Set Key Photo?

In iPhoto I select a photo in one of my web galleries and right click.
Then I can select "Make Key Photo". But it never sticks. Online I see the photo I selected for a half a second and then it changes back to the first in the set.
This happens whether I view it in Safari or Firefox.
I created a new user account on my computer, started the whole process from scratch and it still does the same thing.
OSX 10.5.4
Intel Mac
iPhoto 7.1.3
Anyone know how to make this feature work? Thanks. -Derryl

I have the same problem. I've tried a number of workarounds, including:
1 - renaming the albums,
2 - renaming the image file name so it's first alphabetically.
3 - I even deleted the image that WAS the default key photo. The image is now deleted, but the gallery is STILL showing that image as the key photo (after clearing the cache).
I haven't deleted the albums because there are a number of them, and I'm not sure I have all the photos.
Very frustrating.
Please let me know if someone finds a solution for this issue.
--Will

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in faces view skim across the person you want until you see the photo you want for a key photo and hit the space bar to set it (this works for events too)
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I'm replying only in case no-one else does. To the best of my knowledge, as you have found, the only way to select the face shown on the corkboard in Faces view is via the "skim-and-spacebar" method.
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Message was edited by: skiss

There is a small "Header Bar" if you will in iPhoto, you can drag the photo you want to that header bar and I think that accomplishes what you want if I understand what you mean by Key Photo (the photo that shows up in e-mail if you forward the gallery to others). My wife and I stumbled on that solution as we were trying to figure it out. Actually I think wife gets the credit, she had the mouse in her hand when it happened .

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With the amount of information you've provided it's impossible to offer a solution. We can't see your computer so we need to know the details of your problem and setup, i.e.:
what version of iPhoto are you using?
what system version are you running?
what fixes have you tried?
where is your library located?
did you apply any updates or upgrades just prior to the problem occurring?
are you running a "managed" or "referenced" library?
what type of Mac?
how much free space on your boot drive?
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1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.

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