Error “Is its parent directory writable by the server?” Uploading images

  • hi everyall

    the whole line is:
    “Unable to create directory /mnt/web8/41/24/51413724/htdocs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

    it appears every time I want to upload an image. Either using the normal uploader either using a plug in.

    What shall I do?

    Thanks

    ALESSANDRO

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  • I had this problem and this is how I solved it:

    If you are using IIS, this applies to you:

    You must make sure either the I_USER_XXX (the user account IIS uses) or the Users group have permission to create files and folders in the wp-content folder.

    I tried EVERYTHING else posted in this thread to no avail. This is what works if your site is hosted on IIS.

    -f.

    Just ran into this problem too .. i made the directory in plesk and then right clicked on the folder in Filezilla, made sure it was set to 777 and then clicked the

    . recurse into subdirectories…

    I had that same problem. I couldn’t upload new photos and when I added a comment, I got that error.

    I noticed that it was referencing to the wrong database. I had moved my site to a new server. I had to go into the database through myphpadmin and go to the options table. From there I checked the option value column and found a reference to the wrong database prefix. Changed that and it now works great! Hope that helps someone.

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