Where do I put my favicon with Hugo

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katzkode picture katzkode · Feb 4, 2017 · Viewed 17.8k times · Source

I am using Hugo to generate a static site. Where should I put my favicon.ico file?

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katzkode picture katzkode · Feb 4, 2017

Put the favicon inside of the static directory. The static directory sits in the root of your hugo site. When you generate your site, the favicon will be copied into public, the root of the generated site.

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