Use this online tool to easily create a favicon (favorites icon) for your site. A favicon is a small, 16×16 image that is shown inside the browser’s location bar and bookmark menu when your site is called up. It is a good way to brand your site and increase it’s prominence in your visitor’s bookmark menu.
More information on the favicon.
After you've created a neat favicon, it's time to add it to your site.
To do so, follow the below simple procedure:
- Upload the generated file ("favicon.ico") to your site.
- Verify it's there by typing http://mysite.com/favicon.ico in the browser's location, where "mysite.com" is your site's address.
- Insert the below code in the HEAD section of your pages, at the very least, your site's main index page:
That's it!
Note: Your favicon may not appear immediately after you've completed the above two steps. In fact, it may take a few days, and in IE, sometimes the favicon will disappear from time to time due to a browser bug.