21 Aug 10 Branded File Extensions (Custom MIME types)
This is a feature exclusive to Gossimer, and is available ONLY with our Linux Hosting Packages. Using this feature, you can have your own branded extensions for web pages on your site, and assign them to any file types. For instance, you can choose to name your Excel files with the extension .data, or your image files .picture and so on!
Assigning branded file extensions
1. Login to your Control Panel and search for the domain name for which you have purchased this hosting package. Click here to read how >>
2. In the search results view, click on the domain name. This will take you to the order details view.
3. Click on Manage Web Hosting Service in the lower toolbar.
4. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> Web Server Manager -> Branded File Extensions -> Add Branded Extension.
5. Here, in the File Extension field, specify your custom file extension e.g. .brand, .mine or any other extension you wish to have for a particular Content Type.
6. Choose the appropriate content type for which you wish to apply that extension. You can either choose one from the existing types or add your own content type.
7. Once you have specified these details, click on Add Branded Extension.
Modifying branded file extensions
1. Perform steps 1-3 mentioned in the above process.
2. In the Website Management interface pop-up that follows, go to Manage Website -> Web Server Manager -> Branded File Extensions -> List Branded Extensions.
3. Click on the File Extension link to go to the Branded Extension Details page for that specific extension.
4. Modify the File Extension and/or Content Type for this extension, and click on Modify Branded Extension.
Disabling branded file extensions
1. Perform steps 1-2 mentioned in the above (modifying branded file extensions) process.
2. Select the checkbox adjacent to one or more file extensions which you wish to disable.
3. Click on Delete button and confirm the action by clicking on OK.
In order to complete the action, the Web Server needs to be restarted. Random restarts affect other services running on the Server. In order to avoid this, the Server has been scheduled to restart at intervals of 20 minutes. Hence, each one of the above mentioned actions might take upto 20 minutes to be effective.
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14 Aug 10 Can I serve WAP Files?
Yes, Gossimer does indeed allow you to serve WAP files.
To enable the Web Server to serve WAP documents, you need to set the following MIME types on the web server:
- text/vnd.wap.wml for .wml files (WML source files)
- application/vnd.wap.wmlc for .wmlc files (WML compiled files)
- text/vnd.wap.wmlscript for .wmls files (WMLScript source files)
- application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc for .wmlsc files (WMLScript compiled files)
- image/vnd.wap.wbmp for .wbmp files (wireless bitmaps)
If you use the Apache Web server add the following lines in the ..Apache GroupApache2confmime.types file:
- text/vnd.wap.wml wml
- application/vnd.wap.wmlc wmlc
- text/vnd.wap.wmlscript wmls
- application/vnd.wap.wmlscriptc wmlsc
- image/vnd.wap.wbmp wbmp
Our servers are already preconfigured to serve files.
§ What is WAP?
WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol. You would use WAP to serve information from your website to wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers and communicators.
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