Create a Favicon for you website
If you are my loyal reader’s, you should noticed I have just added a favicon to my blog. You can see a favicon beside your browser’s URL box, tab and bookmark when browsing my blog.
Ok wait, what is favicon?
Favicon is a small icon associated with a website. Here’s a screenshot of my blog favicon (aka favorites icon).
[red circle area are the favicon]
Favicon in browser url box
Favicon in tab
To create your own favicon:
Steps
1) Find a favicon creator like:
- http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/
- http://www.favicon.co.uk/
Simply upload your image and it will generate favicon for you.
2) Once you have generate the favicon.ico, upload favicon.ico to your webroot (http://www.example.com)
3) Paste the following code inside your website html header.
<head>
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”favicon.ico”>
</head>
4) Now, open your page. The new icon should be displayed in your browser’s URL box and/or tab.
5) To test the favicon after updating your web page, the Favicon Validator can check the favicon files and tags on your website.
6) Done
To create a favicon in wordpress, you can refer the following link
http://codex.wordpress.org/favicon.ico
In this blog, I'll share my knowledge, discovery and experience related to IT and administering Linux. Most articles on this site are IT related and My Life journal. 
Or, subscribe via email: