problems with uploads

  • mikaelro

    (@mikaelro)


    19 years, 9 months ago

    I just installed wordpress and I get this error when trying to upload files:

    Unable to create directory /hsphere/local/home/example.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    I searched the forum and found this answer:

    Typical WordPress installs only need the wp-content/ directory to be 777 (so that WordPress can create the wp-contents/uploads folder). If you enabled Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders then the subdirectories need to be checked as well (wp-content/uploads/2006/06 for example).

    So, two questions:

    What does “Typical WordPress installs only need the wp-content/ directory to be 777” mean and how can I disable the Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders options?

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  • yosemite

    (@yosemite)

    19 years, 9 months ago

    1) WordPress will want to create the uploads/ folder (requires wp-content to be writable). If successful, it is the owner and can create files inside. If the user creates the uploads/ directory, WP doesn’t own it so it would need to be made 777.

    2)Under admin Options:Misc.

    Thread Starter mikaelro

    (@mikaelro)

    19 years, 9 months ago

    1) How do I do that?

    2) Already done.

    I have another question besides 1). I phoned my host provider and they told me that my host doesn’t accept anonymous ftp connections and that might be the problem here. They said I should try to create a ftp account and configure wordpress to connect through that. Any ideas on how I should configure WP to do this and would this work?

    yosemite

    (@yosemite)

    19 years, 9 months ago

    http://codex.wordpress.org/FTP_Clients

    Thread Starter mikaelro

    (@mikaelro)

    19 years, 9 months ago

    Thank you. I Hope that will help.

    yosemite

    (@yosemite)

    19 years, 9 months ago

    It helped me: Using FTP (I use FileZilla with Notepad2 as it’s ‘editor’) for file management and editing has saved me countless hours of frustration.

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