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1. adunate
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I just upgraded to 2.7. The upload was easy. The new interface looks interesting.

   However, I'm MOST disappointed to see the image upload problem is not resolved. I'm managing 4-5 blogs, ranging in versions from 2.3 to 2.7. Only the 2.3 is without image upload problems. The others I have resolved only by changing the security permissions to 777, which I really hate doing.

   Now, with 2.7 even that is not working. What to do? PLEASE?!!! Why must this continuously be an issue?

   BTW, I am both a MAC and PC user, also a Safari, Firefox, and I.E. I have problems with all of them.

2. civmatt
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I can't upload anything without getting "Missing a temporary folder."

3. adunate
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Any response on this issue? Can you direct me to a thread that has a resolution? Perhaps a sticky could be made? Please!!!

   I'm getting the same old error message as in previous versions:

   Unable to create directory /UnixWeb/home/l/.......Is its parent directory writable by the server?

4. Kindaichi
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Use your FTP client to change the file permissions of wp-content, NOT wp-content/upload to 777.

5. melissasue
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I've reuploaded all the new files, deactivated all my plugins, double checked my settings and file permissions, and still...I get the same error that adunate is getting.

   Unable to create directory /home/.franc/mellysue/romancefan.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

6. melissasue
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Note:

   http://wordpress.org/support/topic/176212/page/2?replies=56#post-889868
   
   This fixed my problem.

7. Kindaichi
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   I look at my settings and discovered that don't have the first forward slash, that's why changing file permissions to 777 works for me and some people.

   1. Login to your admin page
   2. Go to settings
   3. Go to Miscellaneous
   4. Find Store uploads in this folder
   5. if it says "/wp-content/uploads" just remove the first forward slash so that it reads plain ol: wp-content/uploads

8. testcricket
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   Hey all!!! I fixed the problem by doing the simple wp-content/uploads fix.

   BUT......

   .... the next time I tried to upload an image it wouldn't wrap the text around it. I tried another image - same thing. I checked all the code etc and there was no reason for it not to wrap the text.

   I checked in my control panel and discovered WordPress had created a folder named for the year 2004 and stuck my newly uploaded pics in there!!!! What the?? Not sure how that relates to the thing not wrapping text but it was a wierd thing anyway.

   Not only that, but only one of the images was in there. I still cant find any of the other images I uploaded.

   In addition, I can never get the media manager to show indicate any more than ONE image is contained in the uploads.

   THe whole thing has driven me completely insane so I suggest anyone else still having problems do what I've just done. Install something like Nextgen Gallery and ditch the core image manager altogether. Once I started using NextGen I had no problems and all the images are sitting properly in wrapped text.

   What a waste of many MANY hours of my time.

   Ridiculous really but that's my best solution for all the issues with the core image manager: Don't use it.

9. Doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 4 years ago #
   

   >>the next time I tried to upload an image it wouldn't wrap the text around it. I tried another image - same thing. I checked all the code etc and there was no reason for it not to wrap the text.<<

   How about the stylesheet? Do you have floating set for "alignleft" and "alignright"?

   >>I checked in my control panel and discovered WordPress had created a folder named for the year 2004 and stuck my newly uploaded pics in there!!!! What the??<<

   That's done from your Settings panel, under "Miscellaneous." If you don't want it to do that, then make sure "Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders" is unchecked.

   As for the rest, have you FTPed into your server to see if the images are actually there? Are you sure the files aren't corrupted?

10. christopher14
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    when i try to upload a photo into wordpress, i get an error saying "http error." after that, it shows up in my gallery anyway. when i then try to insert it into a post, i can't change the size to thumbnail or anything else. it just comes up as a large image. help?

11. christopher14
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    i also can't seem to get the captions to come up when i insert a photo into a post. suggestions?

12. chux
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    hello all,

    I have the same problem too, I just tried uploading an image to my weblog and it shows this below:

    pimg height=337 alt=Water lilies src=http://nairabytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/waterlilies.jpg width=450 //p
    pnbsp;/p
    pLorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting

    I checked via FTp and yes the image/s are there, but it doesnt display on the weblog.

    pls help

13. testcricket
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    doodlebee

    Thanks for your response and ideas BUT

    1. Yes I know it automatically sets year etc BUT this is 2009 NOT 2004. It suddenly created a folder for a year that has passed ages ago. That is bizarre to say the least.

    2. None of the themes I have on these sites have css that effects this but I think this was my mistake and it's possibly the NextGen Gallery that's causing problems with alignment. I will check there for support.

    3. As I said, I checked in the control panel and several images were missing. I also checked via ftp - again, no images.

    They're not corrupted. We're talking about a lot of images in different websites. They all worked fine on my previous installations using a different cms.

    But thanks again for your suggestions! I appreciate the feedback.

    I just went into a website to edit a page and discovered the image I had uploaded there a while ago has disappeared. This time it IS on the server and the url to it in the code is correct. I tried setting everything to 777 EXCEPT the /wp_content folder and that didn't help. When I open the media manager several files that are on the server don't appear there.

