Why does my favicon link not work?
favicon, html
Solution
According to this answer it looks like it should be `rel="icon"` instead of `rel="shortcut icon"`.
Also, if your `favicon.ico` is at the root of your server `http://example.com/favicon.ico` and your page is in a subdirectory `http://example.com/blog/`, the browser will try searching for `favicon.ico` inside the current directory `http://example.com/blog/favicon.ico`, which would result in a 404 error; to avoid that, you should set `href="/favicon.ico"` so it always points to the root directory, no matter in what subdirectory you are.
Problem
I am using this format for linking to my favicon. My `favicon.ico` file is in the same directory as my HTML files, but for some reason it does not appear when I upload it to my web server. I cleared my cache, closed my browser, and re-opened it, but the favicon will still not appear. If someone could explain why this is I would really appreciate it. ``` <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico"> ``` Edit: Also I do not know if this would affect it, but there is a default favicon that appears on my web server. I do not know if it is possible to overwrite this. Edit 2: Not sure if this makes a difference, but this is the basic structure of my head. ``` <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="author" content=""> <meta name="description" content="Home"> <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"> <title></title> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" /> </head> ```