Posted 2 years ago #
All of a sudden I am getting an error message every time I try to upload images to accompany my blog posts. The images are stored on my hard drive. The message I get is:
Unable to create directory /home/lis/public_html/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
I have no idea what this means. I've never had trouble in the past. Thanks so much for any assistance!
you'll have to retrain your server. :>)
/wp-content/uploads/2009/10
chmod 777 on all of these folders
do an upload
chmod all back to 755
should work from now on
Posted 2 years ago #
yikes! Thank you so much for your response, but can I ask for a little translation? Do I need to do this through ftp, or is this somewhere in the dashboard? Sorry to be a dufus =)
no with the ftp client is quickest
like with Filezilla you would right click on folder and choose permissions
Posted 2 years ago #
got it. Thank you so so much!!
Posted 2 years ago #
ok, maybe I don't got it. I'm so sorry. I got through to /wp-content/uploads/2009, but there isn't a "10." nine folders, named as such (through 09). I guess I don't know what you mean when you say chmod 777....
I'm on a Mac, so using cyberduck....
you will need to manually create the /10 folder then
also, not sure about that ftp program
you can do same thing through host's file manager, though
Posted 2 years ago #
I so appreciate your efforts in trying to help, but I'm still stymied. I went through the file manager, did exactly what you said, and now my error message reads: "The uploaded file could not be moved to /home/lis/public_html/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10."
I am a photographer, so not being able to upload images is problematic to say the least. Any other thoughts? I searched this topic and saw that it has happened before, but no one seems to have a solution.
Posted 2 years ago #
Folks this is a BUG because I have client on the phone and was having the same problem...
They have all their permission WIDE OPEN httpdocs folder right down to the bottom
I had to manually create a "10" folder in uploads/2009/
Once I did that, it stated unable to MOVE the file over to the "10." folder
SOOOO I created the foler called 10. NOTICING THE PERIOD AFTER THE 10
There is something buggy in the code
So user create a folder called 10, then another called 10. in the uploads/2009/ folder and it will work
Not a fix but a work-a-round
I am not a programmer just a troubleshooter someone is going to have to fix this code also, they were using WP-Smush.it if that has any bearing
Posted 2 years ago #
arggghhhh! This doesn't work for me either.
Posted 2 years ago #
lkgilbert
/home/lis/public_html/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10.
I don't think you need all this!
You are already in public_html when you try to upload.
So try uploading to just: /wp-content/uploads/2009/10.
hth
faz67
Posted 1 year ago #
I had this same problem after moving a client's site to a new server. I finally had to use FTP and create the month folder with a period:
08.
Then in media settings, in the store in this folder, I just put:
wp-content/uploads
I left the Full path line blank, saved and it worked. We are now able to upload images.
(I know this is an old post, but thought someone may be having the problem anew like I did.)
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