How To Install A Favicon Yup, a favicon.

[WDSnav 0]

Thanks a lot dude. I was looking for this a long time...

I hope I dont sound like a total idiot but...What is a Favicon?lol sounds like a funny word though.

[technocrat 0]

can some1 please tell me which softwre lets me .ico files ? paint and photoshop does not i think

[bladeron 0]

yes, i have done similar tutorials in the past and have also found out that the image does not certainly need to be in .ico formatit has also worked for me .png file formatfor making .ico files you can make use of corel draw, or i use a software called icon developer which converts png file format to .ico

[technocrat 0]

thanx a lot bladeron . great hearing .png can work .. pngs are easier to make .. i mean .. can be made by my photoshop thanx

[hxixm 0]

Thanks! nice tut. will this code work on myspace?

[smartbei 0]

can some1 please tell me which softwre lets me .ico files ? paint and photoshop does not i think

I ask the same question. I assume you cannot just rename .jps eh? . Somone said it takes a while to load - it shouldn't. It is a 16x16 image file, so it should be VERY small, no more then one kb, maaaaaybe two.

[inyourarms 0]

Thanks for posting that I'm thinking of adding a favicon but I just don't know what to put on it!

[wmportugal 0]

Cheers mate..

[sxyloverboy 0]

thats a nice tutorial. i think you did it right as you can see with the feedback many people didnt know what to google for so they couldnt mind any tutorials for it. anyways i was wondering about making the actual .ico file. apart from the photoshop plugin which limits people the actualy getting photoshop in the firsyt place cant you just rename a 'normal' picture to .ico and if you can are there images that you cant rename to .ico that wont work?thanks a lot for answeres

[GeT HeXD 0]

thats a nice tutorial. i think you did it right as you can see with the feedback many people didnt know what to google for so they couldnt mind any tutorials for it.
anyways i was wondering about making the actual .ico file. apart from the photoshop plugin which limits people the actualy getting photoshop in the firsyt place cant you just rename a 'normal' picture to .ico and if you can are there images that you cant rename to .ico that wont work?

thanks a lot for answeres

I'm pretty sure that the answer is no, because .ico is more than an extension, it's how the file is coded. I'm not positive but I believe that is correct.

[BuffaloHelp 24]

Try using some of these free online services to convert your image to icon.

http://favicon.htmlkit.com/favicon/
http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/
http://www.download3000.com/download_9302.html (download)

[poke386 0]

coool. thanks

[sweetpea647 0]

This website is good for generating favicons:
http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/

[gameratheart 0]

Finally I know how it is done! Although, I can't use photoshop... I wonder if there is another way to make an icon...Many thanks.Edit: Thanks buffalo for posting those icon coverters. I should have seen them BEFORE I posted this...

Edited November 10, 2006 by NDPA (see edit history)

[mbweb 0]

thanks this will come in handy