I'm not sure what they are called, but this is what I am talking about: I've got the file right here, just not sure what to do with it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
These pages walk you through how to create one: http://www.htmlkit.com/services/favicon/ http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/ Hope this helps.
Awesome, thanks for the reply. Seems pretty easy. I have one question about this part: Add the following HTML tag to your web page after the <head> tag, before the </head> tag: I'm not sure where the <head> tags are located. If it helps, I'm using vbulletin and wordpress.
Create a 16x16 image and save it as a favicon.ico. Upload it to the root directory and you'll have one. IE sometimes acts a little funny with it. Test it out on another computer.
That doesn't seem to work. In the tutorial, it says to place the image between the <head> tags, but I'm not sure where I would find that. Any ideas?
oh a favicon? I had to download a plugin to use in photoshop for creating .ico files. I can upload it for you if you need it.
You need a plugin for making in photoshop. And you put it between your <head> </head> tags at the top of your HTML document.
i made one in photoshop and saved it just favicon.ico I don´t have any special plugins for making favicons. and here´s how i put it: <head> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.koti.mbnet.fi/thinner/epistemp/favicon.ico"/> </head> works great in FF, but as tennisplayer said it acts sometimes funny in IE. Like IE couldn´t find the favicon. But at least it works in FF
Thats cause IE looks for a real .ico file. I mean I could name a html file's extention .ico, doesn't mean it is an icon. Anyone want the plugin? I'll upload it if someone does.
There's also a "plugin" of sorts for GIMP... actually a command-line tool you'd use in Linux, no clue what you'd do if you're using Gimp with Windows or Mac... Save as 16 by 16 as normal, save file as favicon.ppm and when you hit save you are asked how to save the file, choose Raw. Then in command line, type ppmtowinicon -output favicon.ico favicon.ppm Code (markup): . If bash says no such command, I think you can download it from http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/
Thank you. I've found it and it works on my forums. I haven't figured out how to make it work on my wordpress blog though. Any help on that. Not sure where to place the <head> code tags.
I'm not sure about your setup, but on my wordpress blog, I'd edit this file and put the link tag in the head section: /wp-content/themes/[your_theme_name]/header.php For example: /wp-content/themes/default/header.php /wp-content/themes/classic/header.php (but replace with the theme you're using)