csv upload

I have a csv file that I have tried uploading without much success. I know it is not the file because I tested loading other files that worked previously with the csv plugin and now they too generate an error. Any help you can provide is of course much appreciated. Thank you.

It would be easier to help if you could provide the exact error message you're receiving--when error logging is turned on, CSVImport usually returns a detailed error in application/logs/errors.log.

If you haven't already, please follow these directions to turn on error logging, you should be able to retrieve a specific error message:
http://omeka.org/codex/Retrieving_Error_Messages
This will make it easier to troubleshoot your problem.

Ok, here is the errors message:

2014-11-07T08:11:33-07:00 ERR (3): exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'The configured PHP path (/usr/bin/php) does not point to a PHP-CLI binary.' in /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Process/Dispatcher.php:125
Stack trace:
#0 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Process/Dispatcher.php(94): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::_checkCliPath('/usr/bin/php')
#1 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Process/Dispatcher.php(28): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::getPHPCliPath()
#2 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Dispatcher/Adapter/BackgroundProcess.php(31): Omeka_Job_Process_Dispatcher::startProcess('Omeka_Job_Proce...', Object(User), Array)
#3 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Job/Dispatcher/Default.php(150): Omeka_Job_Dispatcher_Adapter_BackgroundProcess->send('{"className":"C...', Array)
#4 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/plugins/CsvImport/controllers/IndexController.php(393): Omeka_Job_Dispatcher_Default->sendLongRunning('CsvImport_Impor...', Array)
#5 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/plugins/CsvImport/controllers/IndexController.php(135): CsvImport_IndexController->_dispatchImportTask(Object(CsvImport_Import), 'start')
#6 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Action.php(516): CsvImport_IndexController->mapColumnsAction()
#7 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Dispatcher/Standard.php(308): Zend_Controller_Action->dispatch('mapColumnsActio...')
#8 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Zend/Controller/Front.php(954): Zend_Controller_Dispatcher_Standard->dispatch(Object(Zend_Controller_Request_Http), Object(Zend_Controller_Response_Http))
#9 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Zend/Application/Bootstrap/Bootstrap.php(97): Zend_Controller_Front->dispatch()
#10 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Zend/Application.php(366): Zend_Application_Bootstrap_Bootstrap->run()
#11 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/application/libraries/Omeka/Application.php(79): Zend_Application->run()
#12 /home3/oberlinl/public_html/omeka_projects/admin/index.php(28): Omeka_Application->run()
#13 {main}

That looks like the path to PHP-CLI changed since the last time you ran CSVImport, then. You should talk to your server administrator to ask for the correct path, then, in application/config.ini, put the correct path under Background Scripts (on or around line 148). You'll need to remove the ; for that line so that Omeka knows to read it.

Thank you so much for all your help. The information you provided and the post located here: (http://omeka.org/forums/topic/csv-import-plugin-not-working-on-shared-host) took us in the right direction. Problem solved!