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Validation of (X)HTML Files with messIE ~ SP2

There seems to be yet another problem for those unfortunate souls who still use messIE and have downloaded SP-2.

When attempting to validate code on a local .html/.htm page the following error/warning will be generated:

"Sorry, I am unable to validate this document because its content type is text/plain, which is not currently supported by this service.

The Content-Type field is sent by your web server (or web browser if you use the file upload interface) and depends on its configuration. Commonly, web servers will have a mapping of filename extensions (such as ".html") to MIME Content-Type values (such as text/html).

That you received this message can mean that your server is not configured correctly, that your file does not have the correct filename extension, or that you are attempting to validate a file type that we do not support yet. In the latter case you should let us know that you need us to support that content type (please include all relevant details, including the URL to the standards document defining the content type) using the instructions on the Feedback Page."

There seems to be very little documentation of this problem online. Purrrrhaps because so few designers bother to validate their codes? *sigh*

Huge thanks to someone I do not have the pleasure of knowing named Lachy for this blog post with a potential fix.

I still think the best solution is to lose that funky browser and steer clear of SP-2 at this point in time, but that's not always possible for one reason or another.

The _^..^_ simply says:

but he's much better and coming up with the sensible solution than I am. For those of you who will not listen to the sage advice of *THE* wise senior feline, the alternate fix may be of assistance.

Farron
[proud to learn at the paws of *THE* Master _^..^_ ]

Posted by farron at September 7, 2004 12:08 PM