Favicon with bad quality

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  aeslettebo · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 4:03 pm

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  I have uploaded a 128*128 blavatar in PNG, but the favicon looks crappy. I’ve tried with both PNG 8 and 24, but both look the same. When the blavatar is used in other contexts it looks good.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  cascadechris · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:20 pm

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  I have the same issue. I tried the same things. Commenting so that maybe we get some support

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:23 pm

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  For best practices for uploading gravatars, avatars and blavatars scroll down to below the video here: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/01/24/gravatar-avatar-blavatar/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:26 pm

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  @cascadechris
  Here’s how to link your username to your primary wordpress.com blog http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2007/10/06/link-your-username-to-your-blog/

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  cascadechris · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:30 pm

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  @timethief Is it safe to say that if the image has any transparency, it favicon quality will be poor?

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  cascadechris · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:33 pm

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  Thanks for the other article by the way that was something i didn’t even realize i wasn’t doing!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:38 pm

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  Is it safe to say that if the image has any transparency, it favicon quality will be poor?

  Yes.

  Thanks for the other article by the way that was something i didn’t even realize i wasn’t doing!

  You’re welcome. About 30% if those who post here are actually wordpress.ORG bloggers posting to the wrong support forum. That is why we ask for blog URLs ie. so we can verify where they are hosted as the answers to questions are not the same.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 9, 2015 at 10:39 pm

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  Edit to correct typo: if was meant to be of

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  aeslettebo · Member · Jun 10, 2015 at 10:33 am

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  Thanks for the answer timethief. I have now changed the blogg picture without a transparent background:
  http://blogg.lyse.no/

  I don’t like using a white background here. Would be prettier with a transparent. Other (not wordpress.com) sites has smooth transparent favicons:
  http://www.lyse.no/
  https://wordpress.org/