I use this site:

http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/

I generate 3 different (still, animated, and iphone) favicns. and it supplies the code to use. I placed the code in the header.php as a meta. Beautiful.

Thanks folks, worked like a charm. 

BTW, for those not too familar with elgg, the header is located in "views/default/page_elements" from your root directory.  Also default is the view, not sure if these needs to be applied in other views or not. (I'm still not sure what is a view and what is a skin).

header is located in "views/default/page_elements"

But the truly "Right Way" will be to extend metatags view, called in last line of header view

I use this site:

http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/

I generate 3 different (still, animated, and iphone) favicns. and it supplies the code to use. I placed the code in the header.php as a meta. Beautiful.

Thanks folks, worked like a charm. 

BTW, for those not too familar with elgg, the header is located in "views/default/page_elements" from your root directory.  Also default is the view, not sure if these needs to be applied in other views or not. (I'm still not sure what is a view and what is a skin).

header is located in "views/default/page_elements"

But the truly "Right Way" will be to extend metatags view, called in last line of header view