Favicon

Dan27 · Post by **Dan27** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:22 pm

Hi, How do I actually make an upload a favicon because I want to put one on my forum but I heard that you need it hosted in the right favicon file and I also need to now how to put it on as well, any help please?

Thanks, Dan.

COD3M4ST3R-X · Post by **COD3M4ST3R-X** » Fri May 22, 2009 6:31 pm

Upload your favicon to your boards root folder
Open:styles/prosilver/templates/overall_header.html
Find:

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</head>

Add Before:

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<link rel='icon' href='http://xxxxxxx.com/favicon.ico' type='image/x-icon' />

purge the cache through the ACP index to apply changes.

Dan27 · Post by **Dan27** » Fri May 22, 2009 8:27 pm

Ok thanks but how do I get the Favicon to be an .ico file?

D¡cky · Post by **D¡cky** » Fri May 22, 2009 11:11 pm

Using the search engine of your choice do an Internet search. There are websites which can convert your graphic image to a favicon. Most will also have tips on solving common favicon problems.

onehundredandtwo · Post by **onehundredandtwo** » Sat May 23, 2009 1:31 am

You could also use an image editor to create your favicon file. A few editors I like are IrfanView and Gimp.

Even by putting your favicon.ico file in the root directory of your domain ie. yourdomain.com/favicon.ico, your browser should automatically find it without the code, though the W3C recommends that you use the code that CodemasterX wrote.

narqelion · Post by **narqelion** » Sat May 23, 2009 3:09 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon

You also are not required to put the image file in your web root either, as that is the IE standards violation method, you can put the image anywhere and as a matter of consistency I keep mine in my images directory, go figure.

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