Library/HTML/Generating a favicon.ico with GIMP

First, what a favicon.ico is: favicon.

A rather detailed page is available here: http://egressive.com/tutorial/creating-a-multi-resolution-favicon-including-transparency-with-the-gimp.

How To
In short summary:


 * 1) Create a full-size base image, save it
 * 2) Create a 16x16 down-scaled PNG copy of the base image, save it
 * 3) Create an 8x8 down-scaled PNG copy of the base image, save it
 * 4) Open the 16x16 PNG in GIMP, then choose "File > Open as Layers..." and open the 8x8 PNG
 * 5) File > Save Copy As..., save as "favicon.ico"
 * 6) Copy the saved .ico file to the root html folder of your web server