I can tell you also that if you upload a file with the name myfile.txt to your server and that file contains HTML tags..
IE will render them, most all others we tried will display the source text.. The only way we could get IE to display the page's source code.. was to insert this into the top of the page: <plaintext> only IE had this problem.. so it obviously doesn't care about the extension. If the page has disernable tags, IE will render them... An example of a page to demonstraite this: http://htmlfixit.com/tutes/html_tables_bring_order_to_chaos_resources/table1 .txt Its part of a tute on HTML tables for HTML newbies... regards Franki http://htmlfixit.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Todd Slater Sent: Saturday, 19 July 2003 5:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] web site displays source instead of HTML On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 16:08:02 -0500 Curt Tresenriter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 15:22, Todd Slater wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 01:43:33PM -0500, Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 13:28, Graham Watkins wrote: > > > > Curt Tresenriter wrote: > > > > > I'm trying to access a web site - an audio archive - but it's > > > > > only displaying the code. > > > > > Konq, Galeon,Opera - doesn't matter. > > > > > > > > > > I would have suspected the web site itself, but for other > > > > > folks on the list it is displaying properly , links are > > > > > accessible etc. So it must be here....right? > > > > > What could it be? > > > > > thanks, > > > > > Curt > > > > > > > > > > > > > Give us the URL then we can all have a look - might be able to > > > > give you an opinion that's worth something then. > > > Here it is: > > > > > > http://www.angelfire.com/or2/awakingdream/realNeville > > > > It has no extension (.html, .htm, .shtml, .php etc.). It's not a > > directory, so it just gets displayed as text. > > > > HTH, > > Todd > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > ___ > I don't get it.... > If it wasn't saved as *.html even IE wouldn't display it as HTML, > right? > > The <html> at the top of the page is what a browser uses to identify > it as an html page. > Would you clarify what you're saying? > Thanks, > Curt I don't know the technical reasons, but yes, the extension has something to do with what happens with the file. This is why you have to add certain extensions to relate them to their mime-types in Apache config. That's why when you click a link to any type of file, the server needs to know what type it is to send that to the browser. (So the browser knows what to do with it.) AFAIK, if a file doesn't have any extension, it just displays the file as text, just as if it had a .txt extension. If it is an unknown file type (to the server), the user is generally prompted to save the file. However, it is interesting that you say it works for other folks. Internet Explorer, I presume? If you look at the Page Info in Mozilla or Firebird it says it's text/plain. So while this may be a "feature" of IE, I would say the problem is with the page and not the browsers you've tried. They are doing just what they are supposed to by rendering it as text. Somebody with a better understanding of mime-types and document headers can probably tell you the *real* reason :) If the page has a contact, I'd email him or her about it. (As a workaround, just save it with a .html extension and open it locally since the links seem to be absolute paths.) Todd -- If those in charge of our society--politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television--can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. -Howard Zinn
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