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#171940

I see this on top with all the meta tags:
link href=”/templates/ja_teline_iv/favicon.ico” rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/vnd.microsoft.icon

then I see this a little further down in the page…
link href=”/templates/ja_teline_iv/images/favicon.ico” rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon”

different TYPE tag though.

And I see this:
link href=”http://www.mydomain.com/component/search/?format=opensearch” rel=”search” title=”Search mysitename” type=”application/opensearchdescription+xml” />
What is this for? i dont even see a component folder in my server.

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#430362

<em>@vipcory 290059 wrote:</em><blockquote>
And I see this:
link href=”http://www.mydomain.com/component/search/?format=opensearch” rel=”search” title=”Search mysitename” type=”application/opensearchdescription+xml” />
What is this for? i dont even see a component folder in my server.</blockquote>

It’s availabe for all Joomla sites (at least latest versions). Not sure how really it works, but it returns (it you type the URL in your browser)
<blockquote><?xml version=”1.0″ encoding=”utf-8″?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns=”http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/”>
<ShortName>Your Site Name</ShortName>
<Description>Your Site Description</Description>
<InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding>
<Image type=”image/vnd.microsoft.icon” width=”16″ height=”16″>http://www.yourdomain.com/templates/ja_teline_iv/favicon.ico</Image&gt;
<Url type=”application/opensearchdescription+xml” rel=”self” template=”http://www.yourdomain.com/component/search/?format=opensearch”/>
<Url type=”text/html” template=”http://www.yourdomain.com/index.php?option=com_search&searchword={searchTerms}”/>
</OpenSearchDescription></blockquote>
More info could be found here http://www.opensearch.org/ I think…

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#430363

Thanks Gray… Any idea about the 2 favicon tags? and if I should remove one?

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#430496

If info from Wikipedia is correct, the proper type is
type=”image/vnd.microsoft.icon”
Still, IE does not recognize this type, but understands
type=”image/x-icon”
That could be a reason for 2 links with different types. Not sure, why the 2 links point to different locations of favicon.ico (check if it’s really available in both locations)

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#430507

Hi Gray, yes its in both locations because I think long time ago I wasnt sure where to uploaded to both those places.
So there is no problem/conflict with having both? Ones in the head other one is out below the body stuff.
And do you know where I can find the code thats putting the 1st one there? I checked everywhere… its in the very top right after the meta title tag.

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#430555

There is no problem for having 2 declarations (to make IE happy), but I don’t see any reason for keeping 2 .ico files in separate folders…

In my case 2nd favicon referred to <link href=”/plugins/system/jat3/jat3/base-themes/default/images/favicon.ico” rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon” />.

So, I decided to remove 2nd icon:
in plugins/system/jat3/jat3/base-themes/default/blocks/head.php
find & remove [PHP]<link href=”<?php echo T3Path::getUrl(‘images/favicon.ico’) ?>” rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon” />[/PHP]
BTW, question to JA framework developers – what is the reason for 2nd favicon.ico loaded from plugin’s folder?

Also I uploaded my icon to the root folder of the site as it seems to be supported by all browsers. Moreover, I what to get rid of Apache errors
File does not exist:full_path_to_the_site/favicon.ico, referer: http://www.google-analytics.com/u/post_iframe.html

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