# Added favicon but not showing **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [July 21, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665 "2016-07-21T04:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/1 "2016-07-21T04:08:36Z")
Hi, I added a favicon.ico in the general section of the settings but it is not showing in the site after publishing. Any suggestions on how to get this to work? Thank you ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/2 "2016-07-21T04:10:24Z")
Couple of ideas. 1. Have you cleared your cache?? 2. Are you using Cloudflare? ---
**Author:** ![grajay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71e660/32.png) [@grajay](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/grajay)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/3 "2016-07-21T04:24:42Z")
I have found on occasions that favicons take a while to appear. If it shows ok in RW then just give it a while. Have a day off & check tomorrow 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/4 "2016-07-21T16:15:41Z")
I cleared the cache and still not showing… I am not using Cloudflare. Any other ideas…the favicon.ico is on the server in the site folder. Does it have to be in the root (public\_html) directory? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/5 "2016-07-21T16:16:05Z")
Waited a day still nothing… ---
**Author:** ![Doobox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/doobox/32/32373_2.png) [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/6 "2016-07-21T17:28:41Z")
@crugh How did you add the favicon image? Via Rapidweavers built in drop zone in the general settings section? The icon should be at the root of the website, at the same level as the websites index html/php file. RW would place it there by default, and add the necessary code to the head of the page to enable the icon. ---
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/7 "2016-07-21T17:34:52Z")
I used the built in drop zone and yes RW placed it at the website index. ---
**Author:** ![Doobox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/doobox/32/32373_2.png) [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/8 "2016-07-21T17:48:15Z")
What’s the url? And what’s the favicon meant to look like? ---
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/9 "2016-07-21T18:41:34Z")
The url is: [http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/](http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/) and the favicon is: [http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/favicon.ico](http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/favicon.ico) ---
**Author:** ![Doobox](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/doobox/32/32373_2.png) [@Doobox](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Doobox)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/10 "2016-07-21T19:02:14Z")
OK, you are not Cached, because I don’t see your icon either in any browser. So it really only leaves one thing in my mind. How did you produce the icon? You did not just take an image and change the extension to .ico did you? Even if you did use a web service or some other means to produce a true .ico file, it seems to me that its the only thing left to wonder about the integrity of, since you have checked every thing else is in place where it should be. I happen to make an application called Rapidicons, that will produce a true retina ready favicon.ico file if you are in any doubt about that. [https://www.doobox.co.uk/apps/app\_demos/rapidicons.html](https://www.doobox.co.uk/apps/app_demos/rapidicons.html) ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/11 "2016-07-21T19:03:49Z")
This is happening because the icon is expected to be here [http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/favicon.ico](http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/favicon.ico) according to the source code and it is not there. ![](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/b/b73dd925b2add3383042a4c256869fe61473942e.png) You do not need to purchase anything else, you just need to get it put in the right spot. ---
**Author:** ![crugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@crugh](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/crugh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/12 "2016-07-21T19:31:38Z")
Thank you. It works. I changed the url to [http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/](http://www.basslandscapingcare.com/site2/) in the general tab and it referenced the favicon in the right place. Sorry for the confusion and thank you for all the support!!! I was making a demo site and tried to keep everything true to the original site before replacing it. ---
**Author:** ![zeebe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/zeebe/32/22007_2.png) [@zeebe](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/zeebe)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/13 "2016-07-21T19:39:33Z")
Makes sense. Glad you got it working. Have a great day! ---
**Author:** ![azeeman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/azeeman/32/15323_2.png) [@azeeman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/azeeman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/14 "2020-06-10T19:47:40Z")
same problems here [id-tank.com](http://id-tank.com) [albertzeeman.com](http://albertzeeman.com) [https://www.ontwerpsite.nl/](https://www.ontwerpsite.nl/) etc. Since RW8 it is buggy ---
**Author:** ![sjordi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@sjordi](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/sjordi)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/15 "2021-01-03T19:30:03Z")
I have RW8 and it never generates the favicon.ico file. It’s not on the disk, it’s not in the code. ---
**Author:** ![teefers](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/teefers/32/8173_2.png) [@teefers](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/teefers)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/16 "2021-01-03T19:49:56Z")
What version of RW8 are you using? Do you have a URL to the page? Did you set up the Web Icons, perhaps a screen shot of the Web Icons settings would help. I just tested it and it worked fine for me (Version 8.6.2 (20836)). [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l70oeB6G6qc/maxresdefault.jpg "RapidWeaver 8 Web Icons Feature") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l70oeB6G6qc) ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/17 "2024-04-23T11:53:08Z")
5 posts were split to a new topic: [Favicon not showing up in browsers or mobile devices](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/favicon-not-showing-up-in-browsers-or-mobile-devices/43115) ---
**Author:** ![differentdan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/differentdan/32/33530_2.png) [@differentdan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/differentdan)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/added-favicon-but-not-showing/8665/18 "2024-04-23T11:53:33Z")