How to Create an Icon for Your URL

Last night I was on the internet doing some research for my next trip to Asia. While I was reading a few articles and different post from different sites, I noticed that a large portion of websites have their own unique icons which are called favicon or bookmark icon.

You probably haven’t heard about it, but I am pretty sure some of you have seen them. This new features allows you to create a small (16X16) small icon and place it on to your website so that when people want to bookmark your site they will be able to see your personal small icon. This feature can be used on any MSIE 5.O and up, Netscape 7 or most up to date browsers.

Here are some simple steps on creating an icon or bookmark for your site:

• Upload an image which you would like to create to www.dynamicdrive.com
• Maximum file size should be no more than 150kB
• Image should be created in a 16 pixels by 16 pixels
• Format should be in Win32 with an extension “.ico”
• File name must be “favicon.ico”
• Upload your file to your website in the same directory where your index.html is located
• Insert between the HEAD section <LINK REL=”SHORTCUT ICON” HREF=”favicon.ico”>

Well, that is it. Your favicon should appear on your browser under the URL address section now.

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