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How to add a Favicon to your Website

A. First, you must create the Favicon. There are a number of free tools online that will do this for you. Try http://www.favicon.cc/
B. Once you create the Favicon, it needs to be downloaded and saved to your computer
C. You will need to access your website via FTP. If you do not have this access information, please contact support@pro-activewebsites.com

Once you have your Favicon and FTP access, follow these steps:
1. FTP into the server.
A. IP 69.65.42.224
B. Username: YOURUSERNAME
C. Password: YOURPASSWORD
2. Save the Favicon to the root (public_html) directory.
3. Go to public_html/includes and locate extra.php
4. Open extra.php in any text editor.
5. Add this line of code at bottom:   <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico>
6. Save file and upload it.
7. If asked to overwrite file, click YES. Open your web browser and go to your website. You should see your Favicon in place. You may need to REFRESH your browser.