Use FontAwesome 5 or custom .svg files

[maddovr]

FontAwesome 5 has been released with many new icons even in the free version(e.g: discord icon was added which is quite good for the social bar). However I would also like to suggest the option to use custom .svg files specifying a path.

[ivan-nginx]

Is it paid version?

[maddovr]

No, it's in the free version https://fontawesome.com/icons?d=gallery&q=discord&m=free

[maddovr]

To update a bit, it's not possible to use the CDN version of FontAwesome5 either, so there must be some compatibility changes from 4.x to 5.x

[maddovr]

So, a bit of an update: I've looked into upgrading from version 4 to version 5 and a regular upgrade is as trivial as modifying the default fa prefix in the configuration files(I think only next/layout folder is relevant for this). However since new color schemes are in the timeline, I think a refactor of how fontawesome is being invoked should be taken into consideration due to the new features fontawesome 5 offers(more info here: https://fontawesome.com/how-to-use/svg-with-js#additional-styling), and that's not trivial. At least, I don't see an easy way to do so.

[maddovr]

Not a proper upgrade, but we could use the v4 shim as described here as a temporary solution.

[ivan-nginx]

This issue will be closed in accordance with #505 issue.