Help talk:Favicon

In general, how long does it take for a new favicon to appear? Should you delete the old favicon if you upload a new one? Screennameless -  "Goodnight, everybody!"  00:05, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Assuming our image servers are working correctly (which is most of the time), the new icon data should make it to all the global data centers in less then 30 seconds. No, you do not need to delete the old one, only the latest version is displayed. Please keep in mind that your BROWSER may cache (keep a copy of) the old one for a very long time. You may need to force a reload of the page data to get a new one into your system. This is most like done by pressing, if that doesnt work, please see the help page for instructions for your browser. --Uberfuzzy 07:19, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Something more than uploading a 16x16 ICO file is required
Several minutes have passed and I have tried flushing the browser cache per the instructions provided however the favicon does not display. See: Are you quite sure there are no other steps required to customize the favicon for a new wiki? najevi 00:23, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Trusting in the instructions provided in this article, I uploaded a 16x16 icon file to File:Favicon.ico
 * The image was created using IrfanView and specifying file type ICO
 * In my previous question, I had to wait for a very long time before the favicon loaded. I'm not sure of the exact time because I literally went to bed and checked it in the morning, but it did work eventually. -User:Screennameless


 * No, there are no other steps. Unfortunately, the cache seems to take a while to clear; you'll be waiting for your favicon to appear for a little while, anything from a few hours to a few days. Don't worry though - it'll appear eventually :) Wjxhuang,  the 888th Avatar  {Talk} 11:31, 15 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes, some browsers are specifically notorious for caching favicons for long periods of time (like Firefox), which really means everyone but you will see it until your cache changes :) Just change browsers if that happens. ~Joey~  ^Talk^  02:13, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Admittedly this is impractical to ask of website visitors, but if you or someone want to see the new favicon right away, try what I did. Browse directly to your site's favicon file (http://example.com/favicon.ico).  If you see the old favicon even when you refresh the favicon, do a shift-refresh (shift-F5).  That should force the new favicon to be loaded by your browser.  This worked for me in Firefox 3.6.3 on Windows XP. YMMV. 04:52, June 13, 2010 (UTC)

Custom favicon reverted to the default
I've been using a custom favicon on my wiki for months with no issue, when today it loaded with the blue "W" icon. I tried reuploading it and clearing my cache, with no change. Looking at another wiki I contribute, it has the same problem. What's up?--Yubi Shines 01:20, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * We're aware of the issue, and are working to fix it :) Kirkburn (talk) 16:05, 25 June 2009 (UTC)


 * Same problem above. A WikiBot seems to have changed it on July 10 at both and . Rauterkus 19:40, 24 July 2009 (UTC)


 * If you see this elsewhere, please feel free to reupload the correct favicon. The bot appears to have been a little zealous in how many it replaced. Kirkburn (talk) 17:19, 27 July 2009 (UTC)

Help
I can't save my icon as .ico. Can anybody help?-- Yay! I SAID YAY! 21:24, May 31, 2010 (UTC)
 * Hiya! Best thing to use is a Favicon generator like this one. Mark  ( talk ) 12:42, June 13, 2010 (UTC)