Adding icon to rails application

Question

How can I add an icon to my Rails application (to show in tabs when opened in a browser, etc.)?

Answer 1

You're talking about a favicon.

Add this in the head part of your layout:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/path_to_your_pic"/>

Answer 2

You can use Favicon Rails helper:

<%= favicon_link_tag %>

Or if you want another image than favicon.ico

<%= favicon_link_tag 'another_image.ico' %>