It appears 0.43 has changed the MIME type for .svg files using the built in server (“hugo serve”). Using 0.43, the local server sends down .svg files as “image/svg; charset=utf-8” which causes browsers to want to download rather than display the file. I identified the issue because two social icons …

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SVG MIME type change in 0.43

RickCogley July 13, 2018, 7:27am 5

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