Favicons made easy
Thursday, 28 May 2009 15:37
There a number of tools to make favicons--the little graphics in your browser's location bar and bookmark toolbar and menu. This one is particularly easy. Create a transparent PNG file in Photoshop, preferably 16x16. You can upload any image to make a favicon from, but it's best to start with a small image. Upload it to this site to generate your favicon. Done! Our site's favicon is currently this: 
It's a good idea to have a nice favicon to help identify your site quickly after someone has bookmarked it.
At long last, after years of doing websites for everyone else, I finally got around to creating my own! You know the old story about the Cobbler neglecting the shoes of his own children...well, I've finally got a decent pair of shoes. It's taken a while, because I've always been putting the needs of my clients and 
projects first, but I finally hit that point where I had to take the time to do it.