Content Mime Type for .master

Corey Bryant · Dec 5th, 2007, 17:11

I am working with a .master file in Expression Web. So far everything works but I cannot get just the master.master page come up in the browser.

I tried text/plain but I could not bring that page up in the browser - I actually received this error

Quote:

This type of page is not served.
Description: The type of page you have requested is not served because it has been explicitly forbidden. The extension '.master' may be incorrect. Please review the URL below and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Requested URL: /MasterPage1.master

So I went back into IIS and removed the MIME type for now.

Thanks!

TheSealPortalTeam · Dec 5th, 2007, 18:22

Okay the .master extension is just for the development, ASPX server and browsers can not render the content of it, It needs to have a content page first. My suggestion is make a blank page using that master file and use that to test in.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corey Bryant

This type of page is not served.
Description: The type of page you have requested is not served because it has been explicitly forbidden. The extension '.master' may be incorrect. Please review the URL below and make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Requested URL: /MasterPage1.master

That is because ASPX server and IIS recognize it as source code and prohibit it.

Corey Bryant · Dec 5th, 2007, 19:28

Thanks! I was asking someone else to take a look at it and I did not know if they could see the complete source code or not. I just also copied the file to a txt file so they could see it (but also sent them an empty page attached to that as well).