A great deal of us don’t have the gift of design nor the time to start downloading icon generators. I decided to look around the net a little and see if I could find an easy way to create a favicon without having to download software or do any intense design.
DynamicDrive came to the rescue with its favicon generator, which really makes it simple to generate a favicon for your websites. The process is really quick:
- Upload a .png, .gif, .jpg, .bmp file (supports transparency)
- Click generate
That’s it. The system takes your uploaded image and converts it to an .ico file and displays a download button. Once you have downloaded the .ico file, upload it to your webserver and simply add the following code between your <head></head> tags:
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”/favicon.ico”>
You’re done – as simple as 1 2 3!
Chris: It is very easy when you work with HTML. When it comes to WordPress or any PHP type of environment I am stuck like a pig in custard. No clue where to put the damn thing or normally screw up the whole thing.
Ah alright, I hear you bud. Well, the title, body, head tags are all in the header.php file, so that’s where you would add this line of code..
Let me know if you get stuck? I understand what you are saying, the minute you enter into a prebuild environment, things get tricker, that’s natural and it just takes time understanding :)