Any idea what is going on?
Yes: its parent directory is not writable 🙂
Chmod (change the permissions) on the wp-content directory to 777.
Thanks- makes sense, only thing is, I don’t know how to change permissions- I’m a newbie to this!
The online manual, the Codex is your best friend:
http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Changing_File_Permissions
I am having a similar problem uploading images. I understand that my permissions are probably not correct – the manual I purchased told me to change them to 666 when it appears they need to be 777. I understand that I am making this change to the “uploads” directory ONLY. (Please let me know if this is not correct.)
Here is my question, which may be stupid but I am REALLY new to this so please have patience. When I try to upload, I get the following error:
Unable to create directory /home/wordsand/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10. Is its parent directory writable by the server?
Is the program actually looking for a path beginning with “home”? Or is /home/wordsand/ some sort of general reference to my web site? I would think the actual path should be
wordsandmusicwi.com/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10
If the path the program is trying to create is wrong, how do I change it?
Thanks for the help (and the patience!!)
Don’t confuse URL and path – they are two different things!
this is path
/home/wordsand/public_html/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10.
and this is URL/URI
http://www.wordsandmusicwi.com/watj/wp-content/uploads/2007/10
The wp-content folder is the “parent”
Edit. to be writable: file – 666
folder – 777
Thanks awfully! Obviously, I have a lot of learning to do…
