Forum OpenACS Q&A: Who created the Alex favicon.ico.

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1: Who created the Alex favicon.ico.
Posted by Tom Jackson on 11/06/02 07:03 AM
Who created the cute Alex favicon.ico, and what is the best open source way to create these icons?
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2: Re: Who created the Alex favicon.ico. (response to 1)
Posted by Jonathan Ellis on 11/06/02 01:27 PM
Dunno as to the first (nice work!); but for the second, just make a 16x16 tile with gimp or your favorite img editor, and convert it to windows icon ("ICO") format with ImageMagick.
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3: Re: Who created the Alex favicon.ico. (response to 1)
Posted by Dave Bauer on 11/06/02 02:34 PM
Tom,

I created it, but I used a windows based shareware icon editor. Besides being 16x16, the favicon.ico must also only use at 16 color palette. That is the tricky part. Also there is a way to build a two-part ico file witha  16x16 image and a 32x32 image (which can also use more colors).

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4: Re: Who created the Alex favicon.ico. (response to 1)
Posted by Michael Bluett on 11/28/02 09:28 PM
I have recently had reason to add an OpenACS link to my favourites (sorry Americans!), and I must say I liked the image, it looks really good after you have clicked on it, when it is "grey highlighted".
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5: 'Powered by' logo? (response to 4)
Posted by Tilmann Singer on 11/28/02 09:41 PM
By the way, is there a version of the new logo that can be used to create a backlink to openacs.org, with a 'Powered by' text or something similar?

If not - a nice way for graphic designers to get some credits 😉

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6: Re: Who created the Alex favicon.ico. (response to 1)
Posted by Roberto Mello on 11/29/02 05:38 PM

I've used this powered by logo for over 2 years. I don't know where the original is (but a search through the forums would tell you).

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7: Re: Who created the Alex favicon.ico. (response to 6)
Posted by Tilmann Singer on 11/29/02 06:01 PM
That's the one I know - I meant it would be cool to have one that is done in the new design. Just the image that's now in the upper left corner plus soft edges on the right and maybe the 'Powered by' string.