How to create a favicon :
How to create a favicon Favicon is a special file format with .icon extension
There are lots of website that let you create them for free
Below are two sites that I use to create favicon’s for my blogs
www.genfavicon.com
www.iconj.com/generator.php
How to create a favicon :
How to create a favicon The first site given in lets you upload a image , crop it and adjust it a little and then generates the .ico file for you
The second site lets you upload an image and then generates a link for you to add to your blogs. They doe’s the hosting for you as well , so convenient for users who don’t have a sound technical knowledge.
How to host it for free :
How to host it for free After you created the favicon you need to host it in some server
If you have your own server then you can just upload the .ico file , else you can choose a free image uploading site that lets you upload .ico files
Google pages is a good place to upload you .ico files for free
How to host it for free :
How to host it for free If you are not very technically sound and then one of the best options available to you is use the free hosting provided by iconj , they lets you create the favicon and does the hosting for you as well.
HTML code to add the favicon :
HTML code to add the favicon Now that you created and hosted your favicon now its time to add it to your blog.
Go to the header section of your blog and add the following code ,” link href='your url' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'/ “
Replace ‘your url’ with the link to your hosted file and you should be done
Additional resources :
Additional resources How to add a favicon in HTML
How to add a favicon in blogspot