Favicon:(n.) Short for favorites icon. The little square icon/ picture that appears to the left of the URL in an address bar in a browser. Also, the icon to the left of a website name when you bookmark the page.
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To create a favicon:
1. Go to a favicon generator site such as favicon.cc or browse for a free, already created one at Free Favicon. The image must be very small, and perfectly square (16×16 pixels), so think simple. Complex pictures don’t work.
2. Download the favicon to your desktop. Right click on the file, and if it isn’t already an .ico file change the name to read favicon.ico
3. Next, past this code in between your <head> <head/> tags or on Thesis, go to Thesis Options in the very bottom left hand corner and then go here, to header scripts:
Copy this code into the box, and change the url to your website name.
4. Next, go to your FTP software, and drag and drop the favicon.ico that you just created on your desktop into your root directory. Your root directory is the most basic folder where all the other files to your website live. In my Filezilla FTP it looks like this:
5. Refresh your web page, and voila! Your favicon appears. This techy stuff is like magic sometimes.
**Note: there are multiple ways to upload a favicon, but this is the one that seems to be easiest for me.
Another great tutorial about inserting an favicon is here.
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Favicons are like the cherry on the cake in that they add that finishing touch to any website. However, getting them to stick can be a pain. They are temperamental in any browser….good tutorial.