Get your Favicons in order!

I have noticed that many peoples websites are missing a much overlooked attribute. Some of these sites seem to have been up for quite some time.

It comes in the form of what is called a favicon otherwise known as an .ico file.

Now it might not seem like a big deal to some but I feel (as a designer) that it adds to the overall aesthetic of your site and reinforces your logo (if you have one.)

I prefer seeing tabs like these

as opposed to these

If you're happy using Wealthy Affiliates default favicon then all well and good but it doesn't set your site apart from the rest.

Some Wordpress themes have the option pre-installed for you to upload either an ico, png or gif file and some do not. When you have finally deliberated long and hard over your all singing, all dancing and beautiful theme it is a bit gutting to find it does not have a favicon upload feature.

I currently use a plugin that hasn't been updated in the last two years but it still works for me, the best place to go and find one that works for you is here https://wordpress.org/plugins/search.php?q=favicon, most are free.

If you want to use the one I have its here https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-favicon

It resizes for you and has separate entries for the different formats and for apple devices. It also resizes the image for you, square images are best otherwise it will distort and not look good at all.

When you have downloaded your chosen plugin just go to plugins - add new then upload at the top of the page in your Wordpress dashboard.

I was going to do a mini training section on this but I haven't been here long enough and there are others who have done them on here anyway, this is just my 2 cents worth = )

Happy networking all! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!