[breakintoenglishParticipant]

Hi,

I’ve tried reading the forum in search of an answer in order not to waste your time … but still stumped

I’m trying to set my favicon

uploaded an image to wp

http://englishclassviaskype.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/favicon1.jpg

then went to Customize and set the favicon path to that same url, updated, but nothing happens…

what am i doing wrong / not doing?

thanks

[breakintoenglishParticipant]

actually i got it to work…

please disregard my previous query

thanks

[DarshanaModerator]

Glad you were able to figure it out 🙂

[sarah571Participant]

Care to share, please?? I have the same issue. How do you get it to work??

[ChristopherModerator]

Hi there,

Please add favicon under Customize -> Site Icons.
When setting the path to your favicon, make sure you are using the “.ico” format.A 152×152 PNG should be used for your touch icon, and a 144×144 PNG should be used for your tile icon.

Hope it helps.

[ChrisHockingsParticipant]

Here is a walkthrough for any (like me) that struggled to work it out. Hope this helps:)

1. Create a favicon to your taste and save as .ico file to your PC hard drive (youricon.ico)
2. Use your preferred ftp application (I like filezilla) to login to your website. You will require the information: Host, Username, Password and Port.
Host should be set to http://ftp.yoursite.com (yoursite.com will be replace by your website URL) and port set to 21. Username and password can be obtained from your website host. Contact your host if you do not know these variables or for further help setting up your ftp client.
3. Once logged in, you should now see a list of folders in you site such as: .appdata .cpanel .trash public_ftp public_html etc.
4. Using your ftp client, navigate through the folders of you site to: public_html/wp-content
5. (Optional) Use your ftp client (filezilla) to create a folder eg: uploadimages
6. Transfer your icon file (youricon.ico) from your PC hard drive into the chosen folder on your website.
7. You should now have a site structure something like: /public_html/wp-content/uploadimages/youricon.ico
8. Log out of your ftp client
9. Login to WordPress and enter your appearance customizer. Scroll down to site icons.
10. You will see Favicon (set path to image below)
11. Enter the following path: http://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/uploadimages/youricon.ico
12. Save your work.
13. Exit the customizer and refresh any site page.
14. Your new site favicon should be visible.

[ChristopherModerator]

Thanks for contribution ChrisHockings 🙂

[hankboomerParticipant]

tanx Chris, that is a huge contribution

saying that i m a bit disappointed not being able to get a simple operation like this not working from the “customize” menu

i created the right sized favicon, 152 et 144 but they do not appear

does it mean i should go trough Chris process ?

best

[ThaiModerator]

Hi @hankboomer,
In this case, would you mind providing us with login credentials so we can take a closer look? To do this, you can make a post with the following info:

– Link to your site
– WordPress Admin username / Password

Don’t forget to select Set as a private reply. This ensures your information is only visible to our staff.

[PascalGarantParticipant]

Hi,
I’m having issues setting my favicon I’ve followed all the instructions above and still nothing. It may be because of a favicon I set a favicon before I started using X?

Thanks,
Pascal

[NicoModerator]

Hi There,

Thanks for writing in.

Would you mind opening a new thread and share us your admin credentials and FTP so we could check your setup.

Don’t forget to set it as private reply.

Thanks.

[molitryParticipant]

Thank you, ChrisHockings. You ended my struggle with favicon.

Staff, Themeco, a year since that reply had passed, but still there is no information about what Chris wrote in your Customizer, please add that in the nearest update. Would be fair.

[RupokMember]

Hi @molitry

Glad that this thread helped.

Have a nice day!

[AndrewParticipant]

Any plans on removing the proprietary favicon customizer and replacing it with the default one that WordPress added recently?

[FriechModerator]

Hi There,

As we already know, this is currently managed via X in the Customizer > Site Icons tab. We may plan on moving over to WordPress’ system for this, but at this time ours encompasses a wider array of situations and gives you more flexibility. We will keep our users posted on this if things change, but for now you can utilize X’s built-in solutions for this.

Cheers!

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