1. During installation of Drupal 7 during the step "Verify requirements", the text for FILE SYSTEM reads:

The directory sites/default/files does not exist. The directory sites/default/private/files does not exist. The directory sites/default/private/temp does not exist. An automated attempt to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem

It would be better laid out as follows:

The directory sites/default/files does not exist.
The directory sites/default/private/files does not exist.
The directory sites/default/private/temp does not exist.
An automated attempt to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem

2. It would also be useful if the text suggested the required permissions at this point.

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iantresman’s picture

iantresman commented

After manually creating the directories, the warning changes to:

The directory sites/default/files is not writable. The directory sites/default/private/files is not writable. The directory sites/default/private/temp is not writable. An automated attempt to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem.

It would be useful if the text mentioned whether the permissions should be set to "777" or "775" or "757".

And also neater to lay out the text as follows:

The directory sites/default/files is not writable.
The directory sites/default/private/files is not writable.
The directory sites/default/private/temp is not writable.
An automated attempt to create this directory failed, possibly due to a permissions problem.
iantresman’s picture

iantresman commented
Version: 7.0-alpha1 » 7.0-alpha4

I'd still like to see this implemented. Having done another new fresh install, it's quite easy to overlook all the options, that it refers to three different directories, that each have to be (a) created (b) have the correct permissions.

David_Rothstein’s picture

David_Rothstein commented
Status: Active » Closed (duplicate)

Looks pretty similar to #686022: Clean up error when multiple directories missing, I think.