Re: TECH: Site Icons
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, June 6, 2006, 15:55 |
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>From: Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...>
>1. Open Paint in Windows (any recent version).
>2. Create a bitmap in hi-colour (24-bit), size 32x32 pixels.
>3. Save it in the Windows hi-colour Bitmap Format.
>4. Change the file extension to .ico instead of the default .bmp.
That'll make a passable (but non-optimal) Windows .ICO file.
The kind of icon I think the OP was asking about (that appears in the Address Bar,
and in your Bookmarks) is called a favicon, about which see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon which contains a very instructive guide.
Paul