Images appear to upload from site, but don't

[Equineonthemind]

I've recently installed vBadvnaced Gallery ... everything seems to be working.... my user's appear to be able to upload their images to the site and even receive the message "Your file(s) have been successfully uploaded and will appear as soon as a moderator has had time to review and approve them."
However, When I go to the AdminCP there's nothing to validate... and when I go to my server, no new files have been uploaded .....

Any thoughts?

Is your server running with safe mode on by chance? If so, have you used the maintenance option to switch to the safe mode file storage method?

[Equineonthemind]

That was it! Thanks so much