The instructions provided in
Astrid Guenther's blog are very interesting but extremely complicated and excessive. My way of doing it:
- I am using the freeware tool «Inkscape»
- Create a square object e.g. 32 x 32 pixel
- Add text or image or whatever you want to have in your favicon
- Save as «favicon.svg»
- Upload the file favicon.svg to the root of your website
- Go to Joomla Back-End > System > Site Template Stiles > J51_TemplateName
- Tab «Custom Code»
- Add
<link rel="icon" type="image/svg+xml" href="/favicon.svg">
to the field «Head Custom Code»
- Save & Close
- Reload the Front-End (it is recommended to clear the browser cache)
Kind regards
Chris