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#How to make a favicon in kompozer for free#
#How to make a favicon in kompozer how to#
#How to make a favicon in kompozer install#
#How to make a favicon in kompozer plus#

if you use the animated_favicon.gif, add it’s respective HTML tags to your web page ( ).if you use the favicon.ico, only add it’s respective HTML tags to your web page ( ).Make sure you distinguish between the favicon.ico and the animated_favicon1.gif:.if you do not have a WordPress site, you need to open your website with your HTML Editor (I use Kompozer) and do the same.

I would go ahead and add the provided HTML tags straight after the tag. You will find your tags in the theme file called header.php.

if you have a WordPress site, log into your wp-admin and go to “Appearance” and “Theme Editor” (I am in WP Version 2.7, previous versions it would be “Design” and “Editor” I think).

In the instructions it reads now “Add following HTML tags to your web page after the tag but before the tag:“.

All you have to do is locate the favicon on your computer and then drag and drop it into the public_html folder of your webspace: So you need to log into your FTP program (I am using FileZilla) and upload your favicon to your webspace. I have chosen the normal “favicon”, not the animated one.

I would only upload the favicon you are going to use to your website.

It can’t hurt to read through the “Read me” text.

#How to make a favicon in kompozer plus#

When you have unzipped the Package, you should have an “animated favicon” and a “favicon” picture plus the “Read me” text on your computer.

#How to make a favicon in kompozer how to#

There are quite good instructions on the website as to how to proceed from here, but I am going to go through it anyway.

Once you have created a favicon you are happy with, click on “Download FavIcon Package” to download it to your computer.

So have a bit of a play around until you come up with one you like! I created mine through You can browse your computer for the image you want to use (I first copied my header picture into my free photobucket album and then cropped it, and saved it back on my computer).

#How to make a favicon in kompozer for free#

There are quite a few sites out there which let you create favicon icons for free you can choose any one of them.

So here is how it goes (even for non-techies!): Browsers that support a tabbed document interface typically show a page’s favicon next to the page’s title.” Wikipedia Browsers that provide favicon support typically display a page’s favicon in the browser’s Address bar and next to the page’s name in a list of bookmarks.

#How to make a favicon in kompozer install#

A web designer can create such an icon and install it into a website (or webpage) by several means, and most graphical web browsers will then make use of it. “A favicon (short for favorite icon, sometimes understood as favorites icon), also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon is a 16×16 pixel square icon associated with a particular website or webpage. Well, I obviously could not resist temptation and start looking around for everything favicon after I now knew what these little pictures were called, and as you might see, – I even created one myself! 🙂 And there, as the first item to do/check for your site was – to create a favicon! Favicons help brand your website, and your visitors will be able to visually pick out your site amongst others much easier. Have you ever wondered how to create favicon icons for your websites or WordPress blogs? Or have you even, like me (-, I don’t know whether I should admit this, this is sort of embarrassing! :0 ), always admired the little icons other websites have next to their website names in the browser, but had no idea how to do the same for your sites because you didn’t even know that they were called “favicons”, so you couldn’t look it up?Īnyway, there I was, not looking to create favicon icons ’cause I didn’t know them, and then I stumbled across this blog post on 15 Essential Checks Before Launching Your Website (great site, btw, you should bookmark it).