Backup plugin will not work because of wrong path…

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    18 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,
    I want to backup my blog but the plugin is trying to use a wrong path: mysite/docs/blog instead of mysite/blog
    What is this :docs doing there? How can I change that?
    I get 2 error messages in the backup window:
    WARNING: Your wp-content directory is NOT writable! We can not create the backup directory.
    /hosting/raphaella.co.kr/docs/blog/wp-content/backup-689f0/

    WARNING: Your backup directory is NOT writable! We can not create the backup directory.
    /hosting/raphaella.co.kr/docs/blog/

    Thanks

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    Maybe I should be posting in Plugins and Hacks?
    Can’t anyone tell me why this is happening?

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    Nobody can tell me how to solve this?

    WARNING: Your wp-content directory is NOT writable!

    That’s quite a clear message: make that directory writabel – other words: chmod 777; other words: change permissions.
    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Changing_File_Permissions

    Ok, I’ll bite…

    What version of WP?
    Post a link?
    What are the two URI’s listed in Options:General?

    Sure /docs/ doesn’t exist?

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    Thanks Yosemite,
    I’m using the latest version of WP (2.04 ?)
    The link to my blog is https://raphaella.co.kr/blog
    The two URI’s are the same: https://raphaella.co.kr/blog
    I noticed on top of my dashboard that I have the following warning that has to do with the same problem. Did I mess up the config?
    Warning: extract(): First argument should be an array in /hosting/raphaella.co.kr/docs/blog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2139

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    But Moshu, that directory doesn’t exist. I have only 2 forlder at my root, one is blog, the other is shop.
    I don’t understand where this docs came from. But I realise now that I’ve had that warning on the dashboard right after I installed, so I must have messed up the config someway.

    URI (url) and path are not the same thing.

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    I’m not sure what you mean by that, but if the folder doesn’t exist I can’t change it’s permissions.
    Can you tell me why I’ve had the following warning on my dashboard from the day I installed? If I can solve that I’ll solve the backup pb I think.
    Warning: extract(): First argument should be an array in /hosting/raphaella.co.kr/docs/blog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2139

    The warning might be caused by a corrupted file.

    As for the difference between the path (on the server) and the URI – google.
    Seemingly “docs” is your root directory. On other servers it might be public_html, html, htdocs etc.

    The permissions for the backup plugin to work should have been changed on the wp-content directory. That’s the only one that should be writable. And that’s exactly what I told you in my first reply!

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    Ok, thanks Moshu.
    Now I don’t have the warning in the backup page anymore.
    However I still have the warning on the dashboard.
    Warning: extract(): First argument should be an array in /hosting/raphaella.co.kr/docs/blog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 2139
    I’ve only got 4 lines in that functions.php:
    <?php
    if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
    register_sidebar();
    ?>
    Does anyone know what this could be about? The file hasn’t been modified, so how could it be corrupted?

    Files get corrupted:
    during download
    during unzip
    during upload…

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