hi, i want to change the joomla icon that appears in the top tab when my webpage is displayed.... i have managed to change the icon on my 'admin' page but i doesn't seem to have changed the icon on my actual webpage... its comes up with a blank white'paper' icon...hope this makes sense
cheers in advance

Hi There - depends on a couple of things - but chiefly that you you have the pathway to he favicon correct - see the template's index.php usually for this.

This may help - www.j-b-t.com.au/favicons-making-placing-them-2.html
if not - have you got an URL? Might be able to sort it out there

Actually, in Joomla 1.5 the icon is in your template folder..

For JA Purity for example (the template used on Joomladay.org.au) the favicon.ico is in the /templates/ja_purity folder.



This short how to explains...
www.howtojoomla.net/20090210102/how-tos/...ur-favicon-joomla-15

hey partic, i appreciate your reply mate. howver, when i do what you said ,the only icon that changes is on the 'admmin' page tab. for some reason it doesn't change the icon on my webpage, its still a blank icon piece of paper witha curled up corner.... i will try to locate the code now and see if that works... cheers

where do i locate that code partic?? is that in the template html section ??

i'm using a rockettheme template, refraction 09 . Having no luck, the only symbol that i can find that looks like the one on my page is under templates/refraction/css/rokajaxsearch.css-disabled.....does this mean there's something diabled that i can turn on and the icon will work?? what do you mean have i got a URL ?

To help diagnose your site, posting the web address for where you're having the problem (the URL or Uniform Resource Locator) lets us quickly look at your site and tell you possible a solution.

Anyway, everything you need to know about Joomla Favicons is nicely documented here: docs.joomla.org/Changing_the_site_favicon

Is this sorted? I might reiterate the importanc eof clearing your browser's history / cache - esp if using IE. Otherwise please provide a link to your website.

You can always just view source of your page and look for the favicon.ico. It should show the full path - then just replace the one that is there (that's what I do when I'm in a hurry).

For example, the favicon for this page is:

Hey Sue, where do i locate that code... is that in admin/extensions/templatemanager/template/edithtml ??? i can never seem to find the correct code ... is there somewhere else that the code is hidden

sue, how do i view source that page and replace the code,, where is the code <link href="/templates/ja_purity/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" /> ?

Just go to the main page of your site and, if you're using Firefox, right click and select "View page source" (IE & Safari can do the same I just can't remember what their particular commands are).

Then, do a search on the code (cntrl-f) for "favicon.ico". Sometimes the favicon.ico is in the template, sometimes it's in the default joomla installation. That should give you the path to the ico file. For some reason the favicon on my own site is:



which means it's in the main images directory in that particular case.

Then, once you've got the path, just replace the ico file with your own (using an FTP program).

If your site is "live" I'll be happy to have a look for you.

thx sue,,, your patience is admirable... did the search and found the shortcut... i also discovered the best favicon replacer extension for novice joomla users and ill just use this from now on...www.phoca.cz/phocafavicon/ ... great plugin !!

Why use a replacer... just put the icon in the /templates/<yourtemplate> folder and it will automatically use it. See the info at docs.joomla.org/Changing_the_site_favicon

Hey Partic, i tried that a couple times but in the end i couldn't get the icon up on my webpage tab but it would pop up when i was in admin page .... so i tried the extension and it worked immediately .... can't work it out but it worked...