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Updated Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 12:00am

Favicon Generator

This free tool allows you to create a custom favicon for use on your website. Simply upload an image (JPG, PNG, or GIF – 100KB max) and it will automatically convert it to a standard 16×16 favicon. If you upload an image that is larger than 16×16 it will resize it for you, although for best results use an image that is already that size. Transparent favicons can also be created by uploading a transparent GIF.

What is a favicon?

A favicon, also called a ‘favorites icon’, is just a small image which is displayed for a website. It is often shown next to the address bar, in the favorites/bookmarks, and/or the taskbar. It is purely for looks, although it adds a nice touch to a website. Most modern web browsers automatically look for a favicon on every site you visit. If you have ever taken a look at your log files and seen a lot of requests for this missing file you will see what I mean (unless you are using one already). Not only will a favicon make your site look a bit nicer, but it will keep those (harmless) errors out of your log files.

Try it out

Favicon Generator

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Changelog

04-06-07 Transparent favicons can now be created (Just upload a transparent GIF)
08-05-06 First version

Instructions

After you have generated your favicon and saved it to your computer, it must be renamed to favicon.ico (since the files this tool generates are given a random name).

The common method for using a favicon is to simply upload it to the root directory of your public web space. This is where most web browsers automatically look for it.

Just uploading the file is generally fine, but for the best support across various browsers, place the following lines in the head section of your HTML:

<link rel="icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

(where http://example.com/favicon.ico is the path to your favicon)

Be sure to add that code in all of your html files – not just the index.

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7-22-10 9:29AM

The free Gimp image editor allows opening just about every kind of image format and in addition to saving in all those image formats, lets you save in the icon (.ico) format. http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

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2-23-10 3:59PM

David: I just tested again myself with all of the supported file types, and they all seemed to go through just fine. If you want to send me one that did not work for you, I will take a look.
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2-18-10 3:11PM

I tried to upload an image, both in GIF and PNG formats and I got an error that only JPG, GIF or PNG formats can be uploaded. Pity, you were referred from the Sitekreator site and I expected it would work!
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9-24-09 9:36PM

Thank you so much I went to many sites trying to find out how to install this favicon. But it never worked. I came to your site and 1-2-3 it works. Thank you so much
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10-25-08 9:45AM

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10-11-08 9:13AM

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7-28-08 8:02AM

Hi,

Could you provide the source code (GPL) for this tool (I’m searching a php code to generate favicon to embed it in SPIP).
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HÃ¥kan

12-23-07 8:18AM

Tried to upload a .gif image and got:

returned an error: /usr/bin/png2ico /home/design/public_html/tool-data/favicon/1198415851.ico /home/design/public_html/tool-data/favicon/1198415851.png
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11-18-07 7:20PM

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11-18-07 11:22AM

This tool is really helping me! Thanks a lot! ^^
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4-6-07 1:40AM

Gephri: I just updated the script. You can now create transparent favicons.
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4-5-07 12:58AM

I think I really like Favicon Generator except for the fact that is adding a black background to the .ico image. Is there a way to make it transparent – and yes I am uploading a transparent to the Generator.
thanks
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3-29-07 4:29PM

Hi mister Dagon.
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