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This commit removes five Apple Touch Icons with different sizes for
the same icon and adds a new icon `apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png`
with a resolution of 152x152px.
Apart from that it adds documentation on how to add more icons if
you need them within your project.
Using only one Apple Touch Icon saves time and is enough in most
cases.

Closes #1367.
Closes #1425.
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### HEAD

* Use one apple-touch-icon instead of six ([#1367](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1367))
* Move font-related declarations from `body` to `html` ([#1411](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1411)).
* Update to Apache Server Configs 1.1.0.
* Vertical centering for audio-, canvas- and video-tags ([#1326](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/1326)).
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For further information please read the [official documentation](http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariHTMLRef/Articles/MetaTags.html)
on Apple's site.

### Apple Touch Icons

Touch Icons can be seen as the favicons of mobile devices and tablets.

If your site or icons are in a sub-directory, you will need to reference the
icons using `link` elements placed in the HTML `head` of your document.

```html
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png">
```

The main sizes of the icons on iOS are:

* iPad, high-resolution display, iOS 7: 152x152
* iPad, high-resolution display, iOS ≤ 6: 144x144
* iPhone, high-resolution display, iOS 7: 120x120
* iPhone, high-resolution display, iOS ≤ 6: 114x114
* iPad, non-Retina, iOS ≤ 6: 72x72

For non-Retina iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android 2.1+ devices you can use the
example from above or replace the `apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png` within this
project's root folder.

Please refer to Mathias' [article on Touch
Icons](http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/touch-icons) for a comprehensive overview.

### Apple Touch Startup Image

Apart from that it is possible to add start-up screens for web apps on iOS. This
basically works by defining `apple-touch-startup-image` with an according link
to the image. Since iOS devices have different screen resolutions it is
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<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
```

## Favicons and Touch Icons
## Favicons and Touch Icon

The shortcut icons should be put in the root directory of your site. HTML5
Boilerplate comes with a default set of icons (include favicon and Apple Touch
Icons) that you can use as a baseline to create your own.

If your site or icons are in a sub-directory, you will need to reference the
icons using `link` elements placed in the HTML `head` of your document.

For a comprehensive overview, please read [Everything you always wanted to know
about touch icons](http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/touch-icons) by Mathias
Bynens.
Boilerplate comes with a default set of icons (include favicon and one Apple
Touch Icon) that you can use as a baseline to create your own.

Please refer to the more detailed description in the [Extend section](extend.md)
of these docs.

## Modernizr

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│ └── modernizr.min.js
├── .htaccess
├── 404.html
├── apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png
├── index.html
├── humans.txt
├── robots.txt
├── crossdomain.xml
├── favicon.ico
└── [apple-touch-icons]
└── favicon.ico
```

What follows is a general overview of each major part and how to use them.
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A template for working with cross-domain requests. [About
crossdomain.xml](crossdomain.md).

### icons
### Icons

Replace the default `favicon.ico` and apple touch icons with your own. You
might want to check out Hans Christian's handy [HTML5 Boilerplate Favicon and
Apple Touch Icon
Replace the default `favicon.ico` and Apple Touch Icon with your own.

If you want to use different Apple Touch Icons for different resolutions please
refer to the [according documentation](extend.md#apple-touch-icons).

You might want to check out Hans' handy [HTML5 Boilerplate Favicon and Apple
Touch Icon
PSD-Template](http://drublic.de/blog/html5-boilerplate-favicons-psd-template/).

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