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Is there a consensus that the media library should contain all media uploaded to a site? Many of my clients have the need to upload a PDF, PNG, or video file, and send it to their clients as a link. Currently this is not easy to pull off in WordPress. Also, many clients have hundreds of media files and no way in WordPress to truly organize them or upload an updated version.

If there is to be a truly helpful plugin for users, the users should be able to organize their documents similarly to how they organize documents on their own computers. An example for our veterinary clients: docs/pdfs/small_animal/dogs/ and then whatever PDFs are related to dogs. Or, perhaps they simply want to organize all their files (regardless of application) as media/large_animal/horses/treatment/ which would contain any files (PDF, PNG, or any other). My point being, the end user should be able to make these decisions so that they can organize their files so that they can find them even years after originally uploading them to reference them in another page or post.

This brings up another field for uploaded files, their path. This should be an option for users (admin, editor, author) to specify a path as to where the document can be linked to directly. For instance http://www.yoursite.com/media/large_animal/horses/proper-care-for-equestrians.pdf where WordPress would automatically place the base url (http://www.yoursite.com/) but then have the “media/large_animal/horses/” as an editable field similar to the slug in a post.

I sympathize with your situation. I had a similar experience when WP launched 2.6. I run entire sites off WP and when a new version comes up it is a bit of a challenge for my clients who are use to the admin area looking and performing a certain way. The latest version is no exception. I tend to give the new version a few months (and revisions) before I “upgrade” to the next version.

Unfortunately, the only advice I can give you is to submit specific information to the forum (errors you are getting, where exactly you are getting the errors, and file type and size you are uploading).

I have also set up a working and demo blog where I use the demo blog to look at the new version or plugins before updating my working blog.

For anyone who works on WP, if you could keep in mind that users do not like changing their working habits perhaps you could keep that in mind when changing the functionality of the admin area!

Otto, for the fixes you suggested at http://wordpress.org/support/topic/164999 what is the correct thing to do if the mod_security is causing problems?

6. mod_security might be causing problems. Disable it to see if that is the problem.

This worked for me but now don’t I have a security issue?

If you click on any of the features does the map show up?

Figured out a “cure”. Placed my developed theme in the default theme directory (is this illegal?). Everything works now!

Yes Otto, I thought of that too, but it appears (after checking my 2.3.3 backup and the live 2.5) that the only things that were unchanged are my htaccess file, wp-config file, and the plugins Search Everything and wpSEO. The Akismet plugin was updated after the update to 2.5. I did try disabling all the plugins, but still no luck. I don’t consider myself a Newby at WP (having developed my own themes and have used WP as a CMS) but I now feel like one. I am using this install as a CMS and therefor the page template issue is very important. This upgrade is my test and I am not comfortable yet with upgrading the rest of our sites and blogs. Sorry, I am probably venting as I too can see no reason for this.

OK, so I have ruled out caching issues in FireFox and IE by going on different computers, even non-networked computers and I still get the same thing. I am only running one version as I have not upgraded yet on other installations.

Is this a plugin or settings issue?

I have Akismet, Search Everything, and wpSEO as plugins on my installation. Disabling these plugins has no affect.

This leads me to believe this is a setting issue or something drasticly wrong with an upgrade.

Does this happen on New installs or just upgrades?