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    • #4689
      Rob Clarke
      Keymaster

      The new Google Sites has just released the ability for users to update the favicon. This is a good practice to do with your websites because it affects usability.

      Learning Architects faviconA favicon is an icon associated with a particular website which is displayed in the address bar of a browser or next to the site name in a user’s list of bookmarks. It helps usability dramatically because when people have multiple tabs open, it provides a simple visual image to identify the site you are on.

      It also shows up when you create a bookmark of the site – you’ll notice the Learning Architects favicon on this website, as well as our public website.

      This image shows you where to go in your Google Sites to add a favicon. It accepts these files types: JPEG, PNG, GIF, ICO, TIFF, BMP, or WEBP file. The good thing about this is you don’t have to resize the image before uploading, the Site does this for you.

      Google Sites - how to add a favicon

      If you want further reference, visit this page in Google’s Help Center…

    • #4697
      Emma Riddell
      Participant
      Points: 536

      Morena Rob,

       

      I was so excited to see this post – I have just made a site for out BOT to replace WIKIspaces…but… this is what I see when I follow the instructions, now I’m gutted – do you have any thoughts…?

      Cheers 🙂

       

    • #4698
      Rob Clarke
      Keymaster

      Oh yes, it’s most likely being rolled out in a staged way, which is normal really.

      Google has two public ‘streams’ for releasing new features: Rapid and Scheduled Release.

      It will be likely to appear over the next week for you, it’s working for another client of mine in Auckland, so could be a propogation delay.

      I’ll place the release timing into future posts so it is clear 😉

      Rob

    • #4712
      Emma Riddell
      Participant
      Points: 536

      Thanks – I feel better knowing that 🙂

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