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IE8 Favicon Issues

So, I have been asked to fix an issue where a favicon isn't appearing in IE8 at work, but can't seem to figure out why it isn't working. I've even read the official Microsoft documentation on the subject, but haven't managed to get anywhere with this.

I have included the following in head of the site template, where $sitebase is set to http://www.slinkynote.com/ in the config file. The favicon image is a 32px by 32px .ico file. 

<link href="<?php echo $site_base;?>favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon"/>
<link href="<?php echo $site_base;?>favicon.ico" rel="icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />

Does anyone have any experience with this issue? It appears fine in FF and Chrome.

Thanks,

Dan.

Solution

  • You are using PNG image in ICO file, and setting wrong mime type. Make another icon but ACTUAL icon file and put it in the place of current one.