Create Favicon

Introduction

It is an English term, contraction of favorite icon.
Usually it indicates an icon associated with a particular web page and it is a small image.

Curiosity: Originally a feature of Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5, it was later integrated into many other browsers, including Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome and Konqueror

So, it is clear that the scope of this article is to show you how to create the Favicon for your website from an image.

Generator

In our help there is a fantastic website that provides an excellent service for converting images into favicons.
I’m talking about RealFaviconGenerator

Result

The result is a set of favicons for the most important web-browser, app, etc..
First, you have to download the Favicon package and extract it in the website’s folder.
After, simply add some code in your html index file.

The results page details exactly what to do.

Check

To check if your Favicon is good for all the platform, the website provide also a tool to perform this check: FaviconChecker