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WikiHow zim files are definitely not using the correct logos / icons
Shouldn't it be in wikihow repo ?
Sorry you'll have to move it again
Could we fix it by forcing the wikiHow logo into the recipe?
But it looks like a reader/catalog issue actually as those icons are not random from the ZIM but from other ZIMs
It's probably because wikihow ZIMs uses new Illustration and no favicon
So I'd say it's a reader issue
Which ZIM file is that? Do we know if this is a problem in the library.xml or in Kiwix-Android?
@Popolechien thx.
Not sure how much of a reader issue that is: I'm looking at library.kiwix.org (kiwix-serve) and the WikiHow zim files show no icon at all.

@kelson42 Not sure we can move the issue across projects (from openzim/wikihow to kiwix/kiwix-android)
I will move the ticket to kiwix/kiwix-android
@rgaudin yes, even 3 times now and my question stay unanswered. I need the exact filename to make my assessment.
I don't know what else to say. Those ZIM have Illustration_48x48 and thus no -/favicon entry. The library XML doesn't exposes those icons so there is no favicon property in those nodes.
kiwix-serve 3.1.2-5 understands there is no icon and thus displays no icon. We're aware of this ; it was discussed back in August. kiwix-android apparently isn't expecting this situation and is probably displaying an icon from the next/previous available node.
Possible immediate fix: change the tool that generates the library.xml so it sets the favicon property from Illustration if there's no -/favicon.
FYI, libzim7 (at least pylibzim) doesn't allow specifying a namespace so we can't add a -/favicon entry to those ZIM, should we want to.
@kelson42 There has only been one run so the files and file names are those in https://download.kiwix.org/zim/wikihow/
wikihow_pt_maxi_2021-10.zim wikihow_nl_maxi_2021-10.zim wikihow_es_maxi_2021-10.zim wikihow_ko_maxi_2021-10.zim
Interestingly, here is another screenshot of the same series taken at a different time - the icons have changed compared to my earlier screenshot:

@rgaudin yes, even 3 times now and my question stay unanswered. I need the exact filename to make my assessment.
For some reason this ticket does not move... but it should. Config looks good.
/move to kiwix/kiwix-android
Could we fix it by forcing the wikiHow logo into the recipe?
No. The scraper already gets the proper icon and sets it properly. It's a new ZIM, using the new Illustration_ metadata for the Icon. The problem is that the reader, which uses previous version is not aware of this. You'll notice that old kiwix-serve doesn't displays it either while the current one (on dev-library) does.
Which ZIM file is that? Do we know if this is a problem in the
library.xmlor in Kiwix-Android?
have you read my comments ?
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hi @kelson42 ,
This issue seems rectify by using lib 10.1.1 for WikiHow , i am attaching the current screenshot but if favicon is not available then its pick's up the icon of next or previous list item.
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@MohitMaliFtechiz Good news. I think a PR is need to fix the following points:
- If no illustration availabl, display default logo https://fileproinfo.com/file-type/zim#
- Stop displaying wrong logo (of precent file).
- I have seen the bug in the bookmark view yesterday, so check there as well.


