XF 2.2 The directory '/images/avatars/upload' could not be found or is not readable.

[Frank Chino]

Not sure what the problem here is. The PBB3 forum I'm trying to import from is in a subfolder pbb3forum under public_html. I have tried both with and without the pbb3forum on the front of the path, but get the sale error. Both directories and files are set to 777.

Totally at a loss as to what is causing this.

 

[MySiteGuy]

If sounds like you're using an absolute directory based of the root directory of the server.

More likely they are at something like /home/sitename.com/public_html/pbb3forum/images/avatars/upload

 

[Frank Chino]

Thanks MySiteGuy. That worked.

Now I have a different problem. The data imported without error messages. The forum's main page loads as expected - https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/forum/. However, clicking any link gives a 404 error.

No idea where to go from here.

 

[MySiteGuy]

You have SEO friendly URLs turned on, and there's no .htaccess file. Rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

Or if the server software is Nginx instead Apache / Litespeed, you'll need to put in the Nginx configuration that's in the documentation (I don't recall offhand which doc page).

 

[Frank Chino]

@MySiteGuy

Yes, I do have SEO Friendly URLs turned on, but I do have my htaccess.txt renamed to .htaccess already.

UPDATE: the URL https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/forum/forums/citabria-decathlon-scout-forum.5 fails, but https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/forum/admin.php?forums/citabria-decathlon-scout-forum.5/edit does (when I'm in the admin login).

 

[Frank Chino]

Bellanca Champion Club

Bellanca Aircraft, Super Viking, Bellanca Super Viking, Bellanca Viking, American Champion, Bellanca Citabria, Bellanca Decathlon, Bellanca Cruisemaster

www.bellanca-championclub.com

I imported a PBB3 forum which can be seen at the URL above. The import reported no errors during the routine and gave a success message at the end. I can access the main forum page and all the forum categories show as expected. However, when I click on pretty much any link on this page I get a 404.

I have SEO-friendly URLs turned on, and htaccess has been renamed correctly.

The old PPB3 forum install can be accessed at https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/pbb3forum/ and it is navigatable as expected. I do see that the generated URLs for the old forum differ significantly with those that Xenforo generates in its attempt to find each forum category. For example, the Citabria / Decathlon / Scout Forum:

PBB3 URL is: https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/pbb3forum/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=1754055b302e68397baf25635dcc9bc9
Xenforo URL is: https://www.bellanca-championclub.com/forum/forums/citabria-decathlon-scout-forum.5

I'm assuming this is just Xenforo's URL format and should have been addressed during the import.

Has anyone had this happen before and how do I fix it? Thanks.

 

[Frank Chino]

Moving to a new thread at https://xenforo.com/community/threads/after-import-forums-return-a-404.219675/

 

[Jeremy P]

Are you using Apache? The headers seem to show nginx instead, which must be configured differently:

Friendly URLs | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

 

[MySiteGuy]

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XF 2.2 Thread 'The directory '/images/avatars/upload' could not be found or is not readable.'

Feb 22, 2024

Not sure what the problem here is. The PBB3 forum I'm trying to import from is in a subfolder pbb3forum under public_html. I have tried both with and without the pbb3forum on the front of the path, but get the sale error. Both directories and files are set to 777.

Totally at a loss as to what is causing this.

• Frank Chino
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• Forum: Installation, upgrade, and import support