FavIcon Comments

A FavIcon is the icon that you will see display next to your URL address if it has been set up for that particular web site. It is a 16x16 or 32x32 and ony 2 or 16 colours, saved as a 'ico' file.

After you've created a neat favicon, it's time to add it to your site. To do so, follow the below simple procedure:

1. Upload the generated file ("favicon.ico") to your site. Verify it's there by typing:
http://mysite.com/favicon.ico
in the browser's location, where "mysite.com" is your site's address.

2. Next, insert the below code in the HEAD section of your pages, at the very least, your site's main index page:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />

3. That's it! Note that your favicon may not appear immediately after you've completed the above two steps. In fact, it may take a few days, and in IE, sometimes the favicon will disappear from time to time due to a browser bug.

Jim A. Creak
Last modified: 11 September 2007.

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1.	Upload the generated file ("favicon.ico") to your site. Verify it's there by typing: http://mysite.com/favicon.ico in the browser's location, where "mysite.com" is your site's address.
2.	Next, insert the below code in the HEAD section of your pages, at the very least, your site's main index page: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
3.	That's it! Note that your favicon may not appear immediately after you've completed the above two steps. In fact, it may take a few days, and in IE, sometimes the favicon will disappear from time to time due to a browser bug.