[theme-reviewers] Themes and Favicons

[Chip Bennett]

Right, but again, the question: should the Theme be adding a meta rel=ico
tag (without asking user permission, of course)?

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:

> 2010/10/19 Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>:
> > Well, if that's the case, then there's less to worry about.
> > However, I do know that *some* Themes are modifying favicon.ico, because
> on
> > a clean WP install, it has been changed. :)
> > I guess my underlying question is: does a Theme have any business
> changing
> > the favicon? It's rather like changing a Site Name, or Description - or
> even
> > a user's Gravatar/Avatar. The favicon is unique to the site/owner, not to
> > the site Theme.
> > That's really what I was getting at...
>
> Are you sure the theme isn't just inserting the favicon meta info into the
> head?
>
> A theme has no business modifying files outside of the theme directory
> (with the possible exception of the uploads directory, for themes that
> allow file uploads of various sorts), however the more usual way of
> modifying a favicon is to add meta rel=icon tags into the head section
> of the HTML. This strikes me as fine, being that core has no real
> support for it as such.
>
> -Otto
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