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How to setup a favicon for my PW website?

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LAPS    6

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I tried to do some search, but I did not find how to setup a favicon for my PW website e.g. where to put favicon file(s)?

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LAPS    6

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@kongondo I read the linked answer, but what is the webroot in PW? I mean, what is the directory (e.g. /site, /wire) where I have to put my favicon file(s)?

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DaveP    945

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It's the folder that /site/ and /wire/ live in; the one where index.php and .htaccess are (in a standard install).

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LAPS    6

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@DaveP I tried to put the favicon.ico file in /, /site, /wire and others directories, as well as refresh both PW and browser cache, but it does not work. I also added the link code in the <head> tag of my template file, as follows:

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico">

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kongondo    5,690

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1 hour ago, LAPS said:

but what is the webroot in PW?

What @DaveP said...For example:

  

/var/www/html/site

/var/www/html/wire

/var/www/html/favicon.ico

/var/www/html/.htaccess

 

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rafaoski    89

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This code should help you get to the wire directory: 

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo $config->urls->root ?>wire/favicon.ico">


But I prefer to add in the directory of my template files in which I change the path to (templates/): 

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?php echo $config->urls->templates ?>assets/img/favicon.ico">


Here you can read more about $config:
https://processwire.com/api/variables/config/

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heldercervantes    442

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I usually go by @rafaoski's approach.

I first go to http://www.favicomatic.com/, upload a 500x500 image to generate a full icon pack.

Then I place the icons in their own folder inside the templates folder. Usually /site/templates/img/favicon/

Favicomatic gives you a rather large HTML snippet. Slap that on your template, and on each line that points to a file, you'll have to fix the url, like so: 

<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<?= $config->urls->templates ?>img/favicon/favicon.ico">

 

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