I wanted to add the subscribe buttons for Google today and found the howto here. I created a new category for adding these buttons and followed the procedure. This did not work. It was showing the text and not the image. After some digging around I found that the “Show Image” needs to be enabled at the category level. So there you go, hope I saved someone else’s time 
July 14, 2006 at 4:57 pm
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July 16, 2006 at 6:06 pm
For some reason my image which worked is now not working. I have enabled visible “yes”, but nothing shows up in the side bar. if i go to the link in Firefox, i can see it on the page.
Any clues most appriciated.
July 17, 2006 at 8:48 am
Yup, the image doesn’t work anymore for me either. You can check out http://wakao.wordpress.com/2006/07/14/re-subscribe-buttons-on-wordpress/ for the same problem I faced and the solution that worked for me. Hope that helps.
September 24, 2006 at 8:51 pm
I confirm. I’ve tried many times to put an image in the sidebar (I’ve insert an Url) and these were the results:
- Two months ago, there was no image, but the classic X.
- This morning, I’ve tried once again: no image, only the text.
Putting images in the wordpress blog is the greatest problem for me. The system it’s still not performing.
In any case, you’re doing a great job for us.
Thanks