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
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