It is very easy to add a simple little touch of personality to your WordPress blog, by adding a favicon. The favicon is that little icon that you see, that is next to the address bar in your preferred Internet web browser. It is very easy to make the changes and it will add a little extra character and enhancing your blogs visual appearance. In this blog post, I will give you easy to follow instructions to add a favicon to your WordPress blog.
Creating the favicon image:
A favicon is merely a small png image that has a .ico extension. It is usually 16×16 pixels or 32×32 pixels in size. The image that you will create will be very basic because when you re-size to the allowed .ico format, you will end up losing any small details.
To create your image, you will need a standard graphics program like, “Paint” that is built into Windows. You must be able to save your artwork in any of these image formats, .jpg, jpeg, .gif, .png or .bmp. If you do not have one, you can always download the Gimp for Windows, which is freeware software.
Converting your image design into .ico format:
Once you have your image ready, you can use the favicon.cc site to convert your image. Next, you need to import your image and upload it from your computer, convert it to an .ico format and then download the favicon to your computer.
Adding, the favicon to your site:
The favicon is located usually in your site’s root directory and is name, favicon.ico. Now, you just need to upload your favicon image to your root folder and make sure it is named, favicon.ico, and you are almost finished.
Next, you need to add some code in your header.php file between the <head></head> tags. You can either download the file and edit with a word processor such as notepad, or edit the file within WordPress.
Code:
<link rel=”shortcut icon” href=”<?php bloginfo(‘template_url’); ?>/favicon.ico” />
If you place your favicon elsewhere, remember to change your herf attribute to point to the location where your favicon is located.
Additional comments: If you have problems where the favicon doesn’t show up in your Internet browser, you will need to clear your browsers cache. There are many online sites that you can generate your favicon automatically, such as, Favicon Generator.
Hope this blog post was helpful to you, “Easy instructions to add a favicon to your WordPress Blog”
Spunky Jones.
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