Tiny Updates, how to add a FavIcon

WebMaster | | April 20, 2007 4:00 pm

Unfortunately I didn’t really “blog” this week. I tried to a couple of times but the entries just ended up being depressing to tell you the truth. I’ve just been having the Virginia Tech shooting on my mind, and I wrote a blog about it, but I changed my mind and decided not to publish it because I think the media is covering it enough, and I don’t want to add to it.

My heart goes out to all of those who have lost a loved one in the VTech shooting. heart

That being said, I’ve been busy with school and used my spare time to make minor tweaks to my site… I doubt many have noticed, but I have just added a FavIcon to my site! (Look at my URL addy, a FavIcon is the little image that is shown right before the “http://”).

It’s really easy to add a FavIcon to your website, let me briefly explain it here~

  1. Create a 16×16 or 32×32 image that you would like to use as your icon.
  2. Go to html-kit.com/favicon and upload your image there!
  3. Follow the directions given, basically download the favicon.ico file they have created for you and upload that file to your server’s directory (where your index.html file is).
  4. And finally, add the following code between your index.html <head> </head> tags:
    <link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico” >

Then you’re done! Just check out your site (you might need to refresh your page) and see your icon! :happy: I plan on sharing info that I’ve learned, like the favicon thing, in my Extras section. It’ll basically include some useful information for webmasters/designers. And I’ll go on and add non-internet information on there as well… but that’ll be much, much later.

I guess that’s it for now, going to go eat! I’m hungry lol.. bye~

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4 Comments

  1. Mike says:
    April 20, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    Hi Maria…thanks for joining my paltry little neighborhood at BlogCatalog :)

    Good idea with the favicon. It seems like such a minor thing to add but it really does make it easier to identify sites in your bookmarks, especially if you haven’t visited them in a while =)

  2. lyndonmaxewell says:
    April 22, 2007 at 10:42 am

    Well, all I can say is.. Cheer up! It is only a moment before you become happier again! :)

  3. Syaf The Geek says:
    April 23, 2007 at 3:43 am

    Finally you got your own favicon. Cool! hehe

  4. Mike says:
    April 25, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    Hi Maria! Here’s that thingy you asked me about for making the little links beneath posts :)

    http://www.calevans.com/view.php/page/notable

    If you need any help with how to implement it, feel free to email me =)

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