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 MIME Types In This Section:  » What Are MIME Types? » Adding MIME Types In The Control Panel » .htaccess File » Examples of MIME Types » Clearing Cache  What Are MIME Types? Top MIME stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. MIME Types are a standard for describing different types of information. This was originally meant to be used to specify encoding for different types of information into text. This made it possible to send them as email The standard MIME is also used in other types of communication where there is a need for specifying which type of information is used. This could be your local operating system or a web server. Adding MIME Types In The Control Panel Top To add a MIME type just click on the button that says 'MIME Types' in your control panel, then choose the directory you would like to add the MIME type to. If you want to add it to all directories, just choose your root directory (yourdomain-www). Then type in the application (ie x-shockwave-flash ) and the application extension (ie .swf). Note: If you are using Microsoft FrontPage on your account you cannot edit the MIME Types using this button. .htaccess File Top Since we run an Apache server on a Unix based system, you can set the mime type by adding a small file to your HTML directory on the server. The file name and contents are as follows: file name: .htaccess file contents: AddType audio/midi mid Note: If you are using Microsoft FrontPage, you shouldn't edit your .htaccess file. Examples of MIME Types Top Examples: AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi .pl AddType text/html .shtml AddType application/x-httpd-php .phtml AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .phtml AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 AddType application/x-httpd-php3-source .phps AddType application/x-httpd-Miva .mv AddType application/msexcel .xls Can also try: AddType application/rtf .rtf AddType application/msword .doc AddType application/x-compressed .tgz AddType application/x-zip-compressed .zip Clearing Cache Top If you are testing changes in the MIME type of your MIDI files, clear the disk cache by going to Network Preferences under the Options menu in Netscape. Otherwise Netscape will continue to use the old MIME types from the cache. |
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