Bug with custom upload directory?

I too have had this problem and it leaves me scratching my head also. I agree that if the prompt indicates that the path is relative to the base upload directory and the base upload directory is set properly to whatever/cmsAdmin/uploads/ that custom_folder/ is all that should be entered. If I do that, I get folders created in the root. I still have to append the custom folder to the full upload path to make it work.

I thought maybe, in my old age, I missed something but I now think it is not working as designed OR the instruction needs to be clarified.

CMSBuilder 2.17

Using relative paths is still not working. As per the previous examples, I receive a message that the directory does not exist, althought it does.

Using relative paths is still not working. As per the previous examples, I receive a message that the directory does not exist, althought it does.

If your custom upload directory is inside the uploads folder (example: /uploads/PDFs/) try using these settings for your custom upload directory:

Directory Path:  PDFs/
Folder URL:      PDFs/

*Change PDFs to what folder name you are using.

This works for me. Can you try this out and let me know if you have any issues?

Question....did this create a empty PDFs folder in the cmsAdmin folder (or wherever you have CMS builder installed).

What is happening for me is, I have the following in General Settings:

Website Root Directory:  /home/lmdianet/public_html/mmp
Upload Directory : uploads/
Upload Folder URL:  /cmsAdmin/uploads/

Then for the record itself, I have the advanced section set to this:

Directory Path:  properties/
Folder Url:  properties/

What this does is create an empty properties folder in the root or /cmsAdmin/.  This folder stays empty.
It also creates a properties and the 4 thumbs folders in the uploads folder.  This is where it places the images.

I am on 2.17.  

-Kevin

This is how it should be set:

General Settings:
Website Root Directory:  /home/lmdianet/public_html/mmp
Upload Directory : /home/lmdianet/public_html/mmp/cmsAdmin/uploads/
Upload Folder URL:  /cmsAdmin/uploads/

Property Uploads Field:
Directory Path: /home/lmdianet/public_html/mmp/cmsAdmin/uploads/properties/
Folder URL:  /cmsAdmin/uploads/properties/

Try that ... I think the problem is in the interpretation of the instructions that accompany the upload path fields.