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There is a FREE Online Favicon Generator:

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Favicons Step by Step

A Favicon (pronounced fav-eye-con) is 16 pixels by 16 pixels... very small.

It is a fairly simple process to create one.

STEP 1 - Create the icon

Use a gif, jpg, png, or bmp file. Reduce it in size to about 100 pixels by 100 pixels...

If your logo is too detailed, consider using just a portion of it.

Save the modified file to a location on you computer that you can easily find again. ;-)

STEP 2 - Go to the FREE Favicon Generator online here:

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Click on the BROWSE link next to the empty form box, directly underneath the phrase *Image to create icon from:*

This will open a window to the hard drive of your computer. Go to the file that you saved in Step 1.

Highlight it and click OPEN in the window.

The file location will then show up on the screen for the Favicon Generator, in that previously empty Forms box.

STEP 3 - Click on the *Create Icon* button beneath the forms that shows the location of your graphics file.

The screen will change and below the *Create Icon* button, there should appear a *Favicon (16x16) preview:* box. Scroll below that you will see a long blue button that says *Download Favicon*.

STEP 4 - Click on the *Download Favicon*. You will get a small window that says something to the effect that you have chosen to open a favicon.ico file.

STEP 5 - Click on the Save to Disk option and the click OK.

Choose a location on your hard drive that you will be able to find again and hit *Save*

STEP 6 - Follow the information on the Favicon Generator Page to upload your Favicon and make the changes to the code on your site.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

   Sometimes, for reasons I have not been able to identify, it can take as long as 48 hours before the Favicon will show up... Go figure!

  The file used MUST be called *favicon.ico* (without the * marks)

  The Favicon.ico file is NOT just a graphic file that has been renamed. It is an entirely DIFFERENT kind of graphics file.

  TINK HINT - I keep a number of different favicon files in my system for different websites. I name the files with descriptive names on my hard drive, such as favicon-chair.ico so I can tell which is which. I RENAME the file to *favicon.ico* (without the * marks) when I upload it to the appropriate site.

Do you need assistance creating the Favicon graphics? For a nominal fee of $15, I'll be happy to assist you! Please pay thru PayPal using the link below. After payment is made, you will be taken to a page on this website with an information form to be filled out. Be sure and fill in the information so I can contact you for details, if needed. Once the Favicon is created, I will email the file to you. Please note that you still need to add the Favicon to your site. You or your webmaster will have to do this. There are instructions for how to do this here: http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

General Information on Favicons available here.