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