Adding a favicon to Wordpress - the easy way.

by The Copy Nazi Banned
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I've just added an animated favicon to one of my Wordpress blogs using Shockingly Simple Favicon (great name huh?) and it was a piece of cake. You just download the plug-in, add it to your media file and then link to it. Voila! Have a look at the first link in my sig. How cool's that?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
    Very nice.

    I've been using this:

    MaxBlogPress Favicon

    Not animated, but comes with some canned favicons. I replaced one of the canned ones with my own and then selected it to display.
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    • Profile picture of the author TinkBD
      I always just upload my

      favicon.ico

      file into the public_html folder.

      Sometimes it takes a day or so to appear, but this has always worked for me...

      I have no idea whether this would work with an animated FavIcon. ;-)

      Tink
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      • Profile picture of the author CesarGalano
        Originally Posted by TinkBD View Post

        I always just upload my

        favicon.ico

        file into the public_html folder.

        Sometimes it takes a day or so to appear, but this has always worked for me...

        I have no idea whether this would work with an animated FavIcon. ;-)

        Tink
        That's the traditional way! Love it.

        Less plugins in wordpress= faster load
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        • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
          Originally Posted by CesarGalano View Post

          Originally Posted by TinkBD View Post

          I always just upload my

          favicon.ico

          file into the public_html folder.

          Sometimes it takes a day or so to appear, but this has always worked for me...

          I have no idea whether this would work with an animated FavIcon. ;-)

          Tink
          That's the traditional way! Love it.

          Less plugins in wordpress= faster load
          Same here. Plus, it works with non-WordPress sites too, so you only have to know one way of doing a favicon, not different ways for different types of sites. On top of that, there are no worries about plugin compatibility when you upgrade WordPress to the latest version every other day...
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          • Profile picture of the author TinkBD
            Originally Posted by Dan C. Rinnert View Post

            Same here. Plus, it works with non-WordPress sites too, so you only have to know one way of doing a favicon, not different ways for different types of sites. On top of that, there are no worries about plugin compatibility when you upgrade WordPress to the latest version every other day...
            Exactly! ;-)

            Tink
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    • Profile picture of the author LivingCovers
      Originally Posted by iw433 View Post

      You can say that again, mate! I got one of those on my blog too.
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      • Profile picture of the author The Copy Nazi
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        Originally Posted by LivingCovers View Post

        You can say that again, mate! I got one of those on my blog too.
        Interesting. Free and I can keep my custom favicon but get the following as well -
        It doesn't matter if you already have a favicon in your blog. You've gotta get this plugin to make sure that your favicon is seen in every place a software or website looks for. You don't want to be missed out, do you?
        Get noticed! Get MaxBlogPress Favicon to ensure that your favicon is in the SPOTLIGHT!!

        Now you don't need to worry that your favicon has been ignored by the websites or browsers. MaxBlogPress Favicon will ensure that your favicon is noticed by every websites or softwares out there and your favicon remains in the visitors' spotlight. All you've gotta do is - get MaxBlogPress Favicon plugin and you can be ascertained that your favicon is placed in all the places where any websites or softwares would look for.
        Bummer. Doesn't handle animated favicons. Just tried it. I have an animated one - http://www.thecopynazi.com
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  • Profile picture of the author Dr Dan
    I have been using maxblogs in the past but I just tried the shockingly simple one you suggested and it works! Much better than having to go through the whole registering for the maxblog one. Thanks for the tip.
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  • Profile picture of the author gubwell12
    Even simple way to do this is to search for favicon link in the header file and replace the file in the theme directory.
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