Favicon (pronounced fav-eye-con) is short for 'Favorites Icon.' A Favicon is a multi-resolution image included on nearly all professional developed sites. Within Internet Explorer the Favicon is displayed on the Address line and in the Favorites menu. The Favicon allows the webmaster to further promote their site, and to create a more customized appearance within a visitor's browser. Often, the Favicon reflects the look and feel of the web site or the organization's logo.
Where and when will our Favicon be seen?
The Favicon was first popularized by its appearance in the Address Bar and Favorites Folder using Internet Explorer and is now a prominent fixture of web browsers such as Mozilla and Netscape. Each web browser has a unique user interface, and as a result uses the Favicon in different ways. For additional detail, please look at our documentation on specific web browsers such as KONQUEROR, INTERNET EXPLORER, GALEON, and MOZILLA/NETSCAPE.
How to add this to my website?
Using the favicon is very simple, just get the 16x16 iconf file or any other image format file and place a simple code in your meta tags.
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<link rel="Shortcut Icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
Note: If you use any other format, then you have to change the type like for jpg, it will be type="image/jpg"
