creating home screen icons for apple and android phones

[travbacon]

so i created four different size png images
apple-icon-57x57.png
apple-icon-72x72.png
apple-icon-114x114.png
apple-icon-144x144.png

uploaded them to the root directory

then went to

/includes/templates/[custom_directory]/common/html_header.php

and added the following code

original code
<?php if (defined('FAVICON')) { ?>
<link rel="icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON; ?>" type="image/x-icon" />
<?php } //endif FAVICON ?>


added code:
<?php if (defined('FAVICON')) { ?>
<link rel="icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON; ?>" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON; ?>" type="image/x-icon" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="apple-icon-57x57.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="apple-icon-72x72.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="apple-icon-114x114.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="apple-icon-144x144.png" />
<?php } //endif FAVICON ?>

does not work lol. can someone please tell me what i goofed on? tia!

[RodG]

does not work

In what way isn't it working?

How are you testing/checking?

What have you done to diagnose the problem?

Do the error logs contain any clues?

Have you tried clearing the browser cache(s)?

Have you tried with more than one Apple device?

Can you provide a URL to the store so that someone else can check/validate that it 'doesn't work' for them either?

Have you asked about this in the Apple forums? It could be a bug/problem with a particular device or model.

Is there a reason you didn't create/include the precomposed icons?

Are your icons readable by the server?

.... and finally, you do realise that this isn't really a zencart issue, don't you?

Cheers
RodG

[travbacon]

I did nothing to diagnose the problem. I decided just to post here so someone could do the work for me so I won't have to. That is why I posted what code I posted in Zencart, which you correct it is irrelevant, in detail so I could get a reply like yours.

[RodG]

I did nothing to diagnose the problem. I decided just to post here so someone could do the work for me so I won't have to. That is why I posted what code I posted in Zencart, which you correct it is irrelevant, in detail so I could get a reply like yours.

Not quite sure how to take this.

Rod helps those that help themselves. :-)

Cheers
Rod

[DrByte]

Is the define for FAVICON commented-out in your language file? If so, you'll need to uncomment it.

[travbacon]

Not quite sure how to take this.

Rod helps those that help themselves. :-)

Cheers
Rod

Take it in the most cynical way nimRod :)

[travbacon]

Is the define for FAVICON commented-out in your language file? If so, you'll need to uncomment it.

It is not. If I did wouldn't this remove the favicon on the regular full scale browser?

[soxophoneplayer]

For what it's worth - I didn't do anything fancy like this - simply replaced the favicon with my own, using same name and dimensions. Cleared cache. Nothing seemed to bring it up. Eventually, days later, it simply appeared. This happened each time I did a rebuild to new version of my site.

[mc12345678]

For what it's worth - I didn't do anything fancy like this - simply replaced the favicon with my own, using same name and dimensions. Cleared cache. Nothing seemed to bring it up. Eventually, days later, it simply appeared. This happened each time I did a rebuild to new version of my site.

This is/can be expedited if prior to putting the new site online that the caching of site information is temporarily reduced early enough before the transition. Then the "wait" is reduced.