Title: opendir failure
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# opendir failure

 *  [geckoLove](https://wordpress.org/support/users/geckolove/)
 * (@geckolove)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/opendir-failure/)
 * I created an instance of this widget in my sidebar and directed it to the relative
   filepath uploads/2011/06 because the plugin says all filepaths are relative to
   the wp-content folder (this directory does indeed exist and contain images). 
   Instead of the widget appearing on the front end, there was the following error:
 * `Warning: opendir(/uploads/2011/06) [function.opendir]: failed to open dir: No
   such file or directory in /home/gecko/public_html/electricfireplaces/wp-content/
   plugins/smart-slideshow-widget/smart-slideshow-widget.php on line 138`

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 *  Plugin Author [rubentrf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rubentrf/)
 * (@rubentrf)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/opendir-failure/#post-2144997)
 * Ok, so…. try to remove the front slash from the path, so it reads: uploads/2011/
   06
 * Sorry if the explanation is confusing, I’ll try to make this configuration lot
   more easy, but now I’m totally out of time.
 * Cheers!

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