number of free icon editor software which you can download from the net.As for myself, I went to Download.com site, and downloaded a very small program called Imagicon which can transform images into .ico format. I created an image using Photoshop. You can use any image or pictures if you do not wish to create one. Next, run the program. It is rather simple to use. While you can create icons in 2 sizes – 16x16 and 32x32 – I would think a 16x16 icon is preferable since it is
