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favicon.ico
The icon you see in the address bar when you visit a web site,
and the icon you see when you save / bookmark a web site

For this website, http://www.billhance.com/, the favicon is a picture of Bill Hance:    

To add a favicon.ico to a web site, simply:
  1. find a picture, and shrink it to 16x16 pixels in size
  2. copy it to the web server, to the root folder of the web site


If you want different icons for different pages, insert between <HEAD> and </HEAD>
   <LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="/~your_directory/logo.ico">

As an example, when viewing this page, the icon in the address bar should be a steering wheel:   
 



favicon.ico must be 16 pixels x 16 pixels in size






ascii         character
%20 =     blank space
%21 =             !
%27 =             '
%2b =            +
%2c =             ,
%2f =              /
%3a =             :





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