Look at the top of your browser near the Back button and WWW address to see the Favorites Icon.
The Favorites Icon will show up next to the URL (the http:// web address) in your web browser near the top of the window (close to the Foward and Back buttons).
(Some older versions of Internet Explorer don't add the icon until you add it to Favorites, just FYI.)
If you're looking to automatically turn a graphic image you already have into a favicon.ico file without downloading any software, view the links in the resource section on this page: Favorites Icons - Adding an Icon For Bookmarks.
Upload the image (favicon.ico) with FTP (read our FTP tutorial) to the root section of your web site. The root section is the main file area, where you would store the index.html (index.asp, index.php, etc) file for your main page.
http://www.davesite.com/ would be the root
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/ would not be the root
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ isn't root either
This file, placed properly, will load as the default for your entire domain.
You can add customized links for sub-folders by using this code in the <head> section of your web page coding:
Example: We place a new favicon.ico in http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/ ... then link to it with:
The pages with the Favorite code load our special icon, everything else on the site loads our ROOT Favorite Icon.
Reload the page... and try adding it to your favorites or bookmarks. (In Internet Explorer you may need to clear your cache/temporary files and Restart the browser.) Once you've added it to the favorites, close the browser and then open it again, and return to the site? Does it show up now? It should! :)
Update: You can now download a plug-in for Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, or Paint Shop Pro to make your ICO file here.
