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[bodgeit Friend bodgeitJoin date: February 2011Posts: 31Downloads:14Uploads:1 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#205866

Everytime I update a JA template to clients sites, I have to remember to rewrite their own favicon back.
It would be very helpful if you would stop writing the Joomla favicon.ico back into the template folder.

Thanks
Gary

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#568645

I checked from other templates and always to see templates/your_template/favicon.ico file, maybe you have to backup favicon.ico file before doing upgrades template

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#733739

I checked from other templates and always to see templates/your_template/favicon.ico file, maybe you have to backup favicon.ico file before doing upgrades template

[arcascomputing Friend arcascomputingJoin date: June 2013Posts: 14Downloads:6Uploads:0 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#573717

I was coming up against this issue too and resolved it in the end by using another Joomla Extension:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/favicon

This is a component and plugin which allows you to create/upload your custom favicon via the component then the plugin overrides the one from your template. This should mean that even after T3 framework/template upgrades you can retain your favicon (it also had the added benefits of being able to create multiple favicons).

[arcascomputing Friend arcascomputingJoin date: June 2013Posts: 14Downloads:6Uploads:0 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#738731

I was coming up against this issue too and resolved it in the end by using another Joomla Extension:

http://extensions.joomla.org/extension/favicon

This is a component and plugin which allows you to create/upload your custom favicon via the component then the plugin overrides the one from your template. This should mean that even after T3 framework/template upgrades you can retain your favicon (it also had the added benefits of being able to create multiple favicons).

[bodgeit Friend bodgeitJoin date: February 2011Posts: 31Downloads:14Uploads:1 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#573719

Thanks arcascomputing, that looks like a workaround but we shouldn’t have to install another component.

Joomlart should support their users. Doing a quick check during update to see if favicon has changed and to if so to leave it or set it to only post file if it doesn’t exist should not be hard.

Asking users t do a backup and then retireve the file from a backup is a typical getout from developers.
It would be that attention to detail that could help them stand out from the crowd. :-*

[bodgeit Friend bodgeitJoin date: February 2011Posts: 31Downloads:14Uploads:1 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#738733

Thanks arcascomputing, that looks like a workaround but we shouldn’t have to install another component.

Joomlart should support their users. Doing a quick check during update to see if favicon has changed and to if so to leave it or set it to only post file if it doesn’t exist should not be hard.

Asking users t do a backup and then retireve the file from a backup is a typical getout from developers.
It would be that attention to detail that could help them stand out from the crowd. :-*

[arcascomputing Friend arcascomputingJoin date: June 2013Posts: 14Downloads:6Uploads:0 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#573720

The other option rather than doing the check would be if we could place the favicon.ico file in the “local” directory which acts as an override so that even if the default favicon is overwritten then the one placed in the override folder would … well … override it?

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#738734

The other option rather than doing the check would be if we could place the favicon.ico file in the “local” directory which acts as an override so that even if the default favicon is overwritten then the one placed in the override folder would … well … override it?

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#573721

+1 for that suggestion!

Ninja Lead?

[bodgeit Friend bodgeitJoin date: February 2011Posts: 31Downloads:14Uploads:1 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#738735

+1 for that suggestion!

Ninja Lead?

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#573807

<em>@bodgeit 477640 wrote:</em><blockquote>+1 for that suggestion!

Ninja Lead?</blockquote>
@bodgeit: or you can use the solution here

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#576046

That’s ridiculous….
You want us to create a script to modify how overides work so that we can add .ico files to a folder they should not be in. wouldn’t it be easier to ignore .ico files if they have been modified by user. I would think this could be standard for all templates and t3 upgrades.

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