Adding a favicon to your board

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Adding a favicon to your board Jan 23, 2013 13:46:12 GMT -8 MC, jmmreview, and 1 more like this

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Post by Former Member on Jan 23, 2013 13:46:12 GMT -8

I am surprised I haven't seen this anywhere yet... it's so easy and will replace the standard ProBoards favicon with your own (for an example, see our African Grey Parrot forum)

Create a favicon (I use one of the many online generators)

Download your file (name it favicon.ico) and host it on an external server (I use Dropbox to host ours)

Go to Admin - Themes - Layout templates

Click Forum Wrapper

Find the text (likely line 5)

<title>$[title] | $[forum.name]</title>
Below that, add on a new line

        <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="http://(your_url)/favicon.ico" />

Replace "(your_url)" with your own link.

Now your site is truly yours

This is what it looks like in Chrome:

Last Edit: Jan 23, 2013 13:55:30 GMT -8 by Former Member

Maiden
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Adding a favicon to your board Jan 23, 2013 14:46:12 GMT -8

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Post by Maiden on Jan 23, 2013 14:46:12 GMT -8

Nov 20, 2012 2:27:54 GMT -8 Shrike said:

You can edit the template for the forum wrapper (similar in scope to the global header/footer) to add a favicon in by hand, you just need an image link. You'd then edit the forum wrapper template (Themes > Layout Templates) and copy/paste this line just above the </head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="LINK TO IMAGE" />

Cute favicon ^^

Shrike helped me do it the above way which looks pretty similar to how you've done it.

solariamock.freemessageboards.com/

Mine's a bit PB esque but I hope to create a dragon icon or two one day

This generator is also really good:

www.favicon.cc/

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Adding a favicon to your board Jan 23, 2013 16:40:43 GMT -8

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Post by blueshead on Jan 23, 2013 16:40:43 GMT -8

This still works when dropped in Global Header without having to edit the Template..

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://yourfaviconhere.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

I also use dropbox because it will host an .ico

Last Edit: Jan 23, 2013 16:46:09 GMT -8 by blueshead

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Maiden Senior Member Posts: 1,020 Maiden inherit Female 163839 0 May 25, 2017 20:48:34 GMT -8 Maiden 1,020 Senior Member February 2011 dreamaiden	Adding a favicon to your board Jan 23, 2013 16:44:31 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Maiden on Jan 23, 2013 16:44:31 GMT -8 That's good to know. I had to png mine to get photobucket to take them. Shall try dropbox in future.

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 11:31:44 GMT -8

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Post by SLRdude on Feb 1, 2013 11:31:44 GMT -8

I was not able to get it to work by following the original instructions of adding a line in the template wrapper.
Does it have to be a specific file format?

I uploaded an ico file to dropbox and use the link to that file in place of (my url) in the script.

Last Edit: Feb 1, 2013 11:50:47 GMT -8 by SLRdude

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 11:55:46 GMT -8

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Post by SLRdude on Feb 1, 2013 11:55:46 GMT -8

It worked doing this...

You can edit the template for the forum wrapper (similar in scope to the global header/footer) to add a favicon in by hand, you just need an image link. You'd then edit the forum wrapper template (Themes > Layout Templates) and copy/paste this line just above the </head> tag:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="LINK TO IMAGE" />

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 14:43:17 GMT -8

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Post by aRMY83 on Feb 1, 2013 14:43:17 GMT -8

Jan 23, 2013 16:40:43 GMT -8 blueshead said:

This still works when dropped in Global Header without having to edit the Template..

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://yourfaviconhere.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Did the same on placing mine in the Global Header and what's nice, no edit of muliple themes.

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 14:47:52 GMT -8

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Post by Shrike on Feb 1, 2013 14:47:52 GMT -8

Feb 1, 2013 14:43:17 GMT -8 aRMY83 said:

Jan 23, 2013 16:40:43 GMT -8 blueshead said:

This still works when dropped in Global Header without having to edit the Template..

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://yourfaviconhere.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Did the same on placing mine in the Global Header and what's nice, no edit of muliple themes.

It's worth noting that, be it a bug or some security thing, Chrome will only show favicons added to the page source if they're inside the <head> tags. Adding it by the Global Header means it won't show for them because it won't be inside the <head>.

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 15:00:49 GMT -8

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Post by aRMY83 on Feb 1, 2013 15:00:49 GMT -8

Hello Shrike...

It's worth noting that, be it a bug or some security thing, Chrome will only show favicons added to the page source if they're inside the <head> tags. Adding it by the Global Header means it won't show for them because it won't be inside the <head>.

