Page displays as gibberish

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If you are trying to download or view a page from a site and instead it shows as gibberish/garbled text/garbage or includes HTML code, it's most likely the result of a misconfigured server.

For users

  • Contact the webmaster of the site and tell them about the issue. This is very important so that not only you can download/view the file properly, but others can too.
  • Instead of clicking on the download/view link, right-click on it, pick "Save Link As", give it an appropriate name and extension, then open it locally.
  • Alternately, open the gibberish file, then choose "File -> Save Page As", give it an appropriate name and extension, then open it locally.

For webmasters

Read MIME types.

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