Safest way to create .ico files?

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Hi,

I want to create an favicon.ico file and all of the articles I’ve read so far seem to include a component of using an online generator to convert the image file to .ico.

Is there any risk in using these online generators? I’m always nervous of downloading something from a random site and uploading it onto my website

Is there an alternative where I can just make it on my pc? I’ve got photoshop. Can I just create a .png instead?

thanks

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I’ve been using a PNG image for a long time now. IIRC, only older versions of IE had a problem with that, and I decided I could live with them not displaying the icon.

If you want to convert to .ico, I’m pretty sure Photoshop would be able to do it. I can’t check, as I don’t have it myself, but GIMP can certainly convert from .png to .ico, so I’d imagine Photoshop will, too.

https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/how-to-add-favicon-to-website#Let_Browsers_Automatically_Generate_the_Icon

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Photoshop can do it, of course. Just export it as PNG. And do make sure that the colour profile is RGB… One day I forgot I set it up to CMYK for a printer, and then the image couldn’t not be seen on some browsers…

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I’ve never had a problem with the online converters.

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Favicons don’t have to be .ico files. You can use any of the common image types supported by browsers.

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thanks all, yeah I was getting bogged down with thinking I needed an .ico favicon.

I’ve just opted for a png now so I don’t have to worry about any third party sites etc.

thanks all

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