Mime Type Overview Mime types tell browsers how to handle specific extensions. Most Mime types are set globally on the server. For example, the text/html Mime type equates to htm, html, and shtml extensions on most servers, and this tells your browser to interpret all files with those extensions as HTML files. You can alter or add new Mime types specifically for your site (note that you can not alter the global Mime type values, only add to them). Mime types are often used to handle new technologies as they appear. When WAP technology first appeared no-one had these extensions set up on their server. With Mime types, however, you could have set it up yourself and begun serving WAP pages immediately.
Warning: Make sure you check the list of pre-existing Mime types before adding new ones. Check with your hosting administrator before adding a Mime type, as they can easily alter the correct functioning of your web site. Note: People often get confused as to the difference between Mime types and Apache handlers. Basically, Mime types tell your browser how to handle files, while Apache handlers tell the server how to handle files. JkMount /*.jsp ajp13 is an Apache handler not a MIME type. Isn't it. > Uh, mime-type doesn't have anything to do with a file extension. If I have > a tiff image it doesn't matter what the extension is, it's still a tiff > file. Determining mime-type based based on file extensions is a windows > stupidism. Now, I'll admit there are certian conventions, but you can't > 100% count on them. > > --mikej > -=----- > mike jackson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hostmaster of the day [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 8:25 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Mime-Type > > > > > > Ladies and Gentleman, > > > > .jsp (e.g. index.jsp) is indeed a MIME type. > > > > Apache will know this MIME type by the following > > code if you are using mod_jk as module: > > > > JkMount /*.jsp ajp13 > > > > --Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > Howdy, > > > Typically, text/html as that's what the browser sees. > > > > > > However, in a JSP (since it's really a servlet), you can set the > > > response content type to whatever you want, e.g. gzip or > > > application/ms-excel. > > > > > > Yoav Shapira > > > Millennium ChemInformatics > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > >From: Anthony Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Sent: Monday, March 03, 2003 10:36 AM > > > >To: Tomcat Users List > > > >Subject: Mime-Type > > > > > > > >I did not know where ask to else this question. > > > > > > > >Is there a mime-type for a jsp? If so, what is it? > > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >For additional commands, e-mail: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business > > communication, and may contain information that is confidential, > > proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the > > individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, > > printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) > > intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your > > computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
