Media Uploading

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Website is: https://www.sierrajournal.com

Example image is: https://www.sierrajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_0051_000.JPG

Upon further investigation it appears to me that neither the /09 folder nor the IMG_0051_000.JPG file made it into my directory, even though it shows that it did in WP.

Anyone out there have any ideas??

Have you tried:

– deactivating all plugins to see if this resolves the problem? If this works, re-activate the plugins one by one until you find the problematic plugin(s).

– switching to the default theme to rule out any theme-related problems?

– resetting the plugins folder by FTP or phpMyAdmin? Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

– reading https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/279132?

– disabling Google Gears if you have that running/installed within Firefox?

Hi,

Have a check with this:

1 Upload and install this plugin:
-> https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/filosofo-old-style-upload/

2 Go to Options > Uploads.
3 Enter your destination directory. I think the best is to use your images folder in your theme folder so that any images you upload will be in an easily portable place. So the path could be something like /home/server/public_html/wp-content/themes/themefolder/images. The plugin will suggest a path, and it is usually right.
4 Enter the URI of the folder. It’s something like https://www.yoursite.com/wp-content/themes/themefolder/images.
5 You might as well up your maximum file size. I make it 500 kb.
6 Allowed file extensions: jpg, jpeg, gif, png,
7 Minimum level to upload: I leave it at 6 since I have no idea what this means.
8 Click Update Options.

Now create a post with thumbnails:

1. Create an image for your post with the right width and height. The size of the image depends only on the design of your site and where it is going to appear.
2. Go into the admin of your site. Click on Upload (it’s on the upper nav bar).
3. Select the file you are uploading, select No Thanks so it won’t create a thumbnail, give it a description (that’s good for Google) and click Upload File.
4. Once it’s uploaded it will show you the entire URL of the image. Note particularly the last part of the link where it says the name of your image, especially if there are any capitals in any part of the name. You will have to enter the exact file name in step 8.
5. Go to Create Posts. Enter your post and title as you wish. Make sure to select the category you have selected as the one that will appear with the thumbnails. Now scroll all the way down to the bottom of the screen where it says Custom Fields. Click on the plus button to expand it.
6. Enter the word Image (with a capital I) in the Key field.
7. In value, enter the exact name of the file you uploaded. For example picture.jpg or image.gif. Click Add Custom Field.
8. Save your post.

Thanks,

Shane G.

Same problem here…

I can upload the files, insert them in the posts and all… BUT if I want to see the photo on the blog I have to manually upload it to the /wp-content/uploads folder (I use FileZilla) because the files do not appear to be in the folder (or anywhere else) after I uploaded them from the WP Dashboard Media Gallery thing.
And I can never see the Thumbnails on the Media Gallery either…

I only have Askimet and WP-Stats as Plug-ins. I doubt any of those can be the problem. As I’ve always had them and this thumbnails/photos problem only showed up with the latest WP package upgrade.

I don’t think having the photos in the theme folder is a smart thing to do. What if one day I decide to change theme? I’d have to move them all, change the links in the posts…???
For now, I’m using the FileZilla/external FTP upload trick to actually have the photos in the uploads folder as they should be.