I have recently changed my web hosting company which involved paying $35 to have the Wordpress blog data transferred.

Everything seemed fine until I tried to upload a photo…….Nothing happened apart from this message:

“Unable to create directory /home/xxxyoursitexxx/public_html/wp-content/uploads/2010/03. Is its parent directory writable by the server?”

There are many complicated solutions for this, involving php,  the MySQL database, and permission settings.  

Some of them I have tried, but they didn’t work for me. In the end the simplest solution was the best….Here it is:

1)Go to your Wordpress Dashboard (via domain name.com/wp-admin).

Scroll down the left hand side and click on Settings, then click Miscellaneous.

2) Copy the upload folder address listed here and save in Notepad.
(This is a safety back-up position, in case the suggested solution does not work for you).

Change the address to:
“wp-contents/uploads”

That’s it – Job done! Images should now upload without any problem.
Hope this saves you a load of hassle.

John McNally