398773 - Sumo needs a favicon!

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(support.mozilla.org :: General, defect, P3)

Description

[Majken Connor [:Kensie]]

It's *really* hard to keep moz pages straight, and now we're adding another one to the mix that is using the dino head.  Can we nip this in the bud and get our own?  I can make it if people agree on a concept, or a few concepts to play with.

Question mark is the obvious one.  Should we try to go with that?

Comment 1

[Jason Barnabe (np)]

Bugzilla and devmo just got new favicons. Can we get one from the same person who did them? If not, should we follow the same format?

Comment 2

[myles7897]

I think we should follow the same format as Bugzilla, in that we have the dino head in the bottom.  It is a good way to symbolize that we are part of Mozilla (other then the Mozilla.com, following our address).

It might also be good to include Foxkeh. I also don't know if a question mark is the best option.

Comment 3

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Since this is a mozilla.com hosted website, we should probably use the same favicon as mozilla.com. Herr Slater, thoughts?

Comment 4

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Since this is a mozilla.com hosted website, we should probably use the same
> favicon as mozilla.com. Herr Slater, thoughts?

I disagree. We've actually been trying to move away from using the same favicon on all Mozilla sites. See http://blog.vlad1.com/2008/02/19/a-few-greasemonkey-tweaks/ for more on that.

Comment 5

[David Tenser [:djst]]

I see. Still, as long as we don't have a specific SUMO logo/favicon, the lizard head is better than nothing, so I suggest we put the lizard up in the meantime.

Comment 6

[John Slater]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Since this is a mozilla.com hosted website, we should probably use the same
> favicon as mozilla.com. Herr Slater, thoughts?
Personally, I agree. I'd argue that, although the differences between SUMO and the rest of Mozilla.com might seem very great to people who work on the project, to the end user there's really no difference at all. It's the same root domain and, even more importantly, by the time FF3 launches SUMO and Mozilla.com will be completely visually integrated.

Having said that, if the SUMO consensus is that there really needs to be a unique favicon I'm not going to put up a big fight about it, but in this case I think keeping it consistent with the rest of mozilla.com is the right move. 

Comment 8

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Here we go: http://www.flickr.com/photos/29142435@N08/3199385841/in/photostream/

Comment 9

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

I like it!

Comment 10

[David Tenser [:djst]]

W00t! Let's replace the current TikiWiki favicon we're using with this. :)

Comment 11

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Attachment: SUMO favicon

Comment 12

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

I suspect this is a matter of IT replacing the old favicon with the new one - as you can see, there is no favicon on staging (or in the svn files as far as I could tell).

Comment 13

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

Isn't this it: <http://svn.mozilla.org/projects/sumo/trunk/webroot/favicon.png>?

Comment 14

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

r23389 / r23390
Sorry about that, thanks Chris!

Comment 15

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Let's check with IT and see what the Netscaler-caching/lifetime rules are for this.

Comment 16

[Laura Thomson :laura]

Doh.

Convert it to .ico, and put it in webroot/favicon.ico
-or-
Put it in the headers of the various templates.

Comment 17

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

r23511 / r23512
Added favicon.ico to webroot. Works locally, yay!

Comment 18

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Attachment: Post-fix screenshot

Yay!

Comment 19

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED; see comment 18 for the screenshot.

Comment 20

[Chris Ilias [:cilias]]

(In reply to comment #16)
> Doh.
> 
> Convert it to .ico, and put it in webroot/favicon.ico
> -or-
> Put it in the headers of the various templates.

FWIW, there's are settings in the admin panel:
<https://support-stage.mozilla.org/tiki-admin.php?locale=en-US&page=general>
"Favicon icon file name:" "Favicon icon MIME type:"

Will these need changing?

Comment 21

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Chris: I don't think so.

Anyhow, reopening. Caches need to be cleared or something.
Try:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Menu+reference?style_mode=inproduct
I don't see the favicon. Whereas on
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Menu+reference?style_mode=inproduct
(with https, logged in)

I really need to learn who to assign these to :)

Comment 22

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

http://www.grabup.com/uploads/199f2535fb2a1386fcb7bab6fb13c6ea.png -- I see the favicon there, Paul.

Comment 23

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Maybe it's a my local machine thing, then :)
How's bug 465872 for you?

Comment 24

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

I see you have two sidebars as well, regarding bug 465872. Do you see two when logged in as well? This is what made me think it's a caching issue.

Comment 25

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

Also I saw the favicon, after reload.

Comment 26

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

Verified FIXED; cache holds on to CSS for a _long_ time :-)

Comment 27

[Paul Craciunoiu [:paulc]]

(Assigning again) Maybe I shouldn't run away from future blame :)

Comment 28

[David Tenser [:djst]]

Is it possible to specify the favicon in a config file or from the admin panel, or does this need to be hardcoded in templates?

Comment 29

[Marc Laporte]

yes, just search favicon from tiki-admin.php