django-favicon
##How to use:## Install django-favicon using PIP.
pip install git+https://github.com/yannik-ammann/django-favicon-plus.gitadd app to INSTALLED_APPS List in your settings.py file, make sure sites-app is also installed and a url is specified in the admin backend
INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
'django.contrib.sites',
...
'favicon',
...
)The defaulf FAVICON_CONFIG look like this, if you want something else you can define it in your settings.py. The key of the dictionary is the value for the rel attribut of the link tag, while the list in the value are the sizes for the size attribute and the image resizing.
FAVICON_CONFIG = {
'shortcut icon': [16 ,32 ,48 ,128, 192],
'touch-icon': [196],
'icon': [196],
'apple-touch-icon': [57, 72, 114, 144, 180],
'apple-touch-icon-precomposed': [57, 72, 76, 114, 120, 144, 152,180],
}Upload an image in the admin backend --> all the size will be created, its best to take a larger base favicon eg. 256x256
use the templatetag in your base.html
{% load favtags %}
{% placeFavicon %}this will create (if MEDIA_URL is set to /media/ and if you didnt specified FAVICON_CONFIG in you settings.py):
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="180x180" href="/media/favicon/fav-180_OLm8xkp.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="152x152" href="/media/favicon/fav-152_9Jc67he.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="144x144" href="/media/favicon/fav-144_ZvxBOFK.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="120x120" href="/media/favicon/fav-120_RbBHHaY.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="114x114" href="/media/favicon/fav-114_61boHJ0.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="76x76" href="/media/favicon/fav-76_LMjcgGC.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="72x72" href="/media/favicon/fav-72_GSBPE5W.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" size="any" href="/media/favicon/fav-57_oPOGYKW.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" size="180x180" href="/media/favicon/fav-180_h9ozLZs.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" size="144x144" href="/media/favicon/fav-144_RWrDXut.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" size="114x114" href="/media/favicon/fav-114_rw5MSSo.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" size="72x72" href="/media/favicon/fav-72_ZLXeuvm.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" size="any" href="/media/favicon/fav-57_I8FDkD3.png">
<link rel="touch-icon" size="any" href="/media/favicon/fav-196_dLcxCkI.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" size="192x192" href="/media/favicon/fav-192_A1TsFrv.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" size="128x128" href="/media/favicon/fav-128_h7IeovO.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" size="48x48" href="/media/favicon/fav-48_PH92BdV.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" size="32x32" href="/media/favicon/fav-32_HbSGwrB.png">
<link rel="shortcut icon" size="any" href="/media/favicon/fav-16_oQulYqJ.png">
<link rel="icon" size="any" href="/media/favicon/fav-196_3XOHSqi.png">##favicon## 16x16 .ico or better .png
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/images/favicon.png" />###apple-touch-icon(-precomposed)### 57x57, 72x72, 114x114, and 144x144 highest resolution for ipad retina 144x144.png precomposed(=iOS won’t add any effects to the icon)
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="144x144" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="114x114" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="72x72" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon" sizes="57x57" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="144x144" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-144x144.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="114x114" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-114x114.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="72x72" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-72x72.png">
<link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" sizes="57x57" href="/images/apple-touch-icon-57x57.png">Android versions 1.5 and 1.6 will read the second tag (with "-precomposed"), and versions 2.1 and newer will read the first tag.
Google's specifications say that you should use 48x48 pixel PNGs, but you can use a large image (128x128), like Google does for its own apps.