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What Is a Favicon?
When you visit a website like http://techmania-hosts.com, if you look in the address bar (at the top of your browser window) you will see a little icon next to the address bar. This is a favicon for that website.











 * Mozilla's favicon in Firefox

Favicon's will also show up in your bookmarks or favorites folder when a page is bookmarked, hence the term favicon.

How do I get my own Favicon?
Favicon's can only be displayed on websites that have a domain name set up on them, If you don't have a domain name yet, you can register one at checkout by going to the Domain section. Registering a domain through us is also the cheapest and quickest way. Grab a domain today �

Once you have your domain name set up, you will need to make your favicon. A Favicon file has a special image file type (.ico) and is usually only 16 x 16 pixels in size, You will need to make sure you save the file as favicon.ico using a favicon editor. There are many online favicon editors available online.

Once you have made your favicon, you need to save it as "favicon.ico.", any other file name and browsers looking at your site will not be able to recognize it as your favicon.

Finally, upload your favicon file with your File Manager in cPanel. After you have uploaded it, it may take up to 24 hours for the favicon to show in your browser's address bar.

If your favicon is not in the root dictionary for example /public_html
It might not show up on some pages for example if you have placed favicon.ico in another dictionary such as public_html/images you may need to place the following code in your file

Favicon still not showing up?
First, you must use a favicon editor to create your favicon. You cannot just rename a jpg or other image to favicon.ico for it to work. Second, go to your File Manager and click on the name of the favicon. If the preview loads your image, then you may just need to wait for your browser to recognize the favicon. After clearing your browser history, this can take up to 24 hours.

If it's still not showing up after you've tried everything above and waited up to 25 hours please contact us and we'll take a look at the issue for you.

Updated: 03 November 2012


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