Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
Try changing the permissions of the /wp-content/uploads/
directory to 777.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
I tried changing, doesn’t work either.
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
In that case, try changing the permissions on the /wp-content/uploads/2010/
directory to 777.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
I changed the settings using a FTP client, is that causing it not to work?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
No, that shouldn’t be a problem. We might as well go all out with this. Set the following directories to 777:
/wp-content/
/wp-content/uploads/
/wp-content/uploads/2010/
If that doesn’t work, create a /10/
directory in the /2010/
directory like this:
/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/
and set that to 777 too.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
I have set everything to 777 and it still doesn’t work. I have to set the file permission of the folders right?
Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/2010/. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
or do you think I should roll back to older versions of wordpress?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
I think you should contact your hosting provider. The directories now have world-writeable permissions, which means that everything should be able to write to them, even WordPress, but something might be happening at the server-level to prevent this.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
It happens right after I upgraded to 3.0.1, is this one of the problem?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
I don’t think so. There’s a couple million people out there using WP 3.0.1, so if this was a problem with 3.0.1, it certainly would be significantly more widespread.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
So there is nothing else I can try and do?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
You could try downloading WordPress again and delete then replace your copies of everything except the wp-config.php
file and the /wp-content/
directory with fresh copies from the download, but I doubt that’s the problem.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
If I reinstall wordpress again, will it mess up my current settings?
Moderator
James Huff
(@macmanx)
Volunteer Moderator
No, your settings and content are safe in the database.
Thread Starter
auelsg
(@auelsg)
Thank you for your help and patience, I will try it out and let you know.