New favicon on wordpress.com

iqatrophie · Member · Aug 22, 2010 at 1:09 am
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Just out of interest. Has there been any kind of news about the new favicon which is not displayed when visiting http://www.wordpress.com?

I’m talking about this one.

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iqatrophie · Member · Aug 22, 2010 at 1:09 am
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not -> now
thesacredpath · Member · Aug 22, 2010 at 3:39 am
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I’m seeing the one you referenced. Some browsers will hang onto cached favicons virtually forever.

Log out of wordpress, clear your browser cache and cookies, restart your browser and then have another look. If you happen to be using IE, you might have to clear your cache a couple times, and might even have to restart your computer to finally get it cleared and updated.

There is also the possibility that your ISP is using a invisible proxy server to cache internet pages and such to lower their bandwidth usage, and it could be it is cached in their system. In that case, you will just have to wait for the proxy server to update the files.
iqatrophie · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 3:03 am
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Thanks for your answer. This is probably a misunderstanding.

I can actually see the favicon I referenced in my first post. I was just wondering that it’s not the usual WordPress ‘W’ any more like here in the forums. In fact I can’t figure out what the new favicon depicts or what it has to do with wordpress.com.

I’ve looked for any informations about this icon change and couldn’t find any. So I thought I’ll ask in the forums. Maybe someone knows about it. :-)

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timethief · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 3:14 am
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I see the WordPress “W”. It’s the same one I’m used to seeing and I see it here as well. http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/ so I don’t know what you mean.
iqatrophie · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 3:53 am
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I’m talking about this one:
timethief · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 3:59 am
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Yes, I see your balavater where you indictate. What about it please? If you want to change it use these instructions > http://en.support.wordpress.com/avatars/blavatars/
raincoaster · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 4:56 am
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Yes, I see the new one. It doesn’t resolve as well as the old one did.
justjennifer · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 5:19 am
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I only see this icon in the forums and on the homepage and sent a note to Support a couple of days ago asking why it looks distorted. Hanni said they’re checking it.
iqatrophie · Member · Aug 23, 2010 at 5:11 pm
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@timethief

This can’t be my blavatar/avatar as the screenshot has been taken when I was logged out of wordpress.com.
justjennifer · Member · Aug 24, 2010 at 12:08 pm
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Even odder still, in the forums I’m getting the same distorted WordPress “W” icon, but today on the WP.com front page I’m seeing a square icon with a torso in silhouette.
iqatrophie · Member · Aug 24, 2010 at 5:05 pm
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… a square icon with a torso in silhouette.

Yeah, that’s the one I was talking about in the first place. :-)

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