The Red Brick Times

I've been developing web pages for a few years. I am self-taught. There are major gaps in my training and understanding. Lately, I’ve noticed the cute little graphics that accompany the URL in the browser address bar. Everyone seems to have one anymore. The RBT has that appropriate red brick symbol. Blogger has the weird B. I want to put one of those on FOWL.org, too. Where do they come from and how do I get one?

Posted 5:03 PM by Ray (7) comments

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That little graphic is called a 'favicon' if my searching serves me correctly. It is a file with a .ico extension. OK that's a start. Next, how do I get one and how do I use it?

# posted by  Ray : January 05, 2008 6:48 PM
 
Read this.

Even they say it's not necessary I also include the "link rel=" call out to make sure all browsers pick it up.

# posted by  whatley : January 05, 2008 8:19 PM
 
Just went to fowl.org. So where's the spiffy new icon? Trouble in b(l)og land?

# posted by  whatley : January 07, 2008 3:09 PM
 
Even good coding won't work everywhere. IE 6 doesn't show the favicon. Microsoft ... ain't they just a gem !

# posted by  jeichenlaub : January 08, 2008 12:46 PM
 
Thanks for the encouragement. First, I cruised through all the image editing software I own, including Photoshop CS2 without finding a program or utility that produces an image with the .ico extension. Then I started searching on the web for .ico utilities. Damn, its just a little 16X16 pixel image. So then I started comparing programs. Some of them produce 32X32 favicons. Now I'm confused all over again. So, before I starting downloading software from the web I ran into issues with sandboxie. I need to learn how to put a condom on before I start messing with this little 16X16 graphic editing program. Well, sorry, I like full contact browsing. I must have gotten tired or had to eat or get up and go to work or something. Can anyone recommend a good safe source for an icon editing utility? Wow, then I can be creative with these few pixels, post and enjoy. I wonder why there are so few volunteers for this tedious, technical work? Any volunteers out there who would like to show off their graphic design prowess?

# posted by  Ray : January 10, 2008 5:34 PM
 
I took a quick look and went ahead and downloaded this one: Easy Icon Maker. It seems to be a 15 day trial type of program but hey, after all, we're just talking 16x16 pixels here. How long could that take?

When it first executed it presented a 32x32 grid. I quickly figured how to go 16x16, which is what I would recommend you stick to. Whatever.

# posted by  whatley : January 10, 2008 6:15 PM
 
Hey, you got one! Cool!

# posted by  whatley : January 26, 2008 5:02 AM
 
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