Font Awesome 5 icons not showing up
I use codeigniter and Font Awesome 5 I have download the latest version of font awesome 5 how ever for some reason my icon is not showing up
Question How to get the icon to show up in font awesome 5 I am using xampp
It should show next to the sign in text there are no errors in dev console
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<!-- Required meta tags -->
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<title><?php echo $title;?></title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo base_url('assets/plugins/bs/css/bootstrap.css');?>">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo base_url('assets/css/stylesheet.css');?>">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo base_url('assets/plugins/fa/web-fonts-with-css/fontawesome-all.min.css');?>">
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('assets/js/jquery-3.2.1.slim.min.js');?>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('assets/js/popper.min.js');?>"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo base_url('assets/plugins/bs/js/bootstrap.js');?>"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class="row mb-3">
<div class="col-xl-12 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12">
<a href="<?php echo base_url('login');?>" class="btn btn-dark"><i class="fas fa-sign-in-alt"></i> Sign in</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Answer
The instructions on the font awesome site for getting 5.0.10 running are a little confusing when it comes to what files should go where. I ran into this exact problem and solved it with these steps:
Create the following directory
/static/styles/fontawesome/css
Copy and paste all fontawesome css files into the above directory
Copy the entire webfonts directory and paste in into /static/styles/fontawesome (so that it is at same level as the css directory)
Add the following to your html header
<link rel="stylesheet" href="static/styles/fontawesome/css/fontawesome-all.css">Add icon tags to your code using the corresponding version documentation (5.0.10)
<i class="fas fa-tachometer-alt"></i>
Note: Be sure to use only icons from the free set if you do not have a pro licence. https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&m=free
This might not work for everyone but hope it helps someone out with this frustrating problem!