Em²a Studios » design http://www.em2astudios.com pages from the book Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:04:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 FavIcons = Important http://www.em2astudios.com/2008/11/favicons-important/ http://www.em2astudios.com/2008/11/favicons-important/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:03:00 +0000 Emma http://blog.em2astudios.com/?p=58 I updated the favourites icon (FavIcon) on the EmaCartoon.com page last week.  I told a friend subsequently thereafter, and was promptly thanked on behalf of all System Administrators.

What?  Why?  How could a measly 16 pixel x 16 pixel image have such an impact to be thanked on behalf of all SysAdmins?  So I did what any normal girl would do – I asked (and then Googled it so I could translate SysAdmin speak).

Here’s the lowdown:  Apparently, if a web host is managed in Apache (which most are), and a SysAdmin has to do some sort of work or other on it, Apache has a tendency to break or ignore a website if it is lacking a FavIcon.  This can be annoying and somewhat hazardous to their health.

So show your SysAdmin some love: Add a FavIcon to your webpage today!

FavIcon generators can be found here:
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
http://www.favicongenerator.com/

Smashing Magazine has also ran a few articles with FavIcon examples/inspirations. Here is the latest:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/11/20/favicons-episode-8/

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