I am trying to do a very simple preliminary exercise to setting up a website which is creating a favicon.
This is the code I am using:
<!DOCTYPE html >
<html lang="en-US">
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />
</head>
</html>
But it is not working - can anyone please assist?
I've saved the file favicon.ico on the same level as my html file (on a subdirectory).
Many thanks
With the introduction of (i|android|windows)phones, things have changed, and to get a correct and complete solution that works on any device is really time-consuming.
You can have a peek at https://realfavicongenerator.net/favicon_compatibility or http://caniuse.com/#search=favicon to get an idea on the best way to get something that works on any device.
You should have a look at
http://realfavicongenerator.net/
to automate a large part of this work, and probably at https://github.com/audreyr/favicon-cheat-sheet to understand how it works (even if this latter resource hasn't been updated in a loooong time).
One complete solution requires to add to you header the following (with the corresponding pictures and files, of course) :
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="apple-touch-icon-57x57.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="apple-touch-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="apple-touch-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="apple-touch-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="apple-touch-icon-60x60.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="apple-touch-icon-120x120.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="apple-touch-icon-76x76.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="apple-touch-icon-152x152.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="apple-touch-icon-180x180.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-192x192.png" sizes="192x192">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-160x160.png" sizes="160x160">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-96x96.png" sizes="96x96">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="mstile-144x144.png">
<meta name="msapplication-config" content="browserconfig.xml">
In June 2016, RealFaviconGenerator claimed that the following 5 lines of code were supporting as many devices as the previous 18 lines:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
<link rel="mask-icon" href="/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#5bbad5">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
I use this on my site and it works great.
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="images/favicon.ico"/>
There is a very simple method to set a favicon, which had been around for a long time AFAIK.
Place the favicon.ico file in the default location.
i.e
http://www.yoursite.com/favicon.ico
This works in almost every browser without a <link> tag.
However, this works only if it is an *.ico file. PNGs and other formats still have to be linked with a <link> tag
Below given some information about fav Icon
What Is FavIcon?
FavIcon is nothing but small image which appears top left along with the application address bar title.Standard size specification for favicon.ico is 16 by 16 pixel. Please see below attached figure.
How It Works ?
Usually we add our FavIcon.ico image in the route solution folder and automatically application picks it while running. But most of the time we might have to use below both link reference.
<link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/ico"/>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/>
Some browser expect one (rel="icon") Some other browser expect other rel="shortcut icon"
Type=”image/x-icon” OR Type=”image/ico”: once expect exact ico image and one expect any image even formatted from .jpg or .pn ..etc.
We have to use above two tags to the common pages like – Master page , Main frame which is getting used in all the pages
you could take a look at the w3 how to, i think you will find it helpful
your link tag attribute should be rel="icon"
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html lang="en-US">
<head profile="http://www.w3.org/2005/10/profile">
<link rel="icon"
type="image/png"
href="http://example.com/myicon.png">
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
rel="shortcut icon" should be rel="icon"
Source: W3C
From experience of my favicon.ico not appearing, I am sharing my experience. You can't get it to show until you put your website on a host, therefore, try put it on a localhost using XAMPP - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html. This is how the favicon appears and like others recommended, change:
rel="shortcut icon"
to
rel="icon"
Also this way .png favicons can be used for slickness.
<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico">
</head>
In my site, I use this:
<!-- for FF, Chrome, Opera -->
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/assets/favicons/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/assets/favicons/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32">
<!-- for IE -->
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/assets/favicons/favicon.ico" >
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/assets/favicons/favicon.ico"/>
To simplify your life, use this favicons generator http://realfavicongenerator.net
This method is recommended
<link rel="icon"
type="image/png"
href="/somewhere/myicon.png" />
Try put this in the head of the document:
<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"/>
I use this https://realfavicongenerator.net/ to generate all the possible favicons scenarios and it is free.
Related
I see the favicon correctly but everyone else see's the globe symbol in Google Chrome.
Previously they used to see the Joomla! symbol as that is the CMS I am using. Here is my code:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="/apple-icon-57x57.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="/apple-icon-60x60.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="/apple-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="/apple-icon-76x76.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="/apple-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="/apple-icon-120x120.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="/apple-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="/apple-icon-152x152.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-icon-180x180.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="/android-icon-192x192.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="/favicon-96x96.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/ms-icon-144x144.png">
I assume if the images weren't uploaded it wouldn't show for anyone at all. My users have cleared their cache and it's been over a month since the site was live so I wouldn't expect that to have been the issue. The site is using HTTPS.
Can anyone else think of any reasons as to why this might be?
I have the following code:
<head>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="images/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<title>EPDM Polymers | EPDM Rubber Granules | Poured-In-Place Rubber</title>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
<!--[if lte IE 8]><script src="assets/js/ie/html5shiv.js"></script><![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./css/main.css" />
<!--[if lte IE 9]><link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/ie9.css" /><![endif]-->
<!--[if lte IE 8]><link rel="stylesheet" href="assets/css/ie8.css" /><![endif]-->
<!-- Start WOWSlider.com HEAD section -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./css/style.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/jquery.js"></script>
<!-- End WOWSlider.com HEAD section -->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="./js/BackToTop.jquery.css" type="text/css" />
</head>
However, The favicon is not showing up on www.epdmpolymers.com I have the favicon.ico file in my images folder. Any ideas?
