Base path and user picture uploading

Question

So I recently migrated my site between servers. I think this is causing some issue with the base path of Drupal, which in turn affects the image upload path when a user tries to upload an image to his/her profile.

So, before migrating, some data was already uploaded to some of the users and their images and paths work just fine. The path is as follows for example:

www.example.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-125-1377507580.jpg

But now, when I'm trying to add new users and when I upload new pictures, the image doesn't get uploaded and the path to the image is as follows:

www.example.com/new/?q=sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/pictures/picture-125-1377507580.jpg

Why is this happening? How do I change the Drupal base path? Thanks

Answer 1

Firstly, it seems that the new server does not allow clean urls or it needs some configuration. Check the documentation on Drupal.org: Step 6: Configure clean URLs

Then, clean all caches and run cron. You will then see all image paths as /new/sites/sites/default/files/...

That's because the new site is set on folder ROOT/new or am I wrong? So there is no error, you have to set the domain to look at this subfolder.

If you don't have permissions to do this in your hosting or there are no options like Add-On domains you can follow the discussion at Drupal installed in subdirectory but made to appear in root according to your hosting enviiroment.

Answer 2

First of all mention $base_url = 'http://example.com'; in settings.php file. Then provide permission to your files folder. It should be at sites/default/files

Provide permissions:

cd /var/www/drupal_root/sites/default/
sudo chmod 777 -R files

Hope this helps