Pictures upload with old directory settings?

  • I just switched from hosts and upgraded from WordPress 2.7.1 to 2.8
    But when I try to upload a picture via the Flash uploader it gives me this error:

    Unable to create directory /home/vol3/byethost13.com/b13_3524330/morningsundesigns.com/htdocs///wp-content/uploads/2009/06. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    The bold text is the directory from my old webhost.
    How can I change the directory? Where my uploader have to upload to?

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  • Unable to create directory is said to be related with that hosts safe mode. So I guess you should have it turn on.

    Ryan S

    (@ryan_accuwebhosting)

    Are you talking about PHP safe mode???

    If yes, this is not possible. If you refer this: https://in2.php.net/features.safe-mode, php itself does not recommend to turn this on. So, no host will do that.

    I am also receiving this error on many of my blogs.

    Thread Starter hiuxing

    (@hiuxing)

    What do you mean?
    Why is this related to the safe mode?

    I want to change the settings to where the Flash uploader should upload to.

    What worked for me was going into the database via phpMyAdmin and in table “wp_options”, browsing the option_name=’upload_path’ and deleting the old option_value. The next time I ran the upload, the file uploaded.

    Hi all,

    I solved the problem updating the wp_options table, option_name=’upload_path’. It was somehow pointing to a non existing directory.

    Thanks danfcollier!

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