Icon not displayed in rails website

Question

I am a newbie in rails.

I had put a new favicon.ico in my public folder and deleted the old one.

I have also written a code wherein I have to use the new icon for eg:-

  <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="favicon.ico" />
  <%= favicon_link_tag 'favicon.ico' %>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">

  <%  user_agent = request.env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] %>
  <%  if /Windows/.match(user_agent).nil? %>
      <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "application", :media => "all" %>
      <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "application2", :media => "all" %>
  <%  else %>
      <% if user_agent.include? "Safari" and !user_agent.include? "Chrome" %>
          <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "safariwindows", :media => "all" %>
          <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "safariwindows2", :media => "all" %>
      <% else %>
          <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "windowsapplication", :media => "all" %>
          <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "windowsapplication2", :media => "all" %>
      <% end %>
  <% end %>

  <%= javascript_include_tag "application" %>

  <!--[if gte IE 7]>
      <%= stylesheet_link_tag    "ie", :media => "all" %>
    <![endif]-->
  <%= stylesheet_link_tag '/video-js/video-js.min' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag '/video-js/video.min' %>
  <%= javascript_include_tag 'http://j.maxmind.com/app/geoip.js' %>
  <%= csrf_meta_tags %>
  <script>
      pki = "<%= session[:pki] %>"
  </script>

I have also cleared cache and also tried in incognito mode but still not working.

Can anyone give any solutions.

Sometimes there are weird caching issues which mean the changed favicon doesn't appear. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7324456/favicon-not-showing-up — Max Williams, May 08 '14 at 10:09
Check my edited answer, you need to put icon in `app/assets/images/` folder and remove the old one from there — Rajdeep Singh, May 08 '14 at 10:23
@RSB The old one is in the public directory..My app/assets/images is empty — , May 08 '14 at 10:25
Please share the actual html source from your browser around the favicon; it still sounds like a caching issue given you are seeing the old icon. — , May 08 '14 at 10:26
@GraemeMcLean When I click on the favicon.ico in my browser console it is showing me the new logo — , May 08 '14 at 10:30

Rajdeep Singh · Answer 1 · 2014-05-08T10:22:43.700

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Make sure name of the icon is favicon and try this erb tag under <head> tag in application.html.erb layout, Put your icon in app/assets/images/ and not in public folder.

Remove

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

and add

<%= favicon_link_tag 'favicon.ico' %>

edited May 08 '14 at 10:22

answered May 08 '14 at 10:02

Rajdeep Singh

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are you sure name of the icon is `favicon`? – Rajdeep Singh May 08 '14 at 10:06
where is your favicon.ico image? – neo-code May 08 '14 at 10:14
It should reside in `app/assets/images/` – Rajdeep Singh May 08 '14 at 10:15

Gagan Gami · Answer 2 · 2014-05-08T10:20:30.400

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Store your icon image in app/assets/images/favicon.ico folder. then wherever you want generally in application layout file under the app/view/layouts

put this code

<%= favicon_link_tag 'favicon.ico' %>

check this link for more details

edited May 08 '14 at 10:20

answered May 08 '14 at 10:12

Gagan Gami

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I didn't downvote, but this doesn't answer the question of the OP. – Eyeslandic May 08 '14 at 10:20
@Iceman : Ya I realized that it was not about image_tag but about favicon_link_tag. I have edited my answer. Now it may be correct. not sure – Gagan Gami May 08 '14 at 10:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 08 '14 at 10:33

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Try this -

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" />

answered May 08 '14 at 10:33

Kundan Pandit

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Checkout this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon#File_format_support, all modern browsers needs this tag to render favicon. Also, if you think this adds value to your question, you might upvote. J: – Kundan Pandit May 08 '14 at 10:40

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