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1. jsingerman
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Hi- I've just set up WordPress through iPower on my domain. Whenever I try to upload an image for a posting, I get an error message:
   "Unable to create directory" followed by a file path in my domain. And then "Is its parent directory writable by the server?"

   Any idea what is going on?

   Thanks for any help
   Jessica

2. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Any idea what is going on?

   Yes: its parent directory is not writable :)
   Chmod (change the permissions) on the wp-content directory to 777.

3. jsingerman
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Thanks- makes sense, only thing is, I don't know how to change permissions- I'm a newbie to this!

4. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   The online manual, the Codex is your best friend:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions

5. jsingerman
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   thanks! Got it working!

6. jody3401
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   I am having a similar problem uploading images. I understand that my permissions are probably not correct - the manual I purchased told me to change them to 666 when it appears they need to be 777. I understand that I am making this change to the "uploads" directory ONLY. (Please let me know if this is not correct.)

   Here is my question, which may be stupid but I am REALLY new to this so please have patience. When I try to upload, I get the following error:

   Unable to create directory /home/wordsand/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

   Is the program actually looking for a path beginning with "home"? Or is /home/wordsand/ some sort of general reference to my web site? I would think the actual path should be

   wordsandmusicwi.com/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10

   If the path the program is trying to create is wrong, how do I change it?

   Thanks for the help (and the patience!!)

7. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Don't confuse URL and path - they are two different things!
   this is path
   /home/wordsand/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10.
   and this is URL/URI
   http://www.wordsandmusicwi.com/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10

   The wp-content folder is the "parent"

   Edit. to be writable: file - 666
   folder - 777

8. jody3401
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #
   

   Thanks awfully! Obviously, I have a lot of learning to do...

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