How to set favicon default for all pages using htaccess

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I want to Set Favicon for All files in my site using htaccess ??

where are the current favicons? does each file point to a different one? — Matt Dodge, Jun 07 '12 at 05:38
Don't know how to do it from .htaccess, rather you can set it in header part of your template and call the same header on all pages — baig772, Jun 07 '12 at 05:38
A more detailed rewrite rule also accounting for non-favicon icons: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37107216/4378314 — Kalnode, Nov 10 '19 at 14:30

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 07 '12 at 05:40

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Rather than specifying a Favicon in htaccess you would be better off using the following META tag within the HEAD area of every page:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/myicon.ico" />

If this is not possible (perhaps you have a very large static website) you can simply store the file (name it favicon.ico) in your website's root folder (e.g. /public_html/) as browsers will automatically look there first.

answered Jun 07 '12 at 05:40

Joe Spurling

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The benefit of the htaccess method is the OP can keep it out of the web root so not to assign it to any one site, but still deliver it on the initial request. The meta tag referencing a 'shared' domain (likely a cookieless or static asset domain) would force the browser to do a new DNS lookup and open a new http connection, and the common domain would have to support http and https because it wouldn't know which protocol the site fetching it was using. – AlienWebguy Jun 07 '12 at 05:46
Keep in mind it's possible some software/apps may just grab the favicon alone, earlier or exclusive of the HTML (ie never grabbing your HTML). – Kalnode Nov 10 '19 at 14:26

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '12 at 05:39

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Without testing, something along these lines:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond favicon.ico 
RewriteRule .* path/to/shared/favicon.ico [L]

answered Jun 07 '12 at 05:39

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score 7 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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Inspired by this thread: Rewriting path for a specific file using htaccess and using the fact that browsers will look for favicon.ico in root of site:

RewriteEngine On 
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^favicon.ico path_to_favicon_folder/favicon.ico [L]

edited May 23 '17 at 12:02

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answered Aug 12 '15 at 07:32

Vidde

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When you say almost... in what way does it not work? – Vidde Oct 15 '15 at 11:18
I was trying to apply that rule in a sub-folder (not /). – Ярослав Рахматуллин Oct 16 '15 at 10:41
Where do you put .htaccess file in relation to that sub-folder? – Vidde Nov 25 '15 at 10:10
The relation to the subfolder from the .htaccess file is ., meaning it is in the same folder. I'm not going to chat about this again. Thank you for trying to help. – Ярослав Рахматуллин Nov 29 '15 at 02:09

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 10 '18 at 07:26

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule "^(.+)favicon\.ico(|\?.+)$"  "/favicon.ico" [PT]

answered May 10 '18 at 07:26

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Shahrad Elahi · Answer 5 · 2019-09-19T11:17:17.193

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Add this code

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond favicon.ico 
RewriteRule .* favicon.ico [L]

If top code is not going to work use this.

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule "^(.+)favicon\.ico(|\?.+)$"  "/favicon.ico" [PT]

You must put your favicon in public_html directory.

Please DELETE CACHE of your browser or test on a new browser.

I hope it helps.

edited Sep 19 '19 at 11:17

answered Sep 19 '19 at 08:24

Shahrad Elahi

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Hi! you can edit your own answer with the comment you just wrote here. – Giulio Caccin Sep 19 '19 at 08:41

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