Add Favicon (favories/bookmark icon)

[Jade Elizabeth]

Although it works in firefox/opera, it appears that the file MUST be named favicon.{filetype} to work in ie

eg

favicon.jpg
favicon.gif
favicon.ico

I think you called the first one flavicon.gif

it was favicon.gif ....why wouldnt it work?

EDIT:
OH lol
lemme fix that :S

[Jade Elizabeth]

okay its fixed
still wouldnt show up in IE

so i tried hosting it on my actual site
http://www.jades-world.com/favicon.gif

same results...is there a certain folder or place it has to be to work with IE?

[karlbenson]

Alundra, I've been through this again today and I can't figure out why it won't work.
I'm wondering whether its a bug with my icon code or whether its an IE bug.
I've very sorry, but This is one I'll have to look at in the future and do a bit more research.

Although it won't show for the majority of users, its not technically causing any errors.  Feel free to uninstall the mod if you so wish.

[Jade Elizabeth]

naw im cool

all the cool users use firefox anyways

as long as i can see it, (which i can cause i use firefox) then im good. it has the effect i aim for

[lawnmowertech]

I just create a favicon and upload it to my public html folder via ftp, then the favicon AUTOMATICALLY appear on my browser URL and bookmark.

Why do we need a mod for favicon?

question   you said  public html folder  do you  load it to that folder itself  only   ?  or  inside that folder theres  other folders ? or do you upload it to  the root public html  folder  and not the sub folders

[jamietje]

good deal working for 1.1.3?

[Jade Elizabeth]

yeah it works perfectly
just not on IE....though if it works on IE for you let us know!! lol

[karlbenson]

I must have had it working in IE in the past, because I use IE as my preferred browser (although I test for firefox/opera)

As I said, as far as I'm aware it should work.  And I believe it has worked.

[Brenda]

Ok, just tried installing this mod. I am using 1.1.4 and now....I have this error and cannot access my forum!

Template Parse Error!
There was a problem loading the /Themes/default/index.template.php template or language file. Please check the syntax and try again - remember, single quotes (') often have to be escaped with a slash (\). To see more specific error information from PHP, try accessing the file directly.

You may want to try to refresh this page or use the default theme.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in .../Themes/default/index.template.php on line 365

356:
357:
358:    // Show the menu here, according to the menu sub template.
359:    template_menu();
360:
361:
362:    // The main content should go here.
363:    echo '
364:    <div id="bodyarea" style="padding: 1ex 0px 2ex 0px;">';
365: }366:
367: function template_main_below()
368: {
369:    global $context, $settings, $options, $scripturl, $txt;

[shumar]

I have other problem.
I can't find

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<title>', $context['page_title'], '</title>';

I can put my index.template.php so someone can point me where to put code.

I use 1.1.4

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Execute Modification  ./Themes/default/index.template.php  Test failed

[karlbenson]

please attach your index.template.php and I'll have a look at it.

[shumar]

Here we go.

[karlbenson]

instead of

<title>', $context['page_title'], '</title>';

you have
<title>', create_title(), '</title>';

So you will need to manually add this mod

[shumar]

Thank you.

[Herman's Mixen]

I must have had it working in IE in the past, because I use IE as my preferred browser (although I test for firefox/opera)

As I said, as far as I'm aware it should work.  And I believe it has worked.

coz IE is not compatible with the current W3C standards.... so i don't bother to don't use it... in matter affect we have to wait what the new CSS 3 standard are going to bring us.... maybe it will solve some problems for both IE and FF,Safari,Opera... etc.....

there are alternate css standards that work in IE !

[Jade Elizabeth]

there are alternate css standards that work in IE !

but do they work with other browsers?

[Herman's Mixen]

you can try to validate http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/validator/

you can try to insert these two lines

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

[cru]

nice! i installed it easily on my 1.1.4 default theme.  (test site)

1. how do i put the image?
2. where do i upload it?
3. do i have to insert any code? coz i don't see the icon. Im using Firefox

[karlbenson]

you upload the image to your server via ftp
or host it externally.

Then get the url and enter it in the box
Edit the url for your icon in the Current Theme panel of your Admin Area.

And it should then appear in the browser when browsing your site.

[cru]

thanks karl! u got great mods! u are a real smf hero!