Top Site previews are blank or black. Why?

I have reset Safari and emptied the cache. My top sites were then pages Safari already had loaded. I have my own top sites saved, but they are blank black screens. It has never done this. Please help! Thanks for your responses.

If you selected, "Reset TopSites" from the Safari > Reset window, that automatically deletes all the previews.
You may need to re add the sites back in again > How to manage Safari's Top Sites
If you have problems adding sites to TopSites, open the Finder. From the Finder menu bar click Go > Go to Folder
Type this exactly as you see it here:
~/Library/Safari
Click Go
Move the TopSites.plist file from the Safari folder to the Trash.
See if that made a difference...

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To: [email protected]
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