[Resolved] header search icon wrong on remote view

[elguavas]

hi. i’ve got the “search in the header/nav area” enabled.

the search icon (magnifying glass) looks right when i view it on my local development pc, but when i view the page from an external pc the search icon shows as some wierd little glyph… any ideas?

[Tom]

This can happen if you’re viewing the site from a different URL than the one set in “Settings > General”. Can you confirm the URL you’re typing into your browser is the same URL you have in “Settings > General”?

Let me know 🙂

[elguavas]

hmm, yes, this is on the development system again. in settings general i have http://smg-pc which is the lan external name of the development box.

when i enter the url http://smg-pc on the development box i get the homepage with the correct icon.

when i enter http://smg-pc on another box on the lan i get the homepage with a wierd glyph instead of the search icon.

is there a way to force the correct icon? thanks.

[Tom]

The glyph is a computer/browser icon shown when the regular icon can’t be found.

This usually only happens in Firefox – you’ll need to enable Access-Control-Allow-Origin module on your local system.

More info here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10636611/how-does-access-control-allow-origin-header-work

[elguavas]

actually it turned out that all the remote viewers had a particular setting on the Contents/Advanced area, they had “Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of my selections above” unchecked. checking that option makes the icon appear correctly.

[elguavas]

that setting was in firefox btw.

[Tom]

Interesting – good to know! Thanks! 🙂

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