ince Internet Explorer 5.0 And this is possible without any
has been brought out, there cost.
is a splendid new ' joke '
Favicon. Favicon (short for Do you have no Favorites with a
Favorites Icon) is a feature that different picture, and Internet
makes it possible to associate a Explorer 5.0 or higher? Then just
special logo or other small visit http://www.horses.co.uk/
graphic with a web page. and add it to your favourites.
When you look again you will see
Probably you also have these that in the Favorites you have a
small pictures associated with special picture of a horse.
some of your Favorites. Open your
Favorites in Internet Explorer. But how do you make such a
Do you see that there are favicon?
pictures for each Favorite? On
many Favorites this picture is In the first place you must make
always the same. This is the an icon or have one. You must
standard icon of Internet give this icon the name
Explorer. This Internet site did "favicon.ico". There are many
not made his own favicon. sites where you can get free
icons, e.g. iconarchive.com.
At some Favorites you will see, Download one you like and rename
hopefully, an other picture. it to "favicon.ico". You can
These are sites which have devise yourself your own unique
established their own favicon. Do icon with a free icon editor,
you notice how these Favorites e.g.
are distinguish from other www.webattack.com/get/iconediter.
Favorites? The effort worth shtml.
therefore, to make a favicon
yourself for your Internet site. If you have finished your icon,
place it in the same directory You can also call a friend (who
(map) as your homepage and put it has not add your site to his
on the server (upload/publish). Favorites), and ask him to test
If someone add your Internet site the favicon for you.
to there Favorites, it will show
your favicon. If you test this All rights reserved. Article may
yourself it is possible that be reprinted as long as the
nothing happens on your computer, content remains intact and
because the website was already unchanged and links remain
in your Favorites before you had active.
a favicon. Just delete and add
the website again as a Favorite.
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