use a non-default favicon

[mattbailey0]

That lovely "B" you see in your browser tab is just begging to be replaced. Three options:

1. remove and go without.
2. replace with the Brigade program icon. See: http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/
3. develop a custom one.

My preference would be for (1) in a pinch and (2) if someone is motivated. (2) is the approach we're taking on the redesign of www.codefordc.org, so it would be all nice and matchy.

[cherihung]

do we still need a favicon? I took Matth's (2) suggestion and quickly created one from brigade.codeforamerica's logo. I hope it's OK. the .ico file is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/08qo9zg6qhw61ra/favicon.ico (can't attach in comment here)

the regular PNG version is here:

[HarlanH]

Oh, very cool. Feel free to make a pull request, or I'll get to it pretty
soon! Or maybe we should use the official one?
http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/favicon.ico

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Chienyi Cheri Hung <
[email protected]> wrote:

do we still need a favicon? I took Matth's (2) suggestion and quickly
created one from brigade.codeforamerica's logo. I hope it's OK. the .ico
file is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/08qo9zg6qhw61ra/favicon.ico (can't
attach in comment here)

the regular PNG version is here:

[image: favicon]https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1596991/1196036/98fe49d2-24a2-11e3-8cf3-86fd7cf3babd.png

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[ajschumacher]

Cheri's is better! Tell the official one to use hers!

a

On Sep 23, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Harlan Harris [email protected] wrote:

Oh, very cool. Feel free to make a pull request, or I'll get to it pretty
soon! Or maybe we should use the official one?
http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/favicon.ico

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Chienyi Cheri Hung <
[email protected]> wrote:

do we still need a favicon? I took Matth's (2) suggestion and quickly
created one from brigade.codeforamerica's logo. I hope it's OK. the .ico
file is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/08qo9zg6qhw61ra/favicon.ico (can't
attach in comment here)

the regular PNG version is here:

[image: favicon]https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1596991/1196036/98fe49d2-24a2-11e3-8cf3-86fd7cf3babd.png

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[mattbailey0]

Agree! It needs to be sized differently though, I think. I'm not an
expert, but I believe it needs to be either 16x16 or 32x32, and I think the
former is more compatible. Poking around a bit now to figure this out. A
post to the main list might sort this though.

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Aaron Schumacher <[email protected]

wrote:

Cheri's is better! Tell the official one to use hers!

a

On Sep 23, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Harlan Harris [email protected]
wrote:

Oh, very cool. Feel free to make a pull request, or I'll get to it
pretty
soon! Or maybe we should use the official one?
http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/favicon.ico

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Chienyi Cheri Hung <
[email protected]> wrote:

do we still need a favicon? I took Matth's (2) suggestion and quickly
created one from brigade.codeforamerica's logo. I hope it's OK. the
.ico
file is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/08qo9zg6qhw61ra/favicon.ico(can't
attach in comment here)

the regular PNG version is here:

[image: favicon]<
https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1596991/1196036/98fe49d2-24a2-11e3-8cf3-86fd7cf3babd.png>

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[mattbailey0]

FWIW this pretty exhaustive article says that a bunch of sizes matter, but
if you're going to provide just one, 16x16 is most essential:
http://www.creativebloq.com/design/create-perfect-favicon-12112760

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Matt Bailey [email protected] wrote:

Agree! It needs to be sized differently though, I think. I'm not an
expert, but I believe it needs to be either 16x16 or 32x32, and I think the
former is more compatible. Poking around a bit now to figure this out. A
post to the main list might sort this though.

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Aaron Schumacher <
[email protected]> wrote:

Cheri's is better! Tell the official one to use hers!

a

On Sep 23, 2013, at 10:00 PM, Harlan Harris [email protected]
wrote:

Oh, very cool. Feel free to make a pull request, or I'll get to it
pretty
soon! Or maybe we should use the official one?
http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/favicon.ico

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Chienyi Cheri Hung <
[email protected]> wrote:

do we still need a favicon? I took Matth's (2) suggestion and quickly
created one from brigade.codeforamerica's logo. I hope it's OK. the
.ico
file is here https://www.dropbox.com/s/08qo9zg6qhw61ra/favicon.ico(can't
attach in comment here)

the regular PNG version is here:

[image: favicon]<
https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1596991/1196036/98fe49d2-24a2-11e3-8cf3-86fd7cf3babd.png>

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[cherihung]

Ah, that's true. I should've resized it to 16. Here's a zip with 16, 32 and 48
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gegn3b7t5gf2h0/favicon.zip

and a regular PNG for view:

[ajschumacher]

hmm now I'm not sure vs. standard brigade .ico; maybe with transparency
around the corners? take a look with two tabs side-by-side...

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Chienyi Cheri Hung <
[email protected]> wrote:

Ah, that's true. I should've resized it to 16. Here's a zip with 16, 32
and 48
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6gegn3b7t5gf2h0/favicon.zip

and a regular PNG for view:
[image: favicon]https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/1596991/1201149/a3caf3ea-2530-11e3-92d1-e59f131d7e9a.png

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[cherihung]

mm...yeah, and it does look even more teeny tiny at 16px