2020-01-29, 01:51 AM
Simple solution for those who have asked or are planning to ask how to add a favicon to their forum.
Add to headerinclude:
Code:
Download Upload.zip below and extract it and there is a folder called images with an icon called favicon-comments.ico & favicon.ico...., put one of those images in your forums images or themes directory depending on how you linked it in header include.
example: yourforum/images/favicon.ico
If you want a different favicon and don't have the ability to make one yourself, you could always try something simple like:
https://paulferrett.com/fontawesome-favicon/ * to generate say a font-awesome 4.7 based favicon ** Note no longer as it re-directs to the FA5 generator now
And you would modify the headerinclude to reflect the icon name change for example:
Code:
Or use: https://gauger.io/fonticon/ for creating fontawesome 5 favicons with the ability to layer!
And that option keeps the image name as favicon.ico so this would still work without modification in headerinclude:
Code:
Note: FYI, the reason linking the favicon in the theme is better than just dropping a favicon into root directory is that with linking it in the theme you can have theme specific favicons.
Add to headerinclude:
Code:
<!-- Add Favicon -->
<link rel="Shortcut icon" href="{$theme['imgdir']}/favicon.ico" />Download Upload.zip below and extract it and there is a folder called images with an icon called favicon-comments.ico & favicon.ico...., put one of those images in your forums images or themes directory depending on how you linked it in header include.
example: yourforum/images/favicon.ico
If you want a different favicon and don't have the ability to make one yourself, you could always try something simple like:
https://paulferrett.com/fontawesome-favicon/ * to generate say a font-awesome 4.7 based favicon ** Note no longer as it re-directs to the FA5 generator now
And you would modify the headerinclude to reflect the icon name change for example:
Code:
<!-- Add Favicon -->
<link rel="Shortcut icon" href="{$theme['imgdir']}/favicon-comments.ico" />Or use: https://gauger.io/fonticon/ for creating fontawesome 5 favicons with the ability to layer!
And that option keeps the image name as favicon.ico so this would still work without modification in headerinclude:
Code:
<!-- Add Favicon -->
<link rel="Shortcut icon" href="{$theme['imgdir']}/favicon.ico" />Note: FYI, the reason linking the favicon in the theme is better than just dropping a favicon into root directory is that with linking it in the theme you can have theme specific favicons.