Background Image Uploader & Theme Installer

  • Fun fun fun. Loving 3.0 so far, but a few features are driving me mad!

    1) I am trying to upload a background image, but I am getting “Error 500 – Internal server error” after the upload reaches 100%. The image is 800×600 at 240 pixels/sqinch, JPG, and for the sake of leaving nothing out, the image was exported via Lightroom. Changed it to a 16bit TIF file, and instead of getting the error, nothing happens after the upload reaches 100%. I have tried installing the memory bump plugin, btw.

    2) The installer/updater isn’t working. I am getting the error where it says it’s downloading the .zip for the theme, and then just sits there. I am trying to install Atahualpa and I am getting this problem. What is strange though is that I was able to get Pixel installed. At first, it would hang at the “unpacking” section. This happened last night, and I gave up. Just now though, I tried it again, and it installed real fast. Now, for diagnostic purposes, I an trying to install Piano Black, and it’s hanging at “unpacking”.

    So far I have tried everything at the Image/Media uploader problems? thread with no luck. I watch a lot of house, so I assume the symptoms are related to the same problem =P.

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  • The image is 800×600 at 240 pixels/sqinch, JPG

    Eek! That’s a rather large file. There’s absolutely no point in using a resolution above 90dpi for web.

    and for the sake of leaving nothing out, the image was exported via Lightroom. Changed it to a 16bit TIF file,

    .tif files cannot be used on web pages. Stick to .jpg, .gif or .png.

    The installer/updater isn’t working.

    Who are your hosts? Have you tried adding:

    AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

    to the top of your WordPress .htaccess file.

    Thread Starter kaspersg

    (@kaspersg)

    First, thanks! adding to the .htaccess file worked! if you don’t mind, could you tell me more about what that actually did? I am really new to all the inner workings code wise.

    As for the background image problem. I exported the image again as a JPG, except I lowered the DPI to 90 as recommend. I am not getting error, but when it pops it into the previewer it is really small. I was having this problem before with my smaller sized 240DPI images that were about 500×300 (I am assuming that the reasons these were even uploading without the server error was due to their smaller size).

    Some hosts (such as 1&1) use server that have to be specifically told that they are to run PHP5 rather than PHP4. The instruction that you added to the .htaccess file did exactly that.

    With regard to your image resolutions, it may be due to the method you’re using to resize the 240dpi files. If your graphics software offers a number of different resizing methods (or algorithms), try experimenting to f1nd the best one. You may need to alter size and resolution simultaneously to produce a decent 800 x 600 90dpi image.

    Or look for an option to optimize for web use.

    I just edited the .htaccess file of wordpress for solving the freezing issue but after that the admin panel loads like a code and no tabs nothing. plz help!!

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