Re: uploading files

["littlebrothertimmy" <littlebrothertimmy@...>]

Hi Ron,

My OS is Mac OSX (10.5.8)
The browser I'm using is Firefox (3.6.3).
As far as I know they are both the latest updates.

I will try it with Safari first. If that doesn't help, I'll try it on the Windows laptop.

Thanks for the advice.


Roger


--- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Roger,
>
> You appear to be doing everything right, but your operating system
> and/or browser are not telling the server the right MIME type, which
> should look something like application/x-pdf (off the top of my head)
> for a PDF file. What operating system and browser are you using? I
> recommend trying another browser, and then moving to a different
> computer if that doesn't work.
>
> Opening the server to any and all MIME types is something of a
> security risk, and I'm not prepared to do it for now, but people
> should definitely tell me about other MIME errors, and I'll work on
> them.
>
> Ron
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 6:57 AM, littlebrothertimmy
> <littlebrothertimmy@...> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It's been a while since I've added stuff to the wiki. Last time I did  was before the crash of the site. Now that the new site is online and some changes have been made, I can't seem to figure out how to add a file to a gamepage.
> >
> > I've written an adaptation to Corné van Moorsels Isi. All went well untill I tried to upload the file. Seems like you can only try to add a text or a file. When I tried to add the file, I got an error message saying "Files of type application/x-unknown are not allowed". It was just a pdf...
> >
> > Can someone tell me how to add a file with this new system on the wiki?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Roger
> >
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