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Gallery:http://social.isobar.net.au/

Please email me @ tb@dgwdesigns.com.au and i will send you the ftp & admin log in details, rather not post it on web for too long as it's for a clients website already online!

Error:
When a new folder is put onto the ftp server the images come up though thumbnails aren't created and error msg pops up on website.
"can't write to file content/foldername/folderdata.xml"

I can't find where to disable this message but more importantly how to fix the permission error. I have read most posts with permission errors and have tried everything.

The admin section has the 2 following errors:
- ICONV support
- safe_mode option
It seemes that option 'safe_mode' enabled on your server. Because of it, there can be some troubles with disk operations, such as creating new folders or copying files.


I would great appreciate your help! I'm trying to use the V2 for the first time for a client. The site is already live and we are having permission errors.

Does your Diagnostics page say anything ?

Thanks for your reply...
Yep says;

ICONV support
It seemes that PHP on your server compiled without ICONV support. So, there can be some troubles with different encodings in file names or ID3 tags. We strongly recommends you to contact administrator of your server to solve this problem.

Additional information about ICONV support you can find here:
* ICONV support on php.net

safe_mode option
It seemes that option 'safe_mode' enabled on your server. Because of it, there can be some troubles with disk operations, such as creating new folders or copying files.

We recommends you to contact administrator of your server to switch this option off.

Additional information about 'safe_mode' option you can find here:
* Safe Mode on php.net

Iconv is not important, only for mp3 tags and non-latin filenames (but i don't recommend anybody to use filenames with national chars anyway.

What you should worry though is safe_mode, best bet is to ask your support to turn it off.

Safe_mode is semi-useful security feature which is deprecated in latest php versions anyway.

It could get in the way of file management, ftp created folders might not be accessible or you wont be able to access admin created ones by ftp.

But often it works after good dose of chmod 666 on files and folders after upload.

These are the exact errors i am receiving... How can i turn safe mode off!?
Or fix this error?

I found a temporary solution in ftp to set permissions on folder each time new pictures are added & create a new xml file each time, though hopefully this isn't necessary once error / safe mode is fixed.

Safe mode can't be turned off from the client side, only by editing php.ini. So you need to contact your hoster support.