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If you into web development you must know about the favicon which is known as website icon. Below in the image you can understand what is website icon and where it is useful.

When you own a website and if you need to get this icon you need to create a “favicon.ico” file and put in your root folder. Do remember to clear you temp file in IE and Chrome (not required in Opera, Firefox, and safari). To create .ico files Photoshop is not sufficient. You need a icon editing software. IconFx is a free icon editing software which I thought I should share.

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There are 2 things that needs to be done.

1. Creating Icons in the Correct Size and Format
2. Associating the Shortcut Icon with Your Web Page

1. Creating Icons in the Correct Size and Format

An icon be square in size, and at least 16 x 16 pixels. Consider creating both a 16 x 16-pixel icon as well as a 32 x 32-pixel icon (and larger, bandwidth permitting), since on high-DPI displays, Browser may stretch the icon to fit the available space.

To create the icon, use an icon editor, I used IcoFX which is a freeware. Visit http://www.icofx.ro to download. One of the main feature of this software is that it can Convert Macintosh icons to Windows icons. Try spending time and get used to basic stuffs. Once done open the jpg format of you logo and save it as icon [ .ico file format (convert - jpg2ico)].

The filename should be “favicon.ico”

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