Design tip -- Favicons - that small icon in the address bar.

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December 18th, 2008, 8:06 pm

ayelletkod wrote:

A long time ago i have read an article explaining why that happens - why fabicons disappear from favorites list, leaving behind them a regular 'e' logo
It was such a silly reason, nothing to do with downloading programs to fix it.

But theres no chance i can recall where or even when i read it.

I think you can find it previously in this post. Roughly the 1st or 2nd page.

February 21st, 2009, 6:57 pm

wow, I'm impressed - a 4-year long thread!

http://iconfu.com will convert between .gif, .png and .ico images (there's an upload link at the top of the page) ... it's free for icons up to 24x24px

it does much else besides but that's a story for another day

March 12th, 2009, 8:05 am

Best .ico (desktop or favicon) editor, IMO: IcoFX http://icofx.ro/ or for screenshots http://icofx.ro/screenshots.html . Better than some paid apps. I'm actually surprised this thing is free. I use it all the time though.

May 2nd, 2009, 7:47 am

Favicons are needed to help your brand. I believe some browsers don't use favicons though.

June 10th, 2009, 8:14 am

I use Format Factory (http://www.formatoz.com/) or Favicon.cc for an easy in-browser creation. (http://www.favicon.cc/)

August 6th, 2009, 5:08 am

hi
thanks for sharing this info..

August 15th, 2009, 8:18 am

I love favicons...

It helps add a modicum of branding to the sites in our network.

I use the one at dynamic drive:
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

EZPZ

August 15th, 2009, 8:55 am

Here is the way I add an icon image.

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<link rel="icon" href="ICON IMAGE SOURCE" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="ICON IMAGE SOURCE" type="image/x-icon" />
 

1.  
2. <link rel="icon" href="ICON IMAGE SOURCE" type="image/x-icon" />
3. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="ICON IMAGE SOURCE" type="image/x-icon" />
4.  

October 26th, 2009, 8:23 pm

Thanks for that post.