fifeclub — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:24:58 +0000

I've used a few free programs and found the one I like was called GoldIcon. http://www.softpile.com/Desktop/Icons/Review_09013_index.html I haven't made an icon in a while but it's simple, free, and does transparency. Here's a simple "P" I made a while back.

But on the otherhand, now that somebody mentioned there's a photoshop plugin I can use I'm going to look into that a little more.

Megan — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 14:10:33 +0000

IME (and this was a long time ago but is probably still valid) it's pretty difficult to find a good icon making program for free - all the good ones cost money, and there aren't many alternatives. You'll probably have to go with what you've got.

TOBART — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 04:14:53 +0000

But paint doesn't support transparency. I guess I still can't get the transparency thing to work with Photoshop either, but I haven't put much time into trying.

jammin — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:05:31 +0000

no, it actually makes .ico files, i know because i have done it before, i even use the .ico files for things other than favicons, paint can do it.

i tried it again and it doesnt work with .gif, but i tried it as a 24-bit bmp,and it worked, not sure if other .bmp would work, but the file info says it is an icon file.
try it for yourself if you dont believe me.

ROB — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 08:21:15 +0000

jammin, that doesnt mean you created an icon - it means most likely that IE detected an invalid icon and attempted to determine the real type on it's own, and was successful.

jammin — Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:51:50 +0000

... you CAN use paint, it think you have to save it as a .gif, then put favicon.ico in the filename bar, its that simple, if it doesnt work then try saving it as .bmp or something, but i know it works, i have done it before.

Jimmy Changa — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 17:30:54 +0000

I use a small program called "Bitmap to Icon" by QTam. It works nicely.

TOBART — Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:41:33 +0000

ALRIGHT!!! Look what I came across the other day http://www.telegraphics.com.au/sw/
You can make .ico files in photoshop that support transparency! Fairly simple install, just download, copy and paste into you plugins folder, for some reason photoshop took like a day and 3 restarts until it recognized the new plug in.

ROB — Mon, 03 Mar 2003 15:15:59 +0000

Quote: Originally posted by The Webmistress
I don't think you can as it's IE that looks for a specific file which is favicon.ico

use the link tag

<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="./yourfavicon.png">

works in mozilla browsers, not sure about ie. ie has a crappy implementation anyway, you only ever see the icon if you bookmark the page and half the time even that doesn't work (at least in ie5)...

Wil — Sun, 02 Mar 2003 16:17:00 +0000

There is also a plugin for photoshop that allows you to save as .ico files.