Trying to upload .epub files

[Gianzo]

Hi there!

I’m trying to upload an .epub file to the Media Library but unfortunately I get an error message due to security issues. So I worked on the Child Theme and added this lines of code inside the functions.php:

COPY CODE

function addUploadMimes($mimes) {

	$mimes = array_merge($mimes, array(
	'epub|mobi' => 'application/octet-stream'
	));
	return $mimes;

}

add_filter('upload_mimes', 'addUploadMimes');

Then I saved it and noticed that the back-end’s layout got messed up, so I removed the code, saved it again and everything got back as normal.

But I can’t still upload .epub files! Do you know how to do this properly?

Thanks for your support!

Gian

[sharmstr]

I added the code to my site and didnt see any issues with the layout. Is the layout messed with this code and the WP 2015 Theme enabled?

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[sharmstr]

Obviously you’ll have to move the code to the 2015 theme to test.

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[Gianzo]

Hi Sharmstr!
Are you using Windows?
Gian

[sharmstr]

Yes

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[Gianzo]

That’s the reason,Sharmstr: I think the messed-up-layout issue is related to Mac only (which is the machine and OS I’m currently using).
Any suggestion for the Mac?

However, I think I found a sort of work-around: instead of uploading the .epub file, I’m thinking about compressing the .epub file into a .zip one (so that WordPress can allow its upload) and then let users download it and uncompress it for themselves. Do you think this is a good solution?

Gian

[sharmstr]

I’m not familiar with this, so no suggestions. Kleo doesnt touch any of this.

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[Gianzo]

I see, Sharmstr.
Anyway, thanks.
Best,
Gian

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