Everyone noticed these small icons in browsers next to the URL that appeared in the last years.
These so called favicon’s are small icon files that belong to your website complete the look and feel of a layout and will stay on the users computer right next to the bookmark.
So how can you get a good one?
1) The “unique” way:
You can make your own using Photoshop, GIMP or whatever graphic program of your choice.
2) The “easy” way
Go to iconfinder.com and search for a keyword of your choice (i.e. I did a search for “f”(avo) and picked a facebook icon).
Download the ICO file of your wanted icon. (dont forget to read the license first!)
Rename it to favicon.ico
And finally upload it to your website.
Voila! You’ve got a new favicon!
Here’s what I picked:
Links:
WordPress about “Creating a Favicon”
http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Favicon
IconFinder
http://www.IconFinder.com