[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General

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#16434: Give site admin ability to upload favicon in Settings, General
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 Reporter:  jane                                 |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  3.4
Component:  Administration                       |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing ux-feedback  |
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Comment (by azaozz):

 Replying to [comment:85 nacin]:
 > Doing some research, it looks like ImageMagick supports creating ICO
 files. We should probably just use Imagick if it exists, and fallback to
 PNG-only if it does not...

 +1. Also not sure if there should be any support for image manipulation
 after uploading. The problem is that at such small sizes (16 x 16) most
 images don't look good. It doesn't matter if they are resized in PHP or by
 the browser on display.

 So an "unaware" user will not be able to add a decent looking favicon by
 uploading an arbitrary image. Imho it would be much better to include some
 help text about favicons in general and the requirement for using .ico
 format image for best browser compatibility. There are many ways a user
 can generate decent looking .ico file, including online image editing
 websites that handle exactly that.

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