[aguitta]

Hello,
I have installed wordpress 2.5 and have been able to post, but when trying to upload a picture I get the following msg:
Unable to create directory /home/*******/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

It seems that word press is seeking perms that are above the public_html directory. Its reasonable to think that I cant edit those perms. Is this acurate? and is there a way to fix to problem in order to let wordpress create whatever folders it needs to upload images from the posting panel.
Thak you,
Juanfra.

[sizzlefire]

You have to chmod the folder that it wants writable to 777.

[sl4y3r1980]

@sizzlefire
if he/she (aguitta) has chmod-ed to 777, then if this problem continues, then he/she must what???

[sl4y3r1980]

@aguitta
can you use upload manager? it can be downloaded at...
http://filezilla-project.org
After you install it, insert the hostname (must your REAL website, not website redirection!), then your username (the website username, not your account), then your website password (website password account, NOT your email password), and then use port "21" (without quotes)... after you fill it, click quickconnect button beside "port" textbox.

Then you can upload to your website here...

[aguitta]

Thanks to all that responded, I was a little worried about chmoding any foldres to 777, but with only
and this WORKED.

1. I upgraded wordpress to 2.6
2. I put the uploads folder´s chmod to 777 (.../wp-content/uploads/...)
3. I set the custom URL Settings back to default (I had checked this box before, to create by month and day)
(You find this through site admin > Settings > Permalinks > Common settings )
4. I unchecked the "Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders" located in (You find this through site admin > Settings > uplaoding > Miscellaneous )

And uploaded beautifully!.
Again, thank you all!

[lonesomefolly]

Originally Posted by aguitta

Thanks to all that responded, I was a little worried about chmoding any foldres to 777, but with only
and this WORKED.

1. I upgraded wordpress to 2.6
2. I put the uploads folder´s chmod to 777 (.../wp-content/uploads/...)
3. I set the custom URL Settings back to default (I had checked this box before, to create by month and day)
(You find this through site admin > Settings > Permalinks > Common settings )
4. I unchecked the "Organize my uploads into month- and year-based folders" located in (You find this through site admin > Settings > uplaoding > Miscellaneous )

And uploaded beautifully!.
Again, thank you all!

I'm having the same problem but I can't seem to fix it

Warning: imagejpeg() [function.imagejpeg]: Unable to open '/home/a2278060/public_html/evadiendome//home/a2278060/public_html/evadiendome/wp-content/uploads/pth/recent-1244509691000-f.jpg' for writing: No such file or directory in /home/a2278060/public_html/evadiendome/wp-content/plugins/post-thumb/lib/post-thumb-image-editor.php on line 437

I'm not even to update wordpress through the wordpress automatic options. I think the problem lays with what I'm setting as host, username and such.

But I've tried everything!

I'm using ftp.fallenwings.com as host url, my 000webhost given username and password as reciebed in the email. Is all of this correct?

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

make sure that this path

uploads/pth/

is CHMOD 0777 as WordPress or one of the plugins/the theme you are using tries to write thumbnails to that directory but can´t as it´s got no write permissions for that directory.

[lonesomefolly]

Originally Posted by Bad Karma[CORE]

make sure that this path

uploads/pth/

is CHMOD 0777 as WordPress or one of the plugins/the theme you are using tries to write thumbnails to that directory but can´t as it´s got no write permissions for that directory.

I had already set uploads and subdirectories to be set as 777; I tried creating the folder pth myself and making it 777 but still no luck.

I think I've set up the host connection information wrong.
I've tried using the update to 2.8 automatically but it isn't connecting.

I've set it to ftp.fallenwings.com
username: the one given by 000webhost
my password

and when I click proceed I'm thrown into a blank screen

[Bad Karma[CORE]]

forget about using the autoupdate function, that entire ftp-layer thing isn´t working quite right here and throws up more problems than doing a manual upgrade. The details you used are the correct ones though

Do you just want to upgrade to 2.8 and have that error message fixed? If yes then i offer to have a look at it if you want me to

[lonesomefolly]

Originally Posted by Bad Karma[CORE]

forget about using the autoupdate function, that entire ftp-layer thing isn´t working quite right here and throws up more problems than doing a manual upgrade. The details you used are the correct ones though

Do you just want to upgrade to 2.8 and have that error message fixed? If yes then i offer to have a look at it if you want me to

I just assumed that the automatic update would fail for the same reasons, I can take care of the manual upgrade by myself, don't bother with it.

But yes, if you could take a look in order to fix the thumbnail part I'd be thankful. I'll send the username and password over in a PM.

EDIT:
Since you have PMs disabled I'll just post here. I've set it to

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