elbereth07Dear WordPress Gods,
I have a problem that makes me want to pull my hair out. And it's a little bit complicated, so please bear with me when I try to explain it.
My address is http://www.racershigh.com and my hosting provider is Network solutions. When I first installed WP (v 2.8.4), I had to give a name to it, so I named it "blog", and all the files were installed in the blog folder under /htdocs. But my address became http://www.racershigh.com/blog and I didn't want it, so I copied every file and folder to /htdocs without deleting the initial /blog folder in case something didnt go as planned.
Now, I want to change the images in the header, and am trying to upload new images. Here my problem gets a little complicated. I first uploaded a new image (in this case racers4.jpg) under
/htdocs/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/header
thinking that the file manager (or server? or whatever?) reads from this file. But, whenever I refreshed my website, either one of the old pics came up, or it was blank. So, whenever it was blank, I right clicked on it, and clicked "view background image." It led me to a Page Not Found page with the link http://www.racershigh.com/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/header/racers4.jpg.
So I realized that it is using the
htdocs/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/header
file as the source for the header image. I went to the WP dashboard and saw that the source for header image was listed as this address but here is where it gets EXTREMELY interesting. I had uploaded it to /htdocs/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/header and not under htdocs/blog/wp-content/themes/atahualpa/images/header. When I went to that folder, the racers4.jpg wasnt on there, and I also couldn't upload it because it keeps saying that this folder is not writable (I checked the permissions and they are all the same as the other writable folders).
So, assuming that it reads from the blog/... folder, where racers4.jpg doesn't even exist in the first place, why do i get a blank header sometimes? it looks like it almost is reading from both folders. it says it exists, but can't show it because it doesnt exist.
i know it doesnt make sense. and i dont know how else to describe to problem. i am past the "pulling my hair out" stage at the moment and more like at the "i want to smash the computer god darn it" stage.
please help me :( i'd be grateful to you for the rest of my website existence.
