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1. 

   scarParisO
   Member

   Hello, i have looked at the tutorial here on ho to add a favicon using a child theme but i'm still confused as what to do.

   I tried adding this to the header.php of Thematic under wp_head:

   function childtheme_favicon() { ?>
       <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') ?>/images/favicon.ico">
   <?php }
   
   add_action('wp_head', 'childtheme_favicon');

   I added this but it returned syntax errors i couldn't reach the end of. Do you add this to header.php of the main theme or do you add it somewhere on the child theme?

   Thanks for any help :)

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. 

   Ian Stewart
   Key Master

   That function belongs in the functions.php file of your Child Theme. If that were the only thing in there your file would look like this

   <?php
   function childtheme_favicon() { ?>
       <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo bloginfo('stylesheet_directory') ?>/images/favicon.ico">
   <?php }
   
   add_action('wp_head', 'childtheme_favicon');
   ?>

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. 

   jdunbar
   Member

   I added that code to my functions.php, but the favicon is still not showing. I even tried emptying the cache in Firefox, and refreshed several times.

   The icon is in the images folder of my child theme. Is that the wrong place?

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   hidden driveways
   Member

   I just tried this every which way but loose too. No luck. Would you mind elaborating on this process a bit more?

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   Chris
   Moderator

   Copy the favicon to the root. Works with nearly all browsers.

   Chris

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   meneldor
   Member

   When you do this, and paste it in like Ian showed(and it's NOT the ony thing in there, remember to take out the extra <?php's and ?>'s, or else you get a parse error on your backend.

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   meneldor
   Member

   This is kinda funky, I've done all the above steps to my knowledge, and the favicon works on my backend, bu NOT the front. Any ideas?

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. 

   flick
   Member

   @meneldor: If it's the website in your profile, your link rel code occurs twice - once in Line 95 and the next in Line 105:

   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.jacoblysgaard.com/wp-content/themes/thessia/favicon.ico">
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.jacoblysgaard.com/wp-content/themes/thematic/favicon.ico" />

   As the /thematic/ one occurs later, I'm assuming that the browser is trying to load this favicon (which doesn't exist) instead of the favicon in /thessia/ (which does exist)?

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. 

   Seijun
   Member

   I added a favicon to my root directory and its working (didn't have to add any code).
   Make sure you clear your browser's catch. Mine wouldn't show up at first because of it.

   Posted 2 years ago #
10. 

    meneldor
    Member

    Thanks Flick, I think that did the trick.

    Posted 2 years ago #
11. 

    flick
    Member

    @meneldor: I can see your J favicon! :)

    Posted 2 years ago #

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