Gaystoryman
07-05-2009, 11:39 AM
Life is such fun, like when you have installed several blogs, over the years, then suddenly one day, you add a new fresh install, and everything goes fine, until you try to upload some pictures.
Then you get an error:
“Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/ Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
Okay now like how many of us non geeks even understand the blasted error, let alone know how to fix it?
Anyhow, to begin with, make sure the file permissions for the directory are set to 755, and if that doesn't work, try 777. However, that ALSO may not work, and then what? PULL OUT YOUR HAIR? (assuming you have any left)
The solution, after some farting around with permissions, is to go into your settings, under Misc. Take a look at the path for your wp-content folder.
It seems that at times, when you install wordpress, it shows the path to the directory as:
/wp-content/uploads
Looks right but uh, it isn't. The correct path should be without the leading slash mark. So it should be:
wp-content/uploads
Try the permissions first, if that doesn't work, then check out the settings>misc to see if there is the leading slash.
Then you get an error:
“Unable to create directory /wp-content/uploads/ Is its parent directory writable by the server?”
Okay now like how many of us non geeks even understand the blasted error, let alone know how to fix it?
Anyhow, to begin with, make sure the file permissions for the directory are set to 755, and if that doesn't work, try 777. However, that ALSO may not work, and then what? PULL OUT YOUR HAIR? (assuming you have any left)
The solution, after some farting around with permissions, is to go into your settings, under Misc. Take a look at the path for your wp-content folder.
It seems that at times, when you install wordpress, it shows the path to the directory as:
/wp-content/uploads
Looks right but uh, it isn't. The correct path should be without the leading slash mark. So it should be:
wp-content/uploads
Try the permissions first, if that doesn't work, then check out the settings>misc to see if there is the leading slash.