Forum OpenACS Development: SVG on AOLServer

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1: SVG on AOLServer
Posted by Matthew Taylor on 09/12/04 08:31 AM
Hi,
Does anyone know whether SVG files can be viewed on AOLServer. I have been trying however they do not seem to appear when referenced.
If the file is converted to gif it seems to work.
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2: Re: SVG on AOLServer (response to 1)
Posted by Patrick Giagnocavo on 09/12/04 08:48 AM
There are two things I would check.

First, does your web browser properly display SVG files?

Second, if the web browser does display SVG files, then probably the MIME-type is not being set right when AOLserver serves the file.  In this case, adding the proper MIME type to the AOLserver config.tcl file should fix it.

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3: Re: SVG on AOLServer (response to 2)
Posted by Matthew Taylor on 09/12/04 11:24 AM
Thanks for your help Patrick.

In addition to your advice I found that I have to use the <embed> tag as oppossed to the <img> tag, if anyone else is interested.

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4: Re: SVG on AOLServer (response to 1)
Posted by Jade Rubick on 09/13/04 06:51 PM
Matthew, can describe exactly what you did to get an SVG file working? It would be nice to have this for future reference, and I might link it in to the FAQ.
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5: Re: SVG on AOLServer (response to 4)
Posted by Matthew Taylor on 09/14/04 02:36 AM
Sure Jade,
I did the following:

1. Added svg mime type to config.tcl file at "ns_section ns/mimetypes" like so
ns_param  .svg              image/svg+xml

2. Then to view a SVG file it needs to be referenced like so
<EMBED SRC="filename.svg" NAME="SVGEmbed" HEIGHT=400 WIDTH=100%
TYPE="image/svg+xml" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.adobe.com/svg/viewer/install/">

Hope this helps

Matt