Do you get an error ?
Does it say it’s uploaded but no image is there ?
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James Huff
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Would you mind copying/pasting the error that you’re seeing? What version of WordPress are you using?
Thread Starter
reevo
(@reevo)
Just came back to update that info actually! I was just thinking I should have included it…
It doesn’t look like you can use the file upload feature at this time because the directory you have specified (/home/ektopian/public_html/ektopia/images) doesn’t appear to be writable by WordPress. Check the permissions on the directory and for typos.
So, to reiterate, the directory structure should be perfect as I used absolute_path.php and I’ve tried various CHMOD settings with no luck
Thanks for taking the time to look in
Reevo
http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/images/
Has that got code in ? I see a wp error….
So the path is
/home/ektopian/public_html/ektopia/images
and the url is
http://www.ektopia.co.uk/ektopia/images
and it does not work when chmod to 777 ?
Odd.. try creating a new directory (‘pics’ for instance) and setting that as the upload dir ?
Thread Starter
reevo
(@reevo)
I AM AN IDIOT
I was CHMODding the wrong folder!
So sorry to confuse and waste your time peop’s
As for the errors, I think there’s a rogue index file in there that I’ll remove tomorrow morning.
Sorry again, I’ve had a few other problems with the hosting and I guess I just didn’t look hard enough.
No you aren’t – it’s an easy mistake to make when things start going wrong 🙂
Glad it’s all sorted 🙂
Anonymous
I also get the error:
It doesn’t look like you can use the file upload feature at this time because the directory you have specified (C:Domainsonemanmovie.comwwwrootblogwp-content) doesn’t appear to be writable by WordPress. Check the permissions on the directory and for typos.
My permissions are changed to 777, I am using the absolutepath.php, but it still won’t work.
Any ideas?
When I type it in the top box: it looks like this C:\Domains\onemanmovie.com\wwwroot\blog\wp-content
but then WordPress changes it to this (it takes out the slashes)–>
Destination directory: C:Domainsonemanmovie.comwwwrootblogwp-content
This is the path it recommends
Recommended: C:\Domains\onemanmovie.com\wwwroot\blog/wp-content
URI of this directory: http://www.onemanmovie.com/blog/wp-content
Recommended: http://www.onemanmovie.com/blog/wp-content
Thanks in advance for any help.
Brian
Anonymous
I’m going to reply to my own message. I figured out how to get around this seeming file upload bug in WordPress.
In WordPress Admin, under Options>Miscellaneous–here is where you set the absolute path and absolute url to your image upload folder.
After you have set your permissions on the image folder to CHMOD 777, there is a little trick I had to do for WordPress to accept my absolute path.
Normally you would write the path with \ backslashes, not forward slashes /, those are for the url. Everytime I would use the backslash \ for the absolute path, WordPress would take them out, making the path look like this:
C:Domainsonemanmovie.comwwwrootblogwp-content
Of course there was no folder with that name, so the upload function could not detect the right folder. Then I noticed on the example WordPress gives you:
Recommended: C:\Domains\onemanmovie.com\wwwroot\blog/wp-content
You see all backslashes except the last one…Wierd I thought. Well after copy and pasting it in that way, I noticed that WordPress removed all the backslashes and kept the one forward slash in the path. So I figured it was worth a try–I used all forward slashes for the absolute path AND absolute url–It worked!!!
This is what my absolute path looks like:
C:/Domains/onemanmovie.com/wwwroot/blog/wp-content
This is what my url path looks like:
http://www.onemanmovie.com/blog/wp-content
Identical!
Just in case anyone else out there runs into the same problem, this is what I did.
Cheers.
Christ, it’s nice when something finally works.
B
I am having difficulty wih this as well. I need help!
THis is the recommended:
Recommended: /home/httpd/vhosts/latinhiphoptour.com/httpdocs/wordpress/wp-content
that doesn’t work, I have tried all kinds of other variations, and I sitll get the same error as the people above… any help?
also what is the image tag for posts?
If you add 3 backward slashes (\\\) it will read one of them and that will do the trick. For example c:\\\windows\\\ will show up as c:\windows\
