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hi,

I have set up the forums, and I ran into the problem that forum post attachments do not work.

Uploading seems to work fine (I find the file in the upload directory), but when I click on the link in some post, it takes me to a blank page.

See here:
http://www.learn-accounting.com/channel/forum_wrds/viewthread/32/

link of attachment:
http://www.learn-accounting.com/channel?ACT=27&fid=48&aid=3_i3m7wCK0VMQVZTVywFCp&board_id=2

In a similar post on this forum I saw that .htaccess could be related. I don’t believe I have anything special there (except that .index is rerouted to ‘/’, I am using another page for expr engine (channel))

just in case:
# index.php to /
#RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,9}\ /.*index\.php\ HTTP/
#RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ /$1 [R=301,L]

<Files channel>
    ForceType application/x-httpd-php
</Files>

thanks,

Joost

Welcome to the ExpressionEngine forums, Joost! Just a quick note to thank you for your purchase, and hopefully you’re enjoying ExpressionEngine.

Since you’re new to the EE forums, have you seen EEWiki:// How to Post a Support Request?

Can you tell us which version/build of EE2.x you’re using? See EEWiki:// HowTo Determine My EE Version

One thing you could also check, can you attach a .jpg or a .txt file? Do those work OK? It may just be an issue of not knowing the file type in the attachment.

Thank you, I am very happy with EE 😊

I am using version 2.1.2. and a text file actually works!

The attachment that doesn’t work is a ‘.sas’ file (which is plain text).
“Allowed File Types” is set to “All File Types” in ‘forum management’. Any suggestions as to what I could do to make ‘.sas’ files work as well?

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edit:
OK, I found that in an earlier version that can be done trough editing /system/lib/mimes.php and adding a mime type.

Which dir/file would that be on 2.1.2?

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edit2:
got it: .../system/expressionengine/config/mimes.php
Joost

Yup, that’s the file you need to change. Just a word of advice - you may want to upgrade to EE 2.1.3, 2.1.2 had a few issues.