[RC1]upload issue (user folders?)

nyifan · December 10th, 2004, 09:18 PM

Feeling rather sheepish since this seems to be a no brainer for everyone else...

Installed without a hitch
Attempt to upload a test image, and it seems to upload ok, but when it drops you to the image's page, its a red x - the path indicates it's looking for gallery/files/1/drb_animelfen.gif BUT there is no directory 1 - that's my user id on the forums, yes, but does that mean I have to create directories for EVERY user? or did I miss a step somewhere?

When I go to delete the image, I get the following error:

Code:

Content visible to verified customers only.

which makes sense, as there IS no directory "1"

OK, so how did I screw this up?

Thanks for any and all suggestions/direction!

KW802 · December 10th, 2004, 10:29 PM

When the file gets upload it should automatically create the {root}/gallery/files/{user structure} folder on the fly. If that folder doesn't exist, then where on your drive did it actually put the uploaded image?

nyifan · December 10th, 2004, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by KW802

When the file gets upload it should automatically create the {root}/gallery/files/{user structure} folder on the fly. If that folder doesn't exist, then where on your drive did it actually put the uploaded image?

Thats an excellent question, and is probably why i got the dreaded red x, I assume - any ideas?

KW802 · December 10th, 2004, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nyifan

Thats an excellent question, and is probably why i got the dreaded red x, I assume - any ideas?

Is your {root}/gallery/files folder chmod'ed to 777 to allow the script to create new sub-folders?

Kirby · December 10th, 2004, 11:17 PM

If you are running safe mode then this might cause problems

nyifan · December 10th, 2004, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KW802

Is your {root}/gallery/files folder chmod'ed to 777 to allow the script to create new sub-folders?

yup, i triple checked that 1st

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirby

If you are running safe mode then this might cause problems

Not that Im aware of **dbl checks**nope, not in safe mode - thanks for the suggestion though Kirby, feel free to keep tossing em out there ;-)

KW802 · December 10th, 2004, 11:24 PM

Nyifan,

Would you mind posting a link to the page with the red-x?

Kirby · December 10th, 2004, 11:33 PM

If the directory is not being created and your are sure that permissions and options are set correctly i'd suggest to remove the @ from the mkdir()-call in upload.php to see why it fails.

Simplicity · December 11th, 2004, 09:30 AM

Im getting this same problem. I upload a file, it seems to add it, but after being validated by the administrator the thumbnail displays a red X (which I thought was perhaps due to the file being a .wmv) and points to the files/1 directory

Then looking at the directory via FTP I see no folder or file was created. I cannot change my files folder to 777. My host has seemed to dis-allow it. So I can only alter Read/Write access and have no ability to allow the Execute attribute.

Any ideas how to overcome this?

nyifan · December 11th, 2004, 09:39 AM

OK, ive solved the upload issue (sleep sometimes IS required lol - it was ABSOLUTELY an I-D-10-T user error) and now Ive uncovered another - gif's and thumbnails do not play nicely togeather apparently.

I can upload a gazillion jpg's and they thumbnail without a hitch. However, if I upload a gif, dreaded red x for the thumbnail, image itself shows up fine. Is this a GD issue? I dont have imagemagick installed (I THINK - how do I check?) on my shared host, so I just went with GD which I know works fine for me with vB.

Link to the gallery is here - http://www.apinchofthis.com/forum/gallery/index.php?
(only 1 cat has images in it - 3 gifs, 1 jpg)
changed permissions so unreggistered users can check it out to see what I mean

nyifan · December 11th, 2004, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Simplicity

Then looking at the directory via FTP I see no folder or file was created. I cannot change my files folder to 777. My host has seemed to dis-allow it. So I can only alter Read/Write access and have no ability to allow the Execute attribute.Any ideas how to overcome this?

Are you using an FTP program to upload to your server? In my hosting control panel, I didnt see an option for CHMOD but using FlashFXP, I just right clicked the dir, selected CHMOD and made my changes (making sure to check off apply to sub files and folders as well)

Simplicity · December 11th, 2004, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by nyifan

Are you using an FTP program to upload to your server? In my hosting control panel, I didnt see an option for CHMOD but using FlashFXP, I just right clicked the dir, selected CHMOD and made my changes (making sure to check off apply to sub files and folders as well)

Yeah I use BulletProof FTP, I changed the attributes to 777 but they just return to 666.

I also tried the following here but didnt fix the problem. Im guessing because 777 attribute isnt allowed.

Another thing I noticed from the Admin panel when validating a uploaded file is the following:

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Warning: unlink(D:l3d-design.netwwwrootgalleryfiles//fi_gilles_and_rene_410156.wmv)[function.unlink.html]:No such file or directory in D:\l3d-design.net\wwwroot\forum\includes\functions_gallery.php on line 977

Warning: unlink(D:l3d-design.netwwwrootgalleryfiles//fi_gilles_and_rene_410156.wmv)[function.unlink.html]:No such file or directory in D:\l3d-design.net\wwwroot\forum\includes\functions_gallery.php on line 988

^ Is that due to the 'files' folder attributes or is there an error in the code somewhere not allowing the files to be added to the 'files' folder?

[Edit:] Nevermind, I re-installed a fresh copy, decided the D:l3d-design.netwwwrootgalleryfiles path looked strange so checked the path in AdminCP. Seems the slashes had vanished (im sure I added them), works ok now!