Phoca Favicon
Requirements:
- Joomla!1.5 (stable or any later version).
- PHP 4.4.1 (or any later version) with GD library (graphics library for thumbnails creation).
Documentation:
http://www.phoca.cz/documentation/category/4-phoca-favicon-component
Frontend Demo:
http://www.phoca.cz/demo/phoca-favicon
Since version 2 (Joomla! 1.7) Favicon can have transparent background
Phoca Favicon and Joomla! 1.7 Demo:
http://www.phoca.cz/joomlademo/phoca-favicon
The only trouble I came across was with the 'thumbs' directory as posted in an earlier review. That review helped me fix the problem and continue on my way - thanks roandr!
Hi,
"Creating a favicon take minutes anyway without this extension"
With this component it takes some seconds.
Using this component saves users some steps while creating favicon:
- you need not to resize your image (Phoca Favicon will create icon from image which have any size)
- you need not to convert image to ico file
- you need not to copy this ico to server, to template folder.
So it is the same like you will say, you need not Joomla! because you can write all your articles direct into the php files. Users who have no image editor, who don't know resizing images, who don't have any idea how to convert image to ico type, who don't know the place where to copy this icon, maybe they will appreciate this help.
If you don't need this help, it is very easy, just uninstall this component and make all these steps manually.
Jan
Really does do what it says on the tin.
2. It does not seem to support transparency - something that limits its uses.
Other than that I liked the easiness of the component.
Just install, upload your desired image, select template and image, click patch and ready!
Good work
