I needed a favicon.ico file for a web site I’m working on. I had the image that I wanted to use and needed a quick and dirty way to generate the correct icon file. Keep in mind, I’m a developer with limited artistic skills. After trying some icon editors (FAIL), I found a site that claims to make an icon based on a file you upload. Seemed to easy, but it was exactly what I needed. This is a great tool at a perfect price: http://www.favicon.cc/. It took my Twitter image:
and gave me a favicon.ico:
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