[TIPS] Enabling Adobe Photoshop to save .ICO (icon) files
Are you a web designer or developer scratching out your head figuring how you can save those .ico files besides from doing it online?
Online converter :
- ConvertICO
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- Online ICO converter
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The picture above shows after placing the plugin into the correct folder on your Photoshop installation, you can now save your file in .ICO format.
Telegraphics offers free plugins for Photoshop and Illustrator. Go to the official site: Telegraphics.com.au (down at the moment of writing) or alternative download link : Korean website and look for ICO (Windows Icon) Format.
Once you have downloaded the file (ICOFormat-2.0b3-CS3.dmg), refer to the screenshot below on where to place the .plugin file (if you are on a Intel-Mac).
Favicon
What is favicon? It’s a small 16×16 icon that appears on most modern website that you visit. The wikipedia page has a really comprehensive information on the history and support for the subject.
How do you make sure that the icon appears on your homepage? You need to place the code below within the <HEAD> </HEAD> tag of your HTML document
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.yourwebsite.com/myfolder/myicon.ico" />
