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How To Add Favicon and iPhone Thumbnail To A Concrete5 5.X Website.

Introduction.

This article shows you how to add a favicon of any accepted sizes (16x16, 32x32, 48x48), and an iPhone Thumbnail image to your Concrete5 5.x website.  Applies to some other versions of Concrete5 too.

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Expectations.

It is expected that you have already used your WHW1 (Web Hosting With $1) hosting control panel, cpanel, to instantly install a Concrete5 website, and you know how to access the Concrete5 control panel sign-in page.  It is also assumed that you already have the needed images for a favicon and/or iphone thumbnail. 

 

Steps To Add Favicon To Website.

  1. Login To Your Concrete5 5.x control panel.


  2. Go to your Concrete5 Dashboard.


  3. Scroll Down and Select "System & Settings".


  4. Select Bookmark Icons.



  5. Click Browse under the Favicon section, and locate your favicon image on your computer to upload.

  6. Select your favicon file and click on Open buttonEven though it states a 16x16 image, it can be a combined image that holds 16x16, and 32x32, and 48x48 all in a single file.

  7. Click on Upload.  In a few seconds you should see page refreshed and favicon image showing.

  8. To remove the favicon, click the red Remove button under the favicon image.

 

Steps To Add Thumbnail Image To Site For iPhone Users.

  1. Login To Your Concrete5 5.x control panel.


  2. Go to your Concrete5 Dashboard.


  3. Scroll Down and Select "System & Settings".


  4. Select Bookmark Icons.



  5. Click Browse under the iPhone Thumbnail section, and locate the image on your computer to upload.

  6. Select your 57x57 sized image file and click on Open button.

  7. Click on Upload.  In a few seconds you should see page refreshed and thumbnail image showing.

  8. To remove the thumbnail image, click the red Remove button under the thumbnail image.

 

 

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