OpenDNS

Tyler — Fri, 15 May 2009 23:15:28 +0000

I have been using this service for awhile now and I just thought I would formally recommend it. OpenDNS is usually a faster alternative to the default DNS provided by your ISP. It protects against phising automatically and can be adjusted to automatically block adult material aka porn. AND you can travel with your settings by creating an account.

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Adding Icons to Web Browsers

Tyler — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 02:28:02 +0000

Finally decided to find this one out. A good number of websites have little pictures next to their url in the address bar. For instance, Apple has a platinum Apple and CNN has the CNN logo. I finally decided to use MSN, MSN also has a cool webicon, to learn how to put one on my website.

Those little web icons are called FavIcons (Favorite icons) and their file type is .ico. (Where have I been lol!?) To utilize them, you must create a small image of the .ico format. You can do this using some picture editors or you can go HERE and do it for free. I did the latter. After your icon is created, upload it to the root directory of your website but some have reported it is to be placed in the /images directory.

Then place this in your html header:

The second line is optional pending if you decide on using the animated gif given by the free generator. Be sure to upload both files if you intend on doing that.

To see the results, you may have to do one or more of the following:

1. Refresh.

2. Bookmark your page.

3. Clear your cache.

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OpenDNS

Adding Icons to Web Browsers