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Old 27-08-2007, 02:24 PM
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Default Use favicons to make your site stand out from the crowd.

I'm sure you've all seen them before, you know those little icons next to the URL in your title bar or on your favourites list?

This is how you make one.

Create a 16 X 16px gif to your own design, then save it as favicon.ico. You have to make sure it is a proper ,ico file and not just another image format with a .ico extension. If your S/W can't do this you can convert it on www.favicon.co.uk. You then upload it to the root of your website. Most browsers will pick it up automatically but just to be on the safe side stick this line between the <head> tags on your homepage.

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />

If you don't see immediate results on your browser (IE is particularly bad for this) then you may need to clear out your internet cache.
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