The favicon is now working and yes that is me!
I was surprised to discover that the default theme did not have any kind of favicon importer. A bit of research lead me to discover that I had to add the code myself. That’s odd, no? It seems like pretty basic functionality.
Anyway, for future reference, here’s how to install your own favicon:
In your Dashboard under Appearance, click on Editor. Then on the right of the page, select “Header” (also known as “heading.php”). Scroll down a bit and add this line to the code:
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?>/favicon.ico" />
You can add it right after the line that starts with:
<link rel="stylesheet" ......>
Hit save.
Then you go to your website directory and find the wordpress folder where your themes are located. Drop a favion.ico file in the folder for your active theme and you’re all set.
