remove pavicon.ico joomla 1.0.X

Pavicon is a small images on the left side of your toolbar address in your browser.

joomla default pavicon located in folder images with name favicon.ico

to remove pavicon.ico in your joomla sites, simply edit frontend.php files in includes folder under public HTML

Remove this lines :

?>

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo $icon;?>" />

<?php


refresh your browser , and its done

Removing meta tag generator in joomla 1.0.X

If you use joomla CMS, and your joomla site build instantly from fantastico menu in your hosting server, Then Joomla produces some meta tags by default, as a sample, just open up your site in your favourite browser (ex. mozilla) then, right click and view page source , then you will find this meta tag :

<title>your title site</title>

<meta name="description" content="your description sites" />

<meta name="keywords" content="your keyword sites" />

<meta name="Generator" content="Joomla! - Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved." />


you can change Title, Descriptions, Keywords via administrator pages, but you can't change generator meta tag, well not really..

Here is the way to remove / edit your meta tag Generator by joomla

All you have to do is open file "version.php" in "includes" directory,
and Edit These Lines :

var $PRODUCT = 'Joomla!';

var $COPYRIGHT = "Copyright (C) 2005 - 2007 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.";

Save the file, and refresh your site. The line of Meta tag generator Joomla , should now be Changed.