Directory of Favicons Resources

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A favicon (short for "favorites icon"), is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage. A webmaster can specify such an create such an icon with his site, and modern web browsers make use of them in various ways, for example displaying the icon next to the address in the location bar, and in bookmarks / favorites menus.

Subcategories

• Online Generation Tools

Resources in This Category

• Favorites Icon

  http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/promotion/favicon.html
  Explanation, and details of how to create and link a favicon.

• How to Add a Favicon to your Site

  http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon
  Draft article from the W3C, giving details of how to associate an icon with a web page.

• png2ico

  http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/
  Program to convert .PNG files to the Windows icon format. Instructions and downloads for different platforms.

• Wikipedia: Favicon

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
  Encyclopedia article about the icons, with sections on usage and standardization.

• Wikipedia: ICO (Icon Image File Format)

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICO_(icon_image_file_format)
  Encyclopedia article providing an overview of the format.

 

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