Wiki not accepting zips?

[dru]

I wanted to update a file and get this error in Safari & Firefox:

"Files of the MIME type "application/zip" are not allowed to be uploaded."

I can upload Stuff-Its however. :-/

 

[Cory5412]

It's a setting in mediawiki, I had to configure mine at stenoweb.net/wiki/ specifically to allow PDF files for example.

TL could probably change the setting, what is it that necessitates uploading a zip file?

 

[~tl]

ZIPs are in the list of allowed extensions... so I'm not sure what the problem is really...

 

[~tl]

It seems that MediaWiki doesn't allow uploading of ZIP files due to security issues. Why specifically do you need to use ZIPs?

 

[ChristTrekker]

Why specifically do you need to use ZIPs?

Probably in response to a comment I'd made about putting fonts in a more universal format. I, for one, use them on my non-Mac systems to make them feel homier.