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This worked for me. Pretty simple and yet very few seem to know. It is not in the “sticky” at the front of this thread and went many posts deep in the one I finally found it in.

Dancurranjr had it but I mis-read the post and didn’t get the benefit of this simple fix until later via another forum (hours later!) I did Bluehost live chat twice and though they were willing to help me they were unable. They had me doing all the complicated things that have been suggested here but in the end it was so simple!
1. Login to your admin page
2. Go to settings
3. Go to Miscellaneous
4. Find Store uploads in this folder
5. if it says “/wp-content/uploads” just remove the first forward slash so that it reads plain ol: wp-content/uploads

I had to remove a long string down to the “wp-content/uploads” and it worked.

Hello,
There must be somebody that can help. I am new to this.

“Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

I have now loaded “Press This” which allows you to get an image from a web site. Was able to get the image I wanted and everything seemed great, and then I went to publish and above message again.

Somebody must know what to do?

“Is its parent directory writable by the server?” This seems to be the question. There is not a place to answer, so it must be something we should know?

My son had activated the “Poll” plug in. I tried deactivating and downloading an image again. Same message:

“Add media files from your computer
Unable to create directory /data/17/1/37/105/1689920/user/1823177/htdocs/DougShields/bsportsblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

I am not aware of installing a plug in. Certainly could have by accident since I do not know how to do one yet. Sure will take a look. Thank you!

I was able to insert a picture on my first post using the upload/insert image box above the posting area.

Now, when trying to do the identical process, I get this message:
“Unable to create directory /data/17/1/37/105/1689920/user/1823177/htdocs/DougShields/bsportsblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

I have tried it with the previously successful image and others. Any ideas how to fix this or make it work to insert pictures in a post?

Answer to your first question in your first post. Switch to the “visual” view when posting.

Other than that, the last poster had the correct answer and the solution is way over my head.

Sorry, I was not clear. The idea above for denniskwan was for the fonts and bold toolbar. The picture/image/media tools have been there for me the whole time.

I still need help with my posting images problem posted above.

denniskwan,
Maybe switch from “html” view to “Visual” with the upper right tab over the posting box. Not sure, but I think I originally had the same problem and accidently “fixed” it by changing the view.

I was able to insert a picture on my first post using the upload/insert image box above the posting area.

Now, when trying to do the identical process, I get this message:
“Unable to create directory /data/17/1/37/105/1689920/user/1823177/htdocs/DougShields/bsportsblog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?“

I have tried it with the previously successful image and others. Any ideas how to fix this or make it work?