Path mismatch

  • Resolved topdog2046

    (@topdog2046)


    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,
    I’m running WP 2.6.1. When I attempt to post anything and add an image to it, as in I go to write, write my post, then under media, follow the link to upload an image, I get the following error:
    Unable to create directory /home/user4026/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2009/01. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
    The problem is, the server I am on has no directory called home. The directory is called home1 and not home.
    is there anyway I can fix this path mismatch?
    I was told I had to fix it by going to a table inside my wordpress database, according to my host. However, I see no pathnames in any tables unless I am missing something.
    Thanks for any help that anyone may be able to provide me.

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  • bigdadgib

    (@bigdadgib)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    home just means the home directory on your server.
    it looks like “/.”
    Is this a new install of WP 2.6.1?
    Check and make sure the root folder is writable. 755

    shane-g

    (@shane-g)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hi,

    You just need to ask you hosting provider to grant 777 recursive permissions to wp-contents folder which will resolve the problem.

    Thread Starter topdog2046

    (@topdog2046)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Hi all,
    I did as was said, allowing 777 to wp-content and still get the same error.
    This is an imported wordpress from another server. The other server had what wordpress was referring to, a directory called home. On this new server, however, the directory has a 1 in it, like home1/username.
    I think what I may try and do is reinstall wordpress to see where that goes since I’m not sure of what else to do. IF anything, I will post the results of the reinstallation.

    Thread Starter topdog2046

    (@topdog2046)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    A complete reinstall of WP fixed the problem. I exported the XML of the posts, pages, categories, etc, reinstalled from a fresh copy of WP, and it fixed the image upload issue.
    Thanks all for the help.

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