favicon adjustment

[russmaxdesign]

I noticed that you use the following for favicon link:

<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/ico" href="img/favicon.ico">

I have been doing extensive reading on this recently and found that:

1. We do NOT need the type="image/ico" for older versions of IE:
2. We DO need to use the invalid "shortcut icon" as opposed to "icon" if you want to support IE versions earlier than 11 (how insane is that!)
3. We must either place in the ROOT or place it in another location and then link to this favicon using a FULLY QUALIFIED URL (ie. contains the http:// or https://www).

More here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537656(VS.85).aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon
http://jeffcode.blogspot.com.au/2007/12/why-doesnt-favicon-for-my-site-appear.html

So, your code may need to change to either placing the favicon in the root, without a full URL:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico">

or, place in the "img" folder, but include a fully qualified URL

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://sitername.com/img/favicon.ico">

Also, you can include more options for IE10 metro tiles... if you want :)

<meta name="msapplication-square150x150logo" content="images/logo.png">
<meta name="msapplication-square310x310logo" content="images/largelogo.png">
<meta name="msapplication-square70x70logo" content="images/tinylogo.png">
<meta name="msapplication-wide310x150logo" content="images/widelogo.png">

More here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/dn255024(v=vs.85).aspx

HTH
Russ

[cferdinandi]

Fixed in v3.6.0