How To Create a Favicon For Your Blog

October 23, 2008 in News by Olgi Zenullari

Alright, this post will help you create a favicon (Favorite Icon) for your blog. In this way you will get yourself branded in all the blogosphere. It’s really an interesting way which will surely make you differ from many other blogs in your niche.

There are actually 2 different ways to create a favicon for your blog so I will be explaining both of them.

First Method – Automatic Favicon Creation

There are many sites out there which can automate all the process for you, just upload the image you would like and after literally 2 seconds you get a file which is your newly created favicon.ico

The following site is an example where you can upload and get your favicon in just 2 clicks

Second Method – Creating Your Favicon

If you have Adobe Photoshop everything will be much easier for you. First of all you will have to download a plugin needed to create .ICO files (icons) (Download Here). Open a 32 x 32 new page (or 64 x 64) and start designing your personal favicon. Use same color scheme as your blog and after you finish it save it as favicon.ico

Now all you have to do is upload it on your root via FTP and then refresh your blog and it must show up. If it doesn’t show anything then you have to add the following code in your header.php (normally after <head>)

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Try to refresh your page and the favicon will be showing next to your URL in the browser. If you still don’t see it then just try to access your favicon immediately by clicking on http://www.yoursiteurl.com/favicon.ico

Below is the official favicon of OlgiZenullari.com

Olgi Zenullari Favicon