favicon.ico

[John Townsend]

I would like to set up my own icon so that users of my website have it is
displayed in their Favourites list.

I gather this entails saving an image in "favicon.ico" and uploading to the
web site.

Can anyone advise - in simple terms, please - how to go about this when
using Publisher 2003 and the latest version of Explorer.

Thanks and regards,

John Townsend

 

[DavidF]

You need to make your own icon file, which has to be 16 x 16 pixels and
saved as favicon.ico. You then upload it to the root directory, or in other
words to the same directory as you upload your index.htm and index_files
folder.

Here are a couple references:
http://www.webdevelopersjournal.com/articles/favicon.html

Irfanview is a freebie, and does save as a ico: http://www.irfanview.com/

And read this article:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/articles/80810.aspx

DavidF

 

[John Townsend]

David, thank you for this. I'm not very technical. Can anyone, please,
tell me how, using Publisher 2003, I can "upload it to the root directory".
Presumably, one would use the "Publish to Web" box? If so, what parameters
would be needed?

Thanks and regards,

John

 

[DavidF]

Which uploading protocol do you use? FTP or HTTP or...?

DavidF

 

[John Townsend]

I think it is FTP.

John

Which uploading protocol do you use? FTP or HTTP or...?

DavidF

 

[DavidF]

Assuming that you are using FTP, and that you aren't using a form on your
website, there are several ways. Since it is only one file, select it and
Copy. Then double click My Network Places > double click your ftp address
for your website. Log in, and when you are in, and see your index.htm file
and index_files folder, that is your root directory...or folder. Just paste
the favicon.ico file into that folder alongside the other files. It will
take a little while to upload.

DavidF

 

[John Townsend]

Thank you, David, I will give it a go. Now, I have to create an icon file,
16 x 16 pixels ...

John