I am building a Joomla site and the media manager is having some problems. I can't create subfolders or upload images into subfolders in the media manager. I can navigate into subfolders and see their files, but if I create a new folder or upload a new file it ends up in the /images directory.
I have noticed that in the links the url queries included &folder= with no value. Looked into the php files and saw that $this->state->folder returns an empty string even when in a subfolder.
Anybody else having this problem and know a solution?
Edit: latest version of Joomla (3.3). Also should mention this problem is only happening in the default media manager. If I use JCK manager built in with my editor there are no problems.
They fixed the problem: https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/3575/files
All you need to do is go to: administrator/components/com_media/views/media/tmpl/default.php line 72, and change
72: <input type="text" id="folderpath" readonly="readonly" />
to
72: <input type="text" id="folderpath" readonly="readonly" class="update-folder" />
go to: media/media/js/mediamanager.js line 45 and change
45: this.updatepaths.each(function(path){ path.value =folder; });
...
48: this.updatepaths.each(function(path){ path.value = ''; });
to
45: this.updatepaths.each(function(path, el){ el.value =folder; });
...
48: this.updatepaths.each(function(path, el){ el.value = ''; });
GL
I made these edits - and checked against the same amendments in Github ... but I still get the same problem/error.
Even without this particular problem, I find that the RH pane often doesn't display the contents if you use the "up level" icon to go up the hierarchy. I can eventually force it to display by operating only in the LH "tree" menu.
Media Manager has always been the "Achilles Heel" of the Joomla admin interface. I could use much stronger language ... but it really needs to be sorted out. Yes, as Superadmin I also have my own FTP access, but my clients/co-admins don't (and shouldn't) have this option.
Also - how on earth do you copy or move an image from one folder to another?
Media Manager hardly "manages" at all IMHO. It's a joke.
Download JCE, it comes with a JCE File Browser that does the job.
https://www.joomlacontenteditor.net/downloads/editor/joomla-3