By Parcellian on

Hello,

As cool as it is, I'd like to remove the Drupal logo located at the left side of the url field on my blog. I'd like to then switch it with my own logo. Does anyone have a knowledge of how to do this?

Keep in mind, I'm pretty unsophisticated with programming so a clear step-by-step process would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

~Phil

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nofue’s picture

nofue commented

Servus, Phil.

No need to program anything. With Drupal 4.7.x it's in administer::themes
Select your theme, and click 'configure' there...

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pbarnett commented

Hi!

I suspwct that the previous post has misunderstood your question; you mean the little icon in the browser address bar, don't you?

You ned to create your logo as a Windows icon (there are several programs that will let you do that) and save it in your document root (where index.php is) as favicon.ico

Then edit your page.tpl.php (assuming you're using a phptemplate-based theme) so that it adds the following line (with suitably edited URL) to the <head> section of each page :-

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://example.com/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" />

That should do the trick.

Pete.

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Parcellian commented

"there are several programs that will let you do that"
What type of programs do these things? Photoshop?

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pcwick commented

In Windows, IrfanView is a freeware program that makes it simple to crop and resize your image to 16px x 16px, then save as favicon.ico.

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techczech commented

There's an even easier way to do this with no skill necessary. The free service on http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ will convert any image into a favicon.ico for you. I've used it on all my sites. You can then upload it through admin/themes/settings and never get any error messages. You can also just replace the default favicon.ico in the /misc directory on the server but then when you upgrade your site it will revert back to the Druplicon. Also, if you have other (non-Drupal) pages on your site you should put the file into the root directory - Firefox (but not IE) will then pick it up.

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mbaze commented

Just go to administer-->themes-->configure tab

Near the bottom of the page you'll see a "Shortcut icon settings'' area. Create a logo image that is 16px by 16px, save it as a PNG file and upload there, where it says "Upload icon image:" You no longer need to create special favicon.ico images. Any image editing software, Photoshop, Fireworks, and others that I can't think of and that are cheaper, should be able to do the trick.

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mbaze commented

..that although Drupal makes it easy to do this, you'll still get a "favicon.ico not found'' in your admin alerts area because browsers are still looking for the more traditional favicon.ico file. So, if you can do it the other way, it's probably better.

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Parcellian commented

To show my custom logo or a favicon in the URL field, I followed these instructions:

"Just go to administer-->themes-->configure tab

Near the bottom of the page you'll see a "Shortcut icon settings'' area. Create a logo image that is 16px by 16px, save it as a PNG file and upload there, where it says "Upload icon image:" "

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After I attempt these instructions and tried to upload my file under "Upload icon image", I save configuration and then get this odd message that says
* The directory files is not writable
* The selected file /hsphere/local/home/phils411/tmp/tmp_4YOd18 could not be uploaded, because the destination files/chameleon_favicon.png is not properly configured.
* The settings have not been saved because of the errors.

Anyone have any guess what I can do to fix this? BTW, I host my site remotely and all mysql files are managed by my hosting service. Don't know if this matters, just thought I should share.

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Rebecca@category.greenash.net.au commented

You may not have the permissions set properly on your "files" folder. The correct settings are in the installation handbook.

But you don't have to use the upload dealie if you have FTP access. You can just upload the file via FTP and type the address into the field on the themes configuration page.

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chris.jenkins commented

I found that using html-kit and irfanview, work as they may, lost the transparency.
I resized the logo/icon (which already has a transparent background) in GIMP (open source freeware, Photoshop type application) to 16 by 16 pixels and saved it with the .ico file type extension. It kept the transparency.
I then uploaded the ico through the theme configuration interface.
Hope that helps.