Thursday, March 6, 2008
Defining a Favicon
The original means of defining a favicon was by placing a file called favicon.ico in the root directory of a web server. This would then automatically be used in Internet Explorer's favorites (bookmarks) display. Later, however, a more flexible system was created, using HTML to indicate the location of an icon for any given page. This is achieved by adding two link elements in the head section of the document as detailed below. In this way, any appropriately sized (16×16 pixels or larger) image can be used, and although many still use the ICO format, other browsers now also support the PNG and animated GIF image formats.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Is Your Site Brandable
Most times people remember websites by the ease of their names. Think Google, Yahoo etc., however don't you know people also remember websites by their Favicons, think the red Y! in Yahoo for instance. Whenever you see that you remember Yahoo and hence most popular site are always cramming for that real estate at the top of your Browser called toolbar area. For easy site recognition always have a Favicon....
Sunday, January 20, 2008
How To Create A Favicon Ico File For A Website
Favicon is the acronym for- "Favorites Icon". A favicon is a tiny graphic that replaces the standard web page icon in your browser's Address bar. It is a small image placed in the web site root directory and is a resource file used by web sites to customize a visitor's experience of the site in their browser. The favicon is the very small image that is displayed to the left of the URL in your browser address bar. The border is only one or two pixel wide ( 16 x 16 pixels or 32 x 32) and it can also be animated. Creating your own Favicon is a pretty easy process and can be done using various software.
Click here to create a favicon using free favicon software or get free graphic software..Infanview
A favicon is NOT a simple bitmap image, as some may believe neither is it a gif nor a jpg but carries it own file extension (ICO) so it it referred to as a favicon.ico file, e.g., example.ico. People use a favicon ico file to easily recognize a website. Look at your address bar when you go to websites like Yahoo, Google or MSN, do you see the Y, G or Butterfly, those are favicons and wherever you see them, even without the names associated with them, you would recognize these as the various websites.
Therefore, creating an outstanding favicon is particularly important for website branding and personalize branding, thus having a favicon is yet another way to establish your brand. In the modern versions of many browsers such as Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla etc.., the favicon is always automatically displayed. However in Internet Explorer the favicon is displayed on the Favorites menu and on the address bar. IE associates favicons with bookmarks (favorites)So you must first add the page to Favorites.
The favicon will appear on the browser address bar and on the Favorites menu, the second time you visit the page added to Favorites. If the favicon doesn't appear even after bookmarking and revisiting the web page, restarting the browser should address the issue. The only way to restore a favicon is to delete the link from the Favorites folder and recreate it.
A good favicon should be original, simple and fits the logo and color schemes used in the web site for which it is intended. Favicons are also an easy way for a visitor to recognize your site in their bookmarks, as the favicon is saved along with the bookmark and is an important part of a corporation identity. After creating your favicon, you simply copy in a line of code to your web page and then upload the favicon and web page to your server.
If you want the icon to appear you must upload a file named favicon. When someone bookmarks your page, the browser will look for an icon file called favicon and display it, so ensure you upload the file to the root folder of your web site. If you thought it takes a whole lot of work and gurus in web design to create a favicon, think again. There are some sites that will help you create your icon from your logo without using a graphics program or you can use this program to do so.
Click here to create a favicon using free favicon software or get free graphic software..Infanview.
My reservation about creating favicons with these website are that the have a record of my favicons and if I have decided not to use a particular favicon at that point in time, what is to stop them from selling or giving it away. In the process I would lose my favicon identity and thus my branding ability. Most site don't guarantee against this. If you have the software I recommended (Irfanview) or need to download it Irfanview....download it here...it is Free.
Get videos about creating favicons, websites and other graphics here....Great Stuff !!
Simple Steps To Create Favicon Ico File, Website and Graphics
1. Download Videos -shows step by step process including creating graphic, websites etc..
2. Download and install Irfanview (free graphics software)
3. Download and install Adsen (free favicon software)
3. Create favicon from graphic file on your computer
4. Upload favicon to root folder on your website (not images folder)
There you have it easy ways to brand your website for easy recognition . Remember to find our more about creating websites and graphics for favicons or otherwise.....click here.
Click here to create a favicon using free favicon software or get free graphic software..Infanview
A favicon is NOT a simple bitmap image, as some may believe neither is it a gif nor a jpg but carries it own file extension (ICO) so it it referred to as a favicon.ico file, e.g., example.ico. People use a favicon ico file to easily recognize a website. Look at your address bar when you go to websites like Yahoo, Google or MSN, do you see the Y, G or Butterfly, those are favicons and wherever you see them, even without the names associated with them, you would recognize these as the various websites.
Therefore, creating an outstanding favicon is particularly important for website branding and personalize branding, thus having a favicon is yet another way to establish your brand. In the modern versions of many browsers such as Firefox, Netscape, Opera, Mozilla etc.., the favicon is always automatically displayed. However in Internet Explorer the favicon is displayed on the Favorites menu and on the address bar. IE associates favicons with bookmarks (favorites)So you must first add the page to Favorites.
The favicon will appear on the browser address bar and on the Favorites menu, the second time you visit the page added to Favorites. If the favicon doesn't appear even after bookmarking and revisiting the web page, restarting the browser should address the issue. The only way to restore a favicon is to delete the link from the Favorites folder and recreate it.
A good favicon should be original, simple and fits the logo and color schemes used in the web site for which it is intended. Favicons are also an easy way for a visitor to recognize your site in their bookmarks, as the favicon is saved along with the bookmark and is an important part of a corporation identity. After creating your favicon, you simply copy in a line of code to your web page and then upload the favicon and web page to your server.
If you want the icon to appear you must upload a file named favicon. When someone bookmarks your page, the browser will look for an icon file called favicon and display it, so ensure you upload the file to the root folder of your web site. If you thought it takes a whole lot of work and gurus in web design to create a favicon, think again. There are some sites that will help you create your icon from your logo without using a graphics program or you can use this program to do so.
Click here to create a favicon using free favicon software or get free graphic software..Infanview.
My reservation about creating favicons with these website are that the have a record of my favicons and if I have decided not to use a particular favicon at that point in time, what is to stop them from selling or giving it away. In the process I would lose my favicon identity and thus my branding ability. Most site don't guarantee against this. If you have the software I recommended (Irfanview) or need to download it Irfanview....download it here...it is Free.
Get videos about creating favicons, websites and other graphics here....Great Stuff !!
Simple Steps To Create Favicon Ico File, Website and Graphics
1. Download Videos -shows step by step process including creating graphic, websites etc..
2. Download and install Irfanview (free graphics software)
3. Download and install Adsen (free favicon software)
3. Create favicon from graphic file on your computer
4. Upload favicon to root folder on your website (not images folder)
There you have it easy ways to brand your website for easy recognition . Remember to find our more about creating websites and graphics for favicons or otherwise.....click here.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Favicon idea
When creating your favicon make sure that it is as simple as ever because you want it to be easily recognizable in the address bar. Do not use fancy graphics or letters but stick to basic colors, letters and numbers. As a matter of fact the favicon should be your logo and your logo should be simple.
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