GoDaddy Issues - No image upload, session save path

[CarpeyBiggs]

Hey guys,

First off, thanks for the great product. I've been using PixelPost for about a year now, and it works great. My blog has been hosted on a server at my house for the last while, but I want to move it to my server at GoDaddy where my main page is hosted. I have installed pixelpost already, but I am unable to load images. Here are a few of the errors I get.

#1 - After trying to load a new image and pressing the upload button, I get an error that says "Error, Something's wrong in file upload!" I've searched the forums trying to figure out what this means, and most people have said it is the CHMOD 777 issue, but I am pretty sure those are correct folder permissions. Is it possible GoDaddy won't allow image upload through PHP?

#2 - In the General Info tab it says this -

URL http://danransom.com/Blog/admin/index.php

PHP-version 4.3.11 (Pixelpost's min requirement: PHP version: 4.3.0 )

Session save path is empty!!

MySQL version 4.0.27-max-log (Pixelpost's min requirement: MySQL: 3.23.58 )

GD-lib bundled (2.0.28 compatible) with JPEG support

File Uploads to Pixelpost site are NOT possible! Check file_upload variable in php.ini file!

Server Software Microsoft-IIS/6.0

EXIF Pixelpost is using exifer v1.5 for EXIF-information.


Is there a reason my session save path is empty? And how do I fix that. I searched the forums on this as well, and couldn't follow what the solutions might be.

This is strange to me, because on my server at my house, everything functions perfectly on the first setup I tried. I've been at this on the GoDaddy servers now for what seems an eternity.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Many Thanks,

Dan Ransom

[Connie]

you cannot fix that at all
that is a problem of your hoster

you have no session path and no File-upload permission
both are basics for PP

so talk with your hoster, that will be the best way, I think
good luck!

[CarpeyBiggs]

Thanks Connie,

I actually just got off the phone with GoDaddy support, and they said that from their side, there was nothing they could do. I asked them specifically about rights to write to those directories, and they said it should work. I imagine that they might not know what they are talking about, since it is just a call center.

The other problem is I am not real comfortable with this stuff either. Is there something specific I should ask them to fix when I call them back?

Thanks again for your help.

Dan

[CarpeyBiggs]

Also, here is the rest of the info from the admin panel. It says it can write to the folders, but that may not be the problem?

Guessed imagepath: d:hostingcarpeybiggs/Blog/images/

Configured Imagepath: ../images/

Image Directory: OK - Can we write to the directory? YES. CHMOD: 0777

Thumbnails Directory: OK - Can we write to the directory? YES. CHMOD: 0777

Language Directory: OK

Addons Directory: OK

Includes Directory: OK

Templates Directory: OK

[CarpeyBiggs]

Well, I just got off the phone again with GoDaddy, and this might be the problem, and I am wondering if anyone could sound off on it. Apparently when I set up my account, I chose an economy plan that was hosted on a windows machine, that uses IIS for the server software. They said this can limit php functions considerably, and they migrated my account to a linux server with Apache. They expect this to enable all the php functions, as well as the writing permissions.

Does this sound plausible? If so, we should recommend to people looking for hosting to make sure if they use GoDaddy, they get a linux server, not windows. Let me know what you think.

Dan

[Dkozikowski]

Well, I just got off the phone again with GoDaddy, and this might be the problem, and I am wondering if anyone could sound off on it. Apparently when I set up my account, I chose an economy plan that was hosted on a windows machine, that uses IIS for the server software. They said this can limit php functions considerably, and they migrated my account to a linux server with Apache. They expect this to enable all the php functions, as well as the writing permissions.

Does this sound plausible? If so, we should recommend to people looking for hosting to make sure if they use GoDaddy, they get a linux server, not windows. Let me know what you think.

Dan
DING DING DING

To run php scripts you need a linux server.

Windows is not going to cut it.

I also host my pixelpost photoblog on godaddy and have zero problems.

Once they get you switched over you wont have these problems and all will be ok in the world ;) !

[m i k e b]

Well, I just got off the phone again with GoDaddy, and this might be the problem, and I am wondering if anyone could sound off on it. Apparently when I set up my account, I chose an economy plan that was hosted on a windows machine, that uses IIS for the server software. They said this can limit php functions considerably, and they migrated my account to a linux server with Apache. They expect this to enable all the php functions, as well as the writing permissions.

Does this sound plausible? If so, we should recommend to people looking for hosting to make sure if they use GoDaddy, they get a linux server, not windows. Let me know what you think.

Dan

Agreed, this is it. I am hosted with GoDaddy and all works great ... that is IF you have a linux server. You should be good once they have your account migrated.

[Dennis]

Session_save_path is a PHP directive which needs to set by your hosting company.

See also http://nl2.php.net/session_save_path

You can try setting this directive with a htaccess file. (search google for that one)

[CarpeyBiggs]

Thanks guys. Everything is up and running. It was indeed a problem with the GoDaddy server being a windows machine.

I successfully migrated the databases and images as well to the new server, and all looks to be working well. Thanks for all your help.

The blog is located at www.danransom.com/blog

Thanks again!

[Connie]

Great! It's good that it is working now!