Unable to create directory?

  • When i try and upload a picture i get this message:

    “Unable to create directory /home/virtual/site63/fst/var/www/html/wp-content/uploads. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

    I’m new to WP and didn’t have any problems uploading pictures earlier but now i am. Any help would be awesome.

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  • Check that you have rights to write to the uploads folder… It is the account that the web server is running under that does the writing, so just giving your account or owner permissions to write may not be enough (depending on how your server is set up)…
    Try giving everyone write permissions to start with and go from there…

    Or might need to make sure wp-content is writeable.

    hey, I am pretty new to computers and wordpress and have no idea how to fix this problem, I’m getting the same message. how do you change the permissions on a folder or file?

    I have the same problem, so went into server and chmod everything for wp-content/uploads to 777. Then when I try to upload picture, I get this message

    The uploaded file could not be moved to .

    and every thing just stops, I have close the page to get back to the edit window.

    Also I ftp’ed an image into the upload directory and it doesn show up in “browse all” in the editor window.

    Any help would be appreciated.

    i was having this probelm, then i changed everything from the /uploads file down to “777” for permission and works fine

    Thanks

    Changed the permissions to 777 on the upload file, worked for me.

    For the “Unable to create directory….” problem:
    Check PHP settings for safe_mode, it should be “on”.

    For the “The uploaded file could not be moved to…” problem:
    Make sure that your PHP open_base_dir directive allows you access to the temp directory being used by WordPress.

    These are both settings that can only be accessed at server level configuration. You will need to contact your web host or server admin to have them looked at or changed.

    – Korske

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