WordPress Stats Showing “Dummy” Image

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Upon viewing your blog stats generated by the WordPress Stats plugin you see an image that looks like a bar graph with data back to 2003 with two colors, one representing “Region A” and the other, “Region B,” you’re looking at a dummy image that WordPress Stats inserts when something goes awry. (Personally, I think it would be better if something more descriptive was there, like an image that says “i is BROKDED!”) I wish I would had the foresight to take a screen shot of the image before I fixed the problem, but at any rate, the problem is resolved.

My solution (thank God, the easy one): Deactive the plugin, delete all related files, upload a fresh copy, and reactivate. You will have to re-enter your WordPress.com API key, and to keep your stats, choose to “Replace” the blog (the plugin will guide you through these steps) with the same URL that you’re reactivating.

If that doesn’t take care of the issue, there are other solutions in this thread.

Good luck!

Flash/Shockwave Crashes when Viewing Ustream.tv [IPCamera_MJPEG.ax]

So, after about a month of wrestling with Ustream.tv and any other web site that imbeds interactive Adobe Flash or Shockwave videos, I decided I should actually take a good look at the error reports that Firefox and Chrome create on crash. I discovered that a module called IPCamera_MJPEG.ax was causing an issue. Normally, IPCamera_MJPEG.ax is found in C:\Windows\system32, but mine wasn’t there. I read on Ustream’s official forums, though, that other encoders and camera capture utilities from other cam streaming sites will cause an issue. One user reported the encoder for Justin.tv was the issue. Mine? The Camstreams encoder was the culprit. Once I uninstalled it (I wasn’t using it anyway), Ustream.tv behaved like an angel!

Just in case your issue isn’t with Camstreams or any other encoder, here’s some other ideas:

• Windows Media Encoder (the Camstreams encoder is based off of WME, so WME might cause an issue too)
• Outdated or corrupted video drivers. Update or reinstall the drivers any chipset or add-on graphics card you have.
• Outdated Flash or Shockwave. Completely uninstall Flash and Shockwave. Adobe provides uninstall programs to clean all traces. Reinstall.
• Other browser plugins. Though, less likely, it is possible that other plugins in your browser of choice are causing conflicts. Disable all of them, and renable them one-by-one while reloading Ustream (or any other site giving you trouble) to catch the culprit.
• format c:
  (disclaimer: It’s a joke ^…. I don’t want to be responsible for a wiped drive!)