Using Orchard CMS, where is favicon set?

Question

I've searched and found many places that talk about the favicon (within OrchardCMS) and how to use a plugin that allows you to change it, but I would like to know which file specifically sets the web site favicon so I can alter that file.

What I've Tried

• I've searched stackoverflow.
• I've done a general web search.
• I've searched the official Orchard CMS Docs

What is the name of the file in the content system and where is it located?

Answer 1

I pulled all of the source locally and did a search for the string "ico" in all CSHTML files.

I finally found the source:

It is found under the root folder of your Orchard CMS installation at:

Core/Shapes/Views/

in a file named

Documents.cshtml

In that file, you will find code which looks like the following:

@using Orchard.Localization
@using Orchard.Mvc.Html;
@using Orchard.UI.Resources;
@{
    RegisterLink(new LinkEntry {Type = "image/x-icon", Rel = "shortcut icon", 

Href = Url.Content("~/modules/orchard.themes/Content/Orchard.ico")});
    Script.Require("Html5Shiv").UseCondition("lt IE 9").AtHead();

The actual icon is found at the path (from root installation) :

/modules/orchard.themes/Content/

You can now simply alter that name (change Orchard.ico to whatever you want) and use your own icon.