Blog Creator

In our earlier articles, we showed a way for users to How to configure .co.cc domain with blogspot|blogger. In this In this article, we will share with you a way that you can add favicon for Blogger/ Blogspot. Would you like to add a favicon to you Blogger/Blogspot blog?

For those who don’t know what Favicon is ‘Favicon’ (also known as a Bookmark Icon, Website Icon, Shortcut Icon, Favourite Icon, Pageicon or urlicon.) is a small icon (image) displayed at the beginning of the address bar of the browser. Most of the people use 16*16 pixel favicon (you can also use 32*32 pixel favicon) with “.ico” format.But,you can also use gif, png (image formats) as well. The main advantage of creating and using favicon is ,it makes it easy to find your blog or site when someone favourite or bookmarked your site/blog among several other sites. For Blogger sites, this icon will also help you stand out when your blog is added to other sites’ blogrolls or users’ “Favorites”. Additionally, it lends an element of professionalism and branding to your Blogger/Blogspot blog.

Now, go to your Blogger Dashboard -> Design -> Edit html [Look at the below screen-shots]

and look for this code(it is at the top the template)

<title><data:blog.pagetitle/></title>

and add the below code just after the above one[as shown in the below screenshot]

<link href='ICON FILE URL' rel='shortcut icon'/>
<link href='ICON FILE URL' rel='icon'/>

and replace the ‘ICON FILE URL’ with the url of your icon file.(like http://www.namase.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/favicon.ico)

Then click on SAVE TEMPLATE. That’s it! Now you can see a beautiful favicon in your blog.

CREATE A FAVICON: There are a number of free online tools to help you generate a favicon OR Visitwww.iconj.com for free 18000+ animated favicons, online icon generator, favicon hosting and more.

Fee free to add the comments…..and doubts(if any?)