missing wp-content uploads file from installation

  • keep getting error when trying to upload photos saying

    Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2014/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    but when I look at installed files there is no uploads file within wp-content, only within wp-admin

    have reinstalled latest 3.8.1 twice, same every time

    am I missing something obvious here?

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  • Unable to create directory wp-content/uploads/2014/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?

    That means WordPress can’t create the /wp-content/uploads/month/day directories because it can’t write to the /wp-content directory. It doesn’t have permissions.

    You may be able to let WordPress create the directories by changing the permissions on /wp-content to 775 or 777 temporarily.

    Once you upload a photo, and creating the directory is successful, be sure to put the permissions back where they were.

    ..and I don’t think there should be an uploads directory inside of /wp-admin by default.

    Thread Starter allibee

    (@allibee)

    thanks, will try that though seems very odd that I should have to for each post image!

    You only need to do it once. Once the upload folders are created, you shouldn’t have to do it again.

    Thread Starter allibee

    (@allibee)

    brilliant, thank you

    Thread Starter allibee

    (@allibee)

    nope, still doesn’t work, same error, thank you anyway

    Maybe we could look at one more thing if you like, before you need to contact your host for support.

    You will need to log into your site, then visit: yoursite.com/wp-admin/options.php

    Type that right in the browser address bar and it will take you to a page where you can view the site options in your browser. On that page you will find three entries:

    uploads_use_yearmonth_folders

    upload_path

    upload_url_path

    To the right of those entries will be the values. If you have “organize my uploads into month and year based folders” selected in your settings, I would expect the values in those fields to be:

    uploads_use_yearmonth_folders = 1

    upload_path = blank/empty

    upload_url_path = blank/empty

    Be careful not to change anything while you are on that page, but just take a look and see if those values are the same as those above.

    Thread Starter allibee

    (@allibee)

    yes, they are the same

    You may need to contact your hosts support group and see if they can find anything odd with your file and folder ownership/permissions.

    Thread Starter allibee

    (@allibee)

    thank you for trying anyway ??

    i’ll leave this open and will post a reply or workaround when/if I find an answer

    thanks again, you’ve been very kind

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