[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11413: Lack of favicon.ico link in admin-header.php file causes shortcuts to admin pages to us randome icons

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#11413: Lack of favicon.ico link in admin-header.php file causes shortcuts to admin
pages to us randome icons
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 Reporter:  NPSites         |       Owner:                         
     Type:  defect (bug)    |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  Unassigned             
Component:  Graphic Design  |     Version:  2.8.5                  
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:  admin favicon ico image
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 When a user makes a shortcut in their browser to directly access the Add
 New Post page or another page within the wordpress backend administration
 area the favorite is saved in the end users browser without an associated
 .ico file .

 see screen shot of example FireFox Browser but same in all browsers.
 http://i48.tinypic.com/donxtz.jpg

 This can cause confusion for the end user accessing their administration
 pages directly from a short cut that has adopted another site's .ico file
 since wordpress install is not providing the link.

 Although ico files should be in the ico format and they should be named
 favicon.ico there is a fast work around until a core designer can provide
 such a file.

 this image in the folder /wp-includes/images/wlw/wp-icon.png

 may be used for testing

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 the wordpress core file that needs to be edited is
 wp-admin/admin-header.php

 add this line after the closing </title> element.

 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../wp-includes/images/wlw/wp-icon.png"
 type="image/x-icon" />
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 This will provide end users with a WordPress ico pointer that will display
 the ico file in the browser url bar and when shortcuts are made in browser
 menus.

 Again this is a temporary work around until a designer can find an
 appropriate ico file to be used for the backend admin area.

 Here is an example image of the problem shown in windows firefox when no
 WordPress ico file is linked to in the Admin area.

 The user makes a shortcut and the ADD NEW POST favorite shows an ico from
 a random site such as Twitter or Youtube in this example image

 http://i48.tinypic.com/donxtz.jpg

 The reason why this is important is that end users mistake their shortcuts
 to their own site to ones like youtube and do not have a good experience.

 An official WordPress Ico should be used for the backend that way a user
 can quickly identify their homepage shortcut vs a backend shortcut.

 is this too long? heh

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