Help with Favicon

I am just wondering what I did wrong. the favicon is in the right directory public_html the code is already in zencart but the darn thing still wont show? https://www.thewishplace.com can anyone tell me why it wont show is there some reason why it wont show?

thanks
avie :)

Have you cleared your browser cache?

And added your site to your favorites?

Is the favicon saved as a .ico?

Try adding the favicon.ico to your directory root?

Tina

Its working for me. Try clearing your temp and cache. I had that problem also, it worked for me. :wink:

charmedbytina2:

Have you cleared your browser cache?

And added your site to your favorites?

Is the favicon saved as a .ico?

Try adding the favicon.ico to your directory root?

Tina

Good point on the directory root. That is were mine lives.

charmedbytina2 - We must have posted at the same time.

AvieF - its working.

i cleared everything lol let me try again thanks for checking :)

AvieF:

i cleared everything lol let me try again thanks for checking :)

i had that problem too. what i did is to give the full path of where my ico file is. try check the path of the .iso file.

like this right

like this right

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.thewishplace.com/favicon.ico" >Yes go to your web browser and type in <http://www.thewishplace.com/favicon.ico:yes:>

That should load the picture/icon in the browser. Then try your site homepage.

Another trick is to bookmark your site and that should also help it show.

It took mine a few weeks to change. I was using one and switched to the current one and for some reason it took almost a week to switch. I even cleared the cache and everything. :frusty:

Just give it time... I can see it is working for new visitors.:clap:

zevink:

Yes go to your web browser and type in http://www.thewishplace.com/favicon.ico:yes:

I stand corrected.:oops: You need to go to http://www.thewishplace.com/store/favicon.ico

Sorry for the mistake.

like this right

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.thewishplace.com/favicon.ico">I would change it to

But I would like someone to verify this. I guess it would not hurt to try.

Any way its working for me. WP with a star above.

zevink:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.thewishplace.com/store/favicon.ico">

But I would like someone to verify this.

Your on the right track.. just need to add the 'type' to the ending. Here the three basic ways different browsers see a shortcut icon. For IE see's it one way and firefox finds it another.... I used all three on my page to cover as many browsers as I can. Also, using a gif has other uses, such as the firefox search engine.

<link rel="icon" href="includes/templates/YOURFOLDER/images/icons/icon.gif" type="image/gif" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="includes/templates/YOURFOLDER/images/icons/icon.gif" type="image/gif" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="includes/templates/YOURFOLDER/images/icons/icon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

The code for above in 'html_header.php'

<?php if (defined('FAVICON')) { ?>
<link rel="icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON2; ?>" type="image/gif" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON2; ?>" type="image/gif" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo FAVICON; ?>" type="image/x-icon" />
<?php } //endif FAVICON ?>

You can set the path to your icons in 'includes/languages/english/YOURFOLDER/meta_tags.php'

Firefox pickup the icon so it is working for it..