Problem getting ImageManager to work.

I've tried installing Saul's ImageManager: http://www.saulmade.nl/FCKeditor/FCKPlugins.php.

I get the following error displayed in the browser: Invalid base directory:

At first I was using a string that was dynamically made... but in the end I just typed the actual path, something like:

/public_html/myDir/anotherDir/editor/image/

This is the actual direcoty that was used for the images in fckeditor prior to installing ImageManager.

I'm sure I've done just about everything else needing doing.

Background info: I'm using Linux hosting.

What am I doing wrong?

Also... for the base_url: does this need to be the full http path...?

Thanks.

OM

Wed, 07/25/2007 - 21:49

om2

Joined: 22/07/2007

Posts: 27

Re: Problem getting ImageManager to work.

no replies...? :shock:
surely someone else must have had the same problem as well??

Thu, 07/26/2007 - 13:04

om2

Joined: 22/07/2007

Posts: 27

Re: Problem getting ImageManager to work.

problem solved!
i did some research and seearched on the net for the same error.
didn't come up with anything at first, but then i searched for: imagemanager invalid base directory.

i found the answer on another website.

my problem was that i didn't have the right path.
erm, sounds dumb right...?
well... i've got my own server and thought i knew i had the right path for definite!
but it turns out not.

to get the correct path:

Create a phpinfo.php file and save it in your image directory:
<?php
phpinfo(INFO_VARIABLES);
?>

Access the phpinfo.php using your web brower (disable .htaccess protection for the directory if you have implemented it), and look for the _SERVER[”PATH_TRANSLATED”] variable, it should give you the path to your image directory (remember to remove phpinfo.php from the path).

Don’t forget to remove the phpinfo.php file after you’ve found the path.