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Learning Report #3:

Adding a FavIcon:

What I have Learned:

Favicon (short for Favorites Icon) is a feature that makes it possible to associate a special logo or other small graphic with a web page. The favicon is usually displayed next to the web site address. Much like the way shortcut icons are used on the computer desktop to distinguish computer programs and files, favicons can be used to personalize or brand your web sites.

Information from: http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/help/

Why Important:

I didn't know what I wanted to do for this week's learning report until another student reported on adding a FavIcon onto a website. I instantly wanted to learn how to do this. I, as well as just about anyone, have noticed the increased FavIcon on a lot of websites. Usually big companys are stores have their logo as their FavIcon.

It was quite hard to figure out how to add a FavIcon onto my website. I found a website that shows how it is done and also will help make the small icon for you, and it also have a validator that will check to see if your site probably added the FavIcon.

In order to add a FavIcon, you must make a small 16 x 16 pixel image and save it as a ".ico". And then in the <header> section the code is <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> . And the favicon file must be saved in the root directory.

And as you can see I have added a FavIcon onto my webpage.

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