Images directory not pointing txp to the right place

boptom · 2007-02-25 21:54:34

Hello! I need help with image uploads.

To start with I have this in the advanced preferences:

Image Directory: img

In the images tab:

Warning: cannot write to image directory
/hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/img/.
Please change file permissions to 777.

In daignostics I get:

Image directory is not writable: /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/img ?

TTextpattern version: 4.0.4 (r1956)
Last Update: 2007-02-05 05:49:47/2007-02-05 05:31:21
Document root: /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com
$path_to_site: /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com
Textpattern path: /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern
Permanent link mode: section_id_title
Temporary directory path: /tmp
Site URL: kdsplace.com
PHP version: 4.3.11
Register globals: 1
Server Local Time: 2007-02-25 15:48:18
MySQL: 4.1.20-max-log
Locale: en_GB.UTF-8
Server: Apache
Apache version: Apache
PHP Server API: apache
RFC 2616 headers: 
Server OS: Linux 2.6.14.7
Active plugins: rss_admin_db_manager-4.3, wow_gallery_lib-0.6, wow_gallery-0.6, Gallery-1.2m

Pre-flight check: 
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Image directory is not writable: /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/img
/hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/setup/ still exists
Your version of PHP has security related risks. Please turn register_globals off or update to a newer PHP version.
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.htaccess file contents:
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#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteBase /relative/web/path/

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d RewriteRule ^(.+) – [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php </IfModule>

#php_value register_globals 0

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If i make a directory called ‘img’ at /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/img and set permissions to 777 it seems to work however I thought the above settings should put images under /textpattern/img (which is where I want it).

Any ideas what is happening?

Thanks in advance.

zem · 2007-02-25 21:57:47

Textpattern is doing what it’s told. If you want the image directory to be textpattern/img, set it to textpattern/img.

boptom · 2007-02-25 22:03:55

Thanks for the quick reply!

When I initially installed textpattern, in the advanced prefs->image directory was

images

without any /. That didn’t work so I tried changing it to img with the same issue (didn’t think it would work but tried anyways).

However, the images directory is in /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images on initial install rather than

/hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/images

Is that correct?

The real reason I ask is because when I put textpattern/img as the image directory, a lot of plugins seem to think the images are in

/hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/textpattern/img

Am I doing something wrong?

Last edited by boptom (2007-02-25 22:12:14)

zem · 2007-02-25 22:13:26

In a fresh install, the image dir preference will be images, which corresponds to the images directory in your public Textpattern root (path_to_site, in your case /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/).

What exactly do you mean by “that didn’t work”?

What exactly do you mean by “the images directory is in /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images on initial install”?

The “Image directory is not writable” message in diagnostics shows you where Textpattern expects to find the image directory.

Last edited by zem (2007-02-25 22:17:48)

boptom · 2007-02-25 22:25:24

What I mean is on a fresh install, the image dir preference will be images. I thought this would correspond to /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images

Anyways, if I change the images dir pref from Images to textpattern/images then all the images work and go to the /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images directory.

However, all plugins which I have tried (to make a gallery) now think that the images directory is /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/textpattern/images.

Any ideas why? Are they just dodgy plugins?

zem · 2007-02-26 00:20:58

boptom wrote:

What I mean is on a fresh install, the image dir preference will be images. I thought this would correspond to /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images

No, it’s one level up from there.

Anyways, if I change the images dir pref from Images to textpattern/images then all the images work and go to the /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/images directory.

If a tag like <txp:image name="myimage.jpg" /> displays myimage.jpg as expected, then Textpattern is working correctly.

However, all plugins which I have tried (to make a gallery) now think that the images directory is /hsphere/local/home/boptom/kdsplace.com/textpattern/textpattern/images.

Any ideas why? Are they just dodgy plugins?

Most likely. The Troubleshooting area is for problems with Textpattern, you’ll need to contact the plugin authors for help with those.

boptom · 2007-02-26 07:12:58

Ok, I will. Thanks for all your help.

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#1 2007-02-25 21:54:34

Images directory not pointing txp to the right place

#2 2007-02-25 21:57:47

Re: Images directory not pointing txp to the right place

#3 2007-02-25 22:03:55

Re: Images directory not pointing txp to the right place

#4 2007-02-25 22:13:26

Re: Images directory not pointing txp to the right place

#5 2007-02-25 22:25:24

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#6 2007-02-26 00:20:58

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#7 2007-02-26 07:12:58

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