Hi all, I’m managing a Discourse multisite setup with many sites on the same server. For branding consistency, I want to use .ico favicons (32x32) for both the main job sites and their forums. I’ve uploaded the same .ico favicon to both the main sites and forums — however, when I check Google sear…

For Discourse sites, the icon is determined by page contents (a link element in head): ○ → curl -s https://forum.getnursingjobs.com/ | htmlq 'link[rel=icon]' <link href="https://forum.getnursingjobs.com/uploads/default/optimized/1X/931ed11ccda2b78d1b427939901795ee6d2d4b50_2_32x32.png" rel="icon" ty…

How to use .ico favicons correctly in Discourse multisite? Google shows different favicons for main site and forum despite same upload

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emonunix (Emon Bhuiyan) July 6, 2025, 7:34pm 3

Still looking for help or advice.
Thanks!

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How to use .ico favicons correctly in Discourse multisite? Google shows different favicons for main site and forum despite same upload

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