Need help with vBulletin external.php integration

[Gary Fischman]

I've been using the external feed with type Javascript for years to embed a feed onto the front page of my site. However, things have recently changed. For security, Apache is set to include the following header:
Header set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff

This works fine for Safari and Firefox, but Google Chrome now enforces strict mime types. In Chrome, it throws the following error:
Refused to execute script from 'http://forum.miata.net/vb/external.php?type=js&forumids=82' because its MIME type ('text/html') is not executable, and strict MIME type checking is enabled.

What other options do I have to get the feed to work in Chrome? I know I can set the feed to XML or RSS, but I don't know how to implement it in Javascript.

Here's my current code:

 
 <script type="text/javascript" src="http://forum.miata.net/vb/external.php?type=js&forumids=82"></script> <script language="" type="text/javascript"> <!-- for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) { document.writeln("<p>"+threads[i].threaddate+": <b>"+threads[i].title+"</b><br><a href=\"http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?threadid="+threads[i].threadid+"\">Read more...</a></p>"); } //--> </script>

Here's a test page: http://www.miata.net/test.html Any suggestions on how to get a feed to work with Chrome?

[Mark.B]

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[Set3sh]

Hello,

I gave your script a more "eye-friendly" format:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://forum.miata.net/vb/external.php?type=js&forumids=82"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++){
        document.writeln(
            "<p>
                "+threads[i].threaddate+":
                <b>"+threads[i].title+"</b>
                <br />
                <a href=\"http://forum.miata.net/vb/showthread.php?threadid="+threads[i].threadid+"\">Read more...</a>
            </p>"
        );
    }
//-->
</script>

Your problem is that you are using a <script> tag to load something that is an HTML page.
My suggested solution is that you add this to your .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_headers.c>
    Header always set X-Content-Type-Options nosniff
</IfModule>

Kind regards,
George.