Earthlink offers UNIX/Apache. I may need to switch from a Windows web hosting account to a UNIX acct!
Currently, my account is hosted on an IIS 5.0 server. I've been working with Tech Support via two telephone calls to get SVG added as a MIME type, and it has been a pain. They offered this solution for adding SVG on my own (remotely): http://rtfm.atrax.co.uk/articles/article_11.asp but they didn't provide any details. I tried it by switching localhost to the IP address for my Earthlink server, but it didn't seem to work. Of course, I don't know WSH that well and I'm pretty sure some code must be missing here if you are trying to add a MIME type remotely. One Tech Support representative said he did talk with an engineer at Earthlink who thought it should work, but he was going to check back with that engineer for further clarification on the steps. If I find out, I'll let you know. I raised the issue with Earthlink that they should just support SVG as a standard MIME type on all servers. I pointed him to SVG Web sites with more info. The Tech Support rep said he would raise this issue with his engineers to see if they can make the change. It would be nice to get some large ISPs to do so. So, stay tuned. (Maybe give Earthlink a call, too! It might be an opportune time to get them to make the change if they get a number of comments/requests at once.) In the interim, my fall-back position is to switch the account to UNIX. It's cheaper anyway. And, of course, we know why SUN is cheaper than MS! ;-) Cheers, TJ -----Original Message----- >From: Jonathan Watt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Apr 27, 2006 3:25 PM >To: svg-developers@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [svg-developers] recommend web hosting service that supports SVG? > >Peter, > >Any hosting company that provides Apache hosting and allows you to write >your own .htaccess files should be fine. If you have that, then you can >support SVG and gzip encoded SVG on your site regardless of the server >configuration. See > >� http://wiki.svg.org/Server_Configuration:Apache > >If you want support for gzip encoded SVG I'd recommend you stay away from >IIS hosting. The work arounds required for gzipped SVG aren't fun. > >Regards, >Jonathan > >On 4/27/06, Peter Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Can someone please recommend a reliable, inexpensive >> web hosting company that supports SVG?� I have very >> few requirements: >> 1)supports .svg files >> 2)supports .svgz files (I found one that supports svg >> but not svgz) >> 3)inexpensive >> You can respond via private email if you think that a >> public response is too much like advertising. >> Thanks. >> Peter >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam?� Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> >> ----- >> To unsubscribe send a message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> -or- >> visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my >> membership" >> ---- >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >----- >To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >-or- >visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my >membership" >---- > > > > >SPONSORED LINKS >Xml formatSvgFormatData > >YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > >* �Visit your group "svg-developers" on the web. >� >* �To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >� >* �Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
