favicon
By madshark
i tried everything to get the favicon displayed but it just wont show. When i installed elgg the first time around it didnt show it either. I even manually added the html to the header.php... it shows the code when viewing the source but still no favicon ... any ideas ??
thanks ...
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You must log in to post replies.For a favicon to show on a site you just need to upload an icon (.ico) to the root directory (least that's what you normally do).
I put mine in the root, and in the theme root too just to be safe. Works on my site. Sometimes it takes awhile for it to show up. You may have to delete the bookmark in your browser, and re-bookmark it - and then it can still take time to appear.
Great site to generate a favicon. http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
Just dropping a favicon.ico in the elgg root is not working for me. Any ideas? I don't even have a book mark (who uses those anymore).
Did you try a hard refresh?
Without meta-tags you have to have favicon.ico in site root, not in elgg base directory
Putting the favicon.ico in the root should do the trick, most browers will just recognize it and you'll be good. If for some reason that does not work
Put this piece of code somewhere between the <head></head> tags on your template footer or header
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="http://www.yourdomain.com/name_of_icon.ico">
If you have a 'secure' site, you will need to provide the path using https:
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="https://www.yourdomain.com/name_of_icon.ico">
I use this site:
http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/
I generate 3 different (still, animated, and iphone) favicns. and it supplies the code to use. I placed the code in the header.php as a meta. Beautiful.
Thanks folks, worked like a charm.
BTW, for those not too familar with elgg, the header is located in "views/default/page_elements" from your root directory. Also default is the view, not sure if these needs to be applied in other views or not. (I'm still not sure what is a view and what is a skin).
But the truly "Right Way" will be to extend metatags view, called in last line of header view