What is a FavIcon?
A FavIcon is a multi-resolution included on nearly all professional developed sites. The FavIcon allows the webmaster to further promote their site, and to create a more customized appearance within a visitor's browser. Often, the FavIcon reflects the look and feel of the website or the organisation's logo.
Where will your FavIcon be seen?
The FavIcon was first popularized by its appearance in the "address bar" and "Favourites Folder" using Internet Explorer and is now a prominant fixture of web browsers such as Mozilla. Each web browser has a unique user interface, and as a result uses the FavIcon in different ways.
How to get a FavIcon?
You can get a FavIcon proffesionally made by a professional company (this costs alot!) or the cheaper alternative is to create one of your own. There is tons of software available to create a FavIcon & online editors to choose from, it's just a case of looking in the right place. ONCE YOU HAVE CREATED A FAVICON BE SURE TO MAKE SURE YOUR FAVICON IS SAVED IN .ICO FORMAT!
How do I add my FavIcon to my site?
To add your FavIcon to your site, simply add in the following code to the head of the HTML script, replacing the target path for the .ICO file with your path to your .ICO file. |
