1. favicon.ico is usually used as the thumbnail for a website URL and serves as the site logo. The favicon.ico appears in the browser's address bar or tab, as shown in the circled area in the image below. Currently, almost all browsers support ICO icons.
2. Once the favicon.ico file is successfully generated, the browser will automatically prompt to download the ICO icon. Click save to place the downloaded favicon.ico in the root directory (it can also be placed in another directory).
3. Insert the following code between the <head></head>
tags in the page source file: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
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