Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Techy Tips - Customize your Favicon

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Did you ever notice that little picture next to the name of the site you are viewing?



It has a techy name - Favicon, which stands for Favorite Icon. 


Want to create your own?  Here is what I did:

Step 1:  Open up PicMonkey and upload an image (in my case, my blog button).


Step 2: Change the size to 16 x 16.


Step 3:  Save as a .png file.



You need a site to convert your .png file to a .ico file.  When I did a Google search I found this site:


Step 4:  Convert to a .ico file



Step 5:  Now, head over to the layout in your blogger dashboard.  On the top left you will find Favicon.  



Step 6:  After you click on Edit, you will be brought to this window.


Step 7:  Choose your file and save.


Done!!  Admire your work:)

Note that immediately after saving your favicon, you may not be able to see it.  Check back after a few hours, or alternatively, clear your brower's cache.  You can also make sure you did it correctly, by checking out the site where your favicon will be stored:

http://www.twosasters.blogspot.com/favicon.ico

Just replace "TwoSasters" with the name of your blog.

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12 comments:

  1. This is a great tutorial and very helpful. Thanks for linking up at Romance on a dime!

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  2. Do you get sick of hearing how much I love your techy tips? I better be careful because I am soon going to become a techy myself because of everything you have taught me. Thank you for sharing another informative tip...I can appreciate how much time, thought, effort and detail you put into them.

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  3. Thanks for the great tutorial. I've been wondering how to do this, and now I can make one for my blog. I'm excited to see what other great tips you have.

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  4. Another AWESOME tip! I am putting this on my list of bloggy things to do!
    Thank you for sharing this with my Super Link Party! :-)

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  5. I did this. Thanks for the step by step tutorial. I am tech challenged and I very much appreciate when someone else figures it out for me.

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  6. This was awesome tip and so easy to do. Thank you I took me less than 5mins and it is done. I love your tips

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  7. Awesome tutorial! Thanks so much for linking this up to The Fun In Functional! I had a fun favicon but I haven't got it set back up yet now that I've moved over to Wordpress. It's on my to do list though!

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  8. Congratulations! Your Techy Tips was the most clicked on link in my Super Link Party! Come check out your feature!
    http://earning-my-cape.blogspot.com/2012/06/super-link-party-5.html

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  9. I pinned this tutorial and featured it on my blog today! Thanks so much for linking it up! Feel free to grab a featured button if you'd like: http://practicallyfunctional.net/2012/06/features-from-the-fun-in-functional/

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  10. Great tips! I love having my Favicon and it's easy enough that anyone can do it. Thanks so much for sharing at Mom On Timeout!

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  11. A HUGE THANK YOU to you girls for doing a techy tip on this. You don't know how grateful I am! I just changed mine. It was so beyond easy with your awesome tutorial!!! Thanks again!
    Jill

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