[Hidden-tech] Can anyone figure out this WordPress issue?

[Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing Expert]

At 11:42 AM -0400 8/7/13, B. Kimo Lee wrote:
>HI Shel,
>
>Could it be possible that the capacity of the upload folder is maxed 
>out? Do you have more than 1,000 single files in there that could be 
>archived and deleted? Sometimes Wordpress won't be able to create 
>the folder, even if the permissions are correct, if there are too 
>many files in it and no room for a new upload directory.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Best,
>Kimo


At 11:50 AM -0400 8/7/13, Jeff Lee wrote:
>Hi Shel. I've heard of this happening when you have too many files in your
>uploads directory, and exceed some system limit.
>
>Could this be the case in your site?
>Jeff
>
>
>Jeff Lee



On that site, I think I only have 50 pages/posts or less. A couple of 
my other sites are up there (the ones that have or had my blog). And 
two of my old HTML sites are that big. This one, I don't think 
so--but how would I check.
>
>
>
>On Aug 7, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Shel Horowitz, Ethical/Green Marketing 
>Expert wrote:
>
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>>
>>One of my sites, <http://shelhorowitz.com>shelhorowitz.com, won't 
>>let me update. It tells me
>>
>>"Unable to create directory uploads/[year/month]. Is its parent
>>directory writable by the server?"
>>
>>I spent an hour in live chat with my web host (HostGator) this
>>morning, and they were unable to figure out the problem. they say
>>
>>At 8:15 AM -0500 8/7/13, 
>><mailto:chat-transcript at hostgator.com>chat-transcript at hostgator.com 
>>wrote:
>>
>>>Its giving a Not Writable By Group error, however all of your
>>>
>>>permissions are correct on that server.
>>>
>>
>>It was never a problem to update it while it was hosted at HTTPme. I
>>am not sure I have updated since switching to HostGator (about a year
>>ago) before encountering this problem. I am not having this problem
>>with my other sites, though I did have a problem of one of my sites
>>wiping out all its plugins.
>>
>>I saved the full chat transcript, and would be happy to send it along
>>to anyone who has an ideas of what's going on.
>>--
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Shel Horowitz
Marketing consultant/copywriter, author, speaker, book shepherd
Affordable, ethical, effective marketing materials and strategies
"Reach Green, socially conscious consumers with
marketing that has THEM calling YOU"

Twitter: @shelhorowitz

* First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified
* Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame

http://greenandprofitable.com/ http://guerrillamarketinggoesgreen.com
mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com * 413-586-2388
Award-winning author of eight books. Latest:
Guerrilla Marketing Goes Green (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson)
Blog on Green Marketing/Ethics/Politics:
http://greenandprofitable.com/shels-blog/
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