Quickicon/logo

[Dalif]

Hey.

For a while now, I've been meaning to assign an icon to my page. I'm not sure what the official name of it is, but it's the little image that can be placed nest to the URL in the adress bar. I've a hard time figuring out where to place the code for it, so any help would be appreciated.

Also, when I fiddle with themes and plugins, things seem to be working fine, but I keep getting this error:

Trying to open URL package_template.xml...
The URL http://netmirror.org/mirror/serendipity ... mplate.xml could not be opened. Maybe the Serendipity or SourceForge.net Server is down - we are sorry, you need to try again later.

and


Trying to open URL package_event_en.xml...
The URL http://netmirror.org/mirror/serendipity ... ent_en.xml could not be opened. Maybe the Serendipity or SourceForge.net Server is down - we are sorry, you need to try again later.

I'm not sure how to fix it, so any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Dalif

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

The first thing is called "favicon". You just put a "favicon.ico" file into your webroot, and this is picked up by browsers. You could also insert a custom line in your index.tpl template, some <link rel="shortcut icon" src="..." /> line.

About the other thing: It seems your webserver is running firewalled? Has spartacus ever worked?

Regards,
Garvin

[mattsches]

Ah, Garvin already answered your favicon question, so I just add that you might want to read the Wikipedia article on favicons. There are many useful links there, too.

- Mattsches

[Dalif]

Hi!

The first thing is called "favicon". You just put a "favicon.ico" file into your webroot, and this is picked up by browsers. You could also insert a custom line in your index.tpl template, some <link rel="shortcut icon" src="..." /> line.

About the other thing: It seems your webserver is running firewalled? Has spartacus ever worked?

Regards,
Garvin

Thanks. I'll give the favicon (I remember the term now), a try.

Yes, Spartacus works fine, and has worked fine until... a few months ago, where I had that problem. One day, out of the clear blue sky, I can't install new plugins, because it claims either s9y or sourceforge servers are down. I cleared it up somewhat today, changing the path around, but the error is still there, it seems. I can install and configure plugins and themes just fine, but the error is there nonethesame.

Thanks in advance,

Dalif

*Edit* The server is not running firewalled, it's hosting more than just my page and is set up by people who should know what they are doing.

[garvinhicking]

Hi!

You should ask your server guys, I am quite sure that they have configured something.

Especially if they know what they are doing, firewalling a webserver is a clever thing to do.

Best regards,
Garvin

[Dalif]

Hi!

You should ask your server guys, I am quite sure that they have configured something.

Especially if they know what they are doing, firewalling a webserver is a clever thing to do.

Best regards,
Garvin

heh heh.. yeah well.. I meant, it is not running firewalled in the sense of obstructing webcontent. But I'll check with them anyway.

[Dalif]

I've just checked through the permissions on the templates, and it seems some of the folders have wrong permissions, and I'm not the owner of them (the server is run on a BSD system), so i can't change the permissions atm.. I'm gonna go to the actual server later on, and have a chat with the server admin about this. It seems that after we moved it, and he switched from apache to lighttpd, we've been getting a lot of problems with both serendipity and gallery. so he's switching back to apache tonight, and I'll have a look with refreshed eyes tomorrow. Perhaps many of the problems will then be solved automatically... and I'll be able to set permissions and be the owner of the folders again.