Favicons

[scotmum]

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I currently have a Joomla favicon and would like to change this but am not sure how.

Thanks in advance

 

[OldWelshGuy]

http://www.w3.org/2005/10/howto-favicon

google is our friend

 

[Faevilangel]

What i do for customers is just crop their logo to the right size for a favicon

• size needs to be 16x16
• Image needs to be decent quality
• called favicon.ico - NO exceptions

It does depend on the image quality tho

 

[KM-Tiger]

Just a note of caution.

Browsers cache favicons, so if you the change the file on your server, the new image won't show up in your browser straight away.

It's the sort of thing that can drive you mad if you don't understand what's going on.

 

[custardfish]

+1 for the browser caching!

Also I find it easier to just upload a 16x16 png to:

http://htmlkit.com/services/favicon/


Renaming BMP's I've found to be temperamental to exact format/software saved in etc.

 

[That Guy]

This will convert your image file to the right size and format for a favicon

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

 

[bluecm]

For your information your favicon on your site is in the following llocation - http://scotmum.com/templates/ja_nickel/favicon.ico

 

[scotmum]

Brilliant advice from all - thanks. I have managed to teach myself Joomla over a period of about 4 months and I thought I had it all sewn up until this. Thanks for all the pointers - will make a start on this on Monday morning

 

[bluecm]

Haha theres always more to learn (even for me)

 

[scotmum]

I know - I think I have learned more transferable and practical skills in the last few months than I did at university and teacher training college put together. Joomla is a university education in itself!