Favicons: Your Favorite Icons

I know I haven't told you this. There was a time when I was making this blog that I had a problem or struggle. It's more like a question.

When I was making the layout of this blog, there was one thing that I did not fill out. The Favicon. When I first saw it I was like "What is this for?". So I tried using it but all the pictures I thought  would be great for it was a goner. So I searched again back in Google what favicon is.

According to wikipedia: A favicon  /ˈfævɨkɒn/ (short for favorites icon), also known as a shortcut icon, Web site icon, URL icon, or bookmark icon, is a file containing one or more^{[citation needed]} small icons, most commonly 16×16 pixels, associated with a particular Web site or Web page.^[1][2] A web designer can create such an icon and install it into a Web site (or Web page) by several means, and graphical web browsers will then make use of it.

Basically it's the one that serves like identity of a certain Web site or Web page.

The "W" here is the favicon of Wikipedia.

So now, let's go to the making part. How do they make it?

I am seriously not familiar with this all favicon thing. But getting back to the layout making of this blog, I was desperate to make a favicon. So I ended up going to  favicon.ico Generator.

In this site, you can make your own favicon and put it in your website or web pages.
You'll be given a 16x16 graph where you'll start coloring the boxes according to the image of your favicon for your web site or pages.

Then you can save it in your desktop and use it for your own!

Here are the favicons of familiar sites:

1. Facebook - I am sure that EVERY ONE knows about this.

2. Twitter- the famous bird of the season.

3. Google - I'll be shocked if no one knows about this site!

4.Yahoo - If there's a "g" there's a "Y"!

People might ask me this: "Isn't that their logos?"

Well, yes it is. Usually, your favicon is the logo that identifies a certain website. Also there's nothing wrong in putting your logo as your favicon. But not all are logos like Twitter. Twitter's logo is the small letter "t", however they use a bird for their favicon in their site. Also, favicons are usually the shortened version of a logo.

Well, that's about it! Don't forget to check out favicon.ico Generator and create your own icons. You can also other people's work of icons!

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