Adding mime types

Overview

Mime types tell browsers how to handle specific extensions.  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 system defined mime type values).

Steps

1 To access the Mime Types Menu, click on the    icon above the words Mime Types on the main screen of your cPanel interface.

2 Enter the mime type in the blank field under Mime Type.

3 Enter the extensions to associate with the mime type in the blank field under Extension(s).

4 Click on Add to add this new mime type.

Troubleshooting

If the new mime type is not working correctly. Make sure the extension(s) associated with that type are not already defined in another mime type.