Favicon not displaying though .ico exists

Question

My favicon won't show even though it exists and works when visiting link directly.

HTML:

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

When I use view source on Chrome and click the above link, it takes me to the favicon.

Tried:

I have tried clearing cache but it did not help.
Opening in IE the favicon works.

@JonasGrumann When I open the page in internet explorer it works fine. — Jordan.J.D, May 28 '14 at 16:12
Best practice is to place the favicon in the root directory of the website as @JonasGrumann suggested. — APAD1, May 28 '14 at 16:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 28 '14 at 16:24

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I decided to clear cache, restart my browser, then tried my site again and it works fine. Thank you all who tried to help.

answered May 28 '14 at 16:24

Jordan.J.D

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '14 at 16:19

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try this !

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

answered May 28 '14 at 16:19

Black Ghost

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

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When I had this issue, I was finally able to resolve the issue by changing favicon.ico to something like favicon.ico?date=20140528. I was led that that solution by this question: How do I force a favicon refresh

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Community

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answered May 28 '14 at 16:21

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 28 '14 at 16:27

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Or wait a moments and it will work correctly ! cause server refersh

answered May 28 '14 at 16:27

Black Ghost

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Favicon not displaying though .ico exists

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