How to Create a Favicon for Your Website

Favicon stands for favorites icon which is  also known as a website icon, shortcut icon, url icon, or bookmark icon. It is a little custom icon (16×16 pixel square) that appears next to a website’s URL in the address bar of a web browser.

Now I will tell you step by step how to make a favicon for your website.

Step 1: Create a 16 x 16 size image in a graphic editor like Adobe Photoshop

Step 2: Save into favicon.ico

Step 3: Upload the file favicon.ico to the web root of your web site.

Step 4: Most web browsers will find it automatically. However, you can declare a direct link in the HTML source code to your favicon.ico file. Just copy the following line and paste it to your homepage.

<link rel=”icon” href=”/favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon”>

That’s it. Feel free to have any question.