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Local (file: //) favicon website works in Firefox, not in Chrome or Safari - why?

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When my site is local (using the file:// protocol), favicon does not appear in Chrome or Safari, but works in Firefox (everything on Mac). However, when the same site is actually hosted, favicon works fine in all the browsers I tried. Why don't web browsers display local icons?

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The favicon.ico file is in the same directory as the index.html page. I use the following code, although I tried several variations of it:

  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

Since favicon works when accessed via http:// , I doubt that something is wrong with the way I turn it on, but you never know ...

Update

I found several forum posts (not too formal) that suggest that this is by design, but none of them provide a rationale. Also, it seems that some versions of IE have the same problem. Is there a security risk with local icons? (I know that some browsers have problems with local cookies, for example.)

Disclaimer: It seems that at the same time there are a ton of questions, but I did not find exactly that. (Actually, I basically have the same question as this one , but none of the answers there worked for me.)

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Jun 27 '12 at 7:26
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You can use Base64 image data. Put something like this:

 <link href="data:image/x-icon;base64,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" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" />

to the <head> section of the html file.
Base64 data can be obtained, for example, favicon.cc

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Local file:// and chrome:

For a local favicon in Chrome - according to the old thread found in linux command , it should be possible to place a local icon with file:// if it is in your /Downloads/ directory. So I tried this as follows:

 <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Test</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="file://localhost/Users/dominikangerer/Downloads/favicon.ico"> </head> <body> <h1>Testing</h1> </body> </html>

I don't have apache or something works. This is just the way chrome can access local files using file:// . If I try to use the icon from another part of my file system, this will not work - perhaps this is a solution for chrome.

enter image description here



Local file:// and Safari:

We are looking for a way - up2date safari does not work on code.



Interesting topic:



General troubleshooting guide for your icons:

Have a look: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3188268

Here again, if someone first sees this question:

  • Clear your chache. http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95582 And test another browser, say, safari. How did you import the badge?

  • How to add it:

    Normal icon:

     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

    PNG / GIF Icon:

     <link rel="icon" type="image/gif" href="favicon.gif" /> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png" />

  • Another problem is that chrome cannot display icons if it is local (it doesn’t load on the web server).

  • Try renaming it from favicon.{whatever} to {yourfaviconname}.{whatever} , but I would suggest that you still have a normal icon. This solved my problem in IE.

  • Found another solution for this that works great! I just added my icon as a Base64 encoded image directly inside the tag:

     <link 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May 4 '15 at 18:15
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This is a known issue for many years. Your code is right, and I don’t think you will find any way to allow Chrome or IE to enable favicon remotely.

Some time ago I tried many ways, none worked, and I could not find any browser documentation at this point.

 <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.png" type="image/png" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="C:/files/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="file:///C:/files/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="file:///C|/files/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="file://localhost/C:/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="file://127.0.0.1/C:/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="file://localhost/C|/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

For Chrome, favicons are stored in the file: User\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Favicons . We can assume that local icons are not stored.

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Once I solved this using two lines of code

 <link rel="icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

and also save favicon.ico with the name exatly this and in the webroot folder if that helps.

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Jul 05 '12 at 2:50
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Well, I have a problem similar to Google Chrome, the icon does not show correctly, the problem was in using .ico, which I used was 16x16 and 32x32. I just used a larger image and works for all browsers.

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Feb 10 '14 at 6:32
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Try using the full path ... somethng as below

  <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/img/favicon.ico">
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