Forum icons replacement with other icons from Font Awesome

[Marius]

It is possible to replace the default forums icons with other new icons from Font Awesome?

I do not want to replace icons with images, I would prefer to be replaced by other models of icons from Font Awesome.

[David..]

Yes, it is.

[steve00]

Yes, it is.

​ Perhaps OP is asking how and so explaining how might help them ?

You just change the code used via custom.css

when you have found the font-awesome icon you want to change and know what you want to change it to:

e.g. say we wanted to change the redirect arrow to the bolt icon

We find out that the css used for redirect arrow is:

.fa-arrow-right::before {

admincp >> customization >> themes >> far right of theme name click the </> icon >> css tab >> custom.css

we then add to custom.css

.fa-arrow-right::before {
    content:"\f0e7";
}

where f0e7 is the Unicode for the bolt icon (must remember to put \ before the Unicode)

that will change the redirect arrowit to the bolt icon

[Marius]

Thank you very much @steve00.

[sobrenome]

Ok, but what if you want a customized font icon for each forum, not the same for all of them?

[steve00]

Ok, but what if you want a customized font icon for each forum, not the same for all of them?

​Not sure you can unless using an image ... here

[sobrenome]

Images are much less effective than icon font because they are not vetorial and slow the page loading time.

[Jim M]

Unfortunately to customize and change the CSS class you will need to edit the template. You may be able to get creative with CSS elements, data-categories and inheritance if you are confident with CSS or want to learn. There are always several ways of working with CSS, just have to find what you're comfortable with

[sobrenome]

The built in system should be aprimorated to accept font icon, not only images. Changing the template and css could make harder the system upgrades.