Favicon in Root Directory

28 May 2007, 10:13 AM

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ben_harry

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Favicon in Root Directory

Im trying to add a favicon, and in FAQ it says to add the file to the root directory.

A) How do I add a file to this directory?

B) What file do I add to it. I assume it is the favicon logo I have saved in images.

Thanks

28 May 2007, 11:06 AM

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thepatch

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

ben harry:

Im trying to add a favicon, and in FAQ it says to add the file to the root directory.

A) How do I add a file to this directory?

B) What file do I add to it. I assume it is the favicon logo I have saved in images.

Thanks

You would just ftp the image to your root directory for your server. depending on what your using it might look like public_html/ or www/ etc. As long as the file name is favicon.ico it should work

28 May 2007, 11:18 AM

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ben_harry

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

Thanks for the reply. How do I FTP the image to the directory.

28 May 2007, 1:38 PM

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bradsmith

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

ben harry:

Thanks for the reply. How do I FTP the image to the directory.

I use FileZilla to move my things around through FTP. I've just recently added a favicon to our site, and it was a very quick and easy process... as already stated, just open up your FTP and drop it into the Public_html folder.

It may take a few reloads, but it should, eventually, show an icon at the bookmarks and also in the address bar.

11 Jun 2007, 9:14 PM

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wrapper

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

I have my favicon in the root but it also has html code. Where do I put that?
thanks

11 Jun 2007, 9:52 PM

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thepatch

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

an icon with html code?

11 Jun 2007, 10:11 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

http://www.favicon.co.uk/help.php

This is where it told me how to do it

11 Jun 2007, 10:26 PM

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thepatch

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

wrapper:

http://www.favicon.co.uk/help.php

This is where it told me how to do it

Ahh, I see what you're saying. Hrm, I would imagine you could put this in the header file . . . I mean I didn't do the html and mine works fine;

http://www.merchantsrowonline.com

it's an unfinished site but I get the icon now in my address bar. I think the html might be for adding it to favorites or something. Someone smarter than I will have to validate that one.

11 Jun 2007, 10:31 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

Thank you .... where did you make yours at? Maybe I just need to try it somewhere else.

11 Jun 2007, 10:46 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

wrapper

The code already exists in Zen Cart so you do not need to add it.

11 Jun 2007, 10:50 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

hmm then unsure what I am doing wrong:huh:

11 Jun 2007, 10:56 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

How about a url???

11 Jun 2007, 11:07 PM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

I guess that would be helpful LOL sorry.
https://www.thewrapperspot.com

11 Jun 2007, 11:11 PM

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kobra

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

I am seeing the favicon just fine???? The pic of your logo as the favicon

Try refreshing - clear cache etc

11 Jun 2007, 11:24 PM

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thepatch

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

KOBRA to the rescue!

All I did was drop the .ico file in my root directory. It took it a while to show up, I would say almost a day or so. It was insane long. But it did show up.

11 Jun 2007, 11:30 PM

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wrapper

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

Thank you so very much!:oops:

12 Jun 2007, 1:27 AM

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thepatch

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

Site looks good by the way, did you do the template yourself? If so, great work!

12 Jun 2007, 2:41 AM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

:blush: Thank you so much! Yes sorta it was the lavendar temp... well with help with a few questions here on the forum.
I do have one question... how in the address bar(tab) do I change it from zencart to my address name? I know I had this changed once when I was playin in the beginning. Thank you all for taking the time and patience!
:thumbsup:

12 Jun 2007, 3:04 AM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

if you're talking about what I'm thinking you're talking about . . . guess I could have visited your site before responding, then you need to edit your 'meta tags.php' file.

Now . . . where is that? I think it's in the Includes, Template folder, make sure you use the over ride system so any updates don't over write your changes

Yes, you'll want to edit:

\includes\languages\english\CUSTOMTEMP\metatags.php

Where 'customtemp' is your template folder name.

12 Jun 2007, 3:43 AM

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Re: Favicon in Root Directory

That was it!!!!!!:clap:TY