How to change favicon in various cms?

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Originally posted on 2008-10-13

Well this is a little problem faced by lot of webmasters who are new to cms/ open source softwares.

Here are the steps for different cms:

Joomla-

Joomla directory> Templates folder> [Current Theme]> favicon.ico

Drupal-

Drupal directory> themes> [Current Theme]> favicon.ico

WordPress-

Drop the favicon in root.

Short one!

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  • http://drupal.org/node/92501 Stefan

    Copying over the default favicon is NOT good advice. That file is part of Drupal core so whenever the user updates Drupal – his favicon will be overwritten by the default one again… Files in Drupal core should never be touched. Override – don’t overWRITE!

    To the OP – go to Themes and hit the “configure” link next to your theme. There should be an option to uncheck the “use default icon” and also to upload your own one that whatever theme you are using will use from now on.
    http://drupal.org/node/92501
    http://drupal.org/node/45022#comment-1553804

    • Divyun Raje Vaid

      We’ve got multiple ways to do a thing. Well, actually I never wrote to change the default theme’s favicon. What I wrote was to change the favicon, in your themes folder and in most of the cases its generally not the default theme. Maybe because I’m not that into drupal I did miss out the easier method.
      Still thanks for your consideration.

  • http://drupal.org/node/92501 Stefan

    Copying over the default favicon is NOT good advice. That file is part of Drupal core so whenever the user updates Drupal – his favicon will be overwritten by the default one again… Files in Drupal core should never be touched. Override – don’t overWRITE!

    To the OP – go to Themes and hit the “configure” link next to your theme. There should be an option to uncheck the “use default icon” and also to upload your own one that whatever theme you are using will use from now on.
    http://drupal.org/node/92501
    http://drupal.org/node/45022#comment-1553804

    • Divyun Raje Vaid

      We’ve got multiple ways to do a thing. Well, actually I never wrote to change the default theme’s favicon. What I wrote was to change the favicon, in your themes folder and in most of the cases its generally not the default theme. Maybe because I’m not that into drupal I did miss out the easier method.
      Still thanks for your consideration.

  • http://www.drupal-themes.adodis.com Drupal Themes

    Thanks for sharing this excellent information. Changing favicon always sounds easy, but never knew this trick.

  • Salmemu

    ya it is anice solution.i like this solution.but i have a gotten a best solution in other site.this site below
    admin->administer->site bilding->themes->configure->global settings->….more
    http://cmsboss.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-to-change-favicon-in-drupal.html