Sunday, August 19, 2012

How to add a favicon Image to the browser tab/URL in WebCenter?


Prerequisites:

1. WebCenter is installed 
2. OHS is installed and configured for WebCenter as a frontend HTTP Server

Steps

 To add the favicon image in your WebCenter application, follow the following steps:-
 
1. Go to following directory of Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)  

/oracle/middleware/Oracle_WT1/instances/instance1/config/OHS/ohs1/htdocs/

2. Add favicon.icon image (size : most commonly 16×16 pixels) in above folder 
3. Restart the OHS 

It will show in the browser tabs/URL when you browse to WebCenter.

For favicon support and limitation in different browser, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon