wp-content/uploads returns a 404

That folder shouldn’t be something that you’re directly linking to anyway, in 99% of cases. It should have a 501 Not Authorized via .htaccess, or just a blank index.php page within it.

How can I to add upload functionality outside of the admin area?

You won’t find much on the Codex or the net about this. Media can seem like a pretty dark art, but everything you’re looking for is in /wp-admin/includes/media.php. The function you’re looking for is media_handle_sideload(). You’ll have to pass it a $file_array, which you’ll have to read up on. Basically you just make sure your … Read more

Problem with implenting Uploadify with WordPress

your uploadify.php is all inside a comment so its not really saving the file. change it with this: <?php if (!empty($_FILES)) { $tempFile = $_FILES[‘Filedata’][‘tmp_name’]; $targetPath = $_SERVER[‘DOCUMENT_ROOT’] . $_REQUEST[‘folder’] . “https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”; $targetFile = str_replace(‘//’,”https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/”,$targetPath) . $_FILES[‘Filedata’][‘name’]; $fileTypes = str_replace(‘*.’,”,$_REQUEST[‘fileext’]); $fileTypes = str_replace(‘;’,’|’,$fileTypes); $typesArray = split(‘\|’,$fileTypes); $fileParts = pathinfo($_FILES[‘Filedata’][‘name’]); if (in_array($fileParts[‘extension’],$typesArray)) { // Uncomment the … Read more