You have 2 links for favicon.ico, try removing the first link from your code. I guess it would work for you.
Or once again cross-check the path of the image, try using relative path to the file.
For example: If your image is in root/images folder, so use (/images/favicon.ico)
One of my favorite debugging methods is to download and use a favicon.ico file from a working site like http://www.google.com/favicon.ico
If it works then the issue will be because of your file size or
format.
If it does not work then the issue will be either with the
html tag.
To rule out file permission issue try accessing your favicon file
directly using its url through the browser address bar.
I tried to add a favicon (simple #101010 square) to my website. However, it isn't visible and I have no clue why. Can anybody help me?
I use the following code to embed the favicon in Wordpress.
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.dstruning.com/wp-content/themes/dstruning/img/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
<link rel="icon" href="http://www.dstruning.com/wp-content/themes/dstruning/img/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">
I'm using this online favicon generator to create a favicon for my site and the tool output provides a lot of icons, not only the website favicon. I was curious about which of them do you consider mandatory for a website, and which do you think are unnecessary:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="/apple-icon-57x57.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="60x60" href="/apple-icon-60x60.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="/apple-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="76x76" href="/apple-icon-76x76.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="/apple-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="120x120" href="/apple-icon-120x120.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="/apple-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="152x152" href="/apple-icon-152x152.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-icon-180x180.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="192x192" href="/android-icon-192x192.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="/favicon-96x96.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
<meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
<meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/ms-icon-144x144.png">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
Unless you have specific needs, your website should probably support all major platforms: desktop browsers, iOS Safari, Android Chrome, etc.
Is the "online favicon generator" you mention RealFaviconGenerator? If so, you may want to know it's undergoing a huge refactoring to produce a minimalist set of icons.
While its output is still in testing phase, here it is:
A single 180x180 Touch icon. iOS Safari scales it down just fine if it needs to.
A manifest.json file for Android Chrome, with two 192x192 and 512x512 icons.
A browserconfig.xml file for Windows 8.1 and 10, with a single icon.
A mask icon for Mac OS Safari.
The classic gang for desktop browsers: favicon.ico and two 16x16 and 32x32 icons. Maybe some of these icons might be dropped.
In the end, the code:
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="180x180" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
<link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
<link rel="mask-icon" href="/safari-pinned-tab.svg" color="#14b036">
... if you put the files in your root directory. Else, you need to declare browserconfig.xml and favicon.ico, too.
Full disclosure: I'm the author of RealFaviconGenerator.
You want to have ICO pictures at least for these standard dimensions: 16x16, 32x32 and 48x48 pictures in ICO format. However, in same cases you may want to have up to 196x196. I would keep them all, so that each client configuration can pick its preferred one.
References: Ref1 Ref2 Ref3
If you want to limit it to just what may be necessary, you might want to consider the three favicons.
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="32x32" href="/favicon-32x32.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="/favicon-96x96.png">
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="/favicon-16x16.png">
You can choose one of these, the deciding factor being the size, which affects the quality of the icon.
I have a mobile webapp that I am developing using jquery mobile. I am prompting the users that they can use the add to homescreen function to load the webapp from the desktop. When I test the functionality of the splash screen on my iPhone 3GS, the png file which I wish to load does not load with the splash screen, but rather, a "screen shot" of the site with a white-space at the top where it appears the address bar used to be.
Here is my code
<html><head>
<title>Page Title</title>
<meta content='yes' name='apple-mobile-web-app-capable'>
<meta content='default' name='apple-mobile-web-app-status-bar-style'>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0;" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/jquery.mobile.1.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/mydashboard.min.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/add2home.css">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="touch-icon-iphone.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="touch-icon-ipad.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="touch-icon-iphone4.png" />
<!-- ***Here is my code for splash screen*** -->
<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="Default.png" />
<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="touch-splash-ipad-land.png" media="screen and (min-device-width: 481px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation:landscape)" />
<link rel="apple-touch-startup-image" href="touch-splash-ipad-port.png" media="screen and (min-device-width: 481px) and (max-device-width: 1024px) and (orientation:portrait)" />
<!-- ***My JS files are included under this and the closing of the head tag*** -->
I have tried a 320x460 and a 320x480 png file where the Default.png is. Neither have had any success. From what I've read, I think I'm doing this right, but I could be wrong. I'm basing my opinion on https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/qa/qa1588/_index.html
and
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/ConfiguringWebApplications/ConfiguringWebApplications.html
So my question is this, has anyone else seen this? If so, what was the cause and what did you do to resolve the issue if you did resolve the issue? If you haven't seen this particular issue, is there anything you might be able to suggest based on my code above?
The Default.png file MUST be 320x460px.
Try removing the launcher from the home screen and re-adding it from Safari.
That is what I had to do to get mine to work.