I recently created a video for Blogging Beginners that demonstrated the use of a Favicon plugin that I’ve been using for some time on a number of blogs. You know – make yourself stand out from the crowd by branding your RSS feed and the address bar etc.

One of the thoughts I had when filming the video was that many beginners just wouldn’t know how to go about creating an icon to use in the plugin or would have to fork out cash to get one made for them.

This morning I found another Favicon Plugin that resolves that problem as it comes pre-loaded with a wide range of icons that can be used until you are ready or able to create your own.

It follows the usual pattern – download, unzip, ftp to site and activate. At that point there is a slight deviation from the norm in that you have to register with an email address for the plugin to work.

Don’t worry, I’ve used other plugins from these guys and they aren’t too bad with the emails they send out. Once you’ve given your email address they’ll send you the usual “opt-in” confirmation at which stage you’ll be taken to a sales page. Frankly I don’t know what it was for – I just scrolled to the bottom and clicked No Thanks.

The plugin then works – all you need to do is go to it from your admin area – select the icon you want to use from those shown and the job’s done.

If you don’t like any of the icons provided there are links to obtain more or you could always create your own and upload it to the “icons” folder.

Wizzer

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