Monday 22 April 2013

The Implementation of Favicons

As a web designer, you need to know exactly how to design a favicon.
The first question that should always come to your mind is... What's
the use of implementing a favicon? It's quite simple when you think about it; Icons are importanticons are the ultimate reason for those re-visits your get from those who happens to lend in your website. 

HOW VALUABLE ARE FAVICONS?

As a web content writer; I do a lot of research, which requires me to
save pages or bookmark a website for later usage. After saving a web
page, I can go on and do some more research. Later when I return to
view my saved pages; the only way to differentiate between those
pages I've saved up, is through favicons. If those pages had no favicons, it would be twice as hard to find previously saved information.


HOW TO DESIGN A FAVICON?


The thing Is... you already have a favicon. That logo of yours is a favicon itself. What you need to do right now is to convert it to a smaller size (16x16) for it to be recognizable to any type of web browser. It’s either you create it yourself or use a favicon generator online. The file name of your favicon should always be 'favicon.ico'.

WHERE TO LOCATE A FAVICON? You must always put your favicon in the same folder as your index page. That way it can be viewed directly inside the address bar. A user will recognize it next to your URL. A great example is Technard.
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