I wrote about the importance of a favicon for your blog or Website and how to get one, but left a crucial piece of the puzzle out. Want to use your own favicon on Blogger or another blog hosting service? If you have access to a server or image sharing account, it’s pretty easy.
Just edit the header of your theme/template and insert the following between the <head></head> tags:
<link rel=”favicon” type=”image/ico” href=”http://example.com/yourfolder/favicon.ico” />
Note, you’ll have to figure out how to edit the header with your particular blog host. For example, in Blogger, log in to your dashboard, choose layout, then choose the tab titled “Edit HTML”. Insert your relative link to your favicon then save your template changes.
Depending on how you upload files to your image host or server, you’ll either FTP in or upload to your directory. If you need some for favicon hosting, here is a short list of free image hosting for your favicons.
Once you’ve made the changes, you will likely need to clear your browser’s cache before you’ll see your custom favicon in the address bar.
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