How many of you use a favicon for your blog? How do/did you decide what to use for your favicon?
-Harold Martin
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Favicons
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I do! I like favicons - I see them as a little piece of branding. Plus, they make it easy to find the right tab among the several dozen I have open at any one time.
Posted 1 year ago # -
@lucynixon
I agree on the branding. And yes it makes finding a site easier in the browser when you have a ton of tabs open! I just am trying to figure out what to use. Currently it's a picture of me.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I use a favicon, but it relates more to the name of my blog than to "me."
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Favicon definitely gives your website a new identity. I have it on my website. I just put a b for balkhis.
Blogging Tips - Balkhis
13 ways I promoted my Blog to SuccessPosted 1 year ago # -
Ok well help me choose what favicon to use. Here are the one's I've narrowed it down to.
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You've got a few square millimetres of screen to play with in a favicon. You need plenty of contrasting colours otherwise it will look like a blob of gravy. I didn't get a chance to view all your images, but the ones that stood out were cat_book and tea22.
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Second looks good, but the personal Branding is missing. The other ones are to small to get the image.
Try this: http://antifavicon.com/
Posted 1 year ago # -
@ufritz
Yeah I liked #2 but see wha tya mean as far as personal branding. With this being a personal blog I don't really have a "logo" really so coming up with a favicon is a task this time. The one I've been using up until today was http://www.haroldmartin.net/wp-content/uploads/favicons/favicon5.ico
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I try to use only 2 or 3 colors. High contrast and matching colors to the page. But with black and silver it's not that easy.
There is no logo on your blog, no symbol. Start with a logo and make a matching favicon. Keep it simple, a short word with right colors can give a good logo. Group your blog-title to a logo:
Daily
HaroldUse 2 bright contrasting colors for your logo, don't change the rest.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I used an avatar that was made for especially me about 9-10 years ago at the the original deal forum where I posted. I transitioned it to the deal forum where I moderate. It is definitely something I am identified with and I used it for branding purposes.
I hesitate to use the favicon in my banner (if I can ever find someone to make me a banner) because while it does identify me, it also is also linked to deal forums that are not mine. I want to brand the blog as my own, and I struggle with finding a pertinent, unique symbol.
Posted 1 year ago # -
The best idea is use your logo as your favicon :)
This is one of website I use to create favicon
Posted 1 year ago # -
I just made a favicon using my blog's "logo" - the letter "S" for Debt-free Scholar. It is the same as my gravatar.
Debt-free Scholar - A growing college finances blog
Posted 1 year ago # -
Cool man! That will be great for branding purpose. I suggest use this avatar everywhere including twitter and gravatar.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hi denharsh
Thank you very much for the tip:
Pleace can you help me understand the information on Favicon website (http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/) the I’m a complete newbie. Many thanks:
Supported file formats: gif, jpg, png, and bmp. ……. what should I choose
Use a gif or png with transparency if you require it ..... what should I choose
Maximum file size: 150.00 kB ..... which should I choose
Optional Merge with a 32x32 desktop icon ........ should I choose this
Merge with a 48x48 large XP icon .....????
How to up load it ?
Can I use this as a button anywhere?
Many thanks.
Ravi
Regards, Ravi
Peace : The pursuit of increasing excellence in a world that works for allPosted 1 year ago # -
@ Ravi
The settings which you mentioned there is perfect use 32*32 icon
If you are using wordpress then upload it to your root directory via FTP
If you are using blogspot plz let me know, I will tell you how you can upload favicon in your blogspot blog.
Posted 1 year ago # -
Thank You very much. You have a nice website!
Posted 1 year ago # -
@Ravi
thanks man
I appreciate that!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Ok since I don't have a logo right now what about this one? http://www.haroldmartin.net/wp-content/uploads/favicons/favicon6.ico
Posted 1 year ago # -
@dailyharold
upload that favico to
http://www.haroldmartin.net/favicon6.ico
else use some wordpress plugin to manage your favico
Like
http://www.digitalramble.com/favicon-manager-wordpress-plugin/
Posted 1 year ago # -
Thanks for the instructions, everyone. I've got a logo now (as of yesterday) and now I can do a favicon. I've always wanted one, so this is good timing. :D
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Posted 1 year ago # -
@Gnowfglins
Favicons always helps you to branding your blog
You ahouls also consider using mybloglog and facebook for branding purpose
Posted 1 year ago # -
Hey Harold - folks on here are right. You need something with strong contrast. I looked at your blog and it's like a daily paper in your life, right? So I would try to work from that theme. You seem to write about the black comedy in life so maybe a weather icon like a dark cloud: these are good http://img122.exs.cx/img122/8848/smalwea3yt.gif
The thing I found with favicons (and you probably know this yourself) is that it takes LOTS of fiddling around before you arrive at the right one.
I do agree that they're good. They add character and reference to your blog.
I use this plugin on my blog and really like it: http://www.maxblogpress.com/plugins/mfi/ This plugin comes with favicons to choose from and links to other favicon resources.
Good luck!
Posted 1 year ago # -
Ok everyone. What do you think now? http://haroldmartin.net/
You'll see I have a "logo" per say and I've taken that image and made it my favicon. Does that work better?
Posted 1 year ago # -
This is totally the right thinking but the colours are too pale to really work. Might need some tweaking.
Posted 1 year ago # -
@liz What colors? I mean where at? The favicon? I've redone the logo on the webpage to so see if that works better. Not sure what to do about the favicon though as it's hard to see when it's so small.
Posted 1 year ago # -
I totally hear you. That's why deciding on a favicon can be so difficult. You'd never think this tiny little square could cause so much bother! My initial thought about a favicon for you was to use something like the UK's Daily Telegraph or New York Times with a calligraphy-esque H in black type on a white background but I never mentioned it. Maybe you could play around with that idea?
DaFont offers some cool, free calligraphy fonts. Search on calligraphy and check out Argor Priht Scaqh
Posted 1 year ago # -
@liz,
Check these out. Any strike a chord? http://www.haroldmartin.net/test/
Posted 1 year ago # -
I like favicons, had to have one for my blog before I even knew what one was. Made first one on gimp. Not enough pixels to add much detail, but it worked and I had something up that my readers recognise.
Yet I saw other favicon with more detail than I could ever get from so few pixels and gimp, and found an online tool similar to one posted earlier in this thread. You upload an image and it is turned into a favicon. Worked great, no more trying to create my own from scratch, You can find it on the above link. Next favicon I made was taken from a cropped section of a logo:
Posted 1 year ago # -
Horrah! You picked a bunch of great favicons. I like lots of them but top picks are 5, 7 & 9.
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