IPS includes the option to add your favicon, share & application image from within the ACP. No need to have the favicon uploaded to html directory.

So we uploaded our favicon, we added our share image and we added our application image.

However, upon reloading the forum, the favicon had changed from what we had in our html directory and had now uploaded via the ACP. The favicon in acp, remains as the correct favicon (caches cleared, refreshed etc.).

The one on the left is wrong, it's taken this from applications, I removed the share image & favicon remained incorrect. I removed the application image and our favicon returned. 

Is this just me and I'm doing something wrong or is this a repeatable issue by others and should be raised as a bug?

 

Sounds like the browser is preferring the app icon over the favicon when it is available, which I guess, makes sense, since it usually has better resolution/quality. 

It doesn’t change in the ACP though, just front end?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32156563/specifying-web-favicon-thats-different-from-app-icon/32157876

This is interesting and seems related. You could try editing the HTML templates to move the favicon loading after the manifest file is loaded to see if this resolves the issue possibly.

2 hours ago, bfarber said:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32156563/specifying-web-favicon-thats-different-from-app-icon/32157876

This is interesting and seems related. You could try editing the HTML templates to move the favicon loading after the manifest file is loaded to see if this resolves the issue possibly.

Thank's, I've raised it as a bug with IPSFocus @Ehren

I have checked this with @Ehren from IPSFocus @bfarber and using the default IPS theme reverts the favicon to the applications icon in both the default IPS theme and our custom theme. Is this a theme issue in general? Should I raise this as a bug?

Well, my recommendation if you're comfortable testing was to move the favicon as suggested in the template to see if this resolves your issue first, so we know if this is legitimately something we can just move around and will resolve the problem. But if you're not comfortable performing that test, yes please feel free to submit a ticket and someone will take a look. Point back to this topic in your ticket.

I’ll happily move it, found the favicon code but not the manifest location.

Any tips as to what code I’m looking for?

The manifest is requested from core > global > global > includeMeta

Thanks @bfarber

Changed in core/global/global template

        {template="favico" app="core" group="global" location="front" params=""}
		{template="includeMeta" app="core" group="global" location="global" params=""}
		{template="includeCSS" app="core" group="global" location="global" params=""}
		{template="js_head" app="core" group="global" location="global" params=""}
		{template="includeJS" if="theme.js_include != 'footer'" app="core" group="global" location="global" params=""}

Issues still exists 😢

Happens with default IPS theme and custom theme, using Chrome Version 74.0.3729.169 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Honestly, I'm not finding much online describing this issue. You may wish to submit a ticket so we can take a look (although this could just turn out to be an oddity with Chrome we can't do much about too).

@craigf136 I only wonder - why your favicon has a volume of 150kB? That's too much for this icon.
Typical favicon is about 1-2 kB

Never caused an issue and works fine. Could be reduced but not causing an issue.

 

I'm not sure why, but some time ago there was something that bothered me with an ACP favicon. Even then I moved my favicon into a root and I have no problem with this icon.
But now I do not remember what was the reason - it was not soon.