2005/10/26, Marco Bonetti <mbonetti at gmail.com>: > Hello, > > as of changeset [982] remote favicons are now stored in the database, > and served with ETag and Expiration headers. > > The main advantage is that if the remote site goes down your Gregarius > experience won't be spoiled by the remote favicon requests timing out. > > Another benefit is that icons are always served with the > "image/x-icon" mime type, which Internet Explorer is supposed to like > (better.) > > Oh, the feature is still experimental (meaning you cannot turn it off ;) > > To use it simply edit your feed properties and submit the unchanged > form. Gregarius will fetch the remote icon and dump it into the cache > table as a blob. > > Alternatively export your feedroll as OPML and re-import it (use > another table prefix if you don't want to lose your items!) > > > If you care to test please report any oddities (read: disappearing > favicons) you might notice here. > > -m > I don't like the way of stocking the favicons ... A database should not be used in this way. I suggest to store the favicons in a folder. Some hosts do not like that also. And, as for me, it's useless to store them in mysql because it adds additional load to mysql for *nothing*.