Some file types are considered dangerous, and you need extra steps to allow them. And this is something you normally shouldn't do. References:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgMimeTypeBlacklist - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgFileBlacklist - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads#Configuring_file_types I set up a special directory for such files (I call it an "auxiliary" site). They're web-accessible there. And I defined a template to build the correct URL to point to that template. E.g., {{aux|a.doc|The DOC file version}} Yields the string "The DOC file version" that is a link to http://mysite.org/wiki-aux/a.doc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Haim (Howard) Roman Computer Center, Jerusalem College of Technology Phone: 052-8-592-599 (6022 from within Machon Lev) On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 09:38, Raymond Wan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Nina, > > > On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 12:37, McHale, Nina <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have been having trouble uploading Word and PowerPoint documents to our > wiki. I added the file types .doc, .docx, .ppt, and .pptx to > $wgFileExtensions in LocalSettings.php, and it appears as though others ARE > able to upload these types of files, because, well, they're there. This came > up again because one person wanted to upload a .docx file, and while he was > able to upload .doc files, he did not have any luck with .docx. I have not > altered the mime.info or mime.types files; I just looked over the > documentation for that, but I'm not sure that's the right place to be > looking. > > > > And I don't know if it makes a difference, but I'm using Safari/Firefox > on a Mac, and most others are using PCs with Firefox/IE. > > > I'm not entirely sure the cause of your problem, but I don't think the > browser would matter -- someone else can correct me. > > So, when you go to "Upload file", .docx is listed as a possible > option. Just a sanity check to make sure $wgFileExtensions changes > are taken... > > The other thing you might want to see is the size of the file that you > are uploading. There are size limits and maybe your .docx file just > happens to be larger than the ones that are already up there. Or > maybe they were uploaded at a time before a particular configuration > was changed; and maybe that change has now broken the upload process > some how. > > What kind of error message do you get when you upload something? When > I was trying to configure uploads, putting the error message in Google > helped me find the solution. See for example the steps listed here: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuring_file_uploads > > Hope this helps. > > Ray > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
