visual studio - Adding <mimeMap> entry Causes 500 for Other Static Content on IIS Express

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2012 with Update 2 and IIS Express.

When I add a record to the staticContent section, all other static content (.js, .css, .jpg, etc) returns a 500 error.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16201406/adding-mimemap-entry-causes-500-for-other-static-content-on-iis-express

Answer 1

The mimetype is probably already added to your IIS.

Try to remove the mimetype first and then add it again in your web.config

<remove fileExtension=".woff"/>
<mimeMap fileExtension=".woff" mimeType="application/font-woff" />

Good luck!