favicon.ico in browser in WB?

[Ogierini]

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to show the favicon.ico in browser in WB?

In the html file it workedhtt p://www.evidenttraining.nl/

in the index.php i pasted the link as well in the head area: <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favico.ico">

but the icon doesn't show.

Doesn't it in php? Forgive me than my stupid question,

greetz Irene

[BerndJM]

Hi,

if you mean the index.php from your template and the favicon resists in youe templates folder it should work.

Regards Bernd

[marathoner]

Most popular browsers will find the file in your web root directory. My favicon.ico file resides in the domain web root on several different domains and works just fine. In fact, I don't even <link> statement (but I suppose I probably should).
Take a look at all of these sites...FF and IE both display the favicon.ico file that I have the web root directory:
http://www.columbusroadrunners.org/
http://www.mohican100.org/
http://www.secondsoletotalsports.com/

[Ogierini]

'favicon resists in youe templates folder it should work' I should place it in the template folder, o...... yes that could be the sollution. It is now in the root of the website.

From the links that you mentioned, I do'nt see the favicon's in IE but I do in Firefox. This is IE6 what I have at home. I'll take a look at my other computer, maybe they there!

greetz Irene

[Stefek]

'favicon resists in youe templates folder it should work' I should place it in the template folder, o...... yes that could be the sollution. It is now in the root of the website.

Hello Origeni!

You can leave your "favicon.ico" in the root of the website and point to it from inside your template.
If you do so you are in advance when you make several templates for your WebsiteBaker installation (for example, if you use another template for the news, another one for the startpage etc.)
Just place this snippet into your template's index.php:
<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo WB_URL; ?>/favicon.ico" />    
This shoul work properly.

Best regards,
Stefek

[Bramus]

Code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://www.marcelissen.nl/favicon.ico" />

Using that in the index.php and this works good for the www.marcelissen.nl website.

[Stefek]

Code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://www.marcelissen.nl/favicon.ico" />

Using that in the index.php and this works good for the www.marcelissen.nl website.

Yeah!
Thats quite "the same"... but won't work, if you share your template

Best Regards,
Stefek

[BerndJM]

Hi,

in IE but I do in Firefox. This is IE6 what I have at home

IE6 and favicon this is a little "special", if you use google and search for "favicon ie6" you get more results as you like with "why it doesn't work" and maybe also some workarounds/solutions.
So it's not a WB related problem ...

Regards Bernd

[Ogierini]

Goodevening,

Code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo WB_URL; ?>/favicon.ico" />

So I tried it all, but i can't see anything: not even in firefox, which should show the icon.

I uploaded the favicon.ico in the webroot as well as in the template map:
in this case andreas00/img/favicon.ico


What could it be?

greetz Irene

[vyni]

Hi,

is the ico-file in a valid format? valid size?
Does it appear if You bookmark Your page? - Maybe it´s a question of cache? Did You delete the Explorer-cache?

Have You ever tried any other ico-file than Yours? Is it working as supposed?

regards from Himberg

[Ogierini]

Yes the icon is valid, in the html page, the index, in shows. Just in the php files, it doesn't....
In my favorites it appears with the icon because it is saved as a favourite.

But the php files I would like the favicon as well.....

Any suggestions?

greetz Irene

[Stefek]

Would you please email me your zippe template?
I'll give it a try.

Best regards,
Stefek

[jena6]

I put favicons in my root, cleared my caches and was disappointed that they didn't work.  Then later in the day, it showed up in one browser.  Before the week was out, it worked on all the browsers I test with.  I have no idea why.

[Ari Lindholm]

This code works in my site, please remember put this code in your header part in xhtml-file.

<link href="http://< your_direct_path >/favicon.ico" type="image/ico" rel="shortcut icon" />

Of cource image should be 16x16 pix size and file name should be as favicon.ico.
Problems? Download somewhere already made favicon.ico file and test it. In most cases image has been done wrong.

[Stefek]

Hello, the following is the PM I sent to Irene (Ogierini) after I took a look at her Template:

Hello Irene.
You did a mistake with the place where your icon file is.
You got it in the "img" directory of your template.

In order to have this line working:
   

Code:

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo WB_URL; ?>/favicon.ico" />

You have to put the ICO into the root of your WB Installation

But I have another code-line for you. Take this one:
   

Code:

<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo TEMPLATE_DIR; ?>/favicon.ico" />

But then you have to put your ICO file into your Templates Folder (andereas00), not into it's image folder.
All right.
Try it, and let me know how it behaves.

Best Regards,
Stefek
This worked.

Best Regards,
Stefek

[Ogierini]

Hi guy's

It is unbelievable but..... I got the same problem as lost time.

I copied the exact code and the favicon is really in the right spot!

Could it be the presence of a template changer?
I have tried to place the link to the favicon on differant places in the head part but it doesn't respond....

Could someone help out? 
Irene

Code:

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=<?php if(defined('DEFAULT_CHARSET')) { echo DEFAULT_CHARSET; } else { echo 'utf-8'; }?>" />
    <meta name="description" content="<?php page_description(); ?>" />
    <meta name="keywords" content="<?php page_keywords(); ?>" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo TEMPLATE_DIR; ?>/and0.css" media="screen,projection" />
    <title><?php page_title(); ?></title>
   
    <?php
    if (( PAGE_ID == 1) OR (PAGE_ID == 22)){
     ?> <style type="text/css">
     #header{
     background: #C6DAD9 url(<?php echo 

WB_URL.'/templates/andreas00/img/front.jpg';?>) no-repeat;
     }
     </style><?php }
  ?>
<link rel="Shortcut Icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo TEMPLATE_DIR; ?>/favicon.ico" />
    </head>

[ruebenwurzel]

Hello,

depending on your browser maybe you need to add additional code:

Code:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo TEMPLATE_DIR; ?>/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo TEMPLATE_DIR; ?>/favicon.ico" />

Also to place additionally a favicon.ico in the root of your server is a good idea.

Matthias

[Ogierini]

tthank you Matthias,

This worked!

Code:

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

regards Irene