hi,
I was wondering if someone could help me with a odd problem. When uploading
a image to one of my WP installations it complains that the folder
/uploads/2008/12 is not writeable. I have checked with my fileserver it is
writeable. I have even checked using the is_writable(); command in a blank
I had a friend with this problem and the fix was ridiculously simple. Make
sure under Settings -- Miscellaneous you have 'wp-content/uploads' exactly
in the Store Uploads In This Folder setting. No extra slashes or anything.
Hers had an extra slash on the end and wouldn't upload anything. Try
Thank you s much Patrick that fixed the problem. I looked at those
settings, but for some reason my brain though it was right the way it was.
For some bizarre reason it had the full *nix path to the upload folder. You
know like /mnt/home/user/ etc. No idea why.
Thanks again. You've saved me
Paul, could you add a trac ticket for this? Do you know if it's
specific to that folder or does it happen with any directory if you
put the slash on the end?
Seems a small patch to strip slashes off that URL in processing would
be in order.
On Dec 6, 2008, at 4:27 PM, Paul Robinson
The problem I had was because the uploads directory path had the full *nix
path in it rather that the wp-content/uploads path. So I don't know if it
happens with the slash at the end. I agree though a little bit of script to
remove the trailing slash should be rather easy. I can't test since I use
