DNN favicon icon will not show up in IE and other browsers

Question

Probably a basic question for any DNN master, at the ADMIN level, how would i get the favicon i created for my new site, to actually show up in IE? It still shows the DNN favicon in IE, all the other browsers (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc) are working fine with the new favicon i created.

Thanks again,

Answer 1

I typically delete the favicon.ico file from the root of the website as well, that will be the DNN one. If you only have a single website running out of your DNN install, put your Favicon.ico in the root, in addition to configuring the site settings.

It's kind of a pain, but I find that to be the best approach. You might also then clear your IE cache.

Answer 2

All browsers display your favicon while IE is still showing the old, default one. This is typically because IE caches the favicon it found first.

Clearing IE cache is more complex at it sounds. You may struggle with this procedure.

My advice:

• Find the HTML code that declares the favicon (something like <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />)
• Add a parameter after the URL, so IE thinks there is a brand new file. For example, change the previous declaration to <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico?param=dummy" />
• Refresh your IE. It should display your new favicon.
• Restore the original declaration (ie. remove the extra parameter).

At this point, if you refresh your IE another time, you might see the default favicon again. This is not a problem, you now know that your visitors, who never accessed your site yet, will load your new favicon, not the old one.