Re: Why a difference in the way a page is validated when uploaded vs. URL given?????

>>I have a comparable problem: when I check the uploaded file it
validates
>>ok. When I run the checker against a local copy on my harddisk
>>(identical content-wise) then I receive an error-message stating that
>>text/plain content is currently not supported.
 
>Your browser sets the MIME Content-Type on upload to the Validator
while
>your web server sets the Content-Type when Validating the file on-line
>(after publishing). In this case, your browser is sending the wrong
>Content-Type. You'll need to investigate how to make it send the right
>information; this /may/ involve changing the filename to have a
filename
>extension the browser recognizes as HTML (e.g. ".html" or ".htm").

 

 

I have exactly the same problem when uploading a file, but the filename
extension is already ".html" - I am using Internet Explorer 6 on a
bog-standard windows XP PC - does anybody know what I need to change in
order to upload the file in a way that the validator likes?

 

Thanks :-)

 

Morag