Favicon Help

jbraum · December 20, 2006, 09:38:56 AM

Here's what I've done but I'm not seeing my favicon

Put the favicon in the default theme and pasted the following code

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="application/ico" href="/favicon.ico" /> before the </head> in the index.template.php. I'm using a different theme is this my problem?

Gary · December 20, 2006, 10:34:12 AM

Try

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<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

and upload favicon.ico into your main the forum root directory.

-AwwLilMaggie

jbraum · December 21, 2006, 10:49:46 AM

Did that but no favicon. Might be a dumb question but do I need to put the code on the index.php in the root directory where the favicon is. Now I have the code in the default theme - index.template.php and in the same php page in the theme I currently use.

Alan S · December 21, 2006, 11:00:29 AM

Dont put the code in the index.php , It could screw up your forum , Put it in the index.template.php

at the very start before all the other code so its like

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<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />
</head>
<?
-----Smf Code------ ?>

jbraum · December 21, 2006, 11:25:52 AM

Got it! Thanks...

Chris™ · January 03, 2007, 08:54:27 PM

How do we make a .ico?

Gary · January 04, 2007, 10:15:55 AM

You can just use a graphic program like Photoshop and just add the .ico extension to the filename.

-AwwLilMaggie

Alan S · January 04, 2007, 11:44:36 AM

Or you can just upload a normal image to here and it will be resized and put into ico format automaticaly.

http://www.favicongenerator.com/

weightman · July 01, 2007, 02:45:48 PM

QuoteDont put the code in the index.php , It could screw up your forum , Put it in the index.template.php

at the very start before all the other code so its like

Code:

<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />
</head>
<?
-----Smf Code------ ?>

This worked for me. The favicon mod nor any of the code in the others threads did not.

Thanks

meMilly · June 23, 2008, 12:50:25 PM

Quote from: Alan S on December 21, 2006, 11:00:29 AM
Dont put the code in the index.php , It could screw up your forum , Put it in the index.template.php

at the very start before all the other code so its like

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<head> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> </head> <? -----Smf Code------ ?>

THANK you!

I had tried everything else!

* meMilly whistles happily and looks at her new favicon.

Deprecated · August 02, 2008, 01:14:57 AM

Just a bit more advice for you. Some browsers are non-compliant or otherwise cornfused. Use this in your header instead:

Quote<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

That will get a few more browsers to work correctly, with both forms of the tag.

s_m_f_forumuser · October 31, 2009, 05:24:20 PM

Quote from: Deprecated on August 02, 2008, 01:14:57 AM
Just a bit more advice for you. Some browsers are non-compliant or otherwise cornfused. Use this in your header instead:

Quote<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

That will get a few more browsers to work correctly, with both forms of the tag.

When I do that the font size on my complete SMF board gets larger (too big). Strange?

bitman · May 20, 2010, 11:39:43 AM

Quote from: Alan S on December 21, 2006, 11:00:29 AM
Dont put the code in the index.php , It could screw up your forum , Put it in the index.template.php

at the very start before all the other code so its like

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<head> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" /> </head> <? -----Smf Code------ ?>

I did this and yes it worked BUT: It breaks the Image Verification picture upon registering.
I'd love to have the favicon back but not at the expense of new users.

Help!

:Ron

kat · May 20, 2010, 11:49:55 AM

Don't worry about any coding.

Just put the favicon in the root of your forum.

Browsers will find it, automatically, now.

Best to have them 16×16pixels in size.

bitman · May 20, 2010, 12:02:00 PM

Quote from: Kat on May 20, 2010, 11:49:55 AM
Don't worry about any coding.

Just put the favicon in the root of your forum.

Browsers will find it, automatically, now.

Best to have them 16×16pixels in size.

Thanks Kat.

Love your avatar - busts me up.

Well that doesn't seem to work for me. I have the 16x16 .ico in the root of the forum folder but I don't see it displaying the icon in the url.

kat · May 20, 2010, 12:07:41 PM

For reasons that I did know, but forget, it can take a while.

Try emptying your cache.

The avatar kinda fits, here... I get like that, with some posters.

They seem rather dense, sometimes.

bitman · May 20, 2010, 12:15:51 PM

Quote from: Kat on May 20, 2010, 12:07:41 PM
For reasons that I did know, but forget, it can take a while.

Try emptying your cache.

The avatar kinda fits, here... I get like that, with some posters.

They seem rather dense, sometimes.

I've cleared the cache with no avail, but you are supported by many elsewhere on other forums so I'll dig around and if I fix it, I will post here.

Thanks Kat.

kat · May 20, 2010, 12:21:10 PM

No sweat, mate.

Odd thing, those favicons.

They tend to show-up almost straight away, in Opera.

With other browsers, it seems to take a while.

bitman · May 20, 2010, 12:34:49 PM

I found a post that said to add:

<html>
<head>
<title>WEBSITE NAME</title>
<LINK REL="SHORTCUT ICON" HREF="favicon.ico">
<head>
<html>

To the end of index.php.

I did that and the favicon is back. Nothing elese seems broken but time will tell.

:Ron

kat · May 20, 2010, 12:38:58 PM

Well, you got there, in the end, so all's good!

Jue · October 24, 2010, 11:59:27 AM

Which Index.php file are you suppose to put that bit of code into? I've put my favicon.ico in the root directory.

trasher.info · August 14, 2011, 05:14:38 PM

my favicon not work at google chrome browser.

Illori · August 14, 2011, 05:43:16 PM

please do not bump an old thread, also this thread is marked solved so it may be ignored by support staff. please open a thread in the correct board to get help with your issue.

KensonPlays · November 10, 2011, 01:20:25 PM

Quote from: Alan S on January 04, 2007, 11:44:36 AM
Or you can just upload a normal image to here and it will be resized and put into ico format automaticaly.

http://www.favicongenerator.com/

http://www.favicon.cc works too

More dynamic and you can create one on the site instead of having to use an image.

Illori · November 10, 2011, 01:30:47 PM

kcmartz please check the last post date before you go bumping old threads.

Illori · December 16, 2011, 05:18:13 AM

please open a separate thread this thread belongs to someone else and is marked solved.

Mister X · December 16, 2011, 05:32:10 AM

okay thanks

MrPhil · December 26, 2011, 03:08:49 PM

Illori, instead of the moderators constantly chewing out noobs for reusing a "solved" topic, why don't you guys (and gals) add a mod to auto-lock a "solved" topic (moderator or original poster can unlock it)? And I don't want to hear any excuses about "we must keep this forum absolutely unmodified virginal pure as the driven snow". Isn't the "marked solved" already a mod?

Illori · December 26, 2011, 03:16:45 PM

you would need to contact the admin, the team seems to have very little say in this as it is.

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