| The inspiration for this article came from a question asked in the Digital Art and Design Forum. Ann wanted to know how to add a shortcut icon to her website. What is a shortcut icon? Glad you asked. A shortcut icon is a custom icon for your website. Open your Internet Explorer browser and click on the Favorites button on the Menubar. Now take a look at the list of websites in your Favorites list. Most of them, if not all, have the Internet Explorer E at the left of the website name. Imagine how much one of these websites would stand out from the list if it did not have the Internet Explorer E but instead had a custom icon of its very own. Ann wanted to know how to make a custom icon and the HTML code to add to her webpages to make it show up in the Favorites list. First of all an icon is a special type of image. Most images on the web are in jpg or gif format. But an image destined to be an icon must be in the icon format (.ico). For more information about making a custom icon read my article How To Make Your Own Icons. After you have made your custom icon, there is just one line of HTML code that you need to add to your webpages. <link rel="shortcut icon" href="youricon.ico"> Replace "youricon.ico" with the name of your icon image. Also, if your icon is stored in a folder(s), you must add the name of the folder(s) in front of the name of your icon. Then place the HTML code in the head section on all of your webpages. folder1/folder2/youricon.ico |
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