[FREE] symbol in front of site name

Auke · July 15, 2014, 04:20:12 PM

Hello all,

In front of the names of websites there is a place for a small symbol (in case of SMF forum something that looks like a seesaw). Could somebody here please tell me how to put a symbol in that place?

Thanks in advance,

Auke

Illori · July 15, 2014, 04:22:02 PM

http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Favicon.ico

Auke · July 15, 2014, 04:37:58 PM

Thank you. So it's called a favicon.

What I see is that I have to edit /Themes/default/index.template.php as follows:

Find <head> then add after:

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

I got no clue how to do this... Where do I find this /Themes/default/~ ?

Sorry, I'm a newbie...

Auke

Illori · July 15, 2014, 04:46:56 PM

usually you dont need to do that. just upload the file to the main folder of your forum and your browser should pick it up automatically.

Auke · July 15, 2014, 05:09:54 PM

I'm pretty sure there are some elephants in the room which I'm overlooking, but...
- where do I find this file?
- where do I find the 'main folder' of my forum?

Depending on what I see when I find file and folder I also might need some assistance on how to do the uploading.

Auke

Kindred · July 15, 2014, 06:59:01 PM

You have to create the file yourself

You upload it to whatever directory your forum is installed to on your site.

Auke · July 15, 2014, 07:14:55 PM

Ah, okay, thank you.

That's bound to go wrong with me. I'll leave it for sometime in the future.

Auke

Kindred · July 15, 2014, 07:16:10 PM

There are many sites which will convert any normal image that you want to try into an ico for favicon usage

Arantor · July 15, 2014, 07:24:49 PM

Or use GIMP which can do it as well.

Burke ♞ Knight · July 15, 2014, 07:30:09 PM

http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/

Auke · July 15, 2014, 08:21:35 PM

Right. I just used the link provided by BurkeKnight to create my own favicon which I saved over the seesaw favicon. Thank you for the help so far. What should I do next?

Auke

Burke ♞ Knight · July 15, 2014, 08:42:55 PM

As long as it is uploaded to the root of the site, it should work automatically.
However, it may not show for a little while to you, as you been so much on the site.
Try to open the site in a different browser, one that not used for the site, and you should see it right away on that one.

Auke · July 15, 2014, 09:09:56 PM

Well, I got the favicon on my laptop but the server on which my site is hosted is somewhere else. Shouldn't I somehow put the favicon on the server?

I use FireFox to work as an Admin on my website while I got a testaccount working from IE. I just opened the site on my otherwise unused Safari, but I don't see my favicon there.

Please advise.

Auke

Kindred · July 15, 2014, 09:10:47 PM

Yes. It needs to go on your server...

Auke · July 15, 2014, 09:15:42 PM

Ah, nice. I made a correct conclusion. Let's party!

How should I proceed to get the favicon on the server? Could you advice me?

Kindred · July 15, 2014, 09:38:56 PM

FTP is the best choice.., your cpanel file manager probably would work as well.

Arantor · July 15, 2014, 09:40:06 PM

I'd prefer SFTP if it's available but most hosts aren't using the secure version yet. (Which is a shame, since FTP can go die in a fire, well, anytime)

Auke · July 15, 2014, 09:55:57 PM

I haven't seen the term SFTP anywhere, so I suppose that's probably not available. Regarding FTP and cPanel, I know the terms by now, but am still at a loss as what they do / what I can do with them. It's probably explained somewhere, but there's just so much I have to learn all of a sudden.

I tried to upload the favicon with the package manager, but it didn't accept the .ico extension. Could you please explain how I upload the file with FTP?

Arantor · July 15, 2014, 09:57:32 PM

How do I use FTP? / What is FTP?

Auke · July 15, 2014, 11:02:07 PM

Thank you '?!'

I read the link, installed an FTP client and then made my own favicon disappear while trying to upload it, made a new favicon, tried to upload it again but probably failed (nothing to indicate that I succeeded). Grmbl.

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