Theres a lot of layers of caching between you and Wikia, as explained in this recent staff blog, so it will take a while to update. Because, different browser have different behavior on when to fetch the “favicon” file, and usually not documented. The favicon on the wiki you linked looks like its working to me: I see a pink heart inside a black square. If you simply place a “favicon.ico” at root dir and without any “link” tag to it, it is nearly impossible to know if your readers will see your new logo. At least, you should put one in your website's home page. If you have updated your favicon, the best way to make sure that your readers see the new logo is to put a “link” tag in your pages, as described above. You can also use ImageMagick to convert it. Then, when saving, save it to the ico file. You can create the ico file by first creating a png or gif version using your favorite image editor. If found, it'll then use this file as your site's icon file. When browsers visit your site for the first time, it'll automatically try to fetch the favicon.ico file at root dir.

Place the favicon.ico in the web server document root dir.

The image file must have this exact name: favicon.ico.

Create your icon file in Microsoft's icon file format the.

You can also create a favicon without having a “link” tag on each of your HTML page. However, favicon is usually used for branding purposes across your whole domain name.

So, you could use a icon for each page, or each project, or each server. Then, in your HTML pages, add one of the following line to the header: Įach of your HTML page can have a different favicon. The file can be png, jpg, gif, or Microsoft's “.ico” format. This wiki is meant to be easily understandable for anyone on Fandom, so providing a lot of screenshots and step-by-step.

From the most basic things such as putting a background or wordmark, to any feature that isn't standard-included in Fandom. To create it, just create a 16×16 or 32×32 image file. Customize Your Wiki is a wiki where you can find out about and share ways to customize your own wiki. The icon will show up in the browser's tab, or URL field, or in bookmark. This page tells you how to create a favicon for your site, and how to make your readers see a new logo if you updated it.įavicon is a tiny icon associated with a website.

How to make a favicon wiki