WordPress MU

Hi, I know I'm not the first to report this problem but after scouring the threads and posts on this forum I still have found no solution.

I installed the multiuser version of Wordpress yesterday and everything installed as expected. However when I went to use the image upload functionality it didnt appear to work.

I had a look around in the files and directories and noticed that the files WERE uploading but to a different directory to where the rest of the Wordpress CMS expected to find them.

I have tried setting the values for Upload Path and Upload URL Path to the same directory but this seems to have no effect on the URL of an image when I upload it.

It seems to upload it to "myBlog/wp-content\blogs.dir\1\files\" rather than the expected "myBlog/files/".

Has anyone found a solution for this coz I know its bugging a lot of people?

Thanks

It's correct - WPMU uploads files to wp-content\blogs.dir\1\files\

So how do I edit where wordpress mu thinks the files have been uploaded to. As I said in my original post the rest of the website is looking for uploaded images in "myBlog/files/" instead of "wp-content\blogs.dir\1\files\ "

http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=2078

Ok so by following those instructions I have managed to change the upload path from "wp-content\blogs.dir\1\files\2008\11\" to "wp-content\blogs.dir\1\files\". However I need my images to be around 4 levels higher than this at "myBlog/files/". Where can I change this without declaring an absolute URL?

Is it something to do with this? (from wp-includes/functions.php)

"$uploads = array( 'path' => $dir, 'url' => $url, 'subdir' => $subdir, 'basedir' => $bdir, 'baseurl' => $burl, 'error' => false );"

Any ideas VM?

wp-settings.php

define( "UPLOADS", "wp-content/blogs.dir/{$wpdb->blogid}/files/" );

You are a legend amongst men. Thanks a lot.

Hi I have almost the same problem with the image uploader.. however for me, after uploading the images it doesn't show the image at all, but the files are in the WPMU.tld/files/2008/11/ directory (checked it via FTP).

So, even if I try to access those images directly from the browser like http://WPMU.tld/files/2008/11/sample.gif - it just gives me a 404 Not Found.

I'm using WPMU 2.6.3 - Is there a fix somewhere? I could't find it here.

I'm having this same problem. The images are being uploaded, but they aren't appearing in the posts. My assumption is that I have something wrong my Rewite language, but I can't figure out what I've done wrong. FWIW, only the Deafult style of permalinks is working, as well.

joseph21 and gswann - are you sure that your .htaccess files are OK?

.htaccess - is nassasery

This is my .htaccess. I'd be grateful if someone can point out any errors.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase BASE/

#uploaded files
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/$ index.php [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*wp-content/plugins.*
RewriteRule ^(.*/)?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]

# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^.*/wp-admin$
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1/ [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>

<IfModule mod_security.c>
<Files async-upload.php>
SecFilterEngine Off
SecFilterScanPOST Off
</Files>
</IfModule>

I'm on a Hostgator dedicated server. The WPmu installation is isolated in a different account from WP.org weblogs to avoid conflicts.

You have: RewriteBase BASE/

Should be: RewriteBase /

> Should be: RewriteBase /

Check. I've had that both ways with no differences.

It seems plausible that

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>

is testing false. But if I remove that test, I get a 500 Internal Server Error.

My symptoms: No substitution of true URI for images uploaded with the Image Uploader and no ability to use keyword-based permalinks (Default permalinks work okay).

OK, are you on Windows or Linux?
If Linux - is mod_rewrite enabled? If Windows - do you have that IIS module to work with URL rewrites?

Are you actually editing .htaccess and not htaccess.dist?

> Are you actually editing .htaccess

Yes, directly on the server.

> If Linux - is mod_rewrite enabled?

This I have to check on.

Thanks!

From Hostgator support:

Yes, mod_rewrite is enabled on the server. We have tested other redirects and they were working properly. You would also get an error from the rewrite rules you have set up currently if this was not enabled.

I'm truly at a loss. Boundlessly grateful for any guidance you can give me.

Got it. From Hostgator support:

It appears the mod_rewrite module wasn't actually being loaded by Apache. I've corrected Apache configuration and removed the IfModule statements from the .htaccess file and left a backup of the original called .htaccess.bak and it's loading properly now without 500 errors.

Check httpd.conf, look for AllowFileOverride.

Seems like it's not reading the htaccess file, and that's what does it.

Could it be an ownership issue?

I have joomla site in the same shared hosting account, and thus the folders became unwriteable even though the permissions for folders were set to 755 and files 644. When that happened my WPMU wasn't able to upload images nor create directories as well.

I don't know what triggered the error. But I think it is a server issue.. my server must have change how PHP runs from CGI/Fast CGI to Apache mode.

sorry
i dont understand how to fix it
can you tell me pls simply
1. what i need to type in "upload path" field:?
2. what i need to type in "Fileupload Url"?
3. if there is something else to do...
until its be fix

A quick update on simple ways to be sure it isn't a coding/bug issue with image uploads by checking the site admin configuration.

We work with version 2.6.2 WordPress MU.

Check the Site Admin/Options page and go down to "Blog upload space" and "Maximum file upload" to adjust the settings. In MU WordPress setting changes in one blog site admin interface updates all the blogs in the MU installation with the same changes. Which means you don't need to go into each blog to change the upload settings individually.

We set ours to:

Blog upload space: 4024 MB
Maximum file upload: 3000 KB