[okfn-help] Problems with uploading media in Wordpress install on okfn.org

Mon Feb 7 23:42:07 GMT 2011

On 7 February 2011 17:33, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
> I go to: http://linguistics.okfn.org/wp-admin/themes.php?page=custom-header
>
> I click 'choose file' and choose a file, and click upload.
>
> It says 'Header updated. Visit your site to see how it looks.'.
>
> What should be a header image is a blank space in the preview. On the
> site it displays a broken link image. (I've left it up there so you
> can see it.)

Now fixed! Turned out we had an old apache alias for /files that
b0rked the wordpress setup. 1h of debugging later it was eliminated
and uploads now work (btw, uploads were working, you just couldn't see
any of them because the /files url that wordpress uses (and redirects)
was being overidden by the apache alias).

Rufus

> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 12:56 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>> I've uploaded without problems and I've checked permissions. If you're
>> still encountering problems please can you let me know exactly what
>> site you are on, what you are doing etc when the problems occurs :)
>>
>> Rufus
>>
>> On 7 February 2011 09:31, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Morning all,
>>>
>>> A quick ping to ask if anyone has had a chance to look into why new
>>> header images don't seem to be able to upload on Twenty Twenty theme
>>> in WP? Could this be something to do with permissions?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Jonathan
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm using the Twenty Ten Wordpress theme on a blog for a new working
>>>> group (linguistics.okfn.org), which I believe should let me change the
>>>> header image (via 'Appearance --> Header'). However when I try to
>>>> upload a new image, it fails and gives me a 'broken url' image in the
>>>> header. I've also tried uploading the image via 'Media --> Add New',
>>>> but this doesn't work either.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas? Is there any way to do this via the online interface (i.e.
>>>> without uploading directly via ssh). Could this be a permissions
>>>> thing? I.e. perhaps the uploads folder is not writable?
>>>>
>>>> It would be great if we could get this sorted in time for the WG
>>>> meeting tomorrow, when we will be working on the site!
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Jonathan
>>>>
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>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
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> --
> Jonathan Gray
>
> Community Coordinator
> The Open Knowledge Foundation
> http://blog.okfn.org
>
> http://twitter.com/jwyg
> http://identi.ca/jwyg
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