Andrew Ferguson dot NET

I downloaded InkableType so I could write blog posts using ink. However, I kept getting an error whenever I tried to post it. I turned on Ethereal to see exactly what error was being passed along:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<methodResponse>
  <fault>
    <value>
      <struct>
        <member>
          <name>faultCode</name>
          <value><int>500</int></value>
        </member>
        <member>
          <name>faultString</name>
          <value><string>Could not write file 734e.gif</string></value>
        </member>
      </struct>
    </value>
  </fault>
</methodResponse> 

A quick Google search turned up a known bug and quick fix:

1. Open /wp-includes/functions-post.php
2. Find $new_file = $uploads['path'] . “/$filename”; and replace with $new_file = $upload['path'] . “/$filename”; (Note the lack of “s” on $upload)
3. Find return array(’file’ => $new_file, ‘url’ => $url); and replace with return array(’file’ => $new_file, ‘url’ => $url, ‘error’ => false);

Simple as that! WP still doesn’t return a valid response, although it looks like it does. However, the post is still made successfully, ergo you can safely ignore the invalid response.

Update: Truncated filename so that IE would display Nav Bar

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