For the keeners among you who never let anything slip through the cracks, you may have noticed the Sharysoft logo in the URL address bar as well as the browser tab. A lot of sites personalize their URL by adding this Favicon ( favorite Icon; It appears in your favorites list).
So how do you get this neat little icon to appear..well...it's actually quite simple. First pick a picture that you want to use as an icon. Next you will need to convert it to a 16x16 icon in the Windows .ico format. Thankfully there are a bunch of online utilities a simple Google search away that will help you create one. I used a plug-in for Photoshop to create mine. Try to keep the resolution down as it can be a bandwidth hog.
Next, just drop it in the root directory of your website where your index.htm file lives. Most browsers should automatically pick it up. Additionally, you can put the following code in you .htm file just after the <HEAD> tag to ensure that it uses the favicon.
| <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" /> |
Enjoy!