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Add favicon — ASP.Net

How to add favicons to your ASP.NET applications

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Learning Objectives

• Generate favicons for different devices online.
• Add favicon or shortcut icon on ASP.Net Website.

Prerequisites

Install latest visual studio community edition.

Getting Started

What is a favicon?

The favicon, also identified as a shortcut icon, tiny icon, or website icon that browsers advertise next to a page’s title in a browser tab.

Serving the favicons as static files so that we can attach them to our ASP.NET application.

Generate Favicons

Go to the following website to generate favicons for various platforms.

Favicon Generator for perfect icons on all browsers

Currently supported browsers, platforms, and technologies.

Step 1: Download any royalty-free images from here

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Step 2: Upload

Upload the downloaded image as shown in the below screenshot

Step 3: Download

In the favicon package, add them to the web-root folder.