How to Create an Internet Explorer Favorites Icon for Your Web Page

When a viewer using Internet Explorer 5.x adds a Web site to the Favorites folder, an Explorer icon appears. In FrontPage 2000, you can customize the Favorites icon for your page.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Modems
• Internet Access
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft FrontPage
• Paint Shop Pro
• Web Browsers

1. Use an icon-editing or general image-editing program to create an icon measuring 16-by-16 pixels.
2. Save the icon as "favicon.ico."
3. Copy the file and place it in the root web. (See "How to Import a File into FrontPage."
4. Upload the page and test the feature by right-clicking on your page and selecting Add to Favorites.

Tips & Warnings

• Make the icon a smaller version of your logo or an image that readily identifies you to the user.
• If you make an existing image into an icon, make sure it is viewable as an icon.
• This feature only works with Internet Explorer 5.0 and above.