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Old 12-09-2008
Question favicon in Perl CGI module
Hi,

I'm writing a CGI script in Perl using the CGI module (CGI - perldoc.perl.org), and I can't find the exact syntax to add a reference to my favicon .ico file in the <head>. Any insights?

Thanks.
# 2  
Old 12-15-2008
You don't do it that way. You simply put favicon.ico on the server in the top-level directory of the virtualhost's DocumentRoot. The web *browser* will try to get it by default.
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Old 12-15-2008
I actually don't have access in this case. I am working only with a single subdirecory. I read somewhere that you can override the default top-level favicon, but I can't figure out how.
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Old 12-15-2008
Favicon is requested on the client side, its either there or its not there.
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Old 12-15-2008
Ok, according to wikipedia, sourced from W3C,
Quote:
The Mozilla web browser added support for favicons in a way that conformed to web standards through the use of rel="icon" and letting web designers add favicons in any supported graphics format, e.g. <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/path/image.png">. Most web browsers have since added support for this feature, and it is generally used for all new content.
So just add this in your CGI output AFTER the <HEAD> opening tag and BEFORE the </HEAD> closing tag.

So in PerlCGI, you would so something like this:
Code:
 print start_html(-head=>[ 
              Link({-rel=>'icon',-type=>'image/png',-href=>'favicon.ico'}),
 ]);

Last edited by otheus; 12-15-2008 at 01:08 PM.. Reason: removed whitespace
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