sleijon

Success..

It was a series of settings in my controlpanel.
I got it working after a little digging with your help of what to look for.

For others with similar problems, here’s the main issue that I think did the trick.
I had already set my wp-contents folder to permission 777 (read, write, execute).
Now, I found that the files actually did show up, I just needed to refresh my ftp software to see them.
They ended up in wp-contents, not in wp-contents/uploads.
So, I checked in my controlpanel under “settings” and then “other”, and I think what confused me was that the default setting for “save uploaded files in this folder” (in the text field) was already filled in as “wp-content”, but right next to the same text field was the text “pre-selected folder is wp-content/uploads”, so I mistook the later text as being the default setting.
All I had to do is to write in “/uploads” after “wp-content” in the text filed and hit save..
Success!!

@kmessinger, thanks for your input, it was very helpful.

anyone? ideas?