Thanks for that info and just may have to change a few things now.

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -8

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Post by Shrike on Feb 1, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -8

Feb 1, 2013 16:01:42 GMT -8 Skindstad said:

It worked for me the other day when I added it in my Forum wrapper, but now it doesn't for some reason. Any idea why that's the case?

You've not got the right link from Dropbox. It's simplest if you have it in your Public folder because you can then just right-click on it and go to Dropbox > Copy public link.

If you look at these two links, you can see the difference.
Your current link: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Carpe%20Noctum/favicon.ico
A link to a plugin of mine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17460516/reFLOW/shrike/Board%20Description%20Images.pbp

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 17:09:19 GMT -8

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Post by blueshead on Feb 1, 2013 17:09:19 GMT -8

Feb 1, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -8 Shrike said:

Feb 1, 2013 16:01:42 GMT -8 Skindstad said:

It worked for me the other day when I added it in my Forum wrapper, but now it doesn't for some reason. Any idea why that's the case?

You've not got the right link from Dropbox. It's simplest if you have it in your Public folder because you can then just right-click on it and go to Dropbox > Copy public link.

If you look at these two links, you can see the difference.
Your current link: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Carpe%20Noctum/favicon.ico
A link to a plugin of mine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17460516/reFLOW/shrike/Board%20Description%20Images.pbp

Strange.. His dropbox looks different then mine for a favicon hotlink.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20994235/favicon.ico

Last Edit: Feb 1, 2013 17:12:56 GMT -8 by blueshead

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 17:46:26 GMT -8

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Post by Sophia on Feb 1, 2013 17:46:26 GMT -8

Feb 1, 2013 14:47:52 GMT -8 Shrike said:

Feb 1, 2013 14:43:17 GMT -8 aRMY83 said:

Did the same on placing mine in the Global Header and what's nice, no edit of muliple themes.

It's worth noting that, be it a bug or some security thing, Chrome will only show favicons added to the page source if they're inside the <head> tags. Adding it by the Global Header means it won't show for them because it won't be inside the <head>.

Ah! I was wondering why that didn't work for me, I use Chrome. Good to know, thanks

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	Last Edit: Feb 1, 2013 19:15:41 GMT -8 by blueshead "Everybody else might live in America, but we live in New Orleans, a town filled with the freaks, the dreamers, the end-of-the-roaders who have nowhere else to go. This is where we're going to make our final stand. We're the northernmost banana republic in the world. Never forget that."

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Adding a favicon to your board Feb 1, 2013 21:53:09 GMT -8

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Post by Skindstad on Feb 1, 2013 21:53:09 GMT -8

Feb 1, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -8 Shrike said:

Feb 1, 2013 16:01:42 GMT -8 Skindstad said:

It worked for me the other day when I added it in my Forum wrapper, but now it doesn't for some reason. Any idea why that's the case?

You've not got the right link from Dropbox. It's simplest if you have it in your Public folder because you can then just right-click on it and go to Dropbox > Copy public link.

If you look at these two links, you can see the difference.
Your current link: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Carpe%20Noctum/favicon.ico
A link to a plugin of mine: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17460516/reFLOW/shrike/Board%20Description%20Images.pbp

Maybe I am blind or something. Do you mean the share link button, cause that's all I have. Can't find any public link anywhere, or I'm just stupid, hehehe.
The only other link I get is www.dropbox.com/s/3k6p4rews39peev/favicon.ico but when I add that, then it doesn't show either, so....

Adding a favicon to your board

Post by Former Member on Jan 23, 2013 13:46:12 GMT -8

Post by Maiden on Jan 23, 2013 14:46:12 GMT -8

Post by blueshead on Jan 23, 2013 16:40:43 GMT -8

Post by Maiden on Jan 23, 2013 16:44:31 GMT -8

Post by SLRdude on Feb 1, 2013 11:31:44 GMT -8

Post by SLRdude on Feb 1, 2013 11:55:46 GMT -8

Post by aRMY83 on Feb 1, 2013 14:43:17 GMT -8

Post by Shrike on Feb 1, 2013 14:47:52 GMT -8

Post by aRMY83 on Feb 1, 2013 15:00:49 GMT -8

Post by Skindstad on Feb 1, 2013 16:01:42 GMT -8

Post by Shrike on Feb 1, 2013 17:01:38 GMT -8

Post by blueshead on Feb 1, 2013 17:09:19 GMT -8

Post by Sophia on Feb 1, 2013 17:46:26 GMT -8

Post by blueshead on Feb 1, 2013 19:13:11 GMT -8

Post by Skindstad on Feb 1, 2013 21:53:09 GMT -8