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Aug 29, 2013 10:30 PM UTC
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Favicons working on certain people's browsers

How come favicons work on my co-worker's browser, but not on mine. I cleared cache and checked all browsers but it still doesn't work.

Thanks,
JayF
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Aug 30, 2013 3:50 PM UTC
Justin:

Looks like the favicon isn't in the right place in your landing page template code.

In the template, you can replace this line of code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

With this:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.actuate.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

And that should solve the problem!


Best,
Edward Unthank
Marketing Operations Specialist
Yesler

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Aug 29, 2013 11:28 PM UTC
The caching of favicons, I have found in my times as a web developer, is a mystery. I've found that (if the favicons are correctly linked and updated) it might take your browser a day to update. When I'm in doubt, I hop onto a coworker's computer that has never visited the site and see if they work on that fresh machine. 

So long as they're coded correctly and uploaded correctly, I wouldn't be too stressed out if they don't load immediately on your own computer. Rely more on fresh computers which haven't visited the site.

If you have questions about whether they favicons are coded correctly, you can post the link to the landing page and I can check out the code.


Best,
Edward Unthank
Marketing Operations Specialist
Yesler
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Michelle_Tizian
Level 10
Aug 30, 2013 12:21 AM UTC
I found that it propagated sooner on explorer and chrome, but took longer on safari, as in a day later. 
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Aug 30, 2013 3:34 PM UTC
Thanks, Edward. Take a look.

pages.actuate.com/Q313-BIRTRdshwBayArea_Reg.html
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Accepted solution
Aug 30, 2013 3:50 PM UTC
Justin:

Looks like the favicon isn't in the right place in your landing page template code.

In the template, you can replace this line of code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

With this:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.actuate.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

And that should solve the problem!


Best,
Edward Unthank
Marketing Operations Specialist
Yesler
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