    The next thing I'm going to try is setting up my own images folder and using the option to get the image from a url - don't know if that will make any difference tho LOL

    I bet there is something really obvious that I'm missing :)

14. testcricket
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Me again - this might help others.

    I found the reason for ONE of my image handling problems:

    The disappearing images and similar issues were actually related to a conflict with a theme I'm using on one of my sites - which stores uploaded images in it's own image folder.

    The system was getting confused and dropping files all over the place. My fault for not setting things properly.

15. uraniumwilly66
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    the problem I am having is that I am using the browser uploader and the images upload to the site, but:

    1) I can only upload full size images. Options for thumbs and medium etc will not function.

    2) When you hover over the image he cursor does not change to a little hand put stays and arrow. Must open menu box and select choose image. this is only for images I have downloaded since installing 2.7.

    3) My lightbox media viewer will not work on any images installed after the upgrade.

    This is a real hassle and I would even like to go back to 2.6 and have my files backed up but I am not skilled enough to do all that.

    If this matter is ever resolved with a patch or upgrade I will never upgrade again. My problem and all the others on this page seem like such obvious issues to resolve before releasing an upgrade.

    There seems to be no one solution and people with moderate skills are left totally int he dark when we read people at higher levels struggling day after day.

    Is anyone having the same or similar issues? Not just with the uploader but with lightbox type programs not working any longer or images installed after 2.7 upgrade not responding when hovered over?

    Bill
    uranium.cafe@yahoo.com

16. uraniumwilly66
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Hi again and sorry if my last comment was so sour. I have been here all day and tried all I can try and I suppose I am just tired, but it looks like some people have it worse than me so sorry.

    There is one nail in my coffin I had not noticed until now and that is my flash uploaded does not work at all. I typically use the browser uploader and have the new flash one deactivated as the browser is a little faster on my system. but the flash uploader was an option until 2.7.

    Does anyone else have this issue as well suddenly?

    I think my philosophy right now is misery loves company.

    Thanks
    Bill
    uranium.cafe@yahoo.com

17. arenalfitness
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    I'm not trying to be stupid. But, I just started building my blog site in WP 2.7. Still a newbie to all of the lingo and stuff but, I'm grasping most of it. Trying to figure out how to put a slideshow/photo gallery on my site in Column 3 or 4, not in the blog posting.

    I looked under settings and don't see "misc.." anywhere.

    Can I get instructions on how to have a thumbnail slide show on the side scrolling as a viewer is on the main page?

    Thanks for the assistance.

18. arenalfitness
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    In doing some more research, I do not see "Gallery" on my dashboard listed under settings. How do I get that?

19. testcricket
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    "Miscellaneous" is under "Settings" in left column, right at the bottom below "permalinks"

    There is no "Gallery" on your dashboard unless you've installed a 3rd party plugin gallery. Then there might be. Otherwise WP doesn't come with separate gallery management you just upload and add images to your posts/pages via the upload link in the editor. When you edit a post or page - at the top of the editing screen, look next to the words "upload/insert" - the funny looking symbol that looks like a tv screen.

    Hope that helped

20. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Could someone explain what this message means when I try to upload images? I'm using FileZilla Client and brand new to WordPress.org. At WordPress.com, posting images directly from my hard drive is so easy and I really prefer uploading photos that way instead of using FileZilla for everything. Here's the message I get when trying to upload images:

    Unable to create directory /usr/local/apache/sites/clientxxxx/mywebsite/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2009/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    I'm a total noob as you can plainly see. Please help.

21. kmessinger
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Please read the sticky and pay particular attention to #9.

    Go to admin, settings, miscellaneous and make sure you have wp-content/uploads with no other slashes.

22. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Thank you, kmessinger. I'll try that.

23. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    I'm still having a problem uploading images. When I click on "Add media file from URL" at the right of Image URL I get a huge red X. What's blocking my image from uploading? I right clicked on it. I was wondering if it were a FireFox add-on and disabled it but still got the same message. Then I switched to IE and got the same red X. I cllicked on my image properties and read the message "no.png". The image at my FileZilla FTP site properties are 792bytes 16 x 16 pixels after resizing. What am I doing wrong (aside from driving myself crazy)?

24. kmessinger
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    The red x (I thought it was on the left) means the link is not correct or it is not an image file.

    Please post the link here.

25. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    I've tried three ways of posting:

    http://tsdreamland.com/jessie/jessie01.jpg
    http://tsdreamland.com/htdocs/jessie
    http://tsdreamland.com/htdocs/jessie01.jpg

26. kmessinger
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    The image has to be where the "link" says it is.

    Good luck.

27. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    Thank you so much again kmessinger.

28. Caramel_Black
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    My problem is fixed, kmessinger and thanks again for your help. I wasn't aware that caps were crucial in adding URLs and that was why my pictures were not loading. I guess I missed a meeting (or did not read earlier threads carefully enough). Take care.

29. cilantroexpress
    Member
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    I cannot solve it. everything works perfectly only if I give 777 permission.... which I will never do.

    any idea? I am giving up......

30. kmessinger
    Volunteer Moderator
    Posted 4 years ago #
    

    "Normally" you only give the folder 777 for the first upload. After that, for some reason, you can change it back to 755 and all should be fine.

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