How to Fix Apple-Touch-Icon 404 Errors - 🛠 MM #202

Written by: Tim Davis Created: 20 September 2021

Category: Maintenance Monday

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In this video you will see how to fix 404 errors being generated by apple-touch-icon.png files. This method will also fix 404 errors being generated by files named:

apple-touch-icon-57x57.png

apple-touch-icon-72x72.png

apple-touch-icon-76x76.png

apple-touch-icon-114x114.png

apple-touch-icon-120x120.png

apple-touch-icon-144x144.png

apple-touch-icon-152x152.png

apple-touch-icon-180x180.png

• Tutorial on how to fix Apple-Touch-Icon 404 errors for websites.
  - Presented by Tim Davis on "Maintenance Monday" (MM #202) on YouTube.
  - Sponsored by MySites.guru, offers tools and information for managing Joomla sites.
  - Tim noticed 404 errors for Apple touch icons on a client's Joomla site.
  - He used an SEO tool in the site's backend to identify the errors.
  - Apple touch icons like "apple touch icon," "apple touch icon pre-composed," etc., were generating 404s.
  - These icons are used to represent websites on Apple devices (e.g., Safari).
  - 404 errors can harm SEO.
  - Solution: Create and upload missing Apple touch icons.
  - Used "iconifier.net," a free service by webalicious.com, to generate icons.
  - Uploaded the icons to the website's root folder to fix the issue.
  - Pro tip: Downloaded icons from iconifier.net, copied favicon.ico to active template folder in Joomla.
  - Also mentioned fixing "apple touch icon pre-composed" issue by creating and uploading those icons.
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