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::''> If you'd like to submit something that's great''
::Thanks Father and congratulations on the new look! I would receive a blessing by doing so, but I am not a graphic designer (you can tell from my very humble contributions sent to you some weeks ago via a 'logo submission' Hotmail account: the anonymous [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#OOO_WWW_Logo OOO WWW Logo] and [http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/OrthodoxWiki_talk:Logo_Submissions/archive#Circle_Logos Circle Logos] :-).
::I can resize the current logo to 16X16 in PaintShop Pro, but as you have rightly mentioned, this won't produce good results. Perhaps HappyGrevling can quickly design a 16X16 ''matching'' icon with just the circle and the cross inside it (and maybe also using fewer colours)? Microsoft and other interested parties provide detailed instructions guidelines on how to produce such "miniature" versions by reducing icon detail and focusing on distinguishing features, etc. (for Windows XP and the forthcoming Vista, but the same principles would apply to favicons)
::I personally liked Baker's second icon for its elegance and simplicity, and the way it uses different shades of the same colours. However, I think HappyGrevling's winning logo "''really captures the mission''" of OrthodoxWiki in a far better way than any of the other submissions.
::With my prayerful best wishes, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 18:23, November 16, 2005 (CST):Thanks, everyone, for the kind words. I agree that there were a lot of excellent logo submisisons. I just created and uploaded a .png image we could use as a favicon (not sure how to make it a .ico). - [[User:HappyGrevling|HappyGrevling]] ::The following png2ico converter program might help: http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/::Thank you very much. In Christ, --[[User:Arbible|Arbible]] 15:59, November 17, 2005 (CST) I have successfully converted your file using the above tool, but the system won't allow me to upload it. You can retrieve it from (right-click to save):http://staff.bath.ac.uk/mpsmnkb/Temp/favicon.ico (It should be copied to the root folder of OrthodoxWiki.) God Bless. ::Thanks everyboyd. I'll work on this soon. [[User:FrJohn|Fr. John]] ''OK. Finally figured this out -- the .htaccess file was interfering with the template accessing the favicon. Anyway, I also downloaded a free little program called [http://www.iconempire.com/free-icon-editor/ Iconomaker] in order the make the background transparent instead of white. Finally, I've changed the icon for Firefox/Mycroft search plugin too (using a transparent .gif), and sent an update to the Mozilla site. You may have to clear your browser's cache to see the new favicon. If you already have the search plugin enabled and want the new icon, you have to find your Firefox/Mozilla profile and delere the OrthodoxWiki entries in the "searchplugins" folder. If you don't have it already, why not? You can get it from [http://orthodoxwiki.org/tools/ here].
