favicon

[jdaudier]

Is there a way to add this link to the header when you run hexo generate?

[montanaflynn]

You could add the favicon link to the template manually. Here's how:

In the file hexo/themes/casper/layout/casper/head.ejs just above line 32 we can add a new block to check for a favicon and add the html link if it's found. This example is assuming your favicon is a png, otherwise modify the link as necessary.

<% if (config.favicon) { %>
<link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="<%- config.favicon %>" />
<% } %>

in hexo/_config.yml add a line to define your favicon like this:

favicon: //path-or-url/to/favicon.png

Voila!

[montanaflynn]

There is also a built-in favicon_tag helper available from hexo core but it only works for .ico favicons.

This updated code works for .ico, .png and .gif formats:

<% if (config.favicon) { %>
  <% var faviconFileType = config.favicon.split('.').pop() %>
  <% if (faviconFileType == "ico") { %> 
    <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="<%- config.favicon %>" />
  <% } else { %>
    <link rel="icon" type="image/<%- faviconFileType %>" href="<%- config.favicon %>" />
  <% } %>
<% } %>

[ricardogouveia3]

Hi guys. I'm trying to put a favicon and tested these 2 solutions:

First one had no effect to me.
Second just broke everything. And don't worked.

I've heard about hexo was updated no long ago. Does that changes affect these methods?