Change Default Images Directory in Joomla! 1.5

One of the most annoying things about Joomla! (in my opinion) is that the default images directory (or folder, whatever you want to call it) is yoursite.com/images/stories, and the default directory for the media manager is yoursite.com/images. That makes no sense to me. Read on to find out why this makes no sense, and how you can easily fix it.

Adding images to articles

One of the great new features in Joomla! 1.5 is the nice little "Images" button at the bottom of the text editor in the article manager. That button launches a pop-up in which you can easily locate the image you wish to use and add it to your article.The only problem is, this nice little pop-up starts at the default images directory (yoursite.com/images/stories) and not the default media directory (yoursite.com/images). If your images are not in yoursite.com/images/stories or some sub directory of this folder, then you will not be able to get to it from the image locator.