I just upgraded a site from Drupal version 4.6 to 6.2, sequentially, step by step, updating the database after every major version. There are a number of issues regarding the Image module, and too many variables for me to work out the problem:

1. In "Site Configuration / Image" section:
+ the default image path is set to "images"
+ note: the image files for the gallery are in another folder named "site_images"
+ both folders are in the "files" folder - "files" folder is set to 777

2. When I change "default image path" from "images" to "site_images" the value appears to save, but when I navigate away from and back to the page - the value is always set again to "images"
+ note: images file is empty, set to properties 740, and I cannot change the properties on this folder for some reason, either by ftp or file manager
+ I have changed the properties in "site_images" to 777 - ok or not?
+ summary: I do not know why I cannot change the properties on the "images" folder, what the correct value should be (740,777?), or why the Image module re-saves changes to the "default file path" back to "images"

3. In addition and in relation to this: all files in the image gallery - that was working in 4.6 - they are blank... the names of the images are listed in what was previously the image gallery section, but no images display (see: http://portwaikato.com/port_waikato_photo_gallery.html)

4. If I go to taxonomy - there are two entries for "image galleries"
+ one has a vocabulary term for the classification of the original image gallery
+ the other had no vocabulary term
+ I deleted one of the duplicate "image galleries" entries - it re-appeared automatically
+ I added the original vocabulary term used for the gallery to the other duplicate "image galleries" - but I still don't have any images showing up on the pages
+ there are still two listings for "image galleries" under taxonomy

5. If I go to the "image galleries" section in the admin, listed in the admin menu below "user management" - that page is not found

6. If I go to "image galleries" section under "content management" - I can edit the gallery name and so forth without trouble - there are 82 files in "My Images" in the file upload pop up, but it says -
"The directory files/images/temp is not writable"
+ note: I will continue to experiment in this section, maybe I need to upload all the images again and create a new gallery that way following the upgrade?

7. SUMMARY OF ISSUES - Under "site configuration":
+ "image" - cannot change default image path
+ "Image assist, Image attach, Image gallery, Image Toolkit" - working fine / Drupal 6.2
+ "Image Import" - this is red & flagged, likely properties configuration problem related to the "images" folder (value: files/images/import)

8. note: user "admin" has all permissions for Image module

The basic question is: what do I need to do to get the Image Gallery working again following the upgrade with these issues?

Thanks in advance for any help in the matter.

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Hetta’s picture

Hetta commented

Did you trawl the issue queue on image upgrading problems before starting your project?
Did you rename your old "image" table before upgrading to image 5.x-2.x (or wherever the new image table is introduced)?

You'll find that
1) a lot of problems have solutions posted in the issue queue;
2) a lot of people haven't moved to drupal 6 yet
3) a lot of people have various problems with image 6
4) a LOT of people have problems upgrading from image 4.x to image 5.x ...

Post your various solutions here, so others won't have to trawl the queue, in case they do a major upgrade like you did.

Thanks, and luck!

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typehost commented

For reference, I managed to reset the permissions on files/images folder to 755 using this code:

<?php
`chmod -R u=rwx,go=rx files/images`;
?>

Thanks to:

http://www.hmug.org/man/1/chmod.php

I reset all the permissions on "files" to 755 rather than 777 as well....

Deleted one of the duplicate taxonomy listings - lost the saved data in the gallery pages

Haven't actually got the image module working to restore the gallery, but unlocking the file permissions was a major issue and glad that is finally solved.

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typehost commented

Current Status:

As it stands, there are about 82 files in the content manager listed as "image" type nodes.
None are tagged with the original gallery taxonomy / category term.
All have attachments listed with the original file, preview, and thumbnail images.
The original image files are stored in "files/images".
When I change the original node to update the taxonomy settings, the page loops, and asks for a new image upload.
The page display does not show the attachments as listed.
No images listed on the gallery page.

When I try to add a new image, "create content" as "image" node - I upload the file, but the page loops back again and asks for another file upload. The first upload does not seem to save or isn't recognized.

I think it may still be an error related to permissions... I had to reset the "files" folder again to 777.

I thought about doing a quick install of the gallery2 module as an alternative - fine, but only 2.3 svn version, so that becomes a not quick and quite complex issue.

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typehost commented

Update:

Reset files and all sub-folders to 777

 <?php
`chmod -R u=rwx,go=rwx files/images`;
?>

changed image folder from files/images to files/newimages to test

Problems:

1. create content - image:
+ browse for image, select from local hard drive, save as test
+ page returns, image field is highlighted / empty
+ no image saved / no file saved

2. Add attachments to image:
+ same problem, attachments are not submitted or saved

Note:

1. tested attachments with page type of node rather than image
+ attachments working fine

2. tested "image assist" with page create content
+ "click here to add images"
+ pop up window: lists browse images with 82 files in "My Images"
+ 9 pages indexed with numbers, able to navigate between pages, but all pages are empty - no images shown
+ same window: upload new image: browse, attach, etc
+ image file not uploaded or recognized
+ display: "You must upload an image."

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typehost commented

I think this issue is mostly solved:

You can mark as a duplicate of this thread: http://drupal.org/node/142783

Other Issues Remaining:

1. image galleries link - admin menu --- page not found
solved: delete and activate new menu link in navigation

2. images not appearing in image gallery
+ solved - delete old menu link & re-activate new

I'll probably have to reload all of the images and recreate the gallery after the upload, but all of the technical details are in working order now.

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Hetta commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

duplicate of http://drupal.org/node/142783