Creating a favicon.ico file...How?

beniro · 2004-09-30 15:55:08

How can I create a favicon.ico file for my website using Arch? Gimp doesn't seem to want to...

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

dp · 2004-09-30 16:08:54

if you use kde, there is kiconedit

beniro · 2004-09-30 16:09:55

Thanks alot for your help!

I'd rather avoid installing QT, though, if possible...

I hope that didn't sound ungrateful.

murkus · 2004-09-30 16:59:41

beniro wrote:

Thanks alot for your help!
I'd rather avoid installing QT, though, if possible...
I hope that didn't sound ungrateful.

well, I made image with gimp and when saving selected "by file type" and entered as file name "favicon.ico". It seems to work.

.murkus

dp · 2004-09-30 18:17:26

beniro wrote:

Thanks alot for your help!
I'd rather avoid installing QT, though, if possible...
I hope that didn't sound ungrateful.

not at all - i can understand very good, that installing QT is a heavy step on lightweight systems

beniro · 2004-09-30 20:01:55

Thanks for the help...GIMP does save as an ico file, but it doesn't seem to actually be the same type of file as a win32 ico file, as it doesn't function in my browser. I'm still searching.

I found a GIMP plugin that says it does this type of thing, but I'm a lamer who cannot install it at this moment.

Search...

phrakture · 2004-09-30 21:03:12

an icon is simply a 16x16 or 32x32 bitmap file...

and just because it doesn't work in your browser doesn't mean it's saving wrong. your page may not expose the favicon and the webserver may be blocking it... or your browser may be borked...

try putting an existing icon there temporarilly and see what that does... if it doesnt work, then it's something else

paranoos · 2004-09-30 22:33:44

if i recall correctly, you don't need to have an ico file there. i think it can be png as well, which gimp can handle just fine.

dp · 2004-09-30 22:40:57

maybe it is limited to 8bit or 16bit of colorspace? (256 or 65k)

paranoos · 2004-10-01 16:57:05

I found a great link. png2ico will convert png images to Windows Icon resource files, primarily for making favicon files.

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Creating a favicon.ico file...How?

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