No reason not to have a custom favicon

There is no reason not to place a favicon.ico on your website. Doing so shows you are one that looks after detail. The favicon will show up not only at the top of your page but will also show up in your users bookmarks. This small thing can have a big impact. You do not even need to make your own custom favicon using image editing software. The link below will take you to a site that will make one for you. Your favicon can be a photo of yourself, your website logo and any other thing you might think of.

Click here to create your favicon


After you make your favicon just add this to the head of your page:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="../path-to-icon.ico" />

Code (markup):

Also see my post Brilliant Button Maker


That’s it your done. To see a favicon click a link in my signature.

Thank You
John Sharp

 

I got one o' them favicon generators, too
And a FREE Flash banner creator.

 

I agree completely why would you not have one it also helps you build an image for your brand

 

Yep, having one of those is a great feature. Unfortunately many sites overlook them.

While having one in your root folder will apply the icon globally, you are also able to link them to individual documents, in the same way that you would link to an external javascript or css file.

 

it is just like a logo of a product, it is important I think..

 

thanks for the link, just done mine

 

Another website I have come across generally browsing around the web is http://www.GenerateFavicons.com

You have to check out their web design - its awesome

 

The purpose of using favicon is to create the brand awareness of the website. Just like other products, if the name of the product is branded by creative symbolic or a logo, the product will be easily recognized by the user, and using favicon is to create the uniqueness of the website.

Thank you for the links

 

How can I use this with Blogger??

 

I have never used Blogger so I have no idea... if you have access to the header of your site should be simple...

 

Guys, come on... Please, it's this sort of thing that we have google.com for

http://how2make.blogspot.com/2007/02/adding-custom-favicon-to-your-blogger.html

http://rumblinglankan.com/145/how-to-add-a-favicon-in-blogger/

shaliwahan.pati, please man, try to use a search engine. If you have trouble with the article or tuts that you find, then come back and ask for help. But at least have the initiative to try and learn on your own. I don't mean to be rude. But learning through search engines and tutorials is one of the most important things that any web designer, developer, or just plain geek can do.

 

I don't think it will bee to long before favicons appear a little bigger and with more detail. Don't be surprised if animated favicons soon become standard.

I remember once seeing them appear in search engines next to website links which I thought was a nice touch.