Introduction
This help article will guide you in adding logos to your website, including your main logo, a logo compatible with dark mode, a Google AMP logo, a favicon, and a default article image.
Where to Find Your Logos
Begin by logging into your Newsifier admin panel.
Proceed to Settings > General > Tab 'Logos'. This section is your central hub for uploading and adjusting your website's logos.
Types of Logos in Newsifier
Below, you find a list of the logos that exist in Newsifier.
Main Logo
Purpose: This is your website's main logo displayed in its header.
Specifications: Choose a JPG or PNG format, with PNG being preferable for its support of transparent backgrounds. The minimum size should be 500x100px. Consider using an SVG file for optimal quality across devices.
Note: SVG is a good choice for your main logo only. Your favicon must be a PNG — see the favicon section below.
Dark Logo
Purpose: Ensures your logo stands out in night mode.
Specifications: Adhere to the main logo specifications, but modify the color scheme for better visibility against dark backgrounds.
Google Logo
Purpose: Represents your site on Google's AMP pages.
Specifications: Required to be in JPG or PNG format, sized at 600x60px.
Favicon
Purpose: The small square icon representing your site in browser tabs, bookmarks, mobile home screens, and next to your site name in Google search results.
Specifications: A square PNG, 192x192 px, under about 100 KB. Width and height must be identical. A solid or transparent background both work.
Do not upload an SVG or ICO file. Neither is reliably supported as a favicon by iOS or Google Search.
Default Article Image
Purpose: Serves as a placeholder for articles missing a main image, commonly used after content migration.
Specifications: A JPG format is preferred, with dimensions set to 1200x800px.
Having Issues?
Troubleshooting: Google shows a grey globe instead of my logo
That globe is Google's fallback when it can't use your favicon. The three most common causes, in order:
The file is an SVG. Replace it with a PNG. This is by far the most frequent cause.
The file is too small. A legacy 16x16 or 32x32 icon is below what Google will display. Re-export at 192x192.
The file isn't square. A rectangular image — your header logo, for instance — gets rejected. Crop or re-export it square.
Once the file is fixed, Google won't pick up the change until it recrawls your homepage. To speed that up, open Google Search Console, use the URL Inspection tool with your homepage URL — not an article URL, since Google only reads the favicon from the homepage — and click Request Indexing.
Then wait. Recrawling can take anywhere from several days to several weeks, and search results update after that. This is normal and not a sign the fix failed.
Troubleshooting: the browser tab still shows the old icon
Browsers cache favicons aggressively, often longer than anything else on your site. Before assuming something is broken, open your site in a private/incognito window, do a hard refresh (Ctrl+Shift+R on Windows, Cmd+Shift+R on Mac), or check on a phone. If the new icon appears in a private window, your file is correct and only your own browser cache is out of date.