This Weeks Useful Tool for Computer Users – Favicon from Pics

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:47:34 +0000

I come across quite a few programs, applications and features almost every day in the course of normal work-a-day research trying to find the right tools to use in the Computer Consulting Business.

As a result, I often find some little known Free Downloadable or Online Features that could be of use to almost anyone to make their computing experience a little bit better and more productive.

This is just such a find…

Ever wonder why some websites and blogs have their cute little Logo showing in your toolbar and others don’t?

Favicon from Pics

Its Free and easy to create your own Favicon.

Go to Favicon from Pics

Upload your image & create Favicon

Download .ico file to your computer

Upload it to the “root” file of your site

Navigate to your index.html file & insert between and

You should now have your Favicon set and ready to go. (It should also show in your Favorites bar on Windows).

Sorry, this won’t work on Blogger.com or WordPress.com because you don’t have access to the “root” folder (it’s THEIR domain).

I hope you find this tool to be something useful in your daily computing experience.

If you find something you think should be included, please use the comments below or use my Contact Form to let me know and I will be sure to check it out for inclusion in a future article.

2 Reasons to Cross Check Browsers

Joe Hauckes — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:29:58 +0000

Something that I keep running into is customers having problems with differences in Various Browsers.

The most common problem I come across is the way a site renders one way on Internet Explorer and very differently on FireFox. The only real way to fix this type of situation is to test in each Browser and adjust as necessary. I have a copy of both on my computer for just such a purpose.

There are online services that provide screenshots, 2 that I know of are:

Browsershots.org which is fee to use, but takes a long time to load and get results from what I understand.

BrowserCam which is free for a short trial period, but seems to be a lot faster than most on rendering results.

Another problem I see fairly often is that a page will lock up or not load at all on one Browser and the other will be just fine. If this happens, the most likely cause is probably an incompatable Script of some sort. The most likely culprit could be either a recent Plugin or Add-on that you installed. Or maybe some code you added for a service of some kind.

In either case, what you need to do is:

Disable the New Script, Plugin or Add-on. If the problem is resolved then go to step 2.

Contact the Original Author or Company that supplied the code. Describe the problem in as much detail as possible. In most cases they should be happy to help.

These are just two of the reasons to always Cross Check Browsers and the easy solutions. Can you think of any more? Please share in comments.

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This Weeks Useful Tool for Computer Users – Favicon from Pics

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2 Reasons to Cross Check Browsers