Tip: Don't forget the favicon
In contemporary web browsers, favicons are prominently displayed in the browser's UI. As such they have become an integral aspect of creating a site that looks professional. More importantly, they allow users to identify a website from a host of tabs or bookmarks. Alas only a third of web pages (based only on my bookmarks list, admittedly) offer a favicon.
What your favicon looks like is less relevant than having something distinctive. Favicons should trigger recognition, and need not stand up to examination.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
I notice this blog doesn't have one!
November 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am
True, but I have never finished a theme for this blog. I've drawn a variety of designs, but it's a lot of hassle to make them into themes, because it involves an element of PHP coding.