{"id":91,"date":"2010-05-17T18:44:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T18:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sgis-blog.co.uk\/?p=91"},"modified":"2014-08-14T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-14T11:34:46","slug":"icon-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgis.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/05\/icon-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Icon Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to create your own icon to appear at the top of the navigation bar of the browsers? Follow this 4 step guide and your icon will be up in minutes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1. Choose the image that you want to appear. It\u2019s best to make sure the image is already square to ensure it is not distorted.<\/p>\n<p>2. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.favicon.co.uk\/\"><strong>www.favicon.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>, upload the above picture and choose the icon size, choose the default size of 32&#215;32.<\/p>\n<p>3. Download the icon and upload it to your hosting account.<\/p>\n<p>4. 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