By MissMaria on

I just installed the image module. I'm having problems importing images. When I go to the image import page, I get this:

"Image import
Configure the image import module's settings.
The directory files/images/import does not exist.
Import path: *
files/images/import
The directory to import image nodes from. Drupal will need to have write access to this directory so we can move the file.
Note: a path begining with a / indicates the path is relative to the server's root, not the website's root. One starting without a / specifies a path relative to Drupal's root. For example: /tmp/image would be the temp directory off the root while tmp/image would be inside Drupal's directory."

I'm not entirely sure what this means, and I have no idea how to fix it... any help would be very appreciated!

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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MissMaria commented

Anyone...? (Sorry if im too pushy- im kinda desprate)

adolg’s picture

adolg commented

You need to create that directory and make it writeable for the user that your web server runs under (usually apache)

photovergne’s picture

photovergne commented

Where?

Do I have to create the directory on the server or on my local computer? And how can I do the first if I have no access to CPanel or something like it?

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mattyoung commented
  1. create the import directory on the server, for example, 'sites/default/files/image_import',
  2. go to uri 'admin/settings/image/image_import' and set the configuration to this path
  3. ftp the images up to the import directory on your server (the one you create on step 1)
  4. go to uri 'admin/content/image_import', import the images.
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nflowers1228 commented

Thanks this was very helpful