Why Favicons and how to create them

February 14, 2010

Favicons are tiny touches to your website that say you care about the details. It’s also important for branding. If you’ve already got some form of brand identity, why not put it everywhere you can?

Favicons are typically 16×16, 32×32 favicon.ico files that show up in your browser address bar, tabs, as well as bookmarked pages.

If you already have a simple image you can convert one easily with many favicon generators such as this

You can also design your own pixel-by-pixel from scratch through sites like this.

If you have the wordpress thesis framework you can easily add it through

1. Save it to the root directory of your blog.

2. Open WordPress dashboard and select Thesis options.

3. Scroll down to Header Scripts and copy-paste the following code in text field.

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