Comments on: For 30DCers: How to Access your WordPress Direct Blog Without WPD

By: LJF Wolffe

LJF Wolffe — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:58:06 +0000

For those who are trying to get a favicon on your site, fellow 30DCer Eric Roberts has created a step-by-step video tutorial to help you do just that: http://www.servicesoptimization.com/services-optimization/uploading-a-favicon-into-a-word-press-direct-blog Check it out!

By: Marysia

Marysia — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:31:56 +0000

Great post, LJF - this is going to be so useful. And I like your site - I look forward to exploring it over the coming days & weeks. And I love your blue rose.

By: LJF Wolffe

LJF Wolffe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:42:11 +0000

It definitely does, Rita! And it will also show up for the people that subscribe to your RSS feed; at least in Google Reader, I see the favicons of the blogs I’ve subscribed to. It helps me remember who’s who — and it will help your readers, too!

By: Rita

Rita — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:28:10 +0000

Thank you for your great answer, Linda. I’m going to work on putting a customized icon in my url. I think a customized url icon makes a site more memorable.

By: LJF Wolffe

LJF Wolffe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:44:13 +0000

Thanks for the question, Michael! This is actually something I’ve wanted to do for this blog — and thanks to you, I’ve done it! Notice the icon in the URL — it wasn’t there yesterday! The answer comes in two parts. 1: Find the image you want to use, and turn it into a favicon. The free site I used was http://www.favicongenerator.com. Don’t forget to save it. 2: Put your favicon.ico in the main folder of your current theme, and in the main directory for your site. There’s also a line of code to put into your header.php; rather than put it here, you can go find it at codex.wordpress.org. After I did the ftp and the line insertion, I had a blue rose on my tab. Hope this helps you get an image onto yours!

By: Mike Roberts

Mike Roberts — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:59:15 +0000

Thank you so much LJF Wolffe. This was very helpful. I was needing to install some php code and couldn’t figure out how to do it. Now here’s a real doosy of a question. This one is worth 10 scooby snacks. How does one change the small default paper icon up in the address bar? If you type in http://www.amazon.com…you will see right before the http: there is a nifty little icon. Keep us posted! And great blog!
Mike Roberts
How to Rich