Ian Thomas wrote: >> kchayka wrote: >> >>> I just discovered (the hard way) that a patch for >>> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46225 was checked in on >>> 11/19. My pages, which all pass strict validation, ain't got no styles >>> anymore. :-( Turns out the hosting service has .css files defined as a >>> content type "text/plain" instead of "text/css", so the stylesheets are >>> being ignored. I have contacted them about it, but no reply, yet. >>> >>> Are my only options at this point to: >>> a. use a Transitional DOCTYPE, or, >>> b. assuming they don't change the MIME type, move to another host? >>> >>> And is RFC2318 what I should throw in their face? >>> >>> thanks for any help >> > > > That depends if your host allows .htaccess files or not. Try creating a > file called .htaccess in the same directory as your css files, with the > following contents (the next line only): > AddType text/css css > > But try getting them to change the MIME type first. > > The whole point of strict validation is that it only works if everything > is right, so really your pages (on that server) never did really > validate as CSS. > > > Jerry Park wrote: > >> My host, until recently (yahoo) was using the wrong mime type. I asked >> them to fix it and they did. > > > Yahoo as in Yahoo GeoCities? That is a pretty monolithic host and free > so I surprised that they were so helpful, not that I'm complaining. >
No. Yahoo provides web hosting at a price too. > >> However, serving up the wrong mime type did not seem to bother the >> browser. > > > Because it didn't check the content-type > >> It just kept me from validating the CSS with a URL (had to copy/paste >> for validation). > > Because it did. > > Ian > > >
