Add a favicon for the website

[Hoppe]

I want to add a favicon. I write this in the _config.yml
favicon: /assets/img/favicon.ico
but it doesn't work.

[Dean Attali]

That isn't meant to work, did someone/somewhere claim that the config file accepts a favicon parameter?

See here https://beautifuljekyll.com/faq/#favicon

[Hoppe]

Thank you for your help.