# Feature proposal: RSS/atom feeds get an icon by default

**URL:** <https://zola.discourse.group/t/feature-proposal-rss-atom-feeds-get-an-icon-by-default/185>\
**Category:** Feature requests\
**Created:** [September 1, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/feature-proposal-rss-atom-feeds-get-an-icon-by-default/185 "2019-09-01T13:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/adrian/32/89_2.png) [@adrian](https://zola.discourse.group/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/feature-proposal-rss-atom-feeds-get-an-icon-by-default/185/1 "2019-09-01T13:05:44Z")

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Hello! I feel a little silly starting a whole thread for such a tiny proposal, but I would like to open this one-line PR to add an `<icon>` element to the built-in Atom feed template:

> **[getzola/zola](https://github.com/getzola/zola/compare/next...sampsyo:atom-icon?expand=1)**
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> A fast static site generator in a single binary with everything built-in. https://www.getzola.org - getzola/zola

This uses your configured `config.extra.favicon` path, if you have one, and omits the icon otherwise.

Any objections to my opening this PR?

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**Author:** ![keats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/34f0e0/32.png) [@keats](https://zola.discourse.group/u/keats)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2019, 10:22am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/feature-proposal-rss-atom-feeds-get-an-icon-by-default/185/2 "2019-09-02T10:22:57Z")

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Since it comes from `extra`, I don’t think it makes sense to have that builtin. It’s easy for a user to update the template if necessary

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**Author:** ![adrian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/zola.discourse.group/adrian/32/89_2.png) [@adrian](https://zola.discourse.group/u/adrian)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2019, 8:49am UTC](https://zola.discourse.group/t/feature-proposal-rss-atom-feeds-get-an-icon-by-default/185/3 "2019-09-03T08:49:47Z")

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OK! But to be clear, this doesn’t _have_ to be in `extra`. Like the `description` field, it’s useful for feeds and other metadata but not strictly required. If `icon` were a top-level config option, templates could use it in HTML headers as well.