Title: FTP Uploads
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# FTP Uploads

 *  Resolved [DylanO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylano/)
 * (@dylano)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-uploads/)
 * When I attempt to upload a picture from a file on desktop to the Upload Area 
   of the WRITE Screen I get the following error message
    “Unable to create directory/
   usr/www/virtual/mhacorpd/www.domain.com/SubDomain/wp-content/uploads/2007/12.
   Is its parent directory writable by the server? Back to Image Uploading”
 * When I attempt to upload a picture from a subfolder within a different site, 
   I simply get the message “No file was uploaded.”
 * So, on the basis that I am not able to upload through the system, to what image
   folder would I ftp transfer in order to make the images available in posts?

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 *  [theapparatus](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theapparatus/)
 * (@theapparatus)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-uploads/#post-668277)
 * Afraid you can’t as if you upload an image via ftp, wordpress wouldn’t be able
   to see it as it didn’t go through the software.
 * The first error is telling you what is wrong. Have you checked to see if the 
   parent directory (in this case uploads or wp-content if uploads hasn’t been created
   yet) writable by the web server?
 * Reference: [Changing_File_Permissions](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_File_Permissions)
 *  Thread Starter [DylanO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylano/)
 * (@dylano)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-uploads/#post-668312)
 * So much to learn and so little time! Thanks for your guidance theapparatus. Works
   like a charm now!

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 * [uploading images](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/uploading-images/)

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 * Last reply from: [DylanO](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dylano/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ftp-uploads/#post-668312)
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