Title: missing folders
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# missing folders

 *  Resolved [canmandom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canmandom/)
 * (@canmandom)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/)
 * I just did a clean install of wordpress 3.0.1 and when I attempeded to upload
   a new header picture I recieved the following error message. “Help Unable to 
   create directory/home/user name/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2010/10. Is its
   parent directory writable by the server?” this is through the dash board. There
   is no uploads folder or 2010 subfolder ect. Am I missing a file somewhere? this
   was a new download from wordpress.org. Further I changed the permissions for 
   public.html to 0770 in the /home/username/public.html directory to no advail.

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 *  [Clayton James](https://wordpress.org/support/users/claytonjames/)
 * (@claytonjames)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707737)
 * You need to change permissions on the **/wp-content** directory only. Change 
   it temporarily to 0777, repeat the picture upload and wordpress should create
   the uploads folder for you. Then change the permissions on /wp-content back to
   0755. You should change public_html back to it’s original permissions.
 *  Thread Starter [canmandom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canmandom/)
 * (@canmandom)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707739)
 * that did not work same error message.
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707749)
 * what version are you using. did you upgrade or is it fresh install.
 *  Thread Starter [canmandom](https://wordpress.org/support/users/canmandom/)
 * (@canmandom)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707815)
 * version is 3.0.1 the latest version. It was a fresh install. I did a manual install.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707897)
 * Try changing the permissions on `/wp-content/uploads/` to 777.

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/missing-folders/#post-1707897)
 * Status: resolved

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