Why don't I display the logo and favicon?

[pomponchik]

Hello!

I have a small project and I decided to add mkdocs documentation there. I placed the docs directory in the root directory of the project. Here's what's inside this folder:

This is what my mkdocs.yml file looks like:

Next, I start the server using the command:

mkdocs serve -f docs/mkdocs.yml

I do this from the root directory of the project.

But! The documentation does not display the logo and favicon. I see logs like these, the request for the favicon does not pass with a 404 error, and there is no request for the logo at all:

INFO    -  Building documentation...
INFO    -  Cleaning site directory
INFO    -  Documentation built in 0.35 seconds
INFO    -  [16:20:59] Watching paths for changes: 'docs/docs', 'docs/mkdocs.yml'
INFO    -  [16:20:59] Serving on http://127.0.0.1:8000/
INFO    -  [16:21:01] Browser connected: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
INFO    -  [16:21:01] Browser connected: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
WARNING -  [16:21:02] "GET /assets/favicon.iso HTTP/1.1" code 404
INFO    -  [16:21:02] Browser connected: http://127.0.0.1:8000/

Here are the versions of the libraries I use:

mkdocs==1.5.3
mkdocs-material==9.2.7

What am I doing wrong? Why aren't the logo and favicon displayed? How to fix it?

[kamilkrzyskow]

From the image I see you have two docs directories, and you put the assets into the first instead of the second.

So put them into the second inner docs directory.

Also you could rename the first docs as something else to not mix them up.

[alexvoss]

In the mkdocs.yml you seem to have the extension wrong? That would be part of the problem?

[kamilkrzyskow]

EDIT:
I missed the file name. Right, so that's all that is left to change after restructuring the files.

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Weird, perhaps the location at where you run the mkdocs serve influences this behaviour, but it shouldn't as it should look up the files relative to the mkdocs.yml file location.

I guess the best path forward is for you to provide a minimal reproduction archive.

https://squidfunk.github.io/mkdocs-material/guides/creating-a-reproduction/

[pomponchik]

Please tell me which file extension is correct?

[alexvoss]

you have a .ico file in you filesystem but the mkdocs.yml says .iso

[pomponchik]

Wow, it really works, my mistake, thank you!