How to Create a “Favicon.ico” File
Ever wondered how they put those little pictures in the the website URL, well it’s pretty easy. Simply use a free photo editor like Gimp or anything that will let you crop and re-size your images, you could also create your own if your a bit creative, but I just used our picture. “Another 15 seconds of fame for me” 
Do you think a video would be better or is this clear enough? Let me know what you think…
Ok let’s get going…
1. Create or choose a picture that you want to use as your website symbol or brand. That’s me and Sonya “Hansom beast aren’t I…” 
2. I simply used our picture and took it into fireworks, cropped the area I wanted.
3. Then re-sized it to 16X16 pixels.
Yes, it is freak’n tiny! 
just save it as favicon.ico thats it! Don’t save it as picturename.favicon.ico If you really want to go the extra mile, you can also create a 32X32 pixel icon, which will automatically be scaled down to size for the Favorites menu and the location bar. Apparently you can put both 16X16 and 32X32 pixel icons into the same icon file. Windows will use the 16X16 for its menus and the 32X32 when the user opens up a folder that is set to display large icons. It’s not really necessary if you couldn’t be bothered.
4. Save the image as an ICO file (named “favicon.ico“). NOT “picturename.favicon.ico” I emphasize this because I initially made this mistake…Duh!
I was lucky someone told me to check before I waited too long to figure it out…Upload it to your website. There’s no need to upload one to every directory of your site if you don’t want to waste space – just put it in your root directory and the web browsers that support favicons will locate it eventually.Note: It can take a day or so before you see it, so just have patience.
What If? My Web Host Doesn’t Allow ICO Files!
If your hosting company won’t allow files with the .ICO extension to be uploaded, you could try to work around it by uploading it (in binary mode) with some other extension (like GIF). Once it’s on your site, rename it using your FTP program to the correct extension or get a hosting service that will allow it.
PS. Don’t ask me how to do this because I don’t know! I have never had to find out. Google, Yahoo, Bing it.
Or Get a Hosting Service That will Let You.
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