| One of the simplest things you can do to give | | | | where you find your fantastic logo looks rubbish |
| your site 'identity' and to make it stand out from | | | | when 16 x 16 pixels! If your having trouble, you |
| other sites is to use a favicon (favourite icon). | | | | could use a free icon converter like Image Icon |
| They are the little logos that go next to the | | | | Converter or use an icon editor such as |
| website listing in your favourites folder, and pop | | | | ImageAuthor to build your icon from scratch. |
| up in other places, (depending on your browser | | | | 3) Now, save your logo as "favicon.ico". This is the |
| and operating system). To see one, go to Big | | | | default icon name that web browsers like Explorer |
| Wow Web Hosting. Bookmark the site, open | | | | and Netscape look for. Upload it into the root |
| another browser window and then go to open the | | | | directory of your web site (the main directory |
| bookmark you have just made. The 'B' next to | | | | that contains all your HTML pages). Voila! Your |
| the words 'Big Wow Web Hosting- Home' is the | | | | favicon should now be working! |
| favicon. | | | | To test your favicon, get a friend to bookmark |
| Want one? Just follow these 3 simple steps: | | | | your site and then open a new browser window. |
| 1) Choose the logo you want to use for your | | | | If is next to your listing in their bookmarks, it |
| favicon. On my site, I use a 'B' in the same | | | | works! |
| format as the website title, buut anything will do, | | | | To test your favicon in the designing stages, |
| as long as it reflects the look and feel of your | | | | dump your cache and open a new browser |
| website. Bear in mind that the size of it will be | | | | window between tries before bookmarking your |
| reduced to 16 x 16 pixels. | | | | site. If you don't you will just see the same |
| 2) If it isn't already, convert your logo into a .JPG | | | | favicon as when you first bookmarked it, as your |
| or.GIF and either make it 256 color Web Safe | | | | computer will have cached it in an effort to |
| Palette or the Windows 16 color format (the | | | | reduce loading times. |
| fewer colors the better). Then, using a graphics | | | | That's all you need to do! You now have an |
| package or image manipulation software, reduce | | | | eye-catching logo representing your web site in |
| the image to 16 pixels wide by 16 pixels high. Try | | | | the favorites list of all your visitors. A professional |
| to preserve the image resolution. This is the part | | | | touch for very little effort. |