Live Update 4.0.1

[Wildcat Media]

@Rudy, it might be worth verifying the favicon appears first by doing View Source in your browser. Just in case there's anything else appearing before it.

Yep, that was one of the first things I checked--the favicon.ico tag is directly above the apple-touch-icon tag. And clicking on the pathname in view source takes me right to the icon file.

Still...shouldn't the code be resizing either file properly? It seems like we're having to do workarounds for what is a faulty Tinycon script.

 

[giorgino]

Don't work in Chrome for me

 

[Wildcat Media]

I think we have a better future with favico.js as the development seems to be on going and looking at the code it is cleaner & more simple. Tinycon seems to be a mess and there hasn't been any development in a year.

Tinycon seems to be in triage mode (and I'm sure @Chris Deeming has been getting the same email updates that I have), with some issues regarding the new hi-res "retina" version of the favicon.

 

[Chris D]

Chris Deeming updated Live Updates with a new update entry:

XenForo 1.2 compatibility improvements etc.

• Now includes Tinycon 0.6.1
• New Option group and option to explicitly define the location of your favicon.ico file (recommended if the wrong icon is being picked up)
• Uses template modifications instead of template hooks (now only XenForo 1.2 compatible)
• Change of add-on ID to LiveUpdate (from AjaxPolling)

It is recommended to uninstall the existing version of the add-on prior to installing this version, but that should be handled for you automatically if you forget or...

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Adam Howard]

So I'm assuming that template edit (fix) I made.... I can remove that (should remove that) before applying this....

 

[Rho Delta]

Soooo do we really need to uninstall the old version first?

 

[Adam Howard]

Soooo do we really need to uninstall the old version first?

If you read the notes.... This one should uninstall the old version for you, while it installs the new one.

 

[Chris D]

So I'm assuming that template edit (fix) I made.... I can remove that (should remove that) before applying this....

Yes. This effectively adds that fix automatically.

 

[Chris D]

Soooo do we really need to uninstall the old version first?

In theory it should be fine. But if the automatic uninstall fails it might not be immediately obvious. Though it should be fine. I have tested it a few times and it appears to work. Just being a bit cautious.

 

[Adam Howard]

Yes. This effectively adds that fix automatically.

Thank you @Chris Deeming

 

[Rho Delta]

In theory it should be fine. But if the automatic uninstall fails it might not be immediately obvious. Though it should be fine. I have tested it a few times and it appears to work. Just being a bit cautious.

haha that makes me really nervous. How do you uninstall the old one?

 

[Eoj Nawoh]

haha that makes me really nervous. How do you uninstall the old one?

If I'm not mistaken, you uninstall it like any other addon.

 

[The Sandman]

Chris Deeming updated Live Updates with a new update entry:

XenForo 1.2 compatibility improvements etc.

I installed this today. It seems to be working OK except that the number of alerts next to the favicon in the browser tab displays as a regular number in parenthesis instead of a nifty red alert.

 

[Chris D]

Seems to be working fine:

I installed this today. It seems to be working OK except that the number of alerts next to the favicon in the browser tab displays as a regular number in parenthesis instead of a nifty red alert.

Ah wait... this is the fall back Tinycon has. If it can't amend the favicon, it falls back to displaying the number as text instead. So, what browser are you using?

 

[The Sandman]

IE 10.

 

[Chris D]

I'm currently on a Mac. I presume that IE10 doesn't support the visual modification of the icon. I will look into that. However, other things can affect it. Such as Internet Explorer compatibility mode etc.

If you press F12, what document mode is IE10 running in?

EDIT: Yeah, it isn't working in IE or Safari but that is entirely as designed.

 

[Eoj Nawoh]

IE 10.

Fix: Download Chrome or Firefox.

 

[Adam Howard]

IE 10.

Internet Explorer (IE) serves 1 function true .... To download a better browser

 

[The Sandman]

Fix: Download Chrome or Firefox.

I have Firefox installed. I just don't like it as much as IE - don't ask me why 'cause I don't know.

 

[Stuart Wright]

Installed and working very nicely.
I changed the background colour of the alert number in the favicon by editing the update.js file :





What happens if the number is very high? Is there a limit to avoid being bigger than the icon? What's the most it can be?