Search Engine Marketing Tips & Thoughts » web design http://ericsangerma.com PPC & SEO Tips Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:23:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Get a Favicon for Your Blog http://ericsangerma.com/tips/get-a-favicon-for-your-blog http://ericsangerma.com/tips/get-a-favicon-for-your-blog#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:23:04 +0000 Eric http://ericsangerma.com/?p=86 What is a Favicon?

favicon Do you see the Letter E inside your browser in front of the URL of my blog? Well, this is a Favicon.

A favicon is a little 16×16 image displayed inside the browser location’s bar as well as the bookmark menu. It allows your reader to identify your site easily in the middle of all of their bookmarks. It is kind of like a branding for your blog.

How to Create a Favicon?

There are a couple of websites out there that can create a favicon for you instantly and for FREE. I personally use this one here.

You just need to chose a picture or image that you have and upload it on the website and they will create fhe favicon. You then just need to download it to your computer.

How To use a Favicon?

Once you have your nice little favicon, you will need to upload it to your server (usually the public_html folder). To check if you did it right, type http://yourdomainname.com/favicon.ico and it should appear in your browser.

Afterwards you have to insert the following code in the HEAD section of your page or in your header.php page if you’re using a WordPress theme between the <head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://yourdomainname.com/favicon.ico">

Save your changes and it should be all set. Refresh your website page couple of times and it should appear after  a while